Musculoskeletal Discomfort

In February of 2016 I was diagnosed with amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome (AMPs) by Dr. Bentley at Children’s Specialized Hospital. I was only diagnosed when I was 14 years old but I learned that it had caused me many years of pain, I just didn’t know what it was and figured it was normal. Little did I know that it was not normal to constantly be feeling pins and needles all over my skin all day or to not want to hug people because it hurt, or not want to go to school because it just hurt so bad. The pain started to escalate after a surgery in November of 2015. I had just gotten a surgery on my foot because I had broken a bone, and no matter what narcotic they put me on I remained in pain. From then on everything escalated very quickly

The current study was designed to explore whether people with chronic musculoskeletal pain show interpretation bias favoring pain-related interpretations of ambiguous real-world images with both possible pain-related and non-pain related interpretations. The results did not support the hypothesis that chronic musculoskeletal pain participants, compared to healthy control participants, would interpret ambiguous real-world images in pain-related ways. No significant effects were found for written responses or endorsement of statements.

A majority of the nurses and transportation workers had a less than 5 years of experience at work. Years of experience did not seem to have a significant association with low back pain. This differed with Rahman et al. [12] who observed that job tenure along with awkward posture can cause low back pain. The prevalence of low back pain among nurses and transportation workers was analyzed in the study. The crude odds ratio of nursing reporting back pain was (OR 1.633) and transportation workers (OR 1.156). Furthermore, the association between the low back pain in the past 3 months persisted after controlling for overexertion, high demand, low control, being harassed at work, the White race, married and having more than one minor child. As the majority of the nursing workforce comprised of females, being married and having children seemed to increase the low back pain as in addition to their jobs they have to take care of house and kids. [11]. About 13.59% nurses had more than one job which could contribute to low back pain especially if the other job is also physically demanding. A majority of nurse reported low back pain, however, they did not perceive the pain as work-related. Less than 1% discussed the low back pain with their doctors. The reason could be that with intermittent pain, nurses try to take medications regularly to alleviate the pain. [10] However, medications only provide short-term relief,

In “Reducing Occupational Sitting Time and Improving Worker Health: The Take-a-Stand Project, 2011” researchers Pronk NP1, Katz AS, Lowry M, Payfer JR studied employees in Minneapolis during March to May in the year 2011 to study the prolonged health risk factors of sitting for long periods of time. Researchers developed a study that was designed to limit the amount of time employees sit ultimately improving upon their health in sedentary jobs. The study occurred during a 7 week period with two groups. Group one was given a sit-stand device and group two did not receive a device. Ultimately the group whom was given the sit stand device reduced sitting time by 224% or 66 minutes a day, reduced upper back and neck pain by 54% and improved

The increase of sedentary leisure and work related activities has also brought the rise of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) and now account for 31% of non-fatal work related injuries making them the most common (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2016). Therefore, it is highly advantageous to employers to suggest ways of reducing symptoms to theoretically reduce costs associated with MSDs in the workplace (sick leave, medical costs, etc.). Work related MSDs are caused by complex combination of factors that can extend from beyond the workplace and cause pain and discomfort of muscles, tendons, joints, and nerves (Rodrick, Karwowski, & Marras, 2012). As a result, finding a single root cause of a MSD is nearly impossible. Due to the difficulty in

Joint pain usually occurs as a result of a traumatic injury or an underlying health condition. However, joint pain can also occur due to the weather changes, especially when the weather gets colder during winter.

the world and as indicated by WHO (2003) lower back agony is in charge of a noteworthy part of individuals avoiding work or going by a therapeutic professional. It is evaluated that 70

Professor Hetinger’s research published in the journal ergonomics show that apart from the hard, physical jobs, administrative work is the major cause of the spine deformations. The reason for this is modern living, an increased IT and Internet usage, with users spending more time at the computer desk, be it at work or at home. Research has shown that inappropriate sitting, caused by poorly designed furniture, accounts for headaches (14%), pain in the neck and shoulders (24%), backpain (57%), backside (16%), lower leg (19%) and pain in knees and feet (2%)(Ž. Ivelic et al.,

Millions of people suffer from musculoskeletal issues that affect their quality of life. Chiropractic Care is the topic of discussion, with talented and prolific actor Rob Lowe as the host of this interesting episode, as a part of the “Informed” series. With the current health care situation being at the forefront in various debates, this show is crucial for prospective.

The motivation behind the study is to focus the relationship between multi-site torment and poor work capacity among social insurance suppliers since epidemiologic studies have reported that multi-site musculoskeletal agony undermines work capacity. The study utilized an advantageous testing with 254 members. They finished all surveys with reaction rate of 79.9%. 73.2% of the members were female and 6.7% male. It had a mean age of 33.9, years going from 18 to 58 years. Of these aggregate rate of reaction 28.7% were attendants, 23.2% were doctors, 20.5% were drug specialist, 11.8% were restorative experts, 10.6% were dental specialist,

In the United States, low back pain is singled out as the most common reason for time lost at work after the common cold, the third most common condition leading to surgical procedures, and the fifth most common reason for hospital visits (United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Healthy People 2020, n.d.). Reports show that musculoskeletal disorders account for approximately$240 billion in the United States annual healthcare expenditure, with over $100 billion going to treat low back pain alone (Crow & Willis, 2009).

“Pain” Assessment“Pain”, written in conjunction with Dr. Ricard Sesek and other members of the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Auburn University, detects and analyzes problems experienced with the lower back from workers across the world. Low back pain (LBP) is a common and oppressive musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) with lifetime pervasiveness estimates ranging from approximately 40–80%. LBP was observed to be the greatest contributor unersal disability in terms of years lived with disability, as well as the sixth highest contributor to “overall burden” when measured in disability-adjusted life years of all 291 conditions studied, according to data extracted from the 2010 Global Burden of Disease study. A 2016 study recently

In conducting this research the findings of this study will be able to inform the municipal employees and their employer of the prevalence and risk factors associated with chronic pain

We hypothesize students will have a lower prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders compared to clerical workers.This study was a cross-sectional design, Dental and dental hygiene students from three schools were compared to clerical workers from three locations (an insurance company and two data processing plants). There were 343 dental and dental hygiene students and 164 age-matched clerical workers. Clerical workers had a higher prevalence of hand symptoms (62 percent vs. 20 percent), elbow symptoms (34 percent vs. 6 percent) and shoulder/neck symptoms (48 percent vs. 16 percent) and a higher prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome (2.5 percent vs. .6 percent) and upper extremity tendinitis (12 percent vs. 5 percent). The clerical workers were more obese, smoked more, exercised less frequently, and had lower educational levels and less control of their work environment. Dental and dental hygiene students have a very low prevalence of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders. A longitudinal study is necessary to evaluate ergonomic and personal risk factors. The study had clear results but the factors were to variable to account for, as lifestyle has a huge impact in health related ailments. This is just a small sample amount of the research conducted at the University Of Illinois at Chicago each

This is a 71-year-old female with a 2/29/2000 date of injury, when she slipped and fell because of oil on the ground.