The primary aim for my study is to see which training method causes more shoulder pain and/or shoulder injuries for swimmers. I will be measuring their pain using the shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI) and diagnose the injury from a clinical shoulder examination.
Since pain is a subjective measurement, the participants will report their pain level using the self-administer SPADI. The reliability coefficient of ICC ≥ 0.89 and the internal consistency is high with Cronhach α > 0.90 in a variety of population (Breckenridge & Mcauley, 2011). “The SPADI demonstrates good construct validity, correlating well with other region-specific shoulder questionnaires” (Breckenridge & Mcauley, 2011, p. 197).
The clinical shoulder examination will
The patient presented with a shoulder disorder, a common orthopedic condition. To diagnose and treat the patient, the pathoanatomic diagnosis and the treatment based classification scheme called as staged approach for rehabilitation classification (STAR- Shoulder) was used as given by McClure and Michener 1. This classification is a staged classification and has three different levels: Screening, Pathoanatomic diagnosis, and A rehabilitation classification.
The all too familiar "pop!" immediately followed by weakness, pain, and immobility; the classic signs of a shoulder injury. Many shoulder injuries affect the rotator cuff. "Each year approximately 200,000 American require surgery related to the repair of the rotator cuff" (Yamaguchi). This vast number of surgeries makes shoulder injuries a popular topic in the medical field. Physicians have been researching ways to improve patients' recovery and return their range of motion back to normal. One such improvement is the release of the long head of the biceps tendon.
Being a dental assistant can be very challenging when it comes to posture and sitting properly. There are several musculoskeletal disorders that can affect your job in the long run. Some so severe you may have to have surgery!! I don’t think we want that.
Swimmers tend to be tall and have a noticeable upper body muscle development. Having low body
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department: Are we ever going to get better? Journal of Pain Research, 2, 5-10. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004630/
It will come to pass in every nurse’s career that she will be caring for a person that for whatever reason cannot communicate verbally. The reason can be vast such as dementia or language barriers. One of the biggest challenges this creates is assessing the patient’s pain level. In 2001 a system was developed by a group of critical care nurses that has been widely accepted in many healthcare systems in the US and Canada. The Adult Nonverbal Pain Scale is an assessment tool that uses five specific categories in pain assessment. However, the accuracy of this system is a matter of debate between healthcare providers and patient representatives. In this paper I will examine and compare the various methods of pain assessment used by healthcare personnel today.
Hoy, D., Brooks, P., Blyth, F., & Buchbinder, R. (2010). The Epidemiology of low back pain. Best Practice and Research Clinical Rheumatology, 24, 769-781. http://dx.doi:10.1016/j.berh.2010.10.002
The sheer energy of a gymnast alone can be felt by audiences of all ages, but what the spectators lack the ability to feel is the pounding of the bodies that bear the impact of the athletes in action. Gymnastics consists of a mixture of acrobatic performances of four different events for females, and six different events for males (Gianoulis 1). Gymnastics is demanding in a multitude of ways, including: physically, emotionally and mentally. It requires countless hours of dedication. The concerns of most gymnasts are moving up to the next level, or getting a more advanced skill, while the concerns of the doctors, coaches, and parents revolve mostly around the athlete’s health, which is put at stake for the adored yet dangerous sport. Injuries are common among both male and female gymnast alike, but due to the fact a female gymnast’s career peaks at the same time of major growth and development, a female gymnast’s body as a whole is more likely to undergo lifelong changes or affects (Gianoulis 2). Among the injuries of the mind blowing athletes, the most common ones affect the ankles, feet, lower back, wrist, and hands of individuals (Prevention and Treatment 1). From sprains, to the breaks, the intriguing sport of gymnastics is physically demanding on a gymnast’s body.
Pain is subjective, acknowledging the level of the pain as reported by the patient is important. (Pellico p. 1242)
In order to fully understand the impact and effect of overtraining, defining and establishing the difference of what overtraining is from other conditions, such as overreaching, is necessary. Overtraining is defined as the accumulation of both training and non-training stresses producing a long-term effect on the athlete’s performance capacity, with or without physical and psychological overtraining signs and symptoms in which recovery of the performance capacity will take weeks to months (Halson, 2004 p. 969). Overreaching, however, is defined by the accumulation of training and non-training stresses with a short-term effect on the a...
For this case study, the candidates had to meet a set of specific criteria. The individuals involved were required to be 20 years of age minimum and experiencing joint pain for the past three months. In total, there were 74 participants in the experiment, 71% of them being female and 61% of them being of married status. The average age of the individuals that participated in the experiment was 52.7 years of age averaging approximately 12.8 years of education. Each participant had also been diagnosed with RA approximately 8.9 years prior to the case study taking place. The group was required before bedtime each night of the 75-day study to complete a checklist of the day's events and a rating scale for mood and pain severity. Each of these booklets and checklists were mailed out the following morning and each participant was paid $1 per completed booklet and $7 for each week of responses. By the end of the experiment, 99.5% of the reports required had been completed. The checklist used for the study was the Daily Life Experience Checklist. It contained 78 items under 5 major categories of activities which consisted of work
Medical study is a combination of clinical experience and scientific research, which requires proof and evidence. These two components can help physiotherapists with diagnosis, provide treatments for patients and making clinical decision. However, what are the ways for individuals to testify the effectiveness of these methods and treatments? Is there scientific evidence proving the information is correct and up to date? How helpful and appropriate are these methods and treatments to the patients? Hence evidence-based practice is necessary. It has a strong impact in physiotherapy, to ensure researches are more focused and relevant to physiotherapists and as a guiding principle to practice and treatment of patients.
Each patient receives a comprehensive examination using objective and subjective measures to assess pain, movement patterns, muscle performance, posture, endurance, flexibility, joint accessory motion, and a detailed medical history in order to identify the underlying cause of symptoms. Getting to the root cause of the issue allows us to more effectively treat the problem and devise a personalized treatment plan.
Even doctors and scientists work with only a rudimentary knowledge of how and why pain occurs. The complexity and the personal nature of pain make research and advancement a challenging problem. Most modern tests cannot fully account for pain – scans and laboratory tests cannot document the severity of pain, but many tests can reveal pain-related chemicals in the body and potential physical or disease causes. After ruling out potential physical causes, doctors must rely on the patient’s own description of the pain in order to properly treat or manage the