About 30΄ Alternative Musculoskeletal Diseases Therapy

Achilles tendonitis
The Achilles tendon is the largest tendon in the body. It is connected to the gastrocnemius and the heel. It is used for many activities such as walking, running and jumping. Unfortunately, this is the most frequently injured tendon.

Epicondylitis (internal and external)
It is a common condition with elbow pain that radiates along the forearm to the wrist and in rarer cases presents pain in the arm as well. It is characterized by the inflammation of the tendons of the muscles of the forearm, which are attached at elbow height.

Periostitis
It is an inflammation that manifests itself with pain on the front surface of the shin and especially in the in the middle of it. It's an overuse syndrome. It usually happens to athletes badly in training, in teenagers who grow tall quickly, in standing for long hours, excessive walking, but also due to the use of inappropriate shoes.

Plantar fasciitis
It is a painful inflammatory condition classified under the pro-use syndromes, is due to violent stretching when the foot takes off from the ground. Shows up usually in jumping sports. The insufficient support of the foot arch aggravates it denervation strain.

Chondropathy (knee)
It is a frequent painful condition which mainly affects the cartilage of the kneecap, secondly, the cartilage of the femoral trochlea and the cartilage of the tibial condyles. Is a common cause of pain on the anterior surface of the knee.

Baker's cyst or popliteal cyst
It occurs on the posterior medial surface of the knee. It is synovial fluid which escapes from the pocket and cannot return to the joint. The appearance of the cyst it may be due to an injury to the knee, e.g. meniscus tear, anterior cruciate ligament tear, or related to degenerative conditions e.g. chondropathy, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
It is the compression of the median nerve and tendons as it passes through the carpal tunnel. Carpal tunnel is a narrow passage in the wrist area, made up of bone, ligaments as well as tendons that move the fingers of the hand.

Muscle spasm
It is a type of abnormal muscle activity. It is an involuntary twitch in someone muscle, or feeling of muscle tightness, which usually occurs suddenly, often causing pain, but without lasting too long.

Sprain
Traumatic rupture of the ligaments of the joint (ankle sprain). They are ranked in 3 degrees: 1st degree: slight ligament sprain. 2nd degree: partial ligament tear. 3rd degree: total ligament tear.

Cramp
A sudden, involuntary muscle contraction accompanied by severe pain that occurs in one or more muscles in our body and forces us to stop any activity we do or even our sleep! It usually appears on the limbs.

Fracture
It is called the injury, the wounding of the muscles which is accompanied by the rupture of muscle fibers and internal bleeding. The injury may be the result of active action or passive state. The most common contusions are of the muscles of the lower limbs, such as contusion hamstrings and gastrocnemius.

Trochanteritis
Inflammation of the greater trochanter. It is a painful condition in which the athlete (and not only) hurts on the outer surface of his hip. Is more common in women due to the construction of their pelvis.

Iliotibial band syndrome
Inflammation that develops in the area and is accompanied by pain on its outer side of the knee joint, also known as “runner's knee” because it is quite common disease in athletes. It is a dysfunction of the kinetic chain of the limb.

Cervical spine treatment
The most common neck pain is due to muscle spasm of the muscles in the area (it caused by stress, our bad posture, exposure to cold etc.), it can get worse from pre-existing conditions such as muscle micro-injuries in the cervical spine or spondylarthropathy, what we call "salts" or osteophytes in the neck. (They are usually connected with age). Physiotherapy of the cervical spine: Special strengthening-stretching exercises are performed, individualized for each case and evaluation.

Lumbar treatment
Lower back pain. The word lumbar is French and means lumbago. It is the second most common symptom after the cold with more common victims the women! It manifests itself with acute pain lasting 2 to 14 days. There is pain of undetermined cause in the loin (waist) and can come from a variety of causes. Lumbar spine physiotherapy special strengthening-stretching exercises are performed, individualized for each case and evaluation.

Stenosing Tenosynovitis or Trigger Finger
An inflammatory condition that affects the flexor tendon system, which subject to high friction when entering the ring sheaths. These tunnels (shells) they often become irritated and become inflamed with edematous stricture, so they begin to press the flexor tendons.

Shoulder tendonitis
Or otherwise Supraspinatus tendinopathy is called the inflammation in the tendons of the shoulder and is the most common cause of shoulder pain. The tendons are the extension of muscles and their main function is to join muscles to bones and transport their contraction in them. It is common in certain sports or professions that require it hand moving repeatedly above the head. Symptoms of shoulder tendinitis are sharp pain, or stiffness and weakness of rotational movement and the reflection of pain to arm, forearm or neck. Shoulder physiotherapy: Special strengthening-stretching exercises are performed, individualized for each case and evaluation.

Frozen shoulder
It is characterized by painful stiffness of the area, pain and generalized reduction shoulder range of motion in all directions. It is inflammation and painful contraction of the synovial bursa of the shoulder.

Piriformis Syndrome
It is a small muscle, located deep in the buttock behind the gluteus maximus muscle. This is an unpleasant condition, in which the specific muscle spasms (tightens) and causes severe pain in the buttock. Many times it also presses on the sciatic nerve which passes through it causing pain, numbness and tingling to the entire course of the foot to the toes.

Acantha heel or heel spur
Bony growth at the bottom of the heel, (on X-ray it looks like a pointed thorn). Acantha is an osteophyte, that is a formation of scar tissue in which salts are deposited. These calcifications gradually ossify.

Rupture of the lateral ligaments of the Knee
Lateral ligaments are strong elastic structures that hold bones together, offering strength and stability to the inner side of the knee. The medial lateral connects the femur to the tibia, while the external lateral connects the femur to the fibula.

Rupture of cruciate ligaments
It is a particularly frequent injury in sports characterized by large accelerations and decelerations, turns and jumps, such as football, basketball, etc.

Meniscal tear
They are one of the most common causes of knee pain, they are crescent-shaped and act as shock absorber absorbing shocks during knee movement and distributing it weight evenly across the joint. Minuses contribute to stability and lubrication of the knee. Common symptoms: pain on the inside or outside of the knee, knee swelling, stiffness, difficulty moving, deep seated pain, locking and inability to move the knee, sometimes a "click" sound is heard.

Morton's neuroma
It is a condition that affects the plantar nerve before it separates into medial and external dactylic and while still on the metatarsals. The continuous compression of the nerve by the metatarsal results in chronic irritation, injury and swelling.