Saturday, March 31, 2007
Muscle pain| neck pain| thumb flexion
Patients with neck pain and discomfort may complain of pain in the thumb region with difficulties in moving the painful thumb muscles.
Pain at the base of the thumb may be due to arthritis at the joint between the wrist bone and the knuckle bone known as the [...]
Friday, March 30, 2007
Muscle pain| neck pain| thumb adduction
Patients with nerve related muscle pain leading to neck pain/discomfort often complain of pain in the region of the thumb.
Thumb pain can be due to pain and spasm in muscles that perform movements of the thumb.
If the thumb is held at right angles to the plane [...]
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Muscle pain| neck pain| wrist palmar flexion
Patients with neck pain may present with muscle pain and pain in the wrist area. They may have difficulty with making a fist and picking the wrist up so that the front (palm aspect) of the wrist is toward the face. This may be related to pain, [...]
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Neck pain| wrist dorsiflexion
Patients with neck pain may present with wrist symptoms and have difficulty with making a fist and picking the wrist up so that the back of the wrist is toward the face. This may be related to pain, spasm or tightness of the muscles that perform this movement.
The main [...]
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Neck pain| pronation of the forearm
Patients with neck pain may have difficulties with movements in turning the palm downward toward the floor (pronation) either due to weakness or tightness of the muscles that perform this movement.
Patients with neck pain may have difficulties with movements in turning the palm downward toward the [...]
Monday, March 26, 2007
Neck pain| forearm supination
Patients with neck pain may have difficulties with movements in turning the palm up toward the ceiling (supination) or turning the palm downward toward the floor (pronation).
Difficulties with these movements may be related to pain, spasm or tightness of the muscles that perform these motions of supination and [...]
Sunday, March 25, 2007
Neck pain| elbow extension
Patients with neck pain often complain of elbow pain.
Likewise, many patients may not complain of primary neck pain and can present with elbow pain and yet the main cause of the elbow pain is related to cervical nerve root irritation.
Muscles responsible for extending (straightening) the elbow are:
- triceps comprising [...]
Saturday, March 24, 2007
Neck pain| elbow flexion
Patients with neck pain commonly have pain in the elbow.
Pain and spasm in the elbow flexor muscles (muscles on the front of the arm and forearm involved with bending the forearm toward the body) can be related to irritation of the cervical nerve roots that supply these muscles.
The [...]
Friday, March 23, 2007
Neck pain| shoulder abduction
Neck pain due to irritation of C5 and C6 nerve roots can cause pain and spasm in the shoulder abductor muscles. The shoulder muscles responsible for shoulder abduction are:
- deltoid (the middle deltoid is the only muscle that can abduct the shoulder with the shoulder in internal rotation). The deltoid [...]
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Neck pain| shoulder adduction
Neck pain due to cervical nerve root irritation can cause pain and spasm in the shoulder adductor muscles.
Adduction means bringing the limb close toward the midline of the body.
The shoulder adductor muscles are large and powerful and they are also powerful internal rotators.
Patients with pain and spasm in [...]
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