one nerve‚ the median nerve‚ which becomes compressed and causes carpal tunnel syndrome. The median nerve controls sensation and small muscles in the thumb‚ index finger‚ and middle finger. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a medical condition in which the median nerve is compressed at the wrist. [5] This stress on the nerve leads to pain‚ numbness‚ and muscle weakness in the forearm and all fingers in which the median nerve plays a part. Symptoms start gradually and also include frequent burning‚ tingling
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result of a genetic problem that is not inherited. Unlike other forms of periodic paralysis‚ persons with congenital hypokalemic periodic paralysis have normal thyroid function. But they have a very low blood level of potassium during episodes of weakness. This
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The Aging Process As we grow in to adulthood‚ many things start to change in our life. Aging is an unavoidable process‚ beginning at conception and ending with death. The process does not proceed at a uniform rate all over the body. As we age‚ the organ systems of individuals age at different rates. Our body gradually slows down in early adult life. These changes are not apparent until perhaps 50 years of age as they are not perceptible. The skeletal system gradually changes
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN POISE AND POSTURE Posture and Poise Good Posture or Good Use? For many people‚ the Alexander Technique is closely associated with cultivating good posture. However the term posture is inadequate to convey what it is the Alexander Technique aims to improve. When it comes to posture‚ it is generally assumed that more uprightness is better and crooked is bad. There is relative truth in this. But striving for uprightness only brings about misuse in another guise: the straining
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genetic disease called Muscular Dystrophy and there is no cure for it. According to “Muscular Dystrophy‚” Muscular Dystrophy is “a group of genetic diseases that cause progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass.” Both of her sons have already lost their ability to walk and each day that passes by‚ they lose their muscle strength. Her oldest son is a little over weight and every morning she must carry him from the bed to his electric wheelchair or to use the restroom. They have school accommodations;
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Chapter 1 ELO’s Describe the basic functions of living organisms. A. Responsiveness – organisms respond to changes in their immediate environment (long term changes is adaptability) B. Growth – over a lifetime‚ organisms grow larger through an increase in size or number of cells. Differentiation is when cells have specialized functions C. Reproduction – Organisms reproduce‚ creating subsequent generations of similar organisms D. Movement – Organisms are capable of movement
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in demand for more oxygen and this is due to the working muscles needing more oxygen and energy during exercise. With there been an increase in blood supply that means there will be greater amounts of oxygen been delivered around the body at a faster speed due to the heart pumping blood around the body at a faster pace. Increase in muscle pliability: Muscle pliability is the stretchiness of your muscles and connective tissues. When muscles become warm they become more pliable and this helps reduce
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cause people lose the use of their hands or feet due to repeated injury because they lack feeling in those areas of the body. Ultimately‚ all forms will cause nerve damage in the arms/hands and legs/feet‚ causing sensory loss in the skin and muscle weakness. This may cause the person with leprosy to lose an extremity affected by the disease. B: Schwann cells are involved in many important aspects of peripheral nerve biology. The conduction of nervous impulses along axons‚ nerve development and regeneration
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let it hit your team’s side of the floor. I liked being part of a team and knowing that I was staying healthy. I enjoyed learning proper techniques because playing volleyball required it. Playing the sport definitely built up my upper arm and leg muscle and helped me make friends and communicate better as a team. I had gained better eye and hand coordination when playing this sport and it was a just a great overall workout. I was taller than most of my teammates so my coach liked to put me on the
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increase in blood pressure. Pescatello‚ Fargo‚ et al (1991) found that men who exercised regularly lowered their blood pressure‚ preventing and mediating hypertension. Because the heart is pumping more blood at a greater frequency during exercise‚ the muscle is essentially strengthening‚ getting more efficient‚ so that at rest‚ it functions better. Thus‚ exercise causes immediate increases in pulse rate and blood pressure‚ but causes a lowering in both when the body returns to a resting
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