What is Erb’s palsy? Erb’s palsy also known as Erb’s Duchenne palsy is a paralysis of the arm(Upper Limb). This injury occurs mainly due to injury to the upper group of the arm’s main nerves, The lesion is usually at the junction of the C5 and C6 roots (Erb’s point). These Nerve Root form part…
What is Neck muscle tightness? Neck muscle tightening refers to the feeling of heaviness around the neck or tightness that occurs mainly in the posterior of the neck muscles. when the muscles in the neck will not fully relax, which will lead to soreness, muscle spasms, & headaches. It has more possible causes, ranging from…
This arm muscle pain is defined as the discomfort & pain experienced anywhere throughout the arm.Sometimes this pain includes to wrist, elbow & shoulder joints.This arm muscle pain occurs due to a variety of causes.The most common causes of the arm muscles are injury or overuse.Depending on the cause of the arm this pain starts…
Introduction The adductor Magnus’s muscle is a large triangular muscle of the lower limb, with its apex located on the hip bone, & it’s base on the linea aspera of the femur. It is located both in the posterior & medial fascial compartments of the thigh. The distribution of this muscle in 2 compartments is…
Introduction The Adductor longus is one of the adductor muscles of the medial thigh. Together with adductor brevis, adductor Magnus, gracilis & obturator externus, it makes up the hip adductors. This large fan-shaped muscle is located most anteriorly of this group & covers the middle part of the adductor Magnus & the anterior part of…
What is the knee joint? A knee is the modified hinge joint, a type of synovial joint, that is composed of three functional compartments: a patellofemoral articulation, consisting of a patella, or “kneecap”, as well as a patellar groove on the front of a femur through which it slides; & the medial as well as…
Definition of Cerebral palsy (CP): PHYSIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF CEREBRAL PALSY: Two classifications by motor function: What is pyramidal or spastic cerebral palsy? What are the types of spastic Cerebral palsy? Spastic Diplegia Spastic Hemiplegia Spastic Quadriplegia EXTRAPYRAMIDAL OR NON-SPASTIC CEREBRAL PALSY: Ataxic/ataxia: Dyskinetic: Athetoid: Dystonia/Dystonic: Athetosis: Chorea: Choreoathetoid: Dystonia: Mixed: Gross motor function classification scale(GMFCS):…
Hip osteoarthritis condition is sometimes called to wear- and – tear arthritis.It is a common condition that is developed with the age.This condition occurs in any joint in the body but most often develops in weight-bearing joints such as the hip joint.This condition produces pain & stiffness.Due to this condition become to make hard to…
What is the shoulder to neck muscles? Shoulder muscles Deltoid muscle Rotator cuff muscle Supraspinatus muscle Infraspinatus muscle Teres minor muscle Subscapularis muscle Teres major muscle Pectoralis major muscle Pectoralis minor muscle Latissimus dorsi muscle Biceps muscle Triceps brachii Muscles Long head Lateral Head Medial head Neck muscles Platysma muscle: Sternocleidomastoid muscle Subclavius muscle: Scalenes…
Introduction of Adductor muscle The muscles in the medial compartment of the thigh are together called the hip adductor muscle. There are 4 muscles in this group; adductor longus, adductor brevis, adductor Magnus, & gracillis. The hip adductor compartments’ function is to move the thigh & lower extremity closer to the body’s central axis. All…
