Sunday, December 30, 2007
The festive season is celebrated by many with more than usual degrees of energy expenditure associated with holiday traveling. Traveling long distances involves sitting for long hours as the driver of a car or as a passenger in buses, trains or airplanes.
Sitting may induce posterior rotation of the pelvis, reduction of lumbar [...]
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Various hypotheses account for the manifestations of fibromyalgia syndrome, including immunogenic, endocrine, and neurological mechanisms. Treatments for fibromyalgia are directed toward symptomatic relief without the benefit of targeting known, underlying pathology. It was observed that the common factor among partially effective therapies is a vasodilatory effect. This is true both of [...]
Friday, December 14, 2007
In a study to estimate the prevalence and population impact of work-related neck and upper limb pain in 10,000 adults in UK, it was found that there were significant independent associations between neck and upper limb pain and: repeated lifting of heavy objects; prolonged bending of neck; working with arms at/above shoulder [...]
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Stress is often considered by patients and clinicians alike as an important factor in the onset and maintenance of widespread musculoskeletal pain, the relationship is more complex than appears on initial consideration. The types of event that lead to stress need description, and the role of traumatic events are particularly important [...]
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Fibromyalgia is a debilitating disorder characterized by chronic pain and tenderness in muscles throughout the entire body, headache, fatigue, sleep disturbance, depression, interstitial cystitis, irritable bowel syndrome and skin sensitivity. The majority of the patients are women.
Diagnosis includes the presence of 11/18 tender points in well-defined areas, but many patients with early [...]
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