MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'elbow'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:08:44 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4389187&cid=t_103353_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emergencyweb.net%2Flibrary%2Fmp3.php%3Ff%3Deits_epo33_neonatespart2.mp3 Welcome to the 3rd edition! The LITFL Review is your regular and reliable source for the highest highlights, sneakiest sneak peaks and loudest shout-outs from the webbed world of emergency medicine and critical care. Each week the LITFL team will cast the spotlight on the best and brightest from the blogosphere, the podcast video/audiosphere and [...] (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4389187 Mon, 24 Jan 2011 03:54:09 +0100 4389187 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4338221&cid=t_103353_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F01%2Fmore-ups-and-downs.html I think I have been neglecting my health here for the past few weeks. I don't know. Sometimes I don't feel like talking about things because I don't want to talk about them so I can pretend they aren't happening or because I don't want anyone asking me about it. And its my blog and I can blog about whatever I want. Yesterday I went to my ankle doctor to find out the results of my ankle MRI. It turns out that yes my ankle has healed up nicely but it has left two pockets of fluid in my ankle which is why it is still stiff, sore and swollen. The answer for this is to try to stick a nice big needle full of cortisone in one of them to see if it helps reduce the swelling. (I hate big needles and don't like the fact that doctors always want to stick me with them.) I go back in six weeks to see ho... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4338221 Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:47:00 +0100 4338221 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4251242&cid=t_103353_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fpart-3-of-my-very-long-day.html Yesterday, I was supposed to be smart and stay home and work quietly and recover from my VERY long day. I was STUPID (worthy of capitals - and that was after I was a MORON because I forgot to pay the mortgage which I immediately rectified) because I didn't do what I was supposed to do.In the morning, I decided that since I had finished stamping the latest newsletter from my nonprofit job, I could put all 1700 of them in their 3 boxes on a two wheeled cart and get them into the car to drive them to the post office and then out of the car and into the post office. That wasn't so bad as I lightened the boxes by taking some newsletters out when I had to lift them in and out of the car and was not above dragging them. Next I decided that with my abundance of healthy feelings I was in good shape... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4251242 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 11:39:00 +0100 4251242 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225585&cid=t_103353_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F12%2Frats.html (Feel free to replace the title with the appropriate word of your choice which equals frustration). Yesterday I went to my exercise class and talked to the instructor about my elbow. She said she wanted me to talk to the physical therapist this morning about what I should and shouldn't do. Then I went to the monthly breast cancer support group I never get to because the lymphedema specialist specialist was there. She said I need to wear my (damn) sleeve again until my right arm is back to normal AND I need to be extra careful not to stress my left lymphedema arm until my right tennis elbow is under control.My husband is gloating because he was telling me I should wear my damn sleeve and he has been proven right. That's not the frustrating part (even though he didn't remember to notice my h... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225585 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:43:00 +0100 4225585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4214422&cid=t_103353_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fbut-i-dont-play-tennis.html I have tennis elbow. The last time I recall I played tennis was when I was 9 years old and we spent a month or so on Cape Cod in a rented house that had a tennis court nearby. My mother attempted to teach us how to play. I was awful. I don't play. Maybe I have delayed onset tennis elbow but that would be really delayed onset (even though I am only 29).So I went to the doctor yesterday but first I had an x-ray. When I finally got to see the doctor, I was asked what my pain scale was - I said about a 5 or 6. The doctor said I had a perfectly normal elbow and by pushing on the sorest parts of my elbow he told me I had tennis elbow - which he used a big fancy name for that I can't even remember and added that it is a repetitive strain injury. He suggested that I do behavior modifications like ... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4214422 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:43:00 +0100 4214422 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207480&cid=t_103353_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fwanted-one-general-all-purpose-doctor.html I was talking with a friend yesterday about life with ailments and how we seem to spend all our time running from one specialist to another. We both want a general all purpose doctor who is a combination ankle surgeon/elbow surgeon/medical oncologist/breast surgeon/radiation oncologist/radiologist/primary care/psychiatrist/psychologist/and whatever else you need. You go see them and they say pouf and you are all healed. None of this wasted time going from appointment to appointment. Wouldn't that be great?Or better yet, a single cure for everything so we wouldn't need the doctors in the first place. It never hurts to dream does it?Today I am going to break in a rookie. A rookie doctor that is. He has never met met before so I go in and say 'my elbow hurts, I've been icing it which helps a ... