

What’s The Difference Between Arthritis and Rheumatism?
Arthritis and rheumatism are both terms used to describe symptoms such as joint pain and inflammation, but the two conditions are different, even though people do tend to get them mixed up sometimes. Although the terms arthritis and rheumatism are still commonly used...
Your Back Pain Could be Ankylosing Spondylitis
Back pain is one of the most common complaints GPs hear in their surgeries. As a private rheumatology consultant in London, I treat a lot of back pain issues as well. In many cases, patients come to see me complaining of a pain that feels a lot like arthritis. Some of...Joint Hypermobility Syndrome and Its Relation to Ehlers-Danlos
People who are flexible enough to be considered double-jointed may be suffering from one of the 13 types of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). The most common of the 13 is joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS). This is a multi-system disorder that manifests itself in a full...
5 Factors that can Contribute to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome is one of those medical conditions that we have seemingly brought on ourselves via the way we work and play. It is likely that carpal tunnel has existed for centuries, if not millennia, and that our modern lifestyle has just exacerbated it. At...