Current Topics
Therapy of osteoarthritis updated
Osteoarthritis is a degenerative process of the cartilage covering of the joints that accompanies us all with increasing age. Comparable to the annual rings on trees,...
Orthopaedics und cardiology in sports medicine
Any active sporting activity always requires precise interaction between the musculoskeletal system and the cardiovascular system, even in chess. Comparable to a motor...
Fit and healthy during winter
Active sporting activity vitalices body and soul, even in winter. According to the Roman motto "mens sana in corpore sano" (a healthy mind in a healthy body) active...
Manual medicine and osteopathy in sports medicine
The care of competitive and recreational or amateur athletes with increasingly complex injury patterns constantly places new demands on the therapists providing care....
Development and prevention of foot injuries/diseases
By normal footwear, even if it fits very well and is well manufactured, the muscles of the foot and leg are “relieved” extensively, that means “reduced to inaction”....
Causes of pain
There are many causes of pain and these are often not recognisable at first glance for those affected.Therefore, it is important to conduct a thorough search for causes...
Pain therapy safe and sustainable
Pain, whether acute or chronic, can significantly affect the life of every individual. Rest or home remedies do not always help against pain in your back or joints.Then...
Back Pain
Pain in the area of the lumbar spine, also known colloquially as low back pain, is referred to in medical terminology as lumbago, lumbalgia or lumbar spine syndrome,...
Headaches and painful neck
The term cervical syndrome or cervical spinal syndrome is a fairly general term for complaints that originate in the cervical spine (cervical spine) or affect the...
Pain therapy with facet block for facet syndrome
One of the most common interventional therapeutic procedures on the spine is facet block (injection into the intervertebral joints of the cervical, thoracical and...
Epidural infiltrations for treating back pain
The term epidural infiltration describes the step-by-step injection of medication in the epidural space of the spinal cord, which is the space between the periosteum...
Nerve blocks and injections into joints
Injections in joints such as the shoulder, hip, knee (see illustration) and ankle joints, but also in tendons and muscles are common therapies in daily orthopaedic...