Medical Review: Dr. Gerald Mastaw, MD – Board-Certified PhysicianLast Updated: October 2025 What Are Tendon Injuries? Tendons are strong, flexible cords that connect your muscles to your bones, helping your body move smoothly and efficiently.When a tendon becomes overworked, irritated, or torn, it can lead to pain, stiffness, and swelling, a condition often referred to…
Medical Review: Dr. Gerald Mastaw, MD – Board-Certified PhysicianLast Updated: October 2025 A Closer Look at Sports & Athletic Injuries Staying active keeps the body strong, but when training intensity, fatigue, or repetitive motion exceed the body’s limits, injury can occur.Sports and exercise injuries may happen suddenly (acute) or develop gradually over time (chronic), especially…
Medical Review: Dr. Gerald Mastaw, MD – Board-Certified PhysicianLast Updated: October 2025 What Is a Spinal Cord Injury? A spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs when trauma or disease disrupts the communication between the brain and the rest of the body.This damage can result from accidents, falls, infections, or tumors, and depending on where the injury…
Medical Review: Dr. Gerald Mastaw, MD – Board-Certified PhysicianLast Updated: October 2025 Why Shoulders Hurt Your shoulder is one of the most mobile joints in the human body, which makes it incredibly useful, but also prone to injury, strain, and degeneration.Pain can start suddenly after an injury or gradually from overuse, inflammation, or age-related wear.…
Medical Review: Dr. Gerald Mastaw, MD – Board-Certified PhysicianLast Updated: October 2025 What Is a Rotator Cuff Injury? Your rotator cuff is a group of four muscles and tendons that stabilize your shoulder and allow you to lift, reach, and rotate your arm.Because it’s constantly in use and subject to wear, this structure is especially…
Medical Review: Dr. Gerald Mastaw, MD – Board-Certified PhysicianLast Updated: October 2025 What Is Rheumatoid Arthritis? Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease where the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks its own joint tissue.This inflammation primarily affects the synovial lining, the soft membrane surrounding joints, leading to pain, swelling, stiffness, and gradual cartilage and…
Medical Review: Dr. Gerald Mastaw, MD – Board-Certified PhysicianLast Updated: October 2025 Understanding Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Therapy is an advanced regenerative treatment that uses your own blood to stimulate the body’s natural healing processes. After a quick blood draw, the sample is spun in a centrifuge to separate and concentrate the…
Medical Review: Dr. Gerald Mastaw, MD – Board-Certified PhysicianLast Updated: October 2025 What Is Lupus? Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can affect nearly any organ in the body.When the immune system, which normally protects against infection, starts attacking healthy tissues, widespread inflammation and tissue damage can occur. The most common form is Systemic…
Medical Review: Dr. Gerald Mastaw, MD – Board-Certified PhysicianLast Updated: October 2025 Why Knee Pain Happens Your knee joint is one of the body’s most complex and hard-working joints — where your thighbone (femur), shinbone (tibia), and kneecap (patella) meet, supported by strong ligaments, tendons, and cartilage.Because it absorbs so much pressure during daily movement,…
Medical Review: Dr. Gerald Mastaw, MD – Board-Certified PhysicianLast Updated: October 2025 Understanding IBD Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the digestive tract.The two primary types are: Common Symptoms Triggers can vary from person to person, stress, infections, or dietary sensitivities often play a role. IBD is not the same as…
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