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207480 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:12:00 +0100 4207480 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4183475&cid=t_103353_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F11%2Fin-category-of-i-clearly-do-not-have.html A few years ago my brother made a sarcastic brotherly comment about me running out of body parts to have something wrong with them. Well apparently I forgot about my elbow. Yesterday morning, I discovered I had a problem: It was painful to drink coffee because my elbow hurt. I got to work and told my co-workers I had a drinking problem because I couldn't drink coffee (or herbal tea or water or anything else). It only hurts if I bend my elbow or attempt to pick anything up or twist my arm. A long time ago - maybe 15 or more years, my right wrist/elbow was giving me a problem. I saw a specialist and he told me it wasn't carpal tunnel in my wrist but my ulnar tunnel in my elbow. He told me not to lean on my elbow, not to sleep with my elbow bent (with my hands up by my face), and other behavi... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4183475 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 10:55:00 +0100 4183475 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4022914&cid=t_103353_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftech-nitis-new-overuse-injuries-from-too-much-personal-technology%2F2010.10.01 It’s not surprising to people that I’m a “techy” type of guy. Reading tech stories about the latest gadgets is a nice occasional escape from work. One of the ways that medicine and tech intersect is in some “overuse injuries” that I’ve seen and talked with people about. When the Nintendo Wii first came out, there were many stories of “Wii-itis” and tendonitis-related injuries. Last week American Medical News interviewed me for a story posted on their site [on September 27th] called “New Personal Technology Creating New Ailments.” The article opens like this: When Mike Sevilla, MD, sees young patients at his Salem, Ohio, family practice, he often finds them text messaging or listening to music on portable media players. The... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4022914 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 12:00:00 +0100 4022914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3845060&cid=t_103353_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fmariners-pitcher-shawn-kelley-headed-elbow-surgery%2F Seattle Mariners pitcher Shawn Kelley will likely have surgery in the next week to see what is causing the continuing pain in his pitching elbow. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3845060 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:29:17 +0100 3845060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3614495&cid=t_103353_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F05%2Ffarbers-disease%2F Pathophysiology disseminated lipogranulomatosis of infancy and early childhood owing to defect in ceramidase Signs and Symptoms 1) onset of swollen, painful joints shortly after birth 2) weak cry 3) severely stunted growth and motor development 4) large yellow-red nodules on areas of mechanical stress (wrists, fingers, elbows, knees, and toes) 5) stridor – owing to growths on vocal cords and epiglottis 6) growths in nervous system Histology/Gross Pathology infiltration of skin with foamy histiocytes, granulomas, and eventual fibrosis (nervous system does not develop granulomas) Associated Conditions 1) nodular thickening of heart valves 2) retinal degeneration Biochemistry 1) ceramidase is a lysosomal acid that breaks ceramide into fatty acid and sphingosine 2) tissues have 10-60 tim... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3614495 Mon, 31 May 2010 02:18:21 +0100 3614495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2927454&cid=t_103353_122_f&fid=35055&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsarasotaneurology.com%2F2009%2F10%2F25%2Fregenerative-medicine-platelet-rich-plasma-provides-joint-pain-relief%2F As a neurologist who sees many patients with neck, back and various joint pains, I practice an area of medicine known as neuro-orthopedics. As such, I treat patients for their pain without surgical intervention. Many patients with neck, back and joint pain (knee pain, shoulder pain, elbow pain, etc.) can be successfully treated without invasive surgery and the many risk that go along with this. With surgery there is also a prolonged recovery time and need for extensive rehabilitation. The area of medicine that applies to successfully treating patients without surgery or use of narcotic medications is known as regenerative medicine. In this field, platelet rich plasma is injected into the affected joint, tendon, ligament or soft tissue area that has pain and is failing to heal completely. T... Sarasota Neurology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2927454 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:00:24 +0100 2927454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2768711&cid=t_103353_115_f&fid=34670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsumerdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F09%2Ftennis-elbow-mri.html Lateral epicondylitis. Coronal short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) image demonstrates edema near the origin of the common extensor.From Sumer's Radiology Site http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com -The Top Radiology Magazine. Teleradiology Providers at www.teleradproviders.com Mail us at teleradproviders@gmail.com (Source: Sumer's Radiology Site) Sumer's Radiology Site blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2768711 Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:44:00 +0100 2768711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452872&cid=t_103353_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.everydayhealth.com%2Fblog%2Fzimney-health-and-medical-news-you-can-use%2Fcell-phone-elbow-isnt-always-due-to-cell-phone-use%2F Recent media activity has called attention to a repetitive use syndrome called ‘cell phone elbow,’ which can cause pain, numbness or tingling in the forearm and hand.  But cubital tunnel syndrome, as it’s known medically, isn’t only caused by excessive cell phone use. In fact, it can be caused by any repetitive activity in which the elbow is bent at a greater than 90 degree angle. This could include holding any kind of phone to the ear for long periods of time. It just happens that because cell phone use has increased exponentially and because people can now use their phones while walking, while driving, literally anywhere, some people are spending much more time on the phone than they did previously. And some of them are paying the price with painful hands and arms. Cubit... