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Musculoskeletal Disorders

Musculoskeletal Disorders are a large group of common diseases and disorders which can involve muscles, ligaments, connective tissue, bones, cartilage and joints.

Sites submitted here should contain general or specific information on Musculoskeletal disorders suitable for an international readership.

Is your site selling healthcare products? It will not be listed here and should be submitted to an appropriate category in the Shopping: Health and Beauty section.

Is your site offering a product or service for healthcare professionals? It will not be listed here and should be submitted to the appropriate category in the Business: Industries: Healthcare section.

Is your site about the services offered by a clinic, health center or a health professional? It will not be listed here and should be submitted to a local category in the Regional section. Or, if you provide specialist services, you may try submitting to the appropriate category within Health: Professions

Amputee

Information and links for those who have suffered limb loss.

Ankle

For sites providing general information about musculo-skeletal disorders of the ankle joint.

Please use one of the more specific disease subcategories if the main focus of the site is on a single disorder, such as Health/Conditions_and_Diseases/Musculoskeletal_Disorders/Sprains_and_Strains/ .

Arthritis

Arthritis is the word used to describe a painful joint or joints. There are many different types of arthritis.

Shopping sites or sites selling professional products and services are not listed here. Please find a more appropriate category to submit to within the Shopping, Business or Regional sections.

Back and Spine

Back and spine pain is commonly due to problems with the muscles, bones, disks or ligaments in the back. This category is for sites which provide information about these problems.

Your site should be submitted here if it contains good factual information, advice or support about back and spine conditions suitable for international readership.

Shopping sites or sites selling professional products and services will NOT be listed here. Please find a more appropriate category to submit to within the Shopping, Business or Regional sections.

Are you a health professional or a clinic advertising your services? Please submit to your appropriate professional section or to an appropriate category in the Regional section.

Chondromalacia

Chondromalacia (otherwise known as chondromalacia patellae, anterior knee pain syndrome, patellofemoral disorder or "runner's knee") is caused by improper tracking of the kneecap over the femur. As a result, the cartilage under the kneecap becomes roughened and pain results when the knee is bent or straightened while bearing weight.

Cleidocranial Dysplasia

Cleidocranial dysplasia (CCD) is an autosomal dominant skeletal dysplasia. Affected individuals have hypoplastic/aplastic clavicles and multiple dental abnormalities.

Congenital Anomalies

This category is for sites which offer general information or support about clubfoot. Please check whether your site belongs in one of the sub-categories before submitting.

Connective Tissue

Sites submitted here should contain general or specific information on Connective Tissue disorders suitable for an international readership. Is your site selling healthcare products? It will not be listed here and should be submitted to an appropriate category in the Shopping: Health and Beauty section. Is your site offering a product or service for healthcare professionals? It will not be listed here and should be submitted to the appropriate category in the Business: Industries: Healthcare section. Is your site about the services offered by a clinic, health center or a health professional? It will not be listed here and should be submitted to a local category in the Regional section. Or, if you provide specialist services, you may try submitting to the appropriate category within Health: Professions

Contractures

Abnormal condition of joint flexion and fixation caused by atrophy and shortening of muscle fibers or loss of normal elasticity of skin.

Submit sites that pertain to contractures.

Sites must be in English. Non-English sites should be submitted to a World category instead.

Costochondritis

An inflammation at the junction of a rib and its cartilage.

Craniofrontonasal Dysplasia

A rare condition in which one side of the body seems to grow faster than the other.

Elbow

Sites related to disorders of the elbow.

Feet

Disorders and diseases of the feet.

Submit sites that pertain to musculoskeletal disorders of the feet to this area. Sites submitted to this category should offer general or a variety of information about disorders of the feet. If your site is about a specific condition please use one of the subcategories instead. If one does not exist you may submit your site to this area.

Sites that are selling products must be submitted to
https://curlie.org/Shopping/Health/Feet/

Services of a podiatrist, chiropodist, or other professional service see this link instead. https://curlie.org/Health/Medicine/Podiatry/

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva

Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is a rare disorder in which muscle and connective tissue ossify, or become bone.

