What is Rigidity? Rigidity, frequently used as a synonym for Hypertonia by many authors, is a common muscle tone disease in which there is resistance to passive movement irrespective of posture and velocity. It is one of the cardinal features of Parkinson’s Disorder and is usually present in extrapyramidal diseases. It affects the agonist muscles…
What is Facial palsy? The term facial palsy generally refers to weakness of the facial muscles, inability to move the muscles of the face, innervated by the facial nerve, one of the cranial nerves, mainly resulting from temporary or permanent damage to the facial nerve. When the facial nerve is missing or not working properly,…
Lateral Pelvic Tilt may present on the Left side of the body or on the right side of the body. It is the asymmetric positioning of the pelvis area. Left pelvic tilt: left pelvic tilt is when the right side of the pelvis is raised higher than the left side. Right pelvic tilt: Right pelvic…
What is Cervical Dystonia? Cervical Dystonia of the neck also termed Spasmodic Torticollis or the Wry neck, is a dystonic condition that refers to an abnormal, asymmetrical head or neck alignment, which might be due to many causes. The word torticollis is derived from the Latin words tortus for twisted or the collum for the…
Introduction: Kinesio taping for hip pain is a most useful technique to relieve pain and provide additional support to involve the area and also prevent additional injury. This is the most effectual and protective treatment. It gives static as well as dynamic support to the affected area of the hip. kinesio taping gives dynamic stability…
If you are looking for an Exercise for Planter fascitis that helps to improve the function of the Planter fascia and that also helps to relieve Heel pain, make you perform all your day-to-day activities with ease without any pain. Plantar fasciitis is a Heel pain-related condition that affects the Planter fascia of the foot,…
What is an Isometric neck exercise? What is Isometric Exercise? Which muscles are involved in isometric neck exercise? The following are the neck muscles used during isometric neck exercises. Neck Muscles Action Nerve Supply Sternocleidomastoid Muscle Extension and rotation of the neck, C2, C3 flexion of vertebral column Scalenus Muscle Flexion and rotation of neck& Lower cervical…
What is Longus Capitis Muscle? Longus capitis is a deeper anterior neck muscle that travels in front of the cervical spine. Combine with rectus capitis anterior, rectus capitis lateralis, longus cervicis, or the anterior scalene muscle, it creates the prevertebral layer of neck muscles. These muscles are wrapped or rolled up in the prevertebral layer of the cervical fascia. Bilateral contraction of longus capitis muscle flexes the combined head or…
Cyclist syndrome is a condition in which the Pudendal nerve is compressed in Alcock’s canal of the pelvis region. It is also called Alcock canal syndrome or Pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome (PNE). It is most commonly seen cyclist person who overuses cycle. It has rarely seen a condition in which chronic neuropathic pain in the…
What is Longus Colli Muscle? Longus Colli is a paired muscle situated on the anterior surface of the vertebral column. As such, it is often known as anterior prevertebral muscle along with the longus capitis, rectus capitis anterior, or the scalenus anterior muscles. The longus colli muscle (‘long muscle of the neck) is also called as longus cervicis since it spans the…
