Skeletal and muscular health management involves nutritional support for bone density, targeted stretching, and structured rehabilitation protocols for injuries.
Muscle tone is the amount of tension a specific muscle has, according to the Department of Occupational Therapy at Royal Children’s Hospital. Having low muscle tone will make it difficult to perform an activity or maintain proper posture. Hypotonia is a state in which the strength of the muscle is severely reduced.
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You rely on your knees to support your movements during a workout. When you experience pain after exercising, you may be concerned that an underlying condition exists.
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Improperly performed situps or doing too many situps before the lower back is sufficiently developed can indeed cause back pain. One common method of the exercise involves placing feet under a bar to make it easier to complete a situp.
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Your muscles need magnesium to work properly, as do all your other organs. If you do not get enough of this mineral, you may experience muscle spasms and fatigue. While too much magnesium can be dangerous as well, muscle pain and fatigue are not common side effects of this.
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Spinal disks are soft and provide cushion between vertebrae. They have an exterior casing that keeps the soft center intact. A herniated disk is the rupture of the exterior casing that allows some or all of the soft center to push out.
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Swelling in the legs during pregnancy is common and not necessarily a cause for concern. Changes in hormone levels, body postures and dietary habits all contribute to fluid retention or edema in the legs.
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Running shoes designed to prevent small breaks in the bones of the feet are not the same as walking shoes that aim to do the same. The motion is different, according to a walking information community called The Walking Site.
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If you have back problems and pain, your doctor may recommend treatments such as spinal decompression or inversion therapy. The goal is to help reduce pain and improve blood flow, but whether any of these treatments are right for you will depend upon your specific condition.
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Your muscular system consists of hundreds of muscles--from the very large gluteus maximus muscle, or your butt, to the very small muscles that control your fingers. Your muscular system is responsible for movements such as walking, lifting or running and holding your body in postural alignment.
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Before trying to correct your spinal alignment on your own, check with your doctor to make sure you don't have a more serious, underlying problem. Some spinal imbalances won't need a chiropractor.
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A tingling sensation, a symptom also known as paresthesia, can result from many different conditions and diseases. The conditions most likely to cause tingling in the fingers include those that affect the nerves and blood vessels.
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A calf muscle tear, or strain, can occur when muscle tension is excessive due to too much repetition or high force. A partial tear or complete tear can afflict one or both muscles that make up the calf. Pain, swelling, stiffness and bruising in the belly of the muscle are common signs of a torn calf muscle.
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It's a common misconception that muscle injuries only happen to athletes -- not so. A pulled arm muscle, also known as an arm strain, can happen to anyone. This type of injury typically occurs when you're engaged in strenuous physical activity involving one or both of your arms.
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The rectus femoris, vastus intermedius, vastus lateralis and vastus medialis muscles form the quadriceps muscle group, or quads, located on the front of your thighs. The quads extend your lower legs at the knee joints, allowing you to straighten your legs from a flexed position.
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Muscle pain, spasms and cramping in the back of legs can develop for a variety of reasons. Simply straining the muscles can cause discomfort between the thighs and calves. In some cases medical conditions may lead to muscle aches or sharp pain in the back of upper legs and behind the knees.
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Applying ice to an injury is often one of the first steps to treat sprains, strains, muscle pulls and other common injuries. Cold therapy helps to constrict the blood vessels, reduce swelling and decrease inflammation. It can also numb the area to reduce pain.
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The trapezius muscle covers a large area of the back, neck and shoulders. Its main function is to move the scapula, or shoulder blade, and help support your arms. If you spend a lot of time sitting at a desk or behind the wheel of a car, the trapezius muscle can shorten and tighten, which affects mobility in your neck.
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Degenerative disc disease occurs over time as your spinal column performs everyday activities and weakens. Herniated discs occur when the interior of a spinal disk is squeezed out through a weakened section of the disk, placing additional pressure on surrounding nerves and irritating them.
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Lower back pain can stem from your spine and the sacroiliac joint that connects the bottom of your spine with your pelvis. At its most painful, your back can feel locked in place, as if it won’t rotate easily from your right-turning position.
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A tingling sensation in the hands may be attributed to so many possible causes that it's difficult to identify the right remedy without further details. Often tingling is accompanied by numbness or by a prickling sensation, like "pins and needles."
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