Your body is made up of hundreds of joints. These joints attach bones together and help your body move. The sternoclavicular joint is one of four joints in your shoulder. When the sternoclavicular ...

New MR techniques show that facet joint effusion (the collection of fluid in the spinal joints) and interspinal ligament edema (swelling of the interspinal ligaments) are major sources of lower back ...

The elbow joint connects the upper arm to the lower arm to enable movement. The elbow is complex and consists of bones, ligaments, nerves, and blood vessels. People use the elbow joints extensively in ...

The wrist is a complex joint that marks the transition between the forearm and hand. It has many components, allowing it to do a range of movements. The radiocarpal joint is sometimes referred to as ...

Put down that dumbbell and listen up: Muscles aren’t everything. “It’s your joints that make the whole body tick,” says Douglas Comeau, D.O., director of the Boston University Sports Medicine ...

Joints often crack due to harmless gas bubbles in fluid or tendons moving over bones. While usually normal, persistent pain, swelling, or stiffness could signal arthritis or injury. Staying active, ...