Pinched Nerve in the Hip
A pinched nerve in the hip can cause several symptoms, including severe pain. It can make it difficult for you to do your daily activities.
In this guide, we explore the common causes and symptoms of a pinched nerve in the hip. We also introduce you to some stretches and exercises that can help treat a pinched nerve and prevent it in the future.
Piriformis syndrome
Content: What is Piriformis Syndrome? The Symptoms of Piriformis Syndrome Causes of Piriformis Syndrome Treatment For Piriformis Syndrome Exercises For Piriformis Syndrome Other Treatment Options for Piriformis Syndrome Begin Your Journey Toward a Pain-Free Life! Are you feeling a dull ache in your buttocks? Is it accompanied by numbness or tingling down one leg? In this article, we explore a condition called piriformis syndrome. We’ll dive into the symptoms, causes, and how the proper exercises can help speed up your recovery. Looking for a solution to piriformis syndrome? Try the Injurymap exercise app now. The piriformis is a small muscle located deep in the buttocks. It attaches at the lower part of the spine and extends in a triangle-like shape toward the femur, the bone that makes up your upper thigh. This small muscle plays a significant role in stabilizing your hip joint, as well as rotating your thigh outward. In other words, it’s activated in most instances where you are using your hips or legs. While it may be just a tiny muscle, it can cause severe pain and tingling through the buttocks and down the legs when it spasms. If you suffer from these symptoms, you may be experiencing a condition called piriformis syndrome.
Forearm pain
A painful forearm can make it difficult to do your daily activities and take part in sports. Oftentimes, the cause of your forearm pain is unclear. In this guide, we give you information about the common causes of forearm pain. We also introduce you to some exercises that can help treat your forearm pain and prevent it from returning.
Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome
Content: What is greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS)? Definition of GTPS Symptoms of GTPS Causes of GTPS Knowing the difference between GTPS and other conditions How long does it take for GTPS? Treatment for GTPS Other treatment options for GTPS Managing hip pain from GTPS Do you have a constant ache or burning pain in your hip area? Are you walking with a limp? Does exercise make the pain worse? Is your pain more intense when you are lying on the affected side at night? If your answer is yes to any of these questions, you could be suffering from a condition called greater trochanteric pain syndrome (GTPS). It is a painful condition that affects the outer thigh and hip area.1 Looking for a solution to greater trochanteric pain syndrome? Try the Injurymap exercise app now. Fortunately, GTPS responds well to conservative treatments, such as exercises. Surgery is rarely required to fix the problem.2 You can help reduce your symptoms of hip pain and inflammation with the proper physical therapy exercises. Exercises also help strengthen the hip muscles. Stronger hip muscles reduce your risk of suffering from greater trochanteric pain syndrome in the future. With this informative guide, we will help you understand GTPS and how to treat it. Please keep in mind that this guide is for your information only. It should not replace formal medical care. You should get the opinion of a healthcare provider if your symptoms are severe and do not improve with home exercises.
Sprained Wrist
A sprained wrist can make it difficult to perform your daily activities and participate in sports. Luckily, rehab exercises can help you recover from a wrist sprain.
In this guide, we inform you about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of a sprained wrist. We also introduce you to some exercises that can help your wrist to heal.
Google shut down our app in the middle of the pandemic
What we learned from mistakenly using the c-word Just over 3 weeks ago, on Tuesday, March 31st, my team and I were feeling proud and excited about the prospect of introducing our health app Injurymap to a lot of new people. We had just announced that we were going to grant free global access to Injurymap during the COVID-19 lockdown. We wanted to help offset the massive pressure that health care systems around the world are experiencing. And we wanted to help people with muscle and joint pain, for as long as non-critical care, including physiotherapy, was largely closed down. We had put together a campaign team with four out of our six team members prepared to start working on relevant tasks. This included anything from prepping press releases to updating our social media profiles, changing CTAs on our website, or reaching out to partners who could help us signal boost our offer of free access. After our meetings, one team member suggested updating our app store profiles so anyone who considered downloading the app would quickly see that our services were now free. It seemed like a logical move, right? We decided to do it. From the start, things were looking good. Our posts and emails were being received very well and most of our partners were up for helping us. And, we thought, we were only getting started… Shut down by Google Then, on Wednesday, April 1 (yes, that day) the unexpected, yet inevitable, happened. Google Play had shut down our app page, and now anyone who clicked their way onto the page found it saying “page missing”. Why? Google claimed we had violated their sensitive events policy. The sensitive events policy was created on March 31, the same day we launched our campaign, to prevent “content that potentially capitalizes on or lacks reasonable sensitivity towards a natural disaster, conflict, death, public health emergency, or other tragic events.” In short, Google wanted to avoid companies profiting off of events like the COVID-19 outbreak. And they had taken measures to do so at the exact same time we launched our campaign. Here is our addition to the Google Play description that got us suspended: “Because of the coronavirus/COVID-19, Injurymap is now free for all new users until the 31st of May. We hope that it can help you treat your pain as many other options have sadly been shut down. All the best – and stay safe. The Injurymap Team.” The shutdown of our services led to what can only be described as a momentary, full-blown panic within our team. Google Play accounts for about a third of our users and is a critical part of our distribution network. We had just lined up a major campaign involving all of our partners and prepared a large PR effort. All these activities we now decided to put on hold. And maybe worst of all, Google Play had blocked access to our developer account, which made us unable to update the app for existing Android users. Also, adding to our anxiety, was the fact that when we quickly appealed, Google Play informed us (in an automated message) that under the current Coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis, they wouldn’t be able to