DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m a 77-year-old male in good physical health. I experience numbness while sleeping, mostly in my right shoulder and arm, but the numbness extends to my right thumb. This has affected ...
Extremity reconstruction surgery can be life-changing for people whose hands, arms or legs have been affected by cancer, an infection, a traumatic injury, congenital (birth) defect, or other ...
This week we are going to switch from orthopedic conditions to a neurologic condition which is relatively rare but occurs as a result of a genetic mutation and is a hereditary peripheral neuropathy.
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Common Causes of Numbness in Your Feet
Numbness in your feet can develop due to nerve compression, nerve damage, or poor circulation. Additionally, an underlying condition that affects blood flow—like diabetes or sciatica—can cause ...
Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy is an immune-mediated neuropathy that affects the peripheral motor and sensory nerves. The symptoms are of a slowly progressive numbness and tingling ...
The British Medical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 742 (Mar. 20, 1875), pp. 379-380 (2 pages) ...
NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland ― Combined electrochemical treatment (CET), a technique that uses local nerve blocks in conjunction with electric cell signaling, regenerates nerve fibers and significantly ...
REHABILITATION of the upper extremity in hemiplegie patients presents multiple problems. Superimposed musculoskeletal and neuromuscular complications may be obscured by the hemiplegia. Prompt ...
This week we are going to discuss not an injury but a specific test that is performed to diagnose an injury. That test? The nerve conduction velocity test or NCV/EMG. The nerve conduction velocity ...
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