In Emphysema, the alveolar air sacs, which are thin walled air space at the end of the airway where Oxygen and Carbon dioxide are exchanged, become damage or destroyed. The alveoli permanently enlarge and loss elasticity cause difficulty with exhaling, which depends heavily on the ability of lungs to recoil like elastic bands. Emphysema is …
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Parkinson’s Disease which is sometime called Parkinson’s or PD is a movement disorder where the dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra of the brain undergo degeneration. Parkinson’s is one of the most common neurological disorder. It’s a progressive adult onset disease and it gets more common with age. Most of the time there’s no known …
A stroke which is also called Cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or a brain attack. There are two main types of stroke. An Ischemic stroke – which is when there is a blocked artery that reduces blood flow to the brain and A Hemorrhagic stroke – which is when an artery in the brain breaks, creating a …
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or CTS is a neurological conditions in which median nerve get compress at the wrist due to overuse of wrist which cause inflammation of flexor tendon at wrist joint. Swelling of flexor tendon cause compression of media nerve which leads to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Carpal tunnel is the fibro-osseous canal formed …
The human skeleton has about 200 bones which are connected by joints. Bones are varies in size from the pea sized distal phalanx (bone of Hand) of the little toe to the long femur of the thigh. The human joint system vary from simple to complex. The simple joints usually have stability as a primary …
When a muscle contraction take place the tiny myofilaments which are actin and myosin make over each other to basically create tension in the muscle and there is different ways that this contraction happen switch on the muscle and often relaxed it on and contracted and that’s things you need to know about from the …
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The Concave-Convex Rule is given by Freddy M. Kaltenborn. It describe which movement is happening within joint with concave and convex surfaces. Most literature mention that the rule can be used to determine in which direction limited joint should be mobilized but this idea has some flaws described by different authors. The rule should rather …
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Sometimes, many people get confuse to decide what should they do during injury or pain in body; Heat or Cold (Hot pack or Cold pack) and am sure many of you might be having similar confusion regarding heat or cold. Here, I am going to tell which one is better for any injury or pain …
Inflammation:- Inflammation is the body defense reaction and it is defined as the local response of living mammalian tissue to injury. It is a natural process and it happens as our body responds to pain and injury. Basically, it is our body’s way of healing itself. Suppose, you are having an injury to your ankle …
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Spondylosis, Spondylitis, Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis are the four conditions that affect the spine. These are maybe confusing but you all need to know the difference between them. Spondylolysis:- Spondylolysis is a term used to describe the anatomic defect or break of the pars interarticularis of the vertebral arch. A Spondylolysis is a low back stress …
4 Spondy’s of Spine (Spondylosis, Spondylitis, Spondylolysis and Spondylolisthesis):- Read More »
