irritant that is used to stimulate regeneration. According to the American Association of Orthopaedic Medicine‚ it “stimulates the body’s natural healing processes to strengthen joints weakened by traumatic or over-use injuries”‚ repairing the damaged tendons by producing new fibrous tissues. This is done by injecting an irritant solution directly on the torn ligaments on the shoulder. Prolotherapy works by stimulating satellite cells in an attempt to proliferate the injured muscles. These satellite cells
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KIN 2500 -- MUSCLES O: origin I: insertion A: action N: Lever: rigid structure that moves around a fixed point fulcrum * Effort: causes the movement; force that is due to the muscular contraction; you only get motion when the effort that is applied at the insertion point exceeds the load * Load/Resistance: opposes that movement * 1st class levers: not very common; fulcrum is fixed between effort and load * 2nd class levers: standing on tip toes; fairly uncommon; the load is
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What is Tennis Elbow? Tennis elbow or also known as lateral epicondylitis is a very painful condition where the tendons are attached to the bone laterally of the elbow. The tendon is basically a fastener for the muscles to the bone. This is common in most adults whom play sport and young adults. It is an overuse injury in the lateral part of the elbow. It occurs at common extensor tendon that originates from the lateral epicondyle. It mostly is an acute pain that the patient usually feels when the
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Plantar fasciitis is the inflammation of a thick tissue on the bottom of the foot. This tissue is called the plantar fascia and connects the heel bone to the toes‚ creating the arch of the foot. Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain (heel spurs). It occurs especially among athletes and is caused by the continuous repetition of excessive overload at breech. As we age‚ the plantar fascia loses elasticity and no longer able to grow well. The fat pad on the heel and tapers cannot
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Humans have been running almost since we first evolved into the two-legged creatures that we are. In the beginning we ran to hunt‚ escape our hunters‚ or to get places more efficiently. Now days running tends to be used mainly for the purpose of staying in good physical shape or to win a competition. But‚ is running really the best thing for our body’s? Is the repeated pounding on our joints going to affect us in the long run? Or will it keep us in tip top shape till the end of our days? In this
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the entire experiment. The Achilles tendon was removed at the heel of the frog. The tibiofibular bone was cut below the knee and the femur below the knee (Frog Skeletal Muscle Experiement). The baseline value of the force transducer was set to zero. This zeroing procedure was conducted at the start of each exercise. The force transducer was then calibrated for the exercises. The muscle was fixed onto the muscle holder with a thread attached to the Achilles tendon and it was stringed through the tab
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“A Tale of Two High Jumpers” is an excerpt from The Sports Gene by David Epstein. It talks about two high jumpers Donald Thomas and Stefan Holm‚ one had a twenty year love with high jumping the other one got lucky. Both men were excellent high jumpers. Outliers is an excerpt from “The 10‚000-Hour Rule by Malcolm Gladwell. It talks about studies done on individuals which ones become professional and why they become professional. Also how the amount of practice was different from the professionals
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muscular pain. These injuries are on the rise for users of technology. A repetitive strain injury (RSI) is an injury or disorder of the muscles‚ nerves‚ tendons‚ ligaments‚ and joints. Technology-related RSIs include tendonitis and carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). Tendonitis is inflammation of a tendon due to repeated motion or stress on that tendon. CTS is inflammation of the nerve that connects the forearm to the palm. Repeated or forceful bending of the wrist can cause tendonitis or CTS of the wrist
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Cerebral palsy is a disorder that cannot be cured but could be treated by trying to regain the child’s mobility. A child with a normal disability can live an ordinary life but not as a typical person. The best way to treat a child with cerebral palsy is in the early stage. This will give the child a better chance of improving and overcoming their difficulties. Children that are diagnosed with CP do attend therapy for treatment depending on the type of cerebral palsy they have. A group of people will
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Date: Conducted by: Brenan‚ Jay and Satoro AIMS: * Demonstrate how vibration induces illusions of movement * To determine whether vibration has had any effect on ability to match joint angle between left and right arms * Observe the effect of fatigue on ability to sense force. INTRODUCTION Proprioception is defined as the sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body. It is the ability to distinguish how ones body is situated‚ either in motion or stationary
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