Tendonitis Tennis elbow‚ or lateral epicondylitis‚ is the most common injury in patients seeking medical attention for elbow pain. Exactly what causes tennis elbow is unknown‚ but it is thought to be due to small tears of the tendons that attach forearm muscles to the arm bone at the elbow joint. The muscle group involved‚ the wrist extensors‚ function to cock the wrist back. Specifically‚ the extensor carpi radialis brevis has been implicated in causing the symptoms of tennis elbow. What
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Hallux Valgus (Bunion) The underlying cause is a deformity of the joint at the base of the big toe. The deformity is called hallux valgus. In this deformity the joint develops a prominent sideways angle. Due to this deformity the bones of the big toe are pushed towards the smaller toes. What symptoms and problems are caused by bunions? Pain. You may then have difficulty walking due to pain. Inflammation and swelling at the base of the toe. This sometimes becomes infected. The foot may become
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joints that connect these together. A ligament connects bone to support joints. Muscles work by the fibers they contain contracting; this makes the muscle shorten. When the muscle shortens it pulls on the tendon and then on the bone to which it is attached. Muscles are connected to bones by tendons. Bones in limbs are covered with tissue. Not moving an individual correctly can cause ligaments to sprain. This is why individuals must never be dragged when being moved as this can cause joints to over
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Objective: To learn the function of the knee and how its ligaments work to create the movement the knee makes by taking apart the knee and reconstructing it with different materials to replace the ligaments. Hypothesis: If we replace the cow’s knee tendons with rubber bands then it will work like a new knee because the rubber bands will provide the support‚ strength‚ and flexibility it needs. Safety: Wear gloves while handling the knee‚ use precaution when using the Drill‚ and clean the utensils
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contusions‚ tendonitis‚ bursitis and stress injuries. Sprains – A sprained ankle can happen when the foot turns inwards. Strains – a strain is a simple stretch of the muscle or tendon. Contusions – a contusion happens when you receive a hit to a muscle or tendon and it bruises. Tendonitis – the stresses that aggravate the tendon is called tendonitis. Bursitis – small repeated stresses and over use can cause the bursa in the shoulder elbow‚ hip‚ knee‚ and ankle. Stressed injuries – the bone is stressed
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------------------------------------------------- LIST OF MUSCLE INJURIES Properly functioning muscles perform only one duty‚ contraction. Muscles enable the body to sit‚ to move and to stand upright. They are attached by way of tendons to bones. Their contraction is controlled by electrical signals that can either be voluntary‚ such as when a person decides to stand up‚ or involuntary‚ as with the muscles that expand and contract the chest to control breathing. Muscles are made of thousands of
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Damaged Tissue The body will respond to an exercise stress in one of three ways and there may be primary and secondary damage to the tissues as a result of exercise stress. The three responses the body will take to an exercise stress are‚ the tissues may adapt to the stress and no damage occurs‚ the tissues may become injured‚ or the tissues will die. In athletics‚ athletes often stress their bodies to the point of tissue injury and tissue death. The body’s primary reaction to an injury is tissue
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Muscular & Flexibility DBA Study Guide Explain and apply the FITT and SPORT principles (Hint: Getting Started) Specificity-what stretches and workouts need to be done to increase muscular fitness and flexibility. Progression-increase how long and how many times an exercise or workout is done. Overload- Stretching and workouts until body says no (muscular exhaustion) Reversibility- continuing to do stretches and workouts to not go back to where started Tedium-switching exercises and stretches
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Should Not Be Legalized Everywhere in the United States of America there are people who are consuming performance enhancing drugs‚ which are also known as PED’s. About fifteen million Americans take performance enhancing drugs and of that fifteen million‚ about four hundred die every year. There are over a hundred different types of performance enhancing drugs. All of which do things to boost your body and enhance it‚ such as a quick increase in muscle mass‚ faster healing
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Platelet Rich Plasma: best remedy for joint and tendon problems By davyjones Jun 28‚ 2014 Plantar fasciitis is a painful condition of the feet‚ touching the area connective tissue -- the sturdy band of animal tissue that runs on all-time low of the foot and a Plastic Surgeons In Florida can treat it successfully. The plantar fascia connects the heel bone to the toes. Once it becomes inflamed‚ stressed or dislocated the result is pain on the bottom of the foot back to the heel. This is often what’s
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