Joint dislocation

As they say in theater, “the show must go on”. This is true for professional ballet dancers and athletes alike when experiencing injury. We are all still expected to get on stage or stay in the game while injured and expected to perform or make the winning point. My first major injury occurred when I was an apprentice on tour in San Antonio performing The Nutcracker with the Alabama Ballet. During a rehearsal, I fell on stage and landed on the side of my foot, overstretching and spraining the…

“Each year, 50% of Americans over the age of 18 develop a musculoskeletal injury that lasts longer than 3 months,” ("8 Facts”). Physical therapy is a rapidly growing “hands on” occupation all across the nation. Physical therapy, as a whole, is defined as, “Health care professionals who diagnose and treat individuals of all ages, from newborns to the very oldest, who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and perform functional activities in…

Figure (1) Fairclough’s three diamenttional analytical frame work (Adopted from Norman Fairclough’s (1995) “Discourse and Social Change” book) 1) Text: The first level of discourse analysis is based on written or spoken text (Fairclough 1995). In this level the researcher identify actually about what the text represent. In this stage the analysis is descriptive, in many ways, the text is described as a form of linguistic analysis, in which usually searching for vocabularies (metaphore, lexical…

When dancers are trained with incorrect technique, they are more likely to be injured while dancing. Improper technique can compromise the whole joint, making it weaker by applying pressure to places that are not meant to handle it (Eigner). As dancers become more serious with their training, they begin to dance more often, this can lead to overuse injuries. Pre-professional and professional dancers…

The neurological components of Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS) is a genetic condition affecting 1 in 4 million live births. HGPS is often described as a segmental premature aging syndrome meaning that not all features of aging are observed. For example, individual with HGPS do not experience declines in neurocognitive function (Shah, 2017). Children with HGPS appear typical at birth, but noticeable delays in growth begin to appear between the…

The person whom I had chosen to interview with is a woman who has three daughters diagnosed with autism. Her name is “Dana Reeds,” and her daughters (beginning with the oldest to the youngest) are named “Priscilla,” age twelve, “Tina,” age eleven, and “Leslie,” age eight. Dana has four other children who don’t have a disability, and all of them go to school. This mother was the first option in my head to be the perfect example for the interview. I am related to her, and knowing she is an…

the shoulder including the scapula stabilizers as well as the rotator cuff. If left untreated, shoulder impingement can eventually cause more serious injuries such as a rotator cuff tear or glenohumeral instability which can lead to a shoulder dislocation or…

A little over a decade ago, boxing seemed to be on the decline, with calls from all over for it to be banned. But the sport has since had a Renaissance due to modern development in the UK and USA in the late 20th century. Boxing is a tough and physical sport, that’s for sure, which could be why it’s used to reference life so often. Life, much like boxing, knocks you down, but as a fighter, you have to get back up and continue the fight until the match is over. When a boxer enters the ring, for…

spine instability especially at the atlantoaxial junction where the joint connects the first and second vertebrae in the neck. This can cause major damage to the spinal cord because if you have excessive movement it can throw it out of position. If this happens, especially to children, it will require a neck x-ray but only if they are participating in a sport. Other orthopedic issues that are potential are, scoliosis, hip dislocations, and knee laxity. When it comes to Down syndrome there are a…

Dr. Romash, Forever Life’s Student Walking into my orthopedic surgeon’s office has become a norm for me over the years between all of my breaks, dislocations, and sprains, but my last visit was quite different than all my previous ones. This visit was not about me, or my knee, or my ankle, but my beloved surgeon Dr. Romash. Over the past six years I have known Dr. Romash as a caregiver, a friend, and a coach, but not since our recent interview have I known him as a student. In his interview,…