Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Pain is part of life for many people. You might have headaches, stiff knees, or back pain. Those types of pain are often shared with others — we have no trouble talking about them. But what about if ...

Levator ani syndrome causes rectal or vaginal pain due to muscle spasms in the pelvic floor. You can relieve levator ani syndrome pain with sitz baths, heating pads, and avoiding long periods of ...

Stretch daily by gently rotating your neck and shoulders to relieve levator scapulae muscle pain. Adjust your chair and/or monitor height to align with your line of sight to improve posture and reduce ...

Aim To calculate a regression formula for intraoperative lagophthalmos to determine the amount of correction in levator resection for mild to moderate congenital ptosis. Methods This retrospective ...

THE associated features of marked obesity, somnambulance, muscular twitching, cyanosis, secondary polycythemia and hypertrophy and failure of the right ventricle have been described 1–5 and termed the ...

Sit or stand comfortably in front of a mirror with a relaxed face. Slowly raise your upper lip upwards (try not to involve your eyes), and hold it for five seconds at the peak of its lift. Relax, then ...

Neck stretches are great for increasing flexibility in the levator scapulae muscle. Simply tilt your head gently to one side, bringing your ear closer to the shoulder until you feel a mild stretch ...

Levator ani muscle avulsion occurs in around 15% of women after pregnancy. Image credit: Shutterstock / Inara Prusakova. Materna Medical has touted results from its pelvic floor dilator designed to ...

The following is a summary of “Outcomes of a novel algorithm for levator muscle plication surgery in congenital blepharoptosis,” published in the January 2024 issue of Ophthalmology by Kotb et al.

People may describe eyelids that sag excessively as droopy. Eyelids that droop can change a person’s appearance or cause problems, like obscured vision. Therefore, some people may wish to try droopy ...