Ice can help reduce swelling in posterior tibial tendonitis. Anti-inflammatory medications can reduce inflammation around the tendon. Orthotics and physical therapy are important early treatments.

A bulging disc happens when the disc's jelly-like center pushes out but stays within its outer layer. A herniated disc is when the disc's outer layer tears and lets inner material leak out. Bulging ...

In this work, we extend diffusion solvers to efficiently handle general noisy (non)linear inverse problems via the approximation of the posterior sampling. Interestingly, the resulting posterior ...

A rectocele, a type of posterior vaginal prolapse, develops when the tissues between the rectum and vagina weaken, causing the rectum to bulge into the vagina. Symptoms of a rectocele may include ...

IN 1948 and 1950 Lindblom 1,2 reported his experience with diskography. In these reports he described a method of direct visualization of normal and pathologic lumbar intervertebral disks by means of ...

Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is a neurological disorder characterized by swelling or inflammation in the brain. It’s often treatable if diagnosed quickly. Posterior reversible ...

Hip replacement is among the most common orthopedic procedures, with an estimated 544,000 such surgeries performed annually in the United States. In most cases, patients with osteoarthritis of the hip ...

Low back pain is an incredibly common problem. Although we recommend patients initially try non-operative pain management techniques, those with persistent pain may benefit from spinal surgery. In ...

A posterior pelvic tilt refers to when the pelvis tilts too far backwards. This causes the buttocks to tuck in and tilt the hips upward, which can result in pain in the back, hips, buttocks, or thighs ...

“The posterior tibialis is a muscle that originates on the back, or posterior, part of the tibia and fibula (your lower leg bones), up close to your knee,” explains Cathlin Fitzgerald, D.P.T, C.S.C.S.

What Is a PCL Injury? A posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury is a tear or sprain of the PCL, a ligament that crosses the back of your knee. Ligaments are tough bands of tissue that connect bones.