Gouty Arthritis: How Uric Acid Damages Joints and Restricts Movement.

A person with gout may spend several months without pain and assume that the disease has settled down. The foot looks normal again, shoes fit comfortably, walking is easier. Then, sometimes without an obvious reason, another attack occurs. The big toe is a common target, but the knee, ankle, wrist and fingers are also vulnerable. […]

Rehabilitation After Joint Replacement: The First Steps Toward an Active Life.

A patient can leave the operating room with a new hip or knee and still feel strangely unprepared for the first ordinary movement. The joint has been replaced. The pain that once made every step difficult may already be different. And yet standing up from a chair, walking to the bathroom, or turning around without […]