Risk factors are particular internal and external conditions that increase the potential for an injury to occur. Risk factors influence the mechanical strength of the tissue, its ability to resist a load without failure, and the frequency with which the body is exposed to loads that could cause tissue damage. Age: In younger people, tissues […]
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When loaded, musculoskeletal tissues resist the load. The amount of resistance the tissue exhibits to a load is called tissue stress. For example, the resistance of tissue to being pushed together is called compressive stress, while the resistance of tissue to being pulled apart is called tensile stress. Whenever tissue is subjected to a load
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Understanding tissue load and how forces act on soft-tissue structures helps massage therapists better understand movement, evaluate an injury, and choose effective techniques for supporting rehabilitation. The term load refers to the amount of stress soft-tissue structures are under due to forces. In biomechanics (the study of the movement of living things using the science
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Musculoskeletal injuries can be categorized in numerous ways. This topic explores injuries based on occurrence patterns such as acute traumatic injuries, overexertion injuries, and overuse injuries. Musculoskeletal injuries are also categorized by structure as muscle, tendon, joint, bone, or nerve injuries. Note that the conditions described here are injuries and not diseases like rheumatoid arthritis,
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As discussed earlier, tissue failure and injury result when tissue is loaded beyond its mechanical strength or repeatedly loaded without sufficient time for rest and recovery. To repair the damage done to tissue, the body rapidly reacts to any injury with a series of specific vascular, chemical, and cellular events referred to as the inflammatory
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Musculoskeletal injury involves damage to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints, nerves, blood vessels, or other related soft-tissue structures that causes discomfort, pain, or loss of function. This section examines factors that contribute to musculoskeletal injury, including tissue loads, the forces that act on soft-tissue structures, how forces might overload tissue leading to injury, and risks that
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In simple terms, injury is tissue damage. This chapter focuses on damage involving muscle tissue, connective tissue, veins, arteries, and nervous tissue caused by physical trauma. Use the slider below to get an overview of each lesson. Several related topics in other chapters support and round out this discussion. This chapter, together with Chapters 19
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