injury
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Five Warning Signs Your Injury Needs A Doctor
Obviously, if you break your leg, you’re going to head straight to the nearest emergency room. But it’s harder to know what to do when you’ve rolled your ankle, or have a nagging pain in your knee. Will you be fine with rest and ice, or do you need to get it checked out?
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Can The Way We Move After Injury Lead To Chronic Pain?
When people suffer musculoskeletal pain – that is, pain arising from muscles, ligaments, bones or joints – they change the way they move. Sometimes these changes include completely avoiding certain movements, and sometimes they are more subtle.
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3 Reasons Why Tiny Paper Cuts Hurt So Much
Even the smallest of paper cuts can leave you with a lingering, uncomfortable pain that feels like something much worse. Here’s why paper cuts are more irritating than most other cuts and scrapes.
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How To Use Prescription Painkillers Without Getting Addicted
From the headlines, prescription painkillers sound pretty scary. Some of the people who take them switch to heroin, and some die of overdoses. The problem is so bad that the US FDA has mandated black-box warning labels about the risk of abuse. But at the same time, these drugs are common and useful tools to…