It’s bad enough to get a stress facture, but it’s even worse to fracture the same area twice. In October 2013, such a scenario befell Julio Jones, a wide receiver for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. During a nationally televised game ...
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Spinal Fractures: Healing the Backbone of the Body
Virtually all sports have some element of injury risk to them, a fact that is often made painfully obvious during football and hockey games. You can also add motor sports to this list; it’s certainly not hard to envision injuries ...
Read More »The Areas Most Vulnerable to Bone Fractures
Pizza is generally not considered health food, but you won’t find anyone blaming it for broken bones. Well, with the notable exception of Nate Burleson. The Detroit Lions wide receiver broke his arm in a September 2013 car crash, putting ...
Read More »Quite a Mouthful: Healing a Broken Jaw
We learn pretty early in life that the body is eminently susceptible to injury. From paper cuts to bruises to sprains and fractures, getting hurt is an unfortunate part of life. When it comes to traumatic injuries (injuries that occur ...
Read More »A South American Super Grain: A Look at Quinoa
When it comes to food, people tend to be weary of the unknown. A certain item might be packed with nutrients and amenable to the taste buds, but if it has a strange name, bizarre appearance or hails from a ...
Read More »A Thorn In Your Side: A Look at Hip Pain
Many older adults seem to constantly struggle with pain, be it in their knees, back or shoulders. One area that troubles a good number of people is our hips. Like other areas of the body, our hips are susceptible to ...
Read More »Believe it or Not: Some Crazy Facts About the Human Body
It’s perfectly easy to take the body for granted. After all, we live with it every day, and most of us don’t exactly look like anything out of the ordinary. In fact, given all of our daily responsibilities, it would ...
Read More »Five Tips for Building Up Your Bones
Aging can bring about some wonderful moments, but it can also force us to confront a number of health-related issues. One of these issues is the health of our bones, which tend to get weaker and more brittle as we ...
Read More »A Path to Better Bone Health
Aging can bring about some wonderful moments, but it can also force us to confront a number of health-related issues. One of these issues is the health of our bones, which tend to get weaker and more brittle as we ...
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