When the case history is taken, the patient will remember a particular time that may have caused the injury. Injury resulting from a hard knock on the leg in the area behind the knee could occur in sports such as football and rugby and as well as the possible damage to the areas mentioned in first paragraph, bruising and damage to the gastronomies and soleus muscles may also occur. Depending on the severity of the hit to the posterior of the knee it could cause many symptoms. There could be a bruised or swollen knee. There may be limited movement or maybe very painful.
Some of the symptoms in the neck include the following: Numbness , weakness, or tingling in the legs, feet, arms, and/or hands. Neck and shoulder pain because of the nerves being compressed, but pain in this area could be caused by a different problem other than
Outcome 1.2 There are a number of conditions that can have an impact on the correct movement and positioning of people. People suffering with arthritis will often have stiff painful joints and frequently have limited movement in the affected areas. Care needs to be taken when moving or positioning arthritic people, to reduce the possibility of causing pain and discomfort. You also need to be aware of the limited movement of arthritic joints and not attempt to move these beyond their limits. Sufferers of Parkinson's disease may experience limb rigity that can afect normal movement and positionoing.
Tackling can tear your ACL if you get hit on the side of the knee. Any abnormal movement, so twists and bends can put stress on your ACL causing it to tear (mayoclinic). Symptoms of ACL tears include swelling, the popping when it may have torn, and your knee will give out if you put pressure on it other then that could be a sign of just a weak knee. You're knee can also start swelling within few hours and you will lose movement in your knee (mayoclinic.org). Highly active people are most likely to have their ACL torn since they are always
Disease Pathology Week 9 Assignment 1. Compound fracture is an injure where the broken bone pierces the skin, which causes infection. 2. The femur should be immobilized before transport because JR has a c compound fracture of the femur. Moving the femur during transportation may cause more pain and serious problems can occur.
In the Lachman test, the patient’s knee is flexed 30 degrees, and the leg is rotated externally. One hand is placed behind the tibia and the other on the thigh. Pulling anteriorly on the tibia, an intact ACL should prevent forward translational movement of the tibia. If not, the ligament might be injured. This test is considered more superior than the anterior drawer test.
The characteristics of this medical condition are redness in the affected area, swelling, warmth, and pain on both sides of the body. The effects rheumatoid arthritis has on the human body are joint stiffness, especially after a patient has been sitting for an extended period of time, fatigue, and of course, pain in and swelling of the joint (Zelman, 2011). PAIN MANAGEMENT Treating chronic joint pain is not always easy. This is especially difficult if the cause etiology and origination point of the pain is unknown. There are many ways to treat chronic joint pain; it is the decision of the patient in cooperation of the patient’s physician to decide which treatment method is the right one for that patient.
In OA, the wearing of the cartilage allows bones underneath to rub together, causing pain, swelling, and loss of motion of the joint. People with OA usually experience joint pain and stiffness, and the most commonly affected joints are those at the ends of the fingers and thumbs, neck,
Other risks from lupus are infections, cancer, bone tissue death, and pregnancy complications. Bone tissue death occurs when the blood supply of a bone reduces causing tiny breaks in the bone and eventually the bone collapses. The hip joint is the most commonly affected bone. People with lupus are more vulnerable to infections because the disease and treatments weaken the immune system. Some treatments for lupus are NSAIDs, antimalarial drugs, corticosteroids, and immune suppressants.
The progressive curvature of the spine causes low back pain, and fractures of the spine, hip and forearm. When fractures occur, this may lead to disability and even