Wounded Knee Massacre

The knee is made up of four main things: bones, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons. The knee is a ball in socket and the elbow is a relatively simple hinge joint which only allows flexion and extension. The radius is smaller of the two forearm bones and sits on the outside of the joint.As spoken about before the cruciate ligaments are made up of two types of ligaments, the anterior and the posterior. They are often referred to the ‘crucial’ ligaments because it is important that the help the knee…

Your tibia is a very hard bone to break. Most broken tibias are caused by strong collisions, such as vehicle crashes, and sports injuries. In the majority of the cases involving a broken tibia, it is often very noticeable. Some symptoms include unbearable pain, inability to walk, deformity or instability of the leg, bone “tenting” the skin, bones protruding through the skin and the loss of feeling in the lower extremity in which the injury occurred. After the break of the tibia, you should seek…

What is a hamstring strain? A hamstring isn’t a single string but actually 4 muscles running down the back of your thigh that allow you to bend at your knee. When you strain your hamstring one or more of these muscles gets overloaded. The muscles might even start to tear. How it might happen? You’re likely to get a hamstring strain during activities that involve a lot of running and jumping or sudden starting and stopping. So if you’re an athlete of any kind, you are at risk of getting a…

Healthy joint The knee joint is a synovial joint and connects the femur to the tibia and consists of two joints the tibiofemoral joint, which joins the tibia to the femur and the patellofemoral joining the kneecap to the femur. These two joints work together to form a hinge joint allowing the knee to bend and straighten and to also rotate slightly from side to side. Muscles There are two main muscles groups of the knee, the hamstrings, quadriceps and muscles of the calf all work to flex,…

Introduction What is carpal tunnel syndrome? Well basically carpel tunnel syndrome is a disease where the patient feels a tingling sensation in their hands and arms. He might feel that his hand or arm has gone numb. This disease is mainly caused by the twisting of the nerve that goes to the wrist of the patient. This problem can be caused due to a number of reasons, including the nature of the work done by the hands, the forceful and sudden movements of the hands even sudden jerks done to the…

Introduction The clavicle, also called the collarbone, is the long bone that connects your shoulder to your rib cage. You can feel your collarbone at the top of your shoulders and rib cage. A clavicle fracture is a broken clavicle. It is a common injury that can happen at any age. What are the causes? Common causes of a clavicle fracture include: A direct blow to your shoulder. A car accident. A fall, especially if you try to break your fall with an outstretched arm. What increases the risk? You…

The knee is held in full extension while the examiner moves the patient’s patella laterally as far as it can be moved with his/her thumb. While keeping the patella in its lateral position, the examiner then flexes the knee to 90°. The examiner then uses his/her index finger to move the patella as medially as possible and brings the leg back into full extension…

Meniscus Tear A meniscus tear is a knee injury in which a piece of the meniscus is torn. The meniscus is a thick, rubbery, wedge-shaped cartilage in the knee. Two menisci are located in each knee. They sit between the upper bone (femur) and lower bone (tibia) that make up the knee joint. Each meniscus acts as a shock absorber for the knee. A torn meniscus is one of the most common types of knee injuries. This injury can range from mild to severe. Surgery may be needed for a severe tear.…

In the recovery phase of the exercise, there is a hip flexion and also a slight abduction. The knee flexion and ankle dorsiflexion are the joint movements involved. The effort phase includes hip extension and slight adduction, while the knee extension and ankle plantar flexion are the movements involved. If you use dumbbells, your client can add shoulder flexion (sagittal plane) to 90 degrees and in the recovery phase…

Modern orthodontics take into account of balance between dentofacial complex as a whole and the position of hyoid bone in different Angle’s class malocclusion has intrigued and attracted many researchers. The hyoid bone is unique in that it has no bony articulation with any other bone but is instead suspended in the soft tissue via ligaments and muscles (Romanes et al 1983). Different muscles such as infra and suprahyoid muscles and genioglossus muscle influence the position of the hyoid bone…