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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Feb 11, 2016 | Voice For Health
“Piriformis syndrome” is named after the muscle that is part of the abductor complex on the inside of the thighs. The sciatic nerve exits the pelvis just below the piriformis muscle with very little clearance. When the piriformis muscle becomes injured or inflamed, the sciatic nerve is often subjected to compression and irritation, resulting in ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Feb 4, 2016 | Voice For Health
The U.S. Soccer Federation bans players under the age of 10 from heading the ball and also forbids heading during practice for young soccer players ages 11 to 13 who play in leagues under its purview. This ban came because of an ongoing classaction lawsuit filed by a group of parents and young players, who ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Jan 28, 2016 | Voice For Health
According to a recent study, exposing children and teenagers to even trace amounts of secondhand smoke lowers their test scores in reading and reasoning tests. It’s estimated that up to 33 million children and teenagers in the United States may be exposed to enough secondhand smoke to adversely affect their reading ability. Researchers checked the ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Jan 21, 2016 | Voice For Health
As we grow older, the intervertebral discs, which normally cushion the spinal bones (vertebrae) from impact, begin to shrink, tear, and bulge/rupture. These degenerative changes, which can also result from injury, often give rise to pain stemming from osteoarthritis and spinal stenosis (narrowing of the open spaces within the spine). As increasing pressure is placed ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Jan 14, 2016 | Voice For Health
Some back-pain sufferers have a great deal of confidence in a steroid injection’s ability to relieve their discomfort. After all, corticosteroids, which mimic the effects of hormones that the body produces naturally in the adrenal glands, have a proven ability to suppress inflammation. For this reason, lower back pain associated with herniated discs and (sometimes) ...
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by Dr. Gabrielle Freedman | Jan 7, 2016 | Voice For Health
There is pain involving a nerve that some feel is so embarrassing to talk about that its name is derived from the Latin word for “shame.” The “pudendal” nerve lies deep in the pelvis and travels from the sacral area and later separates into three branches: one going to the anal-rectal area, one to the ...
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