Pizza boxes and bicycle seats are not typically used to make a wrist splint. But when in the great outdoors, almost anything can be used as a medical device if the situation is approached with an ...

Taking inspiration from some of the unique attributes of dragonfly wings, scientists at Germany’s Kiel University have developed a new type of splint for injured joints that offers support in all the ...

The Splint Kit from David Medical Products contains a wrist splint, arm splint, leg splint,elbow/ankle splint and waterproof carrying bag. All splints are made of a light neoprene material and have an ...

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Runners and power walkers may have had the displeasure of experiencing shin splints, which is the term used to describe a dull, aching pain along the inner shinbone that usually picks up during ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Shin splints aren’t hard to get. Faulty posture, poor shoes, fallen arches, insufficient warmups, poor running mechanics, poor walking mechanics, and overtraining can lead to the telltale shin pain.

The official medical term for the condition is medial tibial stress syndrome, or MTSS, but doctors know exactly what patients are talking about when they complain of shin splints. "Shin splints are a ...

Some pets leap into your heart, while others may slink, crawl or wobble. Antilles, an orphaned 2-month-old German shepherd-mix puppy, was in the latter category when he was first brought to the Helen ...