Sayantan Majumder

One of the most popular acronyms to remember if you get a sports injury such as a sprain, strain, muscle pull, tear or any other form of soft tissue injury, is R.I.C.E, which stands for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. Using these immediate first aid measures is believed to relieve pain, limit swelling, protect the injured soft tissue, prevent complications and help you heal faster. R.I.C.E protocol  Rest Rest is a key component of repairing the body. Without rest, continual strain is placed on the affected area, leading to increased inflammation, pain, and possible further injury so Activity should be reduced. Additionally, some soft tissue injuries will take longer to heal without rest. There is also a risk of abnormal repair or chronic inflammation resulting from a failure to rest. Ice Ice provides short-term pain relief, reduces the inflammatory response and limits swelling by reducing blood flow to the injured ar...

Non-traumatic elbow pain can be of various causes. Although tennis elbow is the commonest but other problems like golfer's elbow, student's elbow ( olecranon bursitis ), j avelin throwers elbow ( sprain injury of the ulnar collateral ligament of the medial elbow )   and writer's elbow ( ulnar nerve entrapment ) are the other leading causes apart from Rheumatoid arthritis and  referred pain. Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War. He lost his lower limb during the war and started playing lawn several outdoor games in a wheelchair, lately became a famous golf player. Famous author Mr A A Gill mentioned in his writing that he is suffering from golfrr's elbow which he found similar with Douglas Bader. Same like tennis elbow, it not only occurs to golf players but can also seen in bowling players, rock climbers (Climber's Elbow) and baseball players (Pitcher's Elbow) or any other game which is very gr...

First published in 1948 by   Dr. Arnold Kegel , a   pelvic floor exercise, more commonly called a   Kegel exercise, consists of repeatedly contracting and relaxing the muscles that form part of the   pelvic floor . Pelvic floor muscles The aim of Kegel exercises is to improve   muscle tone   by strengthening the   pubococcygeus muscles   of the   pelvic floor . Kegel is a popular prescribed exercise for  pregnant   women to prepare the   pelvic floor   for physiological stresses of the later stages of   pregnancy   and   childbirth . Kegel exercises are said to be good for treating   vaginal prolapse   and preventing   uterine prolapse   in women and for treating   prostate   pain and swelling resulting from   benign prostatic hyperplasia   (BPH) and   prostatitis   in men. Kegel exercises may be beneficial in treating   urinary incontinence...

                     The   term tennis elbow   first appeared in a medical journal in 1883 called   Lawn -tennis elbow written by Major . But don’t think that tennis elbow only affects tennis players! Although the racket players are more prone to get this condition but a musical instrument player, video games players, IT professional or just a housewife can be affected easily too. It can be caused by other sports and by work or hobbies that involve repetitive movements like cricket and cooking.  Definition of   TENNIS ELBOW  Inflammation and pain over the outer side of the elbow involving the lateral epicondyle of the humerus and usually resulting from excessive strain on and twisting of the forearm— also called  lateral humeral epicondylitis . Tennis elbow is caused by an injury to the tendons of the outer elbow and forearm (common extensor muscle group of forearm). This coul...