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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Facet joints are very irritable, which means when they are injured or inflamed they very quickly cause pain in response to initially abnormal, but later to normal, stresses. This causes aching and local tender spots in the neck, shoulder areas, over the shoulder blades and upper arms. Pain also leads to secondary muscle spasm which compresses the joints together further and amplifies the ...
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