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452872 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:08:14 +0100 2452872 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2386952&cid=t_103353_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F05%2F03%2Fif-only-keeping-you-stuck-and-frustrated%2F Two words. Six letters. So much potential for destruction. You say it to yourself and so do I, sometimes without even realizing it. Do you even realize how powerful it is? If only I had more time, I would exercise. If only my parents weren’t so annoying, I’d be less stressed. If only I had a bigger house, then I’d be more organized. If only, if only, if only…You know, it isn’t just the “if only” part that is so damaging. By itself, it just a harmless wish or fantasy. It’s saying “then”, as if you only have permission to have this better outcome when the first part happens. Let’s break this down once, shall we? Take the example about having a bigger house and being more organized. I threw this one in for me. We still live in... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2386952 Sun, 03 May 2009 16:44:08 +0100 2386952 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2190457&cid=t_103353_115_f&fid=34670&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsumerdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Ftuberculosis-elbow-mri.html There is evidence of erosive osseous destruction involving the lower end of humerus, olecranon process of ulna & radius. Elbow joint spaces are reduced. Also noted is altered marrow signal intensity in these bones appearing hypointense on T1WI and hyperintense on T2 and fat sat T2WI consistent with marrow edema. Fluid collection is noted in relation to elbow joint articulation & in the olecranon bursa. Also noted is soft tissue edema in surrounding muscles & soft tissue.Opinion- Osseous destruction & marrow edema involving the elbow articulation with fluid collection & soft tissue edema likely infective etiology (Likely tubercular). Case by-Dr.Sumer K Sethi, MDSr Consultant Radiologist ,VIMHANS and CEO-Teleradiology ProvidersEditor-in-chief, The Internet Journal of Radi... Sumer's Radiology Site blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2190457 Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:50:00 +0100 2190457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1779308&cid=t_103353_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F9Ap8p0qbpXQ%2F Seems a band called Elbow has won the Nationwide Mercury Prize—-a “staple of UK music accolade-giving since 1992“—-for its album The Seldom Seen Kid. Considering the attention devoted by some “autism activists” (Safe Minds etc.) to the belief that vaccines or something in vaccines, like the mercury-based preservative thimerosal, can be linked to autism, there would indeed be some competition for, I don’t know, “most mad about mercury” and “best talking about detoxing autism.” Jenny McCarthy—now starting up a lifestyle line of non-toxic products—would be a fair contender, as would Evidence of Harm author David Kirby who has again and again “rebranded autism”—-renaming it vaccine-transmitted mercu... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1779308 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:35:41 +0100 1779308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=675789&cid=t_103353_130_f&fid=34941&url=http%3A%2F%2Forthosportsrehab.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Ftennis-elbow-or-acute-wiiitis.html For all of you PTs out there treating a patient with an insidious onset of tennis elbow, you may want to ask your patient one question...do they own a Nintendo Wii?In the June 2007 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Julio Bonis wrote an editorial explaining a case of "Acute Wiitis." In the editorial, Dr. Bonis reports of a 29-year-old medical resident who woke one morning with severe right shoulder pain. The patient had no history of recent injury or physical activity; however, upon inspection, had positive tests consistent with acute infraspinatus tendonitis. After thorougly scrutinizing all of his activities over the past day, the patient remembered that he was playing a tennis video game on his new Nintendo Wii for several hours. "The final diagnosis for the isolated righ... Concepts in Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Rehab blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=675789 Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:42:00 +0100 675789 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=568191&cid=t_103353_130_f&fid=34941&url=http%3A%2F%2Forthosportsrehab.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Flink-of-week.html The link of the week is the website for the American Society for Shoulder and Elbow Therapists (ASSET) which features some great rehabilitation guidelines for...you guessed it-shoulder and elbow nonoperative and operative procedures. Looks like a great resource as some of the guidelines come complete with references. Enjoy.http://www.asset-usa.org/ Save This Page (Source: Concepts in Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Rehab) Concepts in Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Rehab blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=568191 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:07:00 +0100 568191 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=479953&cid=t_103353_130_f&fid=34941&url=http%3A%2F%2Forthosportsrehab.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fulnar-collateral-ligamant.html A recent article featured in the American Journal of Sports Medicine looked at the results of a modified technique to reconstruct the Ulnar Collateral Ligament of the elbow in throwers. The study looked at 100 throwers who underwent a docking technique for reconstruction of the medical elbow ligament, with a mean follow-up of 36 months.Traditionally, athletes have undergone the Tommy John surgery or Jobe surgery, in which a tendon from the individual's forearm is grafted into the elbow. This docking technique, was modified from the Jobe procedure where a muscle-splitting approach is used through the posterior one third of the common flexor pronator mass. The muscles are not detached and thus the ulnar nerve is untouched, minimizing the risk for post-operative ulnar nerve symptoms.Postopera... Concepts in Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Rehab blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=479953 Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:19:00 +0100 479953