Friday, October 26, 2007
Myofascial pain with formation of trigger points occurs when muscles are subjected to lengthening contractions especially if the motion is repetitive. There is evidence that eccentric exercise (lengthening contraction) provides a useful model for the understanding myofascial trigger points.
Lengthening contractions are usually performed by the spinal extensor muscles, trapezius, rhomboid major and [...]
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Myofascial trigger point as defined by Travell and Simons includes “a hyperirritable spot, usually within a taut band of skeletal muscle or in the muscle fascia which is painful on compression and can give rise to characteristic referred pain, motor dysfunction, and autonomic phenomena”.
The autonomic phenomenon on palpation of the trigger [...]
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Those suffering from chronic neck pain and low back pain will have a poor posture and poor posture will aggravate neck and lower back pain.
Beginning at about age 40, there is loss of height by about half an inch each decade, and this loss of height becomes rapid after age 70. About [...]
Friday, October 05, 2007
The spine posture plays a significant role in creating lower back pain or maintaining lower back pain. Normally, prior to a voluntary arm movement, there is usually a small spinal movement (preparatory movement) that occurs opposite to the direction of the arm movements.
In patients with lower back pain there is a [...]
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