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eToims|entrepreneur|exercise|fitness

January 31, 2007 
eToims|entrepreneur|exercise|fitness
To be a successful entrepreneur, JZ realizes the importance of maintaining his health and fitness.   
Due to training for and participating in 14 marathons between ages 51 to 68 years, he further aggravated his previous neck and lower back problems which he had since age 31.  He received various treatments with multiple health-care professionals that [...]

eToims|Entrepreneurs

Tuesday, January 30, 2007 
eToims|Entrepreneurs 
JZ is a very successful entrepreneur and he values the importance of health, fitness and exercise to be able to continue to function effectively in all areas of his life.   Since 1990, as an entrepreneur, JZ who has chronic nerve related neck and back pain problems, immediately values the benefits of Twitch [...]

Selective activation of muscles with eToims

Monday, January 29, 2007 
Selective activation of muscles with eToims 
A weekly series of movies follow the course of two patients undergoing selective activation of muscles using Electrical Twitch Obtaining Intramuscular Stimulation (eToims) Twitch Relief Method.
The first patient JZ is 81 years old with chronic neck and lower back pain since age 31.  He undergoes weekly eToims [...]

Neck pain|elbow pain|wrist and hand pain| flexor digitorum profundus

Sunday, January 28, 2007 
Neck pain|elbow pain|wrist and hand pain| flexor digitorum profundus 
Neck pain due to C8 nerve root irritation is not common as C6 and C7 nerve root irritations.  There are some C7 nerve root contributions in the flexor digitorum profundus and the part that goes to the index and middle fingers supplied by the [...]

Neck pain|elbow pain|wrist and hand pain| flexor digitorum superficialis

Saturday, January 27, 2007 
Neck pain|elbow pain|wrist and hand pain| flexor digitorum superficialis 
Neck pain due to C6, C7 nerve root irritation is more common than C8 nerve root irritation.  The median nerve which carries the C5 through C8 nerve root fibers provides C7 and C8 nerve root fibers to the flexor digitorum superficialis. 
Pain and spasm [...]

Neck pain|elbow pain|wrist pain|flexor carpi radialis

Friday, January 26, 2007 
Neck pain|elbow pain| wrist pain| flexor carpi radialis  
Neck pain due to C6, C7 nerve root irritation is very common.  Flexor carpi radialis receives C6, C7 nerve root supply through the median nerve. 
It arises from the lower most part of the arm bone (humerus) at a region called the medial epicondyle.  It inserts [...]

Neck pain|elbow pain|pronator teres

Thursday, January 25, 2007 
Neck pain|elbow pain|pronator teres 
Neck pain related to C6, C7 nerve root irritation is common.  The median nerve carries the C6 and C7 nerve root fibers to muscles in the front of the forearm including pronator teres. 
When there is pain and spasm in the muscles in the pronator teres, pain will be felt [...]

Neck pain|elbow pain| hand pain|extensor digitorum

 
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 
Neck pain|elbow pain| hand pain|extensor digitorum  
Neck pain due to C7 nerve root irritation will cause pain and spasm in the extensor digitorum and the other muscles on the back of the forearm causing elbow pain and hand pain also.  The posterior interosseous nerve carries the C7 nerve root fibers to these muscles. 
This [...]

Neck pain|elbow pain|triceps

January 23, 2007 
Neck pain|elbow pain|triceps 
Neck pain due to C7 nerve root irritation is second only to C6 nerve root irritation.  Those with elbow pain commonly have C6 and C7 nerve root irritation. 
Triceps is supplied by the C6-C7 nerve roots, especially C7 root carried through the radial nerve.  Pain and spasm in the triceps together [...]

Neck pain|elbow pain| extensor carpi radialis brevis

Monday, January 22, 2007 
Neck pain|elbow pain| extensor carpi radialis brevis 
Neck pain secondary to C5, C6 nerve root irritation can cause pain and spasm in the extensor carpi radialis brevis muscle causing elbow pain. 
This is one of the three muscles known as the wad of three and together with the triceps, causes the common condition [...]