Muscle Diseases and Disorders
Fibromyalgia painful disorder of muscles, tendons, and surrounding soft tissue Muscles feel like they have been pulled or overworked. Sometimes muscles twitch & other times they burn. Most patients say that they ache all over.
FIBROMYALGIA PAIN POINTS
Muscular Dystrophies muscle destroying diseases degeneration of individual muscle fibers Muscle is replaced with fat and fibrous tissue progressive atrophy of skeletal muscles due to a genetic defect
Muscular Dystrophy in lower limbs
Shinsplints pain in the anterior lower leg tendonitis of tibialis posterior muscle inflammation of periosteum stress fracture of the tibia exaggerated enlargement of muscles within the epimysium pulling away of the periosteum from the underlying bone Treatment: RICE strengthen tibialis anterior muscle
Shinsplints
Abnormal Contractions unintended muscular contraction not stimulated by normal mechanisms may be caused by dehydration, electrolyte imbalances or neurological disorders & abnormalities Examples--tic, twitch, spasm, Charlie horse
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) a weakness of skeletal muscle an auto-immune disorder caused by antibodies that block the Ach receptors at the motor end plate
Myasthenis gravis eye droop
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