Category traumatology

Muscle contracture means the involuntary and continuous shortening of one or more skeletal muscles, associated with local pain, stiffness and hypertonia. The contracture is caused by excessive and / or applied muscle strain in inadvisable circumstances (cold muscle, low level of training, uncontrolled or abrupt movement, postural or muscular imbalance, coordination deficit, etc

Stretching (also called elongation) is a medium-sized muscle lesion, which can affect one or more skeletal muscles or part of them. It is more severe than a contracture (in that it also has a hematic effusion) and is less severe than a tear (unlike the latter it has no interruption of muscle continuity)

Watch the video X Watch the video on youtube The term " sciatica " defines a more or less intense pain that travels along the sciatic nerve and its branches, or at the level of the back, legs and buttocks. One speaks correctly of sciatica to indicate the inflammation of the same nerve. There are numerous variants of sciatica, distinguished by the causal agent

Watch the video X Watch the video on youtube In jargon, the term torticollis refers to a transient "deformity" that affects the cervical spine. The disorder is characterized by an abnormal position taken by the head after a rotation or a violent bending of the neck. The stiff neck is responsible for muscle stiffness, neck pain, brachialgia and inability / inability to move, move or twist the neck

Tendonitis is a tendinopathy, which is a pathology of tendons or annexed structures. It is a disorder on an inflammatory basis, triggered by an acute event (more rare) or by the chronic repetition of micro-stresses (more frequent). Tendon damage is repaired with a less resistant, less elastic and almost always thinner fabric

Generality The rigid hallux is a degenerative disease affecting the joint located at the base of the first toe (toe). The disorder is supported by an arthrosic process that causes a progressive reduction in the mobility of the big toe , which is no longer able to flex and extend. The rigid hallux is also associated with pain during walking , swelling and formation of osteophytes between the head of the first metatarsal and the base of the proximal phalanx

Generality Arthralgia is the term by which doctors indicate the presence of pain in one or more joints. The main causes of arthralgia are arthritis, the phenomenon of joint distortion, the phenomenon of joint dislocation, hypothyroidism and malignant bone cancer. In general, arthralgia never appears alone, but is associated with other symptoms, such as: sense of joint stiffness, reduced joint mobility, swelling and skin redness at the painful joint

Generality Shoulder calcification consists of the formation of calcium deposits in the tendon tissue of the rotator cuff. The presence of these concretions causes pain in the affected shoulder (or both, since both sides can be involved simultaneously) and limitation of upper limb movements . The causes that lead to the development of this pathology are not yet fully known

Generality Chiropractic is a manual alternative medicine technique, which focuses its attention on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical diseases of the musculoskeletal system; all in the belief that the aforementioned diseases have negative consequences on the functionality of the nervous system and on the general health of the human being

Generality Baker's cyst is a bag full of liquid, which forms behind the knee; for this it is also known as popliteal cyst. The formation of this is often caused by damage to the knee joint. The presence of a Baker cyst is, in some cases, asymptomatic; in others, instead, it causes pain, swelling and a feeling of joint stiffness