Shoulder instability has multiple causes. There are three types of shoulder instability: small‚ unnoticeable amounts of joint slippage‚ subluxation (drop arm) and full joint dislocation. As time passes‚ individuals may experience a combination of these events‚ which causes repeated incidents of shoulder instability. Shoulder Dislocation A dislocated shoulder is the most obvious form of shoulder instability. This type of injury is usually caused by some kind of violent event (e.g.‚ a sports-related
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“ball-and-socket”. The fact behind the label of this joint that it’s very mobile and it can be easily injured. For example‚ people can suffer instability of the glenohumeral joint by posture‚ sports‚ or normal due to aging. Shoulder joint has multiple bones‚ ligaments‚ tendons and muscles to maintain equilibrium. The bones are scapula‚ humerus‚ clavicle and sternum. Moreover‚ these bones have muscles to balance strength for the shoulder joint‚ which are: pectoris minor‚ biceps‚ S.I.T.S. (supraspinatus‚ infraspinatus
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heard as my ligament shattered to pieces when my foot got caught as I was dribbling the ball down the field. Followed by an intense pain that is still repetitive to this day and a constant reminder every winter when a cold breeze hits my knee. Through the one-year process of reconstructing my Anterior Cruciate Ligament‚ I learned about life in a way I never thought possible. I was an emotional roller coaster‚ frustrated with myself and weighing all fault at my shoulders. A single ligament had the power
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tennis are common in other sports‚ tennis has its own unique profile of injuries. (1) Injuries such as lateral ankle sprains‚ calf strains‚ lower back pain‚ tennis toe‚ shoulder impingement‚ lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow)‚ ulnar collateral ligament tears and wrist strains are all
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14 incur some type of injury as a result of sports. These may occur as a result of practice or a competitive event. Broken bones can result from direct impact of a ball or a fall during competition. Injuries such as tears of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) occur more and more in young athletes due to the rigors of practice and competitions. Repetitive motion sports‚ such as swimming‚ may cause injuries to muscles or tendons due to the overuse of specific muscle groups or joints during training
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http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/osgood-schlatter-disease/basics/definition/con-20021911 Osgood-Schlatter Definition Osgood-Schlatter disease can cause a painful lump below the kneecap in children and adolescents experiencing growth spurts during puberty. Osgood-Schlatter disease occurs most often in children who participate in sports that involve running‚ jumping and swift changes of direction — such as soccer‚ basketball‚ figure skating and ballet. While Osgood-Schlatter disease is
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Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction in a College Male Baseball Pitcher Julia Courtney Introductory Abstract Personal Data: Patient: 22 y/o male. A twenty-two year old male left-handed collegiate baseball pitcher throwing in the first game of the season. Durning his first few Florida Southern College which is the smaller bone of the forearm on the same side as the thumb. There are several important ligaments in the elbow. A ligament is a soft tissue structure that connect bones to
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sophomore season at tech. Now this injury is quite a significant one if broken down medically. This type of injury only occurs when an individual has torn three of the four major ligaments in the knee containing the anterior
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quadriceps angle‚ trochlear dysplasia or general patella instability (Cheng et al. 2014). The main mechanism involved in a dislocation is a sudden twisting motion. The ligaments that are involved in stabilising the patellofemoral joint include the patellofemoral‚ patellomeniscal and patellotibial ligaments. All three of these ligaments help to prevent lateral movement of the patella. The
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different points. The first point is that‚ radiographic imaging techniques can be used to rule out any possibility of of complete ligament tears‚ or fractures. For example‚ a case study that was published in the Journal of Chiropractic medicine (Battaglia‚ Craig & Kettner‚ 2015) highlighted the role of using an Ultrasonography (US) in the assessment of the lateral ankle ligament injury‚ its instability and anterior Ankle impingement. Using the case of a 28 year old male athlete who suffered from a history
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