Joint account

Knee fractures are another type of common of horse racing injuries. The cause of knee fractures is hyper-extension resulting from fatigue or poor confirmation. Another is bucked skins, caused by concussion on immature legs. Bucked shins are an inflammation of the tissue covering the cannon bones and often occur in young horses in early training. Bowed Tendon (a.k.a. Tendonitis) is a strain due to deep footing, fatigue, low heels and long toes, hyper-extension or improper training. An…

in the elbow, shoulder and hip area. Other locations are known to be in the knee and toe area. This condition comes often near the joints that frequently had repetitive motion. For example, leaning on elbow, sitting, playing sports, or reaching items overhead. Some cases are known to be inflamed in arthritis, gout, as well as HIV and diabetes. Resting the affected joint is mostly used for treatment to prevent any trauma issue. Traumatic injury is also another cause of this condition. The…

The Achilles tendon is located at the back part of the heel. The tendon receives blood supply from three sources: the musculo-tendinous junction, the paratenon and distally at the tendon insertion to the bone. (Karlsson 2015) The Achilles joins the heel bone to your calf muscles, with its main purpose is plantar flexion, which is the bending of the foot downwards at the ankle. The average age of a person suffering this injury is twenty-nine to forty with a large majority of all patients being…

Torn Achilles Tendon,It mainly occurs in people playing recreational sports, but it can happen to anyone. The Achilles tendon is a strong fibrous cord that connects the gastrocnemius and soleus in the back of your calf to your calcaneus. If you overstretch your Achilles tendon, it can tear completely or just partially. When the gastrocnemius and soleus which are located in the back of your calf, are flexed the achilles tendon pulls on the calcaneus or heel. The movement of flexion allows…

The sports injury that we’ll be talking about is joint dislocation. We will be investigating into two types of joint dislocations, shoulder and knee, whilst comparing the similarities and differences between the two injuries. The shoulder joint is actually one of the most ambulatory, meaning, it is a commonly dislocated joint in the body. Shoulder dislocations usually entail the head of the humerus being forcibly removed from its cup-shaped socket in the glenoid fossa. In simple terms, the…

Physiology is the study of the function of body parts and the body as a whole. Aims and Objectives  The composition of bone  The structure of a long bone  Classifying the types of joint found in the body  Description of synovial joint  How joint operates  How two different systems communicate for normal functioning of a joint  Description of a disease involving the musculoskeletal system  A case study of a primary piece of research regarding the disease/condition  A conclusion and…

As the body age’s, different ailments and diseases seem to creep in and attach itself to joints, ligaments, and bones. One such disease is osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a degeneration of joint and cartilage and the underlying bone. This is more common in the middle age onward. This disease causes pain and stiffness in the joint if affects. The joints it affects is the hip, knee, and thumb joints (USA.GOV, 2015). Therefore, “Evidence-based clinical guidelines: A New System to Better Determine…

Comminuted • Bone is shattered into many pieces Compression • Generally occurs in the spongy bone of the spine, for example a portion of the vertebra in the spine may collapse due to osteoporosis Fracture Dislocation • A joint becomes dislocated, and one of the bones of the joint has a fracture Bone Fractures Cont.  Greenstick Fracture • Bone partly breaks on one side, but not completely. More common in children whose bones are softer and more elastic.  Impacted • When bone is…

arthritis pain symptoms. Arthritis Medication Do’s ◦ In the first instance if you only suffer from mild pain on the odd occasion, then medication might not be needed at all. You will probably find that by resting the joint and applying either hot or cold (hot will relieve stiff or aching joints and muscles, cold will relieve pain) you will be able to manage quite well without medication. ◦ Occasional pain which is a little more painful, might call for you to take a little over the pain relief…

this great of a degree. This pose can also stress the sacroiliac joint in a harmful way. Caution is advised to prevent injury and it is a Yoga teachers job to teach this pose responsibly. For people with hypermobility of the sacroiliac joint Pigeon Pose may not be a good idea. They will want to do more poses that strengthen and tighten the joint rather than stretch it. The idea in yoga is not to avoid stress but to stress the joint appropriately for your body. Too much stress can also lead…