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| | Spasm -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article |
 | | A subtype of spasms is (Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)) colic, an episodic pain due to spasms of (A muscle that contracts without conscious control and found in walls of internal organs such as stomach and intestine and bladder and blood vessels (excluding the heart)) smooth muscle in a particular organ (e.g. | | | By extension, a spasm is also a sudden and temporary burst of ((physics) the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs) energy, (Any specific activity) activity, or (Any strong feeling) emotion. | | | Spasmodic muscle contraction may be due to a large number of medical conditions, including the (Click link for more info and facts about dystonia) dystonias. |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/s/sp/spasm.htm
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Coronary artery spasm |
| | Coronary angiography may show spasm when the artery is injected with ergonovine, and may show fixed lesions, such as clot or atherosclerosis, which contribute to chest pain. | | | Variant angina is a type of chest pain, probably involving coronary artery spasm, where the angina pain is triggered by rather unusual factors. | | | An ECG may show ischemic changes during chest pain, and it may show arrhythmias or conduction defects. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000159.htm
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| | Massage Therapy Saskatoon Muscle Matters |
| | Therapeutic massage is also able to address aspects of our nervous system's influence on spasm as our nerves and muscles form the neuromuscular system, however this is entirely dependent on which aspects of these systems are affected and any underlying conditions. | | | That is, it is possible for fibers of a muscle, rather than the whole muscle, to be spastic, as evidenced by twitching or 'fasciculations', 'trigger points', and 'knots'. | | | This is why massage therapists are also educated in areas such as stretching and strengthening (remedial exercises) and hydrotherapy (hot and cold applications), and promote self-care, postural awareness, and proper body mechanics. |
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http://www.myobody.com/muscle_spasm.htm
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| | Reflux Issues - Diffuse Esophageal Spasm |
| | Esophageal spasm may also produce a severe pain in the absence of dysphagia that is indistinguishable from angina pectoris. | | | Diffuse esophageal spasm typically causes substernal chest pain in association with difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia) of both liquids and solids. | | | This pain is often described as a substernal squeezing pain and may occur in association with exercise. |
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http://www.refluxissues.com/ms/ency/374/main.html
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| | Muscle Spasm of the Back |
| | When the muscles are in too much spasm to allow for this type of traction, upright types of traction units can enable a person to move their body during the therapy to avoid further muscle spasm, while providing a relieving therapy to the spine. | | | Therefore, other methods such as ultrasound, massage, and gentle chiropractic adjustments may be safely used to accomplish this early on in the injury. | | | This spasm can be extremely painful and lead to tearing of the muscles if undue stressors are placed on them. |
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http://www.1backpain.com/backmusclespasm.htm
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| | Ketorolac Suppresses Postoperative Bladder Spasms After Pediatric Ureteral Reimplantation |
| | Incidence of spasm was markedly reduced in the ketorolac group [25% (3/12) incidence vs. 83% (10/12) incidence with placebo]. | | | Bukowski may reconsider using the intravesicular approach in some patients in light of this study. | | | The extravesicular repair may be less efficacious, but is associated with a much lower incidence of bladder spasm which is one of the primary reasons for its preference. |
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http://www.unc.edu/~rvp/RP_Anesthesia/Articles/KetorolacBladderSpasm-Park-Valley.html
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| | The City Chiropractic Clinic - Muscle Spasm, Trigger Points and