Gorham's Disease

Also called disappearing bone disease. Extensive loss of calcium from a single bone so that it cannot be seen on x-ray. Any bone can be involved but the upper arm, shoulder, and jaw are most frequent. This type of selective decalcification is sometimes associated with the presence of an hemangioma, a knot of distended blood vessels. The synonyms for this condition include invisible bone disease, vanishing bone disease, phantom bone disease and massive osteolysis.

Hand

Sites related to disorders of the hand.

Hip

Sites related to disorders of the hip.

Knee

Sites about disorders of the knee

Leg

Sites related to disorders of the leg.

Melorheostosis

A rare disorder which affects both bone and soft tissues. While the disorder is benign, it can result in severe functional limitations, extensive pain, and significant deformity.

Neck

Sites related to disorders of the neck.

Ollier Disease

Ollier disease is a rare nonhereditary disorder characterized by cartilage cysts found in the bone marrow. It is also known as enchondromatosis.

Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone or bone marrow.

Osteonecrosis

Death of a bone or part of a bone, either atraumatic or posttraumatic. Also known as Avascular Necrosis of Bone.

Please submit only sites pertaining to this disease.

Osteopetrosis

Osteopetrosis, also known as marble bone disease or Albers-Schonberg disease, is an extremely rare inherited disorder in which the bones harden and become denser but are still more brittle than normal bones.

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a condition where the bones become thin and fragile, increasing the chance of breaking following even minor injury. Osteoporosis is a disease of ageing and, although commoner in women, can occur in both sexes.

This category is only for sites which offer general information or support about osteoporosis.

Shopping sites or sites selling professional products and services will NOT be listed here. Please find a more appropriate category to submit to within the Shopping, Business or Regional sections.

Personal Pages

Sites will not be listed in this category, which serves only to provide links to more specific groups of personal pages under disease headings.

RAPADILINO Syndrome

RAPADILINO is a rare autosomally recessively inherited malformation syndrome. The acronym introduces the main clinical features: RAdial hypo-/aplasia, PAtellae hypo-/aplasia and cleft or highly arched PAlate, DIarrhea and DIslocated joints, LIttle size and LImb malformation, NOse slender and NOrmal intelligence. The disease is more prevalent in Finland than elsewhere in the world; 14 patients have been reported in Finland and only 2 in other countries.

Repetitive Strain Injuries

Repetitive Strain Injury is a term used to describe a number of disorders which are caused by repetitive movements of parts of the body. These disorders include forearm tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, deQuervain's tendonitis of the thumb and tennis elbow.

Does your site offer general information about repetitive strain injury which is of interest to a worldwide audience? If so, this is the place to submit it.

Is your site selling a product or service? If ''Yes'', please note it will not be listed here.

Rotator Cuff Injury

Information about shoulder rotator cuff tears, tendonitis, and other injuries.

Shoulder

Sites related to disorders of the shoulder.

Submit sites that pertain to adhesive capsulitis, otherwise known as frozen shoulder to this area.

Sprains and Strains

A sprain is an injury which occurs to ligaments caused by a sudden overstretching. The ligament is only usually stretched, but sometimes it can be snapped, slightly torn or ruptured, which are more serious and require longer to heal.

Submit sites about sprains to this area.

Sites that sell products will not be listed here and should be submitted to a Shopping category.

Sites in another language other than English should be submitted to a World category instead.

Tendonitis

This category contains information about tendonitis, also called tendinitis. This category also lists information on tendonosis, a more chronic form of tendonitis.

If you are interested in physicians that treat tendonitis, advice, or products intended for treatment, please refer to the categories below:

Thrombocytopenia Absent Radius Syndrome

Thrombocytopenia-absent radius (TAR) syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that is apparent at birth (congenital). The disorder is characterized by low levels of platelets in the blood (thrombocytopenia), resulting in potentially severe bleeding episodes (hemorrhaging) primarily during infancy.