tell us how long it would take them to handle our case. We soon found out that Google was enforcing a company-wide policy against the use of the C-words (Coronavirus / COVID-19) in advertisements. Over the next few days, news came out that the policy slowly was about to loosen up. But everyone we talked to said that we should prepare to wait for a long time to get back on Google Play. Before offering free access to the app, we thought we had done our homework. We had discussed it with a number of our most important stakeholders, including 5 doctors who prescribe the app on a daily basis. We decided to offer free access to the app because we believed it would enable us to widen our reach and positive impact during the crisis. That was the ultimate decision criterion. But clearly, we hadn’t thought about how this could affect our relationship with the app stores, and now we found ourselves in an unexpected crisis. Long story short, we desperately tried to get in touch with someone at Google who could escalate our case. We contacted anyone we knew who was a current or past Google employee, or who had a working relationship with Google. We underlined our status as a partner to the healthcare system (we have a network of +500 doctors) and pointed out that we were sincerely trying to help out. Everyone we emailed was very friendly, but there was also no doubt that the handling of the Coronavirus emergency was a special situation for Google, and that ultimately, we depended on the Google Play reviewers to assess our case and let us back in. On April 7th, we were back online, after 6 increasingly stressful and anxiety-driven days. Whether any of our outreach had any effect, we don’t know. But the relief was enormous when we were finally back on Google Play. For those 6 days, all campaign activities were put on hold. It didn’t make sense for us to promote free access to Injurymap while the app was not available for ⅓ of potential users. But, with the Easter holidays starting in Denmark on April 9nd, it was very difficult to do a lot to pick up speed again until Tuesday 14th when our team (and most of our partners) would be back at work. Effectively, we had lost momentum for the first two weeks of our campaign. Lessons learned Should we have seen this coming? Honestly, I’m not sure. But in the future, we will have learned from this to be very cautious when handling our relationships with Apple and Google. And maybe Google will have learned something too? After all, we’re still convinced that the main reason why this occurred to us was
Femoroacetabular Impingement
Content: What is Femoroacetabular Impingement (FAI) Syndrome? Types of FAI Causes of Femoroacetabular Impingement Symptoms of Femoroacetabular Impingement Diagnosis of Femoroacetabular Impingement Treatment for FAI Syndrome Other Treatment Options for Femoroacetabular Impingement Complications When to see a doctor Healing from Hip Impingement Do you find your hip joint is painful and stiff? Is it difficult for you to sit for very long or walk without a limp? Does the pain in your hip keep you up at night? You could be suffering from a condition called femoroacetabular impingement (FAI). Your symptoms may be making it impossible to do the things you love, such as dancing, running, hiking, or skiing. Thankfully, femoroacetabular impingement doesn’t have to leave you sitting on the sidelines. You can get back in the game with the right treatment and exercise. FAI occurs due to abnormal development of the hip bones during your growing years. Over time, the hip joint becomes damaged, leading to hip pain. Active people often begin to experience the symptoms of femoroacetabular impingement earlier in life. This is because they use the hip joint more intensely during athletic activities. If you’ve been diagnosed with FAI, do not despair. People with femoroacetabular impingement can live long, active lives without major problems. The hip pain and other symptoms can be managed with physical therapy exercises at home. The Injurymap app makes these exercises easily accessible to you. It also demonstrates the correct way to do the exercises. In this comprehensive guide we give you all the information you need about femoroacetabular impingement. Remember, the guide is for information only. It is not a replacement for formal medical care. Specifically, you should seek the opinion of a healthcare provider if your symptoms do not improve with home rehab exercises. Looking for a solution to hip pain from femoroacetabular impingement? Try the Injurymap exercise app now.
Sprained Knee
A knee sprain is a common injury that can be quite disabling. The pain, swelling, and stiffness from a sprained knee can prevent you from doing your daily activities. It may even force you to change your lifestyle. Thankfully, simple measures like home exercises can help relieve your knee pain and increase the range of motion.
You can work on strengthening the knee and reduce recovery time. In this guide, we provide you with an overview of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of knee sprains. We also introduce you to some knee exercises that can help you treat your sprain and prevent future injuries.
Runner’s Knee
Most people know that running has physical benefits. It gives you killer legs, improved heart health, and increased stamina. It’s a natural high. It’s a form of meditation. You can do it (almost) anywhere because it doesn’t need any special equipment. If you love running, anything that keeps you from doing it can be frustrating. Runner’s knee is one such condition. It is the common term used to describe any one of several conditions that cause pain around the kneecap, also known as the patella. These conditions include patellofemoral pain syndrome and iliotibial band syndrome. Runner’s knee is quite common and accounts for 25 percent of all injuries in runners.1 At Injurymap, we realize that the pain from runner’s knee can force you to stop running temporarily. Thankfully, there are exercises you can do to get relief from the symptoms. With this informative guide, we want to help you understand runner’s knee and learn how to prevent it. Please remember this information is meant for guidance only. Always seek medical care if your knee pain is severe or does not improve with home exercises. Looking for a solution to runner’s knee? Try the Injurymap exercise app now. Content: What is runner’s knee? Causes of runner’s knee Symptoms of runner’s knee Recovery time Diagnosis of runner’s knee Treatment Other treatments for runner’s knee Complications Prevention of runner’s knee When to see a doctor Strength training can relieve pain from runner’s knee What is runner’s knee? Before we understand runner’s knee, let’s take a quick look at the structure of the knee joint. The knee is a large, complex, weight-bearing joint. It is formed by the lower end of the thigh bone and the upper end of the shin bone along with the kneecap. Several strong ligaments and muscles hold the bones together and allow smooth movement.
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