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How to Use Diet to Manage Rheumatoid Arthritis
Many people with rheumatoid arthritis find that what they eat seems to affect how they feel. While there is no definitive proof that diet can be used to manage rheumatoid arthritis, there is plenty of...
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How to Use Exercise to Manage Rheumatoid Arthritis
Exercise is an important part of managing rheumatoid arthritis. It helps keep joints strong and flexible. This helps them work longer and can enable a patient to put off joint replacement for some...
View ArticleHow to Manage Rheumatoid Arthritis in the Feet
Rheumatoid arthritis can affect many joints in the body. In the feet, the ball of the foot (metatarso-phalangeal joints) and the sub-talor joint below the ankle joint are often affected. The pain,...
View ArticleHow to Manage Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms Naturally
Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disorder that usually affects the smaller joints in the hands and feet. The disease is most common in women between the ages of 40 and 60, and it causes swelling...
View ArticleHow to Manage Rheumatoid Arthritis Pain at Night
Rheumatoid arthritis can affect joints such as the shoulders, knees, wrists, hip and even the back vertebrae. According to the staff at Johns Hopkins in the article "Rheumatoid Arthritis: Symptoms and...
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What Is the Purpose of the Arch in Our Foot?
The arch of the human foot is a complex structure made up of three separate arches, as well as ligaments. The shape of the foot arch varies from person to person. Some people have normal arches, while...
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How to Use a Cane for Right-Sided Weakness
Knowing how to walk with a cane can mean the difference between immobility and an active life. A cane gives you balance and strength to help compensate for your weakened state. Whether it is an injury,...
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How to Make a Sling From a Sweatshirt
A sling is a simple piece of medical equipment that can alleviate a great deal of pain for someone that has injured a limb. The sling immobilizes the injured limb in a position that places only a...
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How to Fix the Smell of a Cast
Having a cast on your arm or leg is enough of a pain, let alone when the cast begins to have a very unpleasant odor. Unfortunately, since you can't wash the area underneath your cast as you normally...
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How to Make a Shoulder Sling From a Bed Sheet
Shoulder slings are used when an arm or shoulder has suffered a break, fracture or dislocation. Sheets make good slings, since they are easy to cut and the soft, flexible fabric can hold an injured...
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How to Jog With a TKR
A total knee replacement, or TKR, is typically performed for severe arthritis -- bone rubbing on bone -- in the knee joint. The TKR procedure involves removal of the end of femur, or thighbone, and the...
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How to Hold a Backpack While on Crutches
Leg and foot injuries often need several weeks of rest to allow them to heal. Crutches allow you to walk without bearing weight on your injured leg, transferring the load through your wrists. It is...
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How to Check for Wear in Artificial Hips
There are many different aspects of modern medicine that help make life easier for those who have various types of medical issues. For example, if you break your hip and it cannot heal on its own, your...
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How to Diffuse an Annular Bulge Containing an Annular Tear at L4 - L5
Many people suffer from lower back conditions, some of which produce debilitating pain. Many of these have been diagnosed with an annular bulge containing an annular tear, which is just another name...
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Ways to Stop Stubbing Your Toes
Stubbing your toe is a common injury, and one that's easily inflicted when you're in a domestic or otherwise everyday setting. When you stub your toe, there's a brief flash of pain, but then you tend...
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Aircast vs. Fiberglass Cast
The goal of a cast is to immobilize the affected area as well as provide support and protection. Casts come in three forms: plaster, fiberglass and air casts. Fiberglass casts and air casts are more...
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How to Cushion Crutches
A broken bone is painful, and recovery can be a tedious process if your crutches are not cushioned properly. The cushion padding should be thick enough to cushion contact between your underarms and the...
View ArticleHow to Measure for Compression Garments for Legs
Compression garments provide comfort and support after surgery for all areas of body. If you have had leg surgery or are using compression garments to recover from a running or other sports-related...
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How to Make a Heel Wedge
Heel wedges are support devices designed to alleviate heel, hip and back pain while walking or standing. Heel wedges correct supination and pronation by countering the angle of the ankle and knee....
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Does Stretching Elongate Muscles?
Your muscles are encased in tough connective tissues -- the fascia -- which determine the extent to which the muscles can grow. Performing stretching exercises that put your fascia and muscles under...
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