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Beyond ‘Getting Older’: 3 Major Joint Diseases That Strike in Middle Age

Beyond ‘Getting Older’: 3 Major Joint Diseases That Strike in Middle Age

You wake up with stiff, unyielding fingers. Climbing a few flights of stairs leaves your knees throbbing.
Suwon Nanuri Hospital Offers Free Spine and Joint Consultations for Foreign Workers

Suwon Nanuri Hospital Offers Free Spine and Joint Consultations for Foreign Workers

Foreign workers living in South Korea and their families often struggle to access healthcare when suffering from spine or joint pain, largely due to...
The Inactivity Trap: Why Resting Your Painful Joints Makes You Weaker

The Inactivity Trap: Why Resting Your Painful Joints Makes You Weaker

Editor’s note: In Japanese orthopedics, specialists define "locomotive syndrome" as a condition where declining...
Numb Calves Led Her to Seek Treatment—But the Culprit Wasn’t Her Knee; It Was Her Lower Back

Numb Calves Led Her to Seek Treatment—But the Culprit Wasn’t Her Knee; It Was Her Lower Back

[Summary] Lumbar spinal stenosis can cause numbness and pain to show up first in the legs or calves rather than the...
'Glass Shards' in the Joints: Gout Increasingly Targeting Patients in Their 20s and 30s

'Glass Shards' in the Joints: Gout Increasingly Targeting Patients in Their 20s and 30s

Mr. A, an office worker in his early 30s, found himself groaning in pain on the first night of a long-awaited overseas...
Running with a Fat Body? 4 Bad Habits That Ruin Your Joints

Running with a Fat Body? 4 Bad Habits That Ruin Your Joints

Young people in their 20s and 30s generally have strong joints. However, if you don’t take care of your joints just...
Autologous Fat Injections Linked to Slower Knee Osteoarthritis Progression, Study Finds

Autologous Fat Injections Linked to Slower Knee Osteoarthritis Progression, Study Finds

Patients with moderate knee osteoarthritis who received injections of stromal vascular fraction isolated from their own...
Can SVF Injections Delay Knee Replacement? Two-Year Tracking Shows 99% Avoided Surgery

Can SVF Injections Delay Knee Replacement? Two-Year Tracking Shows 99% Avoided Surgery

As populations age, the treatment paradigm for degenerative knee osteoarthritis is shifting from early artificial joint...
‘Hold Until It Tingles’: Ha Ji-won, 48, Credits Isometric Exercise for Maintaining Her Youthful Figure

‘Hold Until It Tingles’: Ha Ji-won, 48, Credits Isometric Exercise for Maintaining Her Youthful Figure

Actress Ha Ji-won, 48, recently revealed on television that the secret to maintaining her firm, toned physique—which...
Is Housework Hurting Your Knees? Common Movements That Accelerate Joint Wear

Is Housework Hurting Your Knees? Common Movements That Accelerate Joint Wear

Squatting to wipe the floor, kneeling to organize low cabinets, lifting heavy laundry baskets—these repetitive...