Q I have always understood that it is better to eat little and often. However, I recently read an article about something called syndrome X, which said that we should eat less often, leaving four to five hours between meals and cutting out

.Medical investigationsIf there is doubt about the diagnosis, you may need the usual x-rays and scans, not forgetting that the pain may originate in a disc lesion in your back. Damage to the veins can be excluded using a Doppler, a test using sound waves.What else could

within the compartments of your leg measured. More commonly, x-rays and bone isotope scanning are needed to ensure the diagnosis is correct. For resistant and recurrent cases, you’ll need biomechanical evaluation on a treadmill.What else could it be

barbell. Oops.I became obsessed with what the human knee can and cannot do when one of mine shut down after a couple of days of modest runs over a nearby hill. The technical name for my injury was patellofemoral pain syndrome, otherwise known as PFPS

may look normal. Your knee may swell up, but this is more often due to other knee problems, such as a bursa or Hoffa’s syndrome, in which the fatty pads around the patella become swollen. You will probably have wasted inner quadriceps muscles (the

barbell. Oops.I became obsessed with what the human knee can and cannot do when one of mine shut down after a couple of days of modest runs over a nearby hill. The technical name for my injury was patellofemoral pain syndrome, otherwise known as PFPS

, but little dampens the mood for a spot of loving more than a headache. For some women, though, a migraine is nothing compared to the passion-killing powers of pre-menstrual syndrome: depression, cramps, bloating and sore breasts just aren't sexy. If you do

make running difficult. Many of us would, if x-rayed, be found to have osteoarthritic changes in our knees, necks, or lower backs, and are better off not knowing. Having a previous serious injury to the joint speeds up the process.The worst thing

person's "normality", Body Mass Index (BMI) is considered the best guide. It is calculated by dividing your body mass in kilograms by your height in metres squared (For example: 78kg/(1.83 x 1.83) = 23.3). A BMI of 19-25 is considered to be the ideal. Try

this be related to the patellofemoral pain syndrome (runner's knee) symptoms that I am getting? I used to get the pain whilst cycling and going upstairs too. It probably doesn't help that in the summer I had a partial dislocation of the same knee when standing up