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Unit 3. Thoracic Spine Bulletin Board In the past, studies have shown that patients with musculoskeletal shoulder pain tend to lack thoracic mobility when compared to patients without shoulder dysfunction. When I treat a shoulder pain patient, I always evaluate and treated cervical, cervico-thoracic junction, and thoracic segments. The relationship between thoracic spine posture, shoulder ROM, and scap¬ular kinematics is well described in the literature. Lewis et al. (1) found that altering…

Contact Dermatitis Dermatitis is redness, soreness, and swelling (inflammation) of the skin. Contact dermatitis is a reaction to certain substances that touch the skin. There are two types of contact dermatitis: • Irritant contact dermatitis. This type is caused by something that irritates your skin. This type does not require previous exposure to the substance for a reaction to occur. This type is more common. • Allergic contact dermatitis. This type is caused by a substance that you are…

to benefit healing (“Steroids”). The conditions in which the body’s defense system is malfunctions are helped by steroids. Steroids are used in certain inflammatory conditions. Low doses of Steroids can provide a significant relief from pain and stiffness for people with conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. A severe flare up of arthritis can be helped by high doses of steroids (“Steroids to treat…

Atherosclerosis is when one's arteries, the blood vessels that carry oxygen and other nutrients from one's heart to the rest of their body, become thick and stiff; resulting in the occasional restriction of blood flow to their organs and tissues. Symptoms normally do not appear if it is a mild case. A moderate to severe case has different symptoms depending on where the affected arteries are located. When located in the heart arteries one might experience chest pains or chest pressure, but if…

The claimant testified that she has trouble breathing, anxiety, and depression. She has been taking Clonazepam and Wellbutrin since January of 2018. Her COPD and fibromyalgia has gotten worse. She has problems walking and talking. Her arms go numb. Anxiety, dust, and pollen make it harder for her to breath. She has Bursitis in her hips. She can vacuum but has to do one room at a time. She can stand for five to six minutes and sit for 15 minutes before her hips lock up. The heaviest she…

Parents want to know if video games are bad for their kids, but the evidence just makes them confused. Psychologist Jay Hull from Dartmouth College says, “Most of popular media puts the most emphasis of concern on aggression, but aggression is just the tip of the iceberg.” Hull says that other negative behaviors could include binge drinking, smoking cigarettes, and unprotected sex. His study, published Monday in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, shows that teens that regularly…

Diathermy is a medical treatment using the production of heat in a part of the body by high-frequency electric currents to stimulate the circulation, relieve pain, destroy unhealthy tissue or cause bleeding vessels to clot. Diathermy has positive effects for osteoarthritis due to the biological effects of the condition. Osteoarthritis is a degeneration of joint cartilage and the underlying bone. This usually effects the hip, knee and thumb joints. Osteoarthritis is one of the most common…

(“Dependent-variable”). The quality of life of the participants can be affected by osteoarthritis. While osteoarthritis is not a life-threatening disease is can affect an individual’s quality of life due to the deterioration of joint cartilage in addition to pain, stiffness, and loss of mobility. The symptoms that are associated with osteoarthritis, if not treated through therapy or innovative medicine, can lead to disability due to mobility dependence…

Chapter 2 Misconceptions on Lucid Dreaming Dreams are either funny, entertaining, or hopeful. On the other side of the coin, it could scare one intensely. Lucid dreaming is relatively new and what is new is usually held suspect. It is therefore expected to have all sorts of misconceptions about lucid dreaming. Before one can embark on learning how to have lucid dreams, these misconceptions need clarification. Below are some of the misconceptions that hinder one from seriously learning…

it must be ingested through the diet, the main reason sailors would often become afflicted with the sickness is that they would be out to sea for weeks and months at a time, after ten or more weeks at sea, they would begin to experience pain and stiffness in the joints, shortness of breath , they would become very tired and weak, the lower portion of their bodies would become covered with large purple spots. their gums would swell and grow over their teeth, sometimes not allowing them to eat,…