Diseases of the muscular system
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| Strain | show | Trauma | Use ice and energy work during initial 48 to 72 hrs., massage proximal to injury may improve circulation and healing
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| Sprain | show | Trauma | Use ice and energy work during initial 48 to 72 hrs., massage proximal to injury may improve circulation and healing
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| Muscle spasm (cramp) | Spontaneous, involuntary contraction of skeletal muscle | show | Short effleurage from tendons to muscle belly can reset proprioceptors, compression, strain-counterstrain, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, and reciprocal inhibition stretching techniques can be effective
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| Fibromyalgia | Disorder characterized by abnormal patterns of sleep, diffuse pain and fatigue, headaches, irritable bowel, numbness and tingling in the extremities and tender points | Unknown, some suspect genetic disposition | show 🗑
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| Chronic fatigue syndrome | Disorder characterized by general fatigue | show | Massage may reduce associated stress and anxiety to allow the body to relax, avoid any deep tissue work that could overwork the immune system
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| Torticollis | show | Spasm of the sternocleidomastoid muscle because of strain or infection | Massage to neck, specifically SCM, will help relieve tension and anxiety
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| Muscular dystrophy | Group of muscular disorders in which there is considerable muscle degeneration and weakness | show | Basic massage can relieve tension and related stress and anxiety, and could even slow atrophy, stretching can also be effective
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| Duchenne muscular dystrophy | Most common form of muscular dystrophy, common signs (which usually appear before 3 yrs.) include lordosis, muscle contractures, muscle wasting, and fat and connective tissue deposition in the muscles, patients are usually confined to a wheelchair by 12 | Inherited sex-linked trait (predominantly affects males) | show 🗑
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| Myasthenia gravis | Disease characterized by destruction of acetylcholine receptor sites, producing overall muscle weakness, weakness made worse by exercise and emotional stress and may lead to death if respiratory muscles are affected. 4 times more common in women then men. | Autoimmune disease in which the body produces an immune response against the acetylcholine receptors in the neuromuscular junction, sometimes the cause is unknown | show 🗑
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