Growing pains in children are a benign self limiting problem, but a couple of potentially serious health problems can have similar symptoms to growing pains, so they do need to be taken seriously. The classic description of growing pains is pain behind the knee that most occurs at night, usually early in the evening. The Continue reading →
Grounding or earthing is a concept form the alternative health movements that is based on the belief that we need to be barefoot in contact with the earth to keep our ‘electrons’ in balance. if we can;t do that, surprise, surprise, they have some products to sell to help facilitate that. Those that promote grounding Continue reading →
Gout has been documented since antiquity. Traces of gout have been found in Egyptian mummies. Gout was once considered a disease of kings and was linked to too much of the good life. It is now known that it is not necessarily the case. The pain of gout is due to uric acids crystals being Continue reading →
The foot is really important in golf. At first glance it may not seem so, but can the foot carry someone through 18 holes of golf or not? There are a large number of different foot problems that can either be caused by the volume of activity needed to play a round of golf or Continue reading →