Quervain’s tenosynovitis is a painful condition that affects the tendons in your wrist. It occurs when the 2 tendons around the base of your thumb become swollen. The swelling causes the sheaths (casings) covering the tendons to become inflamed. This puts pressure on nearby nerves, causing pain and numbness. It

Tendonitis is inflammation or irritation of a tendon — the thick fibrous cords that attach muscle to bone. The condition causes pain and tenderness just outside a joint. While tendinitis can occur in any of your tendons, it’s most common around your shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees and heels. Although tendinitis

Sciatica refers to pain that radiates along the path of the sciatic nerve, which branches from your lower back through your hips and buttocks and down each leg. Typically, sciatica affects only one side of your body. Sciatica most commonly occurs when a herniated disk, bone spur on the spine

Disc herniation refers to a problem with one of the rubbery cushions (disks) that sit between the bones (vertebrae) that stack to make your spine. A herniated disk, which can occur in any part of the spine, most often occurs in the lower back. Depending on where the herniated disk

Degenerative disc disease in the lumbar spine, or lower back, refers to a syndrome in which age-related wear and tear on a spinal disc causes low back pain. In other words, Degenerative disk disease is when normal changes that take place in the disks of your spine cause pain. Speaking

Bursitis is a painful condition that affects the small, fluid-filled sacs called bursae that cushion the bones, tendons and muscles near your joints. Bursitis occurs when bursae become inflamed. The most common locations for bursitis are in the shoulder, elbow and hip. The most common causes of bursitis are repetitive

Shoulder impingement syndrome is the result of a vicious cycle of rubbing the rotator cuff between your humerus and the top outer edge of your shoulder. The rubbing leads to more swelling and further narrowing of the space, which result in pain and irritation. Shoulder impingement syndrome is most commonly

Leukemia is cancer of the body’s blood-forming tissues, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic system. In people with leukemia, the bone marrow produces an excessive amount of abnormal white blood cells, which don’t function properly. Scientists don’t understand the exact causes of leukemia. It seems to develop from a

Plantar fasciitis is one of the most common causes of heel pain. It involves inflammation of a thick band of tissue that runs across the bottom of each foot and connects the heel bone to the toes (plantar fascia). The cause of plantar fasciitis is poorly understood. It is more