Low back pain

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 47 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Relieve the pain in the lumbar area caused by the pinched nerve with these two effective exercises! When something pressures the lumbar nerve root we feel pain in some parts of the sciatic nerve and this condition is known as sciatica. Typical symptoms of sciatica are weakness, pain in the leg, numbness feeling which begins in the lower back and continues along the sciatic nerve, located in the back of the leg. But sometimes the ache is too strong, it can last longer so it begins to disrupt the…

    • 353 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Ucb Study

    • 666 Words
    • 3 Pages

    divided by root of RR interval, in seconds]; Fridericia’s formula: QT / (RR)0.33 [Observed QT interval divided by cube root of RR interval, in seconds] and Framingham formula: QT + 0.154 (1 – RR). Bazett and Fridericia formulas were described long back and the initial studies involved only a very small number of patients of around 30 while Framingham formula was backed by a study of around 5000 patients. But Framingham formula is cumbersome to used at bedside being a linear regression equation…

    • 666 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Deep Brain Stimulation Deep brain stimulation is a surgery that involves the implanting of electrodes in certain areas of the patient’s brain. Electrical impulses are produced by these electrodes to regulate any abnormal impulses in the brain. These electrical impulses can also affect certain chemicals and cells in the brain. The amount of stimulation that the brain receives in this procedure is controlled by a device, much like a pacemaker, placed under the patient’s skin in the upper chest. A…

    • 289 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Chronic Ear Infection

    • 462 Words
    • 2 Pages

    are experiencing symptoms that last for longer periods of time, visiting a specialist is imperative. Here are a few signs that will require a consultation with an ear, nose, and throat doctor. Chronic Ear Infections Most people have experienced the pain of an ear infection, but if you continually develop these infections, you should see a specialist immediately. Chronic ear infections refer to both recurring ear infections or one ear infection that does not completely heal. Here are a few signs…

    • 462 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    organs during surgery ("What Is Trendelenburg Position And Reverse Trendelenburg Position?" n.d.). Trendelenburg position it is used to complete surgeries for patients with abdominal hernias. Lithotomy position requires the patient to lie on his back, the legs are flexed in the hip and abducted in the hip. The knees are bent and the lower legs are supported on padded leg shells. The lithotomy position of the patient is needed for examinations or operations in urology, gynecology or proctology.…

    • 422 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    DOI: 2/11/2014. Patient is a 35-year-old male installation technician who sustained injury when he slipped and fell on staircase. Per OMNI, he sustained contusion to right elbow/back. He had a lumbar caudal epidural steroid injection on 6/28/2014. MRI of the lumbar spine obtained on 3/27/2014 revealed L5/S1 broad right paramedian posterior disc herniation impressing and posteriorly displacing the right S1 nerve root after it exits the thecal sac flattening the contour of the ventral margin of…

    • 375 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    better with wrist and carpal strain in the presence of a congenital carpal coalition. She was advised to wean off the splint. Based on the progress report dated 06/20/16, the patient has a proximal row coalition with her scaphoid and lunate. She has pain mostly over the scaphotrapezotrapezoidal (STT) joint. On examination, patient is still sore mostly over the radial aspect of the carpus, primarily over the STT joint. She has some irritability. She has some stiffness in her wrist. Her…

    • 353 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    treatment for co-occurring disorders. These medical conditions may be a result of many situations producing chronic pain to traumatic events that have left physical consequences affecting the physiological aspects of the client’s life. Relapse or risk factors can be found in physiological variables such as post-acute withdrawal symptoms; intense cravings for substances; physical pain and illness; serious medical problems or changes in health status; ingestion of medications for medical, dental,…

    • 937 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Rhizotomy

    • 345 Words
    • 2 Pages

    facet joint pain. Facet joints are where the bones of the spine (vertebrae) meet and they allow your back to be flexible and enable you to bend and twist. Nerves exit the spinal cord through the facet joints to serve the rest of the body. When injury or age causes the cartilage of facet joints to deteriorate, the nerves can become compressed and the vertebrae can start to grind on one another. This causes pain. A rhizotomy procedure works by disrupting a nerve’s ability to transmit pain…

    • 345 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    symptomatic primary OA of the elbow and manual labor as well as the prolonged use of industrial tools. The pattern of pain in patients with primary OA is quite different than that of patients with RA. OA patients classically…

    • 675 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Page 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50