Stretch receptors measure tension in tissues to detect stretch in a muscle or organ. Their main function is overstretch protection, which is provided by the monosynaptic stretch reflex. The stretch receptors may show structural changes in the context of various muscle diseases. What are stretch receptors? Receptors are proteins of human tissues. They respond to … Stretch Receptors: Structure, Function & Diseases
Diseases of the nervous system can assume life-threatening proportions. They are often not detectable by a simple blood test. However, it is possible to remove nerve fluid and examine it for changes in the laboratory. What is cerebrospinal fluid? The brain and spinal cord are surrounded by a water-clear fluid that is formed in the … Cerebrospinal Fluid Puncture: Nerve Fluid for Diagnosis
The human nervous system processes sensory input received from the sensory organs. Topographically, it is divided into the central nervous system (CNS) and the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The following is an overview of the structure and function as well as possible diseases of the peripheral nervous system. What is the peripheral nervous system? The … Peripheral Nervous System: Structure, Function & Diseases
The treatment of limb pain depends on the respective cause. Especially if there is a serious underlying disease, such as a polyneuropathy or a serious infection, the treatment absolutely belongs in the hands of a doctor. This prescribes in a neuritis, for example, anti-inflammatory drugs or prescribes a plexus blockade, in which the affected nerve … Complaint Pattern Limb Pain: How to Become Active Yourself
Headache and aching limbs are an almost inseparable duo during a cold, from which everyone suffers at times. But aching limbs can also have other causes. Find out here how you can play an active role in ensuring that you can soon move again without pain. What are aching limbs? Limb pain is pain in … Pain in the Limbs: What Can you Do?
Neurofibromatosis is a collective term for inherited diseases that have in common the development of neurofibromas. These are benign nerve tumors. What is neurofibromatosis? The term neurofibromatosis covers up to eight clinical pictures. However, only two are of central importance: neurofibromatosis type 1 (also known as “Recklinghausen disease”) and neurofibromatosis type 2. Because neurofibromatosis is … Neurofibromatosis: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Causes/development of Sudeck’s disease The development (pathogenesis) of Sudeck’s disease is still not completely understood. The basis is an irregular healing of injured tissue. This injury can be a trauma resulting from an accident or injury, as well as occur after an operation or have inflammation as a cause. Thus, Sudeck’s disease occurs in 1-2% … Causes/development of Sudeck’s disease | Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease
General Information In the final stage of Sudeck’s disease, the affected limb may show stiffening of the joint and shrunken skin, tendons and muscles in severe pain, which in turn may lead to a loss of function. In order to provide the patient with pain relief, interdisciplinary treatment is generally important. Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics plays an … General Information | Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease
Physiotherapy in multiple sclerosis plays an important role, especially in the field of conservative therapy, which is of great importance in addition to drug therapy. Physiotherapy in MS always depends on the individual patient and the course of MS. The physiotherapist will develop a therapy concept that is tailored to the patient, which also includes … Physiotherapy for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
Goals of physiotherapy Symptoms Multiple sclerosis is a disease with many faces. Due to the different forms of progression and the complex functions that the brain and spinal cord take on, the symptoms can be present in different ways. However, there are many characteristics that are typical and common for the disease. These include visual … Goals of physiotherapy | Physiotherapy for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
History Although multiple sclerosis has a common cause (inflammation in the brain and spinal cord, which mainly affects the nerve tracts and the transmission of stimuli), there are different forms of progression: relapsing-remitting: this describes the most common form of multiple sclerosis. Here, the symptoms are relapsing and are not permanent, so that the symptoms … History | Physiotherapy for Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
The clinical picture of Sudeck’s disease, also known as CRPS: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, describes a symptomatology that not only sounds complex for borrowers, but where the treatment must also be considered complex. The therapy depends on the symptoms of the respective stages, which are described first in the following: Treatment/physiotherapy in the stages In … Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease
