Removable splints and plaster casts appears to be equally safe and effective for treating minor "buckle" wrist fractures in children, researchers report in a new review of studies. However, a US ...

This week we are going to discuss another condition that occurs as a result of excessively high arches or excessively flat feet, the condition known as shin splints. Shin splints are an inflammation ...

NEW YORK – A splint may work just as well as a cast in helping children with non-severe wrist fractures heal, a study published Tuesday suggests. The findings, researchers say, should encourage ...

Removable splints and plaster casts appears to be equally safe and effective for treating minor “buckle” wrist fractures in children, British researchers report in a new review of studies. However, a ...

A study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine says that over 90 percent of potential pediatric fractures are splinted improperly in emergency rooms. This can lead to swelling ...

This column describes how to stabilize pelvic limb fractures in small birds by applying a simple, inexpensive and beneficial tape splint. The tape splint technique can be used effectively in birds ...

This is the time of year when local runners are ramping up their training for the Steamtown Marathon or gearing up for high school cross country. It is also the time of year when many runners come to ...

Q. I'm a 24-year-old runner with a really frustrating lower leg injury. It started as a spot of localized, but very low-level pain on my left inner shin, a few inches above the ankle. It was very ...

Q: I have begun running again after several years of no running due to several serious fractures (1995 spiral fracture of right Tibia and Fibula and 1996 fracture of right Acetabulum, and 3 right ...

Those shin splints that bothered kick returner Nick Miller enough to miss the regular-season opener turned out to be a fractured right shin. That much was determined via a bone scan Tuesday. As a ...