Despite its name, nerve flossing has nothing to do with your teeth. It’s a technique involving a gentle exercise that moves a nerve back and forth to help release tension. It’s easy to do and ...

The first of these is injury to a sensory nerve innervating a noncritical area. In the digits, this would include the ulnar border of the ring finger and possibly the middle finger. After ...

Thrombosis of the ulnar artery can be a cause of significant morbidity. Most often a consequence of blunt trauma to the hypothenar eminence of the hand, it may be attributable to one traumatic ...

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Most people when they floss, they are too aggressive. And they go straight down. And they go up and down, and they pull it out. When you go to floss, you have to wrap the floss around each side of ...

On a simple level they might say that the signal from an individual nerve is picked up just as though it were a wire in a loom, and sent to the prosthetic. But that’s a for-the-children ...

Brushing twice daily does a good amount to keep your mouth clean, but the dentists we spoke to all agree that flossing is essential too. “Flossing removes food particles, debris and plaque from ...

Not enough of us regularly floss our teeth, and even fewer think about what’s in our dental floss. But maybe we should. A new investigation by Consumer Reports and Made Safe finds some ...

State-of-the-art tests like Electro Myography, nerve conduction studies and nerve or skin biopsies may corroborate or refute a doctor's initial suspicions that the pain is in fact caused by ...

Then check out these tips below for a healthy week ahead. You may be proud to tell your dentist that you’re both flossing and brushing your teeth regularly, are you doing it in the right order?