Scoliosis

Olympic swim team. Born on December 23, 1981 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Maritza Corriea is best known for her hard work in swimming and being the first black woman to make it to the Olympic swimming. She started swimming when just only 7 was! She had scoliosis and swimming helped take her mind off of her disorder. In 1990, she joined the Brandon Blue Wave swim club. She continued swimming at Tampa Bay Technical High School and continued to compete. In 2004, all her hard work and swimming finally…

The criminalization of addiction to drugs and alcohol has impacted society on various levels. Rather than treating addiction as a disease of the brain it is treated as a moral ineptitude that deserves punishment. It is estimated that the United States government spends $51 million a year on drug related arrests and imprisonment (Sledge, 2013). A paradigm shift on how society views addiction and treatment is needed to truly help those suffering from this disease. I would like to consider what…

structure which can weaken frame support. This prevents the skeletal system from performing its functions of protection and movement. Johnathan Cluett (2014) stated that individuals with brittle bone disease have “bone fragility, short stature, scoliosis, tooth defects, hearing deficits, bluish sclera, and loose ligaments.” It seems strange that one who had a bone disease would have bluish sclera or even loose ligaments. However, remember it is caused by defect in the production of a protein…

When she was born, she had a defect that caused her back to curve as well as scoliosis. At the age of sixteen, she had to have corrective surgery in which, they put a metal rod into her back to straighten it. While the technology was advanced for what they had back then, as she aged and had two children the metal rods came apart…

“Peace, love, empathy. Kurt Cobain,” and like that the famous, musical genius signed his name at the bottom of his suicide note, only to tragically die shortly after. Kurt Cobain was the singer and guitarist for the punk-rock band named Nirvana. He was known for his voice that sounded more like a melodic scream and producing a wailing guitar sound which consisted of a lot of feedback to make his music sound as obscene as possible. Other than Cobain’s signature sound, Nirvana was known for…

OSTEIOD OSTEOMA A commonly occurring benign bone forming tumour can occur in any age group with increased male preponderance. It was first described in 1930 and later identified as a separate disease in mid of 1930s. osteoid osteoma can involve any bone but is more commonly found in long bones and that too in tibia, femur and humurus. Involvement of spine, hand and feet is also documented. Almost two third of all cases of osteoid osteoma occur in the long bones involving shaft, epiphyses of…

Discussing Smith - Magenis syndrome is based on the prevailing need of compiling evidence based information in regards to this genetic condition and its management for the therapists treating those patients in our agency. The development of this topic also obeys to the need of delivering positioning, handling, and activities guidelines to the teachers and families with children with this disorder at our practice. Potentially these principles can get translated to other genetic conditions with…

emotional instability. Every child with Fragile X syndrome have common physical appearances which include: large ears, speech impairment, anxiety, double jointed, enlarged head, enlarged testicles, flat feet, lazy eye, long thin face, prominent jaw, and scoliosis, single line on palm, sunken chest, or tremor. These are the most common characteristics and symptoms that can be told from fragile X syndrome. Other behavior characteristics include some from the disease from autism. Fragile x…

Sally the Parasite Day 1 I have just spotted a perfect golden retriever pup for my new home. She lives in a superb home, but her masters wouldn't pay enough attention to see that she has fleas (parasites). Which is where I come in, I'm Sally the flea/parasite that plans on living in the pup's ear. Since I will be spending lots of time with this dog I have decided to name her "Goldie". I've recently moved from the dog next door, and I'm currently living in the soil. I will live in the soil, until…

Lauren Jordan 3/9/15 Midterm, Question 2 Relationships take time to develop and transition from superficial to intimate. While this transition is happening, sometimes a comment can be made, or a fact can be disclosed that makes someone feel uncomfortable because they don’t know the other well enough to reach that level of disclosure. “Let me tell you a story...it involves that guy I met last night….” If you had just met this person and they dove into a story about intimacy between…