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Knee pain is one of the major problems affecting the day to day life activities of an individual. The simplest daily activities including walking, sitting, climbing stairs, cycling, becomes difficult and painful. Some of the major joint problems causing knee pain are osteoarthritis of knee, rheumatoid arthritis, ligaments or meniscal injuries, muscle weakness.  The problem commonly occurs after the age of 30, but is seen more commonly in elderly people.  With age the joint structures begin to get degenerated. The knee joint consisting of joint capsules, articular cartilages, meniscus, ligaments and muscles supporting the joint go through several changes. The degenerative changes in the knee joint causes the surrounding joint structures especially the muscles to become weak, leading to inability to perform simple day to day life activities. The spaces between the two bones of the knee joint decreases causing friction in the joint. The articular cartilages covering the b...

·            PROVOCATION TESTS 1.        GAENSLEN’S TEST: The gaenslen’s test stresses the sacroiliac joint, increased pain on the joint while performing the test is indicative of the sacroiliac joint dysfunction. -           The patient in lying on the couch in a side lying position with the affected leg hyperextended (hanging outside the couch). Patient flexes the other leg and holds knee to chest. The therapist stabilizes the pelvis while the extending the hip by holding it from distal thigh. The pain in the sacroiliac joint may be caused due to a sacroiliac joint pathology, lesion or dysfunction. -           The patient is lying supine (this position limits the amount of hyperextension at the hip) the affected leg is hanging out of the couch, the therapist puts one hand on the hyperextended leg from distal thi...

OSTEOARTHRITIS -Osteoarthritis is one of the most common degenerative joint disease causing pain in certain large joints of the body, like shoulder, elbow, wrist, hip, knee, ankle. it is a condition of synovial joint (the joint containing synovial fluid), however" INFLAMMATION is NOT a PROMINENT FEATURE" of the condition. -The condition of osteoarthritis results in symptomatic joint failure.    EPIDEMIOLOGY: -The condition rises in prevalence from the age of 30.  -Most commonly occurring in the age of 30 and above. -The joints which are more prone to the disease are the hip and the knee joints. -Women are affected more as compared to men. (Hip joint equally affected in men and women). -occupational risk factors also play an important role in the occurrence, such as farmers are more prone to hip OA, football players are more prone to knee OA. ETIOLOGY: -Mechanical factors -Metabolic factors -Trauma -Obesity -Smoking -Gender -Genetics -...

SIMPLE EXERCISES Here are some simple exercises and stretches for people who are a victim of 9-5 hectic office schedule, follow these simple steps and bring a change in your body, preventing the musculoskeletal conditions  like repetitive strain injury that can occur which you might be unaware of, or you may already be suffering from. These musculoskeletal disorders may occur due to repetitive, forceful hand movements, awkward sitting position, causing pain and weakness. THE STRETCHES: ·           shoulder stretch front: Interlock your fingers in front and straighten your elbows, taking palms away from the body. ·           Shoulder stretch back: Interlock your fingers behind your back and straighten your elbows. ·          Triceps stretch: Bring your arm behind your head with a bent elbow. Push on elbow downwa...

The Deltoid A brief description. Deltoid, previously called as Deltoideus or (plural- Deltoidei) is a Greek word . The name is given as Deltoid due to its resemblance to a triangular shaped  Greek alphabet  Delta. Therefore Deltoid is a triangular shaped  muscle in the shoulder region of our body.  Also called as "Delt" in slang. it is a thick muscle which covers the shoulder joint and helps to stabilize the head of the humerus while carrying heavy loads by preventing dislocation of the shoulder joint. The muscle helps in initiating the movement of shoulder abduction (bringing your hand up from side to side). You can imagine the two equilateral  triangles on the upper portion of your arms  with apex of the triangles facing downwards on  both the sides to know the position of the muscle in your body. THE THREE PARTS OF THE MUSCLE ARE: Posterior or Rear Delts   ...

TEXT NECK- A tech-induced ailment   Technology has shown marked progress these days, as it provides the ease of communication. The use of tech-based gadgets is growing everyday. Texting, is something we do very frequently and for long hours, the method of texting is holding the mobile phone in hand and looking downwards to the screen, yes! not necessarily to be mentioned! but, the posture we adapt while doing so is the matter of concern here. Not only texting, but surfing internet, playing games, watching videos for hours can also be added to the list of the works we do on the cell phones, tablets or any other wireless gadgets.     A closer look at the condition: L.Fishman, Chiropractic Dean, Florida  coined the term TEXT NECK and the phrase “text neck is an overuse syndrome or a repetitive stress injury, where you have your head hung forward and down looking at your mobile device for extended periods of time,” the human head weighs approximately 10lbs, f...