Questions tagged [legs]
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What actually is a stress fracture and why do they not necessarily appear on X-ray but do on MRI?
I'm a runner who was recently diagnosed with a stress fracture in my tibia. As dumb as it may sound, I can't seem to get my head wrapped around what a stress fracture actually is. Is it a hairline ...
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Anatomy: name of the crease between leg and groin
What is the name of the crease/fold/sulcus between the top of the leg and the groin?
Here's an image:
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Foot X Ray: Oblique vs Lateral View - Terminology points to Same or different?
Foot X Ray: Oblique vs Lateral View - Same or different?
Side note / prelude to question:
So I am currently in a high Covid city in Asia and its Sunday.
I‘be been already advised to get an AP & ...
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How should I deal with my leg being tired at the fourth day after the overexertion? [closed]
For days ago, I run backwards and my thies still hurt (just like muscles hurt when they're exerted). Is that a sign of any injury?
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Anatomy of Knee Locking That Heals in Weeks [closed]
I am trying to understand the anatomy of my injury.
How it happened: I was cutting to the left in basketball. My right knee popped 3 times and I felt sharp pain. Immediately after the injury I couldn'...
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Can one have Sciatica without having the leg pain? Just lower back pain? [closed]
Can Sciatica manifest itself without having pain run down one of the legs? Can it feel like lower back pain?
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Blue veins appearing on legs
Lately blue veins started appearing on my girlfriend's legs. She is 21 years old, she works in a flowers factory where she has to stand for around 8 hours on same spot and boxing flowers or whatever.
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Odd leg swelling
34 year old male. Had a long flight to Cancun Dec 2015, when I arrived my feet and lower legs began to get extremely swollen and red and put me out of commission for the first 3 or 4 days of my ...
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Does lifting legs up before going to bed really reduce nocturia?
Is this an urban myth, or is there a known association between lifting legs before going to sleep, and a reduction in the number of bathroom trips during the night? If so, what is the best time and ...
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