Patients with neck pain can present with pain in the arm also. Many patients may also present with arm pain without complaints of neck pain. In such a situation, a careful history will reveal past history of neck pain and almost always a past history of trauma. Also,...
Nerves from the medial cord (5):Medial pectoral nerve (C8, T1): Supplies the sternal head of the pectoralis major muscle. Sternal head is also supplied by the lateral pectoral nerve)Medial cutaneous nerve of the arm (T1): supplies the medial armMedial cutaneous nerve...
Patients with chronic lower back pain caused by lower back muscles in spasm results in patients having difficulty in straightening the spine. In such a situation, the abdominal wall muscles have less opposition and become tight and shortened aggravating the forward...
Patients with lower back pain often have tightness of the hip flexor muscles. This is aggravated by the presence of a forward bent posture from lower back pain and presence of weak and shortened paraspinal muscles. This places the abdominal wall and the hip flexor...
Patients with lower back pain often have hip flexor tightness. The hip flexor that is very easy to locate is the sartorius due to its strap-like form stretching from the outer aspect of the hip to the medial aspect of the knee joint. This muscle allows us to sit in...
Patients with lower back pain from irritation of the L5 and S1 nerve roots often have weakness from pain and spasm in the hip abductor muscles and the hip extensor muscles. This allows for imbalanced contraction of the hip adductor muscles since the opposition muscles...
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