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If you’re an average-size human, your head probably weighs between 10 and 11 pounds. When you realize that’s heavier than the average newborn, you can understand how hard the seven neck vertebrae and surrounding small muscles, tendons and ligaments have to work to support your head.  When you move your head from a neutral, upright […]

Approximately 12% of all Americans — nearly 40 million people — get migraine headaches, according to the National Institutes of Health. Many people also experience tension headaches and cluster headaches, which cause debilitating pain and other symptoms. When all is said and done, headaches impact 40% of the American population in some way, making them […]

Approximately 70% of the American population has at least one headache each year, making it one of the most common reasons for someone to schedule a doctor’s visit. Headache pain can be debilitating, making it difficult to work, go to school, do household chores or enjoy your favorite hobbies. Fortunately, you don’t have to suffer […]

The knee has several parts, including bones, tendons, ligaments and cartilage. All of them work together to make sure the knee functions well enough for walking, running, jumping, sitting and standing. Two C-shaped pieces of cartilage known as the medial and lateral menisci have the important job of absorbing shock between the shinbone and the […]