Focal dystonia causes
Focal dystonia is only one type of dystonia and represents a neurological condition affecting one muscle or a group of muscles in a part of the body. It is characterized...
Dystonic cramps treatments
Dystonia of the fingers, hands or forearms is a condition also well known as writer’s hand. This problem frequently affects people who repeatedly perform tasks which require fine motor movements...
Therapy for wrist pain
Wrist pain can be caused by injury (sudden trauma or repetitive stress), arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome.Wrist injury symptomsDepending on the cause, intensity and type of injury, wrist pain may...
Therapy for arthritis
Arthritis is a long-term condition that can seriously affect the quality of life of the person suffering from it. The symptoms of arthritis, mainly the pain, inflammation, swelling and limited...
Common facts about Inclusion body myositis (IBM)
Inclusion body myositis is a medical condition affecting various muscles, causing their inflammation and subsequent weakness, atrophy and wasting. The condition is chronic and progressive, affecting both proximal and distal...
Classification of Muscular diseases
What is Myopathy?Myopathy is the disease of the muscles in which the fibres inside the muscles are not performing as they should, resulting in spasms, aching, and inflexibility. Myopathy can...
Three most common diseases of Adult inflammatory myopathy
Basic InformationInflammatory myopathies of adults are usually considered relatively rare and they can sometimes be very hard to diagnose as there are other medical conditions which are characterized by similar...
Treatments for spinal cord injuries
A spinal cord injury or SCI is an injury to the spinal cord which occurred due to a trauma and not due to some disease. There are lots of possible...
How can symptoms help with dystonia diagnosis
Dystonia is a condition which manifests through involuntary movement and contractions of muscles, forcing the body of the sufferer into taking unusual and strange postures. So far, dystonia has not...
Exercise for people with bad knees
For those with bad knees, it can be difficult to perform exercise without feeling pain or suffering long term complications. However, specific cardiovascular exercises exist that are aimed at those...