The skeletal framework of our body is made of muscles and bones. The muscles are attached to the bones at one of their ends by tough shiny white structures called tendons. The forces applied to a tendon may be more than 5 times your body weight. In some rare instances, tendons can snap or rupture. A tendon rupture can be a serious problem and may result in excruciating pain and permanent disability if untreated.
Conditions that make a rupture more likely include the injection of steroids into a tendon, certain diseases such as gout, hyperparathyroidism, tendinitis and injuries. Tendon rupture has also been associated with a class of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones.

The 4 most common areas of tendon rupture are as follows:
Quadriceps -Often called the quads, this group of muscles is used to extend the leg at the knee and aids in walking, running, and jumping.

Achilles -This tendon is located on the back (posterior) portion of the foot just above the heel. Rotator cuff -This group of muscles functions to raise your arm out to the side, helps you rotate the arm, and keeps your shoulder from popping out of its socket. And the Biceps.

Tendon ruptures can usually be diagnosed by clinical assessment. X-rays and ultrasound are used to establish or confirm the diagnosis but MRI gives the most definitive information about the nature and extent of the rupture.

All ruptured tendons, regardless of site, follow standard RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation) home therapy procedure as you seek medical attention.

Resting the affected extremity. Ice application to the affected area. Compression of the affected area to minimize swelling. Elevation of the extremity if possible: Try to keep the area above the level of your heart to minimize swelling.

Most of us now realize the importance of finding environment friendly technology in every field of our lives in order to continue to enjoy our status as the dominant species of this planet . Recent trends have encouraged our food makers, the farmers to take to part in the initiative for a cleaner planet. More and more farmers are now turning to alternatives to the traditional chemical fertilizers. This change in the people towards a more eco-friendly choice is due to many factors not the least of which is the economic factor.

The rising prices of oil and natural gas are reflected directly on the products that are based on these for their manufacture. One of these products is the chemical fertilizers. As such the price of these fertilizers is on the rise. Farmers in USA have found out a much safer and cheaper source for fertilizers. It is called bio-fertiliser.It has been a common practice in many indigenous societies to use biological waste as fertilizers. The modern version is the use of biosolids.

Biosolids are the end products of treated sewage from our homes. The government regulates the dumping of waste from our communities that goes into the wastelands. After a series of chemical, physical and biological treatments the waste is very useful as fertilizer to the plants and has no harmful effects. This fertilizer is the biosolids. Nationally, about 7 million tons of biosolids are produced annually, with more than half of it applied to land.

Some farmers and consumers may be averse to the thought of using the home waste for their food material, even though there is no proof of any untoward effect from this practice. These farms using bio-fertilizers have been tagged with orange flags planted across the fields. The other positive side to this technology is that they are completely eco-friendly and they reduce the pressure on oil and natural gas consumption.

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When we come to athletes, they are well trained people and are naturally in their best physical form. This it self negates the utility of Viagra, which only brings a weak body to normalcy. Whatever benefit that is perceived from ingestion of this drug is purely psychological, something like a lucky charm. And that is why it is not included in the banned drugs for these athletes. It is an established fact that athletes perform well after a sexual act. Should they be prohibited from sex during these events? When there is no proof of the drug causing physiological enhancement of the body function, it need not be a worry.

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For one thing, every person needs pre-test counseling. They have to be informed about the whole test procedure and the implications of a positive or negative result. This in itself is a significant task considering the varied health problems of the people. If a person comes to a doctor for spraining his ankle, the whole HIV testing procedure will be a nuisance for the person. Their will be hardly any people ready to invest so much of their time, when it wouldn’t have any bearing on the present problem.

If we look on the other side, even doctors will be hard pushed to follow this rule, considering the therapeutic uselessness of the test. But the benefits of such a system are difficult to ignore. This mandatory testing will bring out a significant number of undiagnosed cases into light. Not only does this help to consolidate HIV stats, but it is helpful to the patient to start anti-retroviral therapy in the pre symptomatic stage itself. Studies have shown that starting anti-retroviral therapy before onset of symptoms has decreased the morbidity associated with this disease. Even if anti-retroviral therapy is not started, behavioral modification keeping in view the nature of the disease is possible.

Moreover, this policy will decrease the disease phobia in the people, because they would have been counseled at least once in their lives. This will remove the many wrong conceptions about the disease. And that in turn will eliminate the social stigma around this disease.

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When was the last time you wore a tartan shirt and set out on the street? I for one don’t even remember wearing them at home, those were the days when they were out of vogue even for school kids. However all of the designers suddenly seem to have found a new spark with these Scottish patterns, they are the in thing. From the Matthew Williamson to the House of Holland and Dolce & Gabbana, all of them have endorsed the tartan designs in their latest collections.

The fall winter collection of Matthew Williamson brings back this trend only in subtle colours draping the models so it is easy to miss them there. But the bold purple tartan in the Passio Factionis of the House of Holland strikes out particularly and tempts even the platonic eye. Dolce and Gabbana steals the show, with their full range of designer wear depicted in this fashion with interplay of perfectly straight vertical and horizontal colours on the fabric.

It seems that the trends have come back and taken a full circle. The Scotts would not mind that their tradition has now found its place in the world modern fashion for good.

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