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What is a knee sprain?
A knee sprain is a damage to one or more ligaments of the knee. The ligament or ligaments can be stretched beyond their physical barrier.

What is golf elbow or epitrochleitis?
Golf elbow, also known as epitrochleitis or medial epicondylitis, is an internal tendinopathy of the elbow. This condition is 5 times less common than other types of...

What is De Quervain's tendonitis?
De Quervain's tendonitis, also known as De Quervain's tenosynovitis, was described by the Swiss surgeon Frederic de Quervain in 1895.
The tendon is...

What is hallux valgus?

Hallux valgus or "bunion" is a deformity, a lateral deviation of the big toe (called hallux) of the foot in relation to the first metatarsal. It is characterized by a...

What is Arnold neuralgia?
Arnold's neuralgia is also called neuralgia of the large occipital or Arnoldalgy. This neuralgia corresponds to the attack of the Arnold's nerve (or grafical nerve)...

What is intercostal neuralgia?
Intercostal neuralgia corresponds to intercostal pain, located in the thorax and linked to the suffering of an intercostal nerve, i.e. the nerve of the...

Looking at our beautiful little creatures with their cute little feet, it is tempting to choose their shoes based on aesthetics, fashion, the effect it will make.
However...

Since almost the dawn of time, we have been hearing that when your back hurts, you should take up swimming and stop running! At the risk of shocking many people, I have the pleasure to tell you that I have...

What is Osgood Schlatter?
Osgood and Schlatter are the two people who identified this condition and first described it in 1903.
Osgood Schlatter's disease is the most common...

If they are very often cited by many manual therapists as being an integral part of their practice (there are even fasciatherapists), the anatomical situation of the fasciae, their...

What is a torticollis?
Often assimilated to a vertebral blockage and more particularly cervical (in the neck region), torticollis is in fact characterized by an abnormal contracture of the neck.

What is tennis elbow?

Tennis elbow is a tendinopathy of the lateral aspect of the elbow. It is the most frequent pathology of the elbow (80% of the cases of tennis elbow).