Fifth disease, also called Erythema infectiosum, is a mild viral illness that most commonly affects children. It is called fifth disease because it is the fifth of the five viral rash diseases of ...

Side-Steps With Resistance Band Add a resistance band to side-step exercises to increase your leg strength and stability. If you’re just starting out, begin with level 1 (the easiest) and slowly ...

By Linda Rath | April 30, 2024 If you have arthritis, you may be wary of exercise. The truth is physical activity is among the most uniformly successful of all arthritis treatments. Among other ...

By Mary Anne Dunkin | Feb. 17, 2023 If you’re having knee replacement surgery due to arthritis you can expect relief from pain, improved mobility and the ability to resume many of the activities you ...

By Mary Anne Dunkin | June 12, 2022 Getting control of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the inflammation that fuels it involves medication, physical activity and living a healthy lifestyle. You should ...

By Linda Rath | Aug. 8, 2022 Lots of things can keep you tossing and turning at night. Hip pain shouldn’t be one of them. Yet more than one-third of U.S. adults report that hip, knee or foot pain ...

By Mary Anne Dunkin Restful sleep is important to almost every aspect of your health — including managing your pain and your arthritis. Yet pain from arthritis can make getting to sleep and staying ...

Get more information about treatment goals for inflammatory arthritis, which includes both pain management and the prevention of joint and organ damage. Learn how a physical therapist can help develop ...

By Linda Rath A healthy gastrointestinal (GI) tract plays a critical role in overall health and houses the largest number of immune cells in the body. A faulty immune system is responsible for the ...

The condition is commonly caused by wear-and-tear on the spine related to osteoarthritis. So, it’s more likely to happen as someone ages. But people with other types of arthritis and related ...

Psoriatic arthritis, or PsA, is a chronic, autoimmune form of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and occurs with the skin condition psoriasis. It can affect large or small joints. In less common ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease of ups and downs. One day, your joints feel pretty good. The next, swelling and pain ratchet up and you can barely get out of bed. These symptom episodes — ...