Responsible for abduction of the arm as well as participating in ext. rotation, stabilisation and elevation/flexion of the arm, the supraspinatus is a muscle that is as small as it is powerful and is part of the shoulder joint complex, mobilised by the rotator cuff muscle group of which it is a part.
The 3 tendons of the Semitendinosus, Sartorius and Grácilis muscles that converge in this area suffer an imbalance between their functions, giving rise to an itching, burning and stinging sensation, and even episodes of crepitus and inflammation.Such discomfort usually occurs especially during knee flexion and extension movements and sometimes even at rest. But what can […]
Being the 5th of the 12 cranial nerves, the Trigeminal Nerve is responsible for transmitting the sensation of touch and facial pain to the brain through its 3 neural branches. When this nerve suffers from some kind of disorder, the person feels an electric cramp that manifests itself in a paroxysmal, sudden and intense facial […]
Who hasn't ever woken up with the stiffness of a marble bust, holding their hand to their neck because of a pain as throbbing as it is disconcerting? Sometimes, due to the most banal and common causes such as the use of a bad pillow or the schizophrenic postures we adopt when sleeping or working […]
Beyond the classic injury suffered by these subjects in their daily work, EPICONDYLITIS (translated as Enthesitis of the muscles that insert into the Epicondyle) has become common among people who tend to contain more stress than necessary, being submerged in an almost constant level of tension and statism. In this case, the problem originates at […]
The International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) Edition defines more than 150 different types of headache, which are divided into two main categories: primary and secondary. A primary headache involves the condition itself. That is, migraine and tension headache itself as a result of stress, hypertension and sports and/or sexual activity. In this case it […]
Responsible for abduction of the arm as well as participating in ext. rotation, stabilisation and elevation/flexion of the arm, the supraspinatus is a muscle that is as small as it is powerful and is part of the shoulder joint complex, mobilised by the rotator cuff muscle group of which it is a part. After an […]