It is possible to apply this method to pain in the following pathologies:
1) Muscle Tears
They represent 90 % of muscle injuries. Fibrils are broken. We divide into three injury degress according to its intensity. The typical symptom is having a pull in the affected area. Some reasons can be muscular fatigue, overtraining or lack of it.
2) DE QUERVAIN'S STENOSING TENOSYNOVITIS
It is caused by the inflammation of the membrane that covers the thumb extending tendon. It hurts intensively when the finger is opened (abduction) and fist weakness. Other frequent tenosynovitis affects Achilles´tendon or tibial muscles that produce a pain in the ankle-worsened standing.
3) Tennis elbow (epicondilytis)
It is a common affection within middle-aged men. At the beginning, it was associated with tennis but it can appeared just because of any activity that forces the hand and wrist extendors. The pain starts in the elbow, expands to the wrist, and fingers. It is gradual and gets worse when we extend our wrist.
4) Bursitis
It is the inflammation of the synovial bags, they are closed membrane bags that assit and protect the tendon and muscle movement over the bones. There are more than 150 bags in our body. This affection is produced by activities implying permanent excessive rubbing forces; traumatism; infections or rheumatic diseases. The most frecuent ones are subdeltoid bursitis: pain in the outside part of thel arm and shoulder especially when moving the arm (abduction). Trochanteric bursitis: pain in the lateral side of the leg and hip; it gets worse when laid. Achilles´ Bursitis: inflammation and pain in the Achilles´ tendon when walking or wearing shoes. Bursitis ileopectinea: pain expanded to the knee when walking.
5) Not severe or moderated Meniscus
Injuries in the Knee
A forced movement produces the most frecuent injuries, usually when rotating femur on the tibia. The injuries might be different but the typical symptoms are knee locking, articulation clicking, pain while wearing weight, internal effusion, limited extension, pain when pressing the knee, unbalance and quadricipital muscle atrophy. |