What is a Rotator Cuff? A group of four distinct muscles and their tendons, which provide strength and stability during motion to the...

Salter-Harris fractures (physeal fractures) refer to fractures through a growth plate (physis) and are therefore specifically applied to...

Osgood Schlatter disease, also known as osteochondrosis, tibial tubercle apophysitis, or traction apophysitis of the tibial tubercle(1)...

Osteosarcoma is also known as osteogenic sarcoma. Osteosarcoma is a malignant primary cancer of long bones.(1) It is the most common...

Serous atrophy of bone marrow is a non-neoplastic bone marrow disorder that occurs with chronic illness and poor nutritional status. It...

Osteoporosis is defined as low bone mineral density caused by altered bone microstructure, ultimately predisposing patients to...

Osteopenia is the midpoint between having healthy bones and having osteoporosis. Here, the bones are weaker than normal but not so far...

Serratus Anterior Muscle The serratus anterior (SA) is a fan-shaped muscle that originates on the superolateral surfaces of the first to...

What is Tibial Torsion? Tibial torsion is defined as any twisting of the tibia on its longitudinal axis which produces a change in the...

Let us understand what is muscle imbalance. The joints in human body are enveloped by muscles that coordinate their movements. These...

What are Crossed Syndromes? The “crossed syndrome” theory was developed by Dr. Vladamir Janda (1928-2002), a Czech physician in 1979...

Nora’s Lesion Nora lesion is a rare Benign Parosteal Osteochondromatous Proliferation or BPOP involving feet and hand. It is...

Achondroplasia is a congenital skeletal dysplasia affecting approximately 1 in every 25,000 births, resulting in disproportionate short...

Skier's thumb is an acute partial or complete rupture of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the thumb’s metacarpophalangeal joint...

What is it? It is a condition where fibrosis of an intersection between a flexor hallucis longus as well as the flexor digitorum longus...

What is intersection syndrome of hand? Intersection syndrome is a condition that affects the first and second compartments of the dorsal...

What is Apraxia? Apraxia is the difficulty in making learned and purposeful movements, even though the motor, sensory, or coordination...

Snapping Hip Syndrome (SHS), also known as Coxa Saltans, is a condition in which one may hear a popping sound or an audible click in the...

Ramsay Hunt syndrome or RHS (herpes zoster oticus) occurs when a shingles outbreak affects the facial nerve near one of the ears. RHS is...

Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is a rare skeletal disorder characterized by the congenital fusion of two or more...