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  • Dupuytren's Disease - Home Treatment

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    03/31/08, Healthwise

    Home treatment for Dupuytren's disease focuses on keeping or restoring hand mobility. You may be able to keep your hand function with regular stretching of the involved fingers. Try twice-daily sessions of massaging the hand and then

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  • Tendon Injury (Tendinopathy) - Home Treatment

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    12/17/08, Healthwise

    You can prevent a tendon injury (also known as tendinopathy) from developing or recurring by taking steps at home, work, and during activities to promote healing and protect your tendons.

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  • Patellar tracking disorder: Exercises

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    02/14/08, Healthwise

    The thigh muscles (quadriceps) help keep the kneecap (patella) stable and in place. Weak quadriceps increase the risk of patellar tracking disorder.

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  • Achilles Tendon Problems - When To Call a Doctor

    Article
    01/27/09, Healthwise

    Call your health professional immediately if you think you have an Achilles tendon problem (at or above the back of your ankle) and:

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  • Achilles Tendon Problems - Home Treatment

    Article
    01/27/09, Healthwise

    Home treatment is often used for Achilles tendinopathy and in physical therapy or rehabilitation after an Achilles tendon rupture.

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  • Achilles Tendon Problems - Other Treatment

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    01/27/09, Healthwise

    Other treatments are often used for Achilles tendinopathy and rupture. Before using other treatments, you most likely will try rest and medicine to reduce pain and swelling.

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  • Hip Fracture - Home Treatment

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    07/09/07, Healthwise

    To help you recover from hip fracture surgery, your doctor will recommend a rehabilitation (rehab) program based on what part of your hip was fractured and the type of surgery done to repair it. A rehab program will include exercises

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  • Hip Injuries, Age 12 and Older

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    09/20/08, Healthwise

    A hip injury and pain can make it difficult to walk, go up and down stairs, squat, or sleep on the side that hurts. A clicking or snapping feeling or sound around your hip joint (snapping hip) may bother you or cause you to worry. But if

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  • Plantar Fasciitis - Other Treatment

    Article
    07/23/07, Healthwise

    Physical therapy may be helpful for some people with plantar fasciitis. It can be especially useful for people who have problems with foot mechanics (biomechanical problems), such as tight Achilles tendons.

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  • Foot problems: Finding the right shoes

    Article
    03/06/08, Healthwise

    Footwear plays a large role in the development as well as the prevention of foot and toe problems such as bunions, calluses and corns, and hammer, claw, and mallet toes. Shoes that don't fit properly make these conditions worse an

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