For people of forty-five or younger low back pain syndromes are the major cause of activity limitation in the industrialised societies of the west. Defining what a chronic syndrome has been agreed that any condition lasting longer than the expected time of healing of the soft tissues could be classed as chronic, a period of approximately three months. The soft tissues of the body should heal ...
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Shoulder problems are a significant part of the workload of a osteopath and an orthopaedic surgeon, with various injuries and conditions affecting this joint. The shoulder has the greatest range of motion of any body joint and this requirement leads to risks of injury and the development of pathologies. As the shoulder is a very unstable joint it is vulnerable to dislocation in falls or ...
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Patient sometimes report than they wish their arm could be cut off when they are unlucky enough to suffer from the agonising pain of a nerve root impingement. Patients presenting with nerve root lesions look very tired as they have not slept for several nights, are not in the mood for jokes and hold their arm protected in a typical position. Depending on which nerve root is responsible the ...
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As mobility in the neck declines the facet joint capsules, the fibrous bags which surround the joints, are vulnerable to overstretching trauma. An unplanned movement such as turning without thinking about it can pull against the limits of the tightened capsules and cause trauma to the capsular fibres. The pain causes movement inhibition and as the capsules heal up with scar tissue they can ...
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Everyone suffers difficulties and adversity of some kind, examples of which are mental illness, disability, pain, illness and stress. Not everything is under our control and we have widely varying ways and success of dealing with these stresses. How content we are with our lives and how effective we are at life management depends on our ability to cope with these events. If we can be realistic ...
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