Tying shoelaces, getting into a car, picking things up off the floor and walking down stairs all involve flexing that most ...

The tibia, one of the bones in the lower leg (or calf area), is the bottom ... can be passed along this nerve and felt on the surface. That means knee pain could arise from the knee itself or ...

A new study has found the non-invasive application of in-ear electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve to be safe and ...

Years of high school, college and semiprofessional football meant Layne Herber’s knees didn’t stand much of a chance. By the ...

Discover the important functions of your sural nerve in sensation and balance, plus how doctors use it to diagnose and treat ...

However, it may be a sign of complications such as infection or nerve damage ... originate from the same area, so issues with the nerves in the knee can cause pain or discomfort in the hip ...

For some people, sciatic nerve pain is a mild but persistent nuisance. And for others, especially during flares, sciatica causes pain so severe that it derails their whole day. Thankfully ...

that causes pain to a specific organ or body region can be blocked with the injection of medication into a specific area of the body. The injection of this nerve-numbing substance is called a ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Doctors are freezing away the pain to make knee replacement surgery easier ... "We inject the nitrous oxide in the area around where the nerves run. It freezes the outside ...