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Muscular System. Excitability. Irritability. Extensibility and Elasticity . Muscular System. Adduction Abduction. Fibromyalgia. Chronic, widespread pain in specific sites
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Fibromyalgia • Chronic, widespread pain in specific sites • Muscle stiffness, numbness, tingling in arms or legs, fatigue, sleep disturbances, HA, depression • Cause is unknown but stress, weather, poor physical fitness affect the condition • Pain relief—PT, massage, exercise, stress-reduction and med to relax muscles and relieve pain
Muscular dystrophy • Group of inherited dz that lead to chronic, progressive muscle atrophy. • Usually appears in early childhood • No cure but PT helps slow down the progress • Most results in total disability and early death
Myasthenia gravis • Chronic condition where nerve impulses are not properly transmitted • This leads to progressive muscular weakness and paralysis • Can lead to death if respiratory muscles are affected • Cause unknown—autoimmune • No cure—supportive TX
Dr. Stephen Hawking Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis