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Muscular System

Muscular System. Excitability. Irritability. Extensibility and Elasticity . Muscular System. Adduction Abduction. Fibromyalgia. Chronic, widespread pain in specific sites

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Muscular System

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  1. Muscular System

  2. Excitability

  3. Irritability

  4. Extensibility and Elasticity

  5. Muscular System

  6. Adduction Abduction

  7. 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

  8. Tender points

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Dr. Stephen Hawking Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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