The three types of musculoskeletal traumas are overuse, fracture, and amputation. The four types of overuse traumas are strain, tendonitis, bursitis, and sprain. A strain is a pulled muscle, caused by overstretching, tearing, or ripping of a muscle and/or its tendon. Tendonitis is inflammation of a tendon caused by chronic, low-grade strain of a muscle-tendon unit.

Chiropractic has provided effective relief to millions of individuals suffering from back and neck ailments. Chiropractic has also provided relief from many other musculoskeletal complaints ranging from knee and ankle problems to carpal tunnel syndrome and tennis elbow. In fact, musculoskeletal pain or discomfort in any area of the spine or extremity is a candidate for safe, natural, noninvasive chiropractic care.

Musculoskeletal disorders (also called MSD’s, RSI’s or MSI’s) include a group of conditions involving nerves, tendons, muscles, and supporting structures. MSD’s can vary in severity from mild periodic symptoms to severe chronic and debilitating conditions. Examples include: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, tendinitis, tension neck syndrome, and low back pain. Symptoms may include pain, numbness, and tingling.

The same technology that looks at an unborn baby in the womb is now being looked at joints and related structures. Our physicians are now using this innovative technology to diagnose and treat arthritis-related diseases.

In 1999, there were 58,476 deaths due to heart disease in California. This was 26 percent of the total number of deaths from all causes.

Musculoskeletal diseases and injury involve the structural and motor systems of the body that have a role in human movement, including bones, cartilage, joints, muscles, ligaments, tendons, and the spine.

Arthritis is a common musculoskeletal disorder which affects more than 500 million people worldwide, including one in three Americans. Every year in the United States, musculoskeletal conditions including musculoskeletal disorders and musculoskeletal trauma accounted for more than 150 million visits to physicians??? offices, including:

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NO! We help the subluxation release itself with gentle touch contacts. Our whole focus is on the subluxation. Whatever shows up in the discharge process is under the control of that individual and the Innate Intelligence working within them. We initiate the stimulus so that the subluxation can release, honoring and assisting the body so the Life Force can flow through.

Yes. We hope that your facility will find the report useful even if you have no cases to report for a given quarter. It is important to be aware of patient volume, case mix and performance issues in your region and in the state even if your's is a low volume facility.

The problem is over-pronation: therefore the patient should be fitted with custom orthotics and proper footwear. Recovery can be expected to occur over a period of months. Orthotics will not cause the physical deformity to regress, but will arrest any further progression and likely stop the pain. It is important to note that when the bunion is severe and requires surgery, the bunion can be corrected, but will re-develop unless the root cause of over-pronation is corrected.

many as 1 in 150 children are autistic, according to the Centers for Disease Control. That adds up to almost 1.5 million people in the United States. Also, government statistics suggest the rate of autism is rising 10-17 percent annually. Unfortunately, the numbers appear to be continuing their upward climb.

Very common. One in six New Zealanders will experience depression at some time in their lives. It is most common in 16-24 year olds, but can happen at any age.

The most common allergens include dust mites, molds, pollens, animal dander, cockroaches, peanuts, milk, eggs, latex, and penicillin. The dust mite is the most common cause of allergies.

VRE was not reported in U.S. hospitals until 1989. Data reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during 2004 showed that VRE caused about 1 of every 3 infections in hospital intensive care units.

Stoke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and the number one cause of disability, with more than 3,000,000 people currently living with physical and mental impairment from brain damage caused by stroke. On average, someone in the United States suffers a stroke every 53 seconds and every 3.3 minutes someone dies of one.

STDs are very common in the United States. With more than 12 million people in the U.S. infected each year, at least 1 person in 4 will be infected with a STD at some point in his or her life. In the United States, there is approximately 4 million new chlamydia infections a year, over 40 million people have herpes and 30 million have genital warts.

society has attached a stigma to the discussion of bowels and bowel habits, many people seem embarrassed or unwilling to discuss what is a comparatively common disease.

Contrary to popular belief, Legionnaire's disease is a common disease. There are estimated 25,000 deaths per year in the U.S. from it. Most cases are never diagnosed as being Legionnaire's disease, but are simply recognized as a case of pneumonia. Another common misconception is that anyone and everyone is at risk. Legionnaire's disease is an "opportunistic infection", meaning that it attacks individuals who are already ill or in generally poor health.

The reported prevalence rates of FASD vary widely depending on the population studied and the intensity of case ascertainment. In the general population, estimates vary from 0.7 cases per 1,000 to 1.0 cases per 1,000 live births with higher rates (e.g., 3 per 1,000 live births) among Native Indian and Alaska natives. Other neurodevelopmental effects of alcohol are believed to occur more frequently.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has reported that as many as 80 percent of women will get a genital type of HPV by the age of 50. However, most of those infections go away or are suppressed by the body within one to two years, without causing any problems that require treatment.

The side effects that most often cause problems are: Daytime hangover or sleepiness; dizziness; drowsiness; poor coordination; reduced mental alertness; impaired judgment; reduced physical alertness; trouble paying attention; problems with memory or learning; excitement; restlessness; reduced tolerance for alcohol, narcotics and other sedatives.

All forms of IBS impact the lives of millions of people. As many as one in five adults in the United States or 20 percent of the population, suffer from the abdominal discomfort or pain, bloating, and altered bowel symptoms associated with IBS. IBS typically begins early in life. In more than 50 percent of patients, symptoms begin before age 35. IBS occurs in both men and women. However, the prevalence appears to be greater in women. Approximately seven out of every ten IBS sufferers are women.