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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is an uncommon chronic pain condition that can affect the arms, legs, hands orfeet of a patient, following an injury. Rarely, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome affects other parts of the body. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome...

Did you know that a quarter of the bones in the human body are in the feet? Each foot is made up of twenty six bones, thirty joints and more than one hundred muscles, tendons and ligaments, all of which...

The hip joint is the connection between the head of the femur and the part of the pelvic bone known as the acetabulum. It is a ball and socket joint, allowing for a large range of motion in multiple planes....

Degenerative joint disease is characterised by a group of mechanical abnormalities involving degradation of joints, including the cartilage which is a slippery tissue between the ends of bones in joints, and subchondral bone which provides support for the cartilage at...

To gain a better understanding of what can go wrong within the brain it is essential to know what occurs and what it looks like when it is functioning normally. This week we are looking at the layers of the...

One in every five Australians suffer from chronic pain. Whether it is the slice of a paper cut, the crack of a broken bone, the throb of a headache or an ache that niggles in your back, pain serves an...

There are twelve pairs of cranial nerves, which emerge directly from the brain. Doctors tend to refer to the cranial nerves by their number, from one to twelve, listed as a Roman numeral. An irritated or injured nerve causes a...

A neurologist specialises in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases, disorders and impaired function of the central nervous system, the peripheral nervous system, the autonomic and somatic nervous system. You can read our article in full below: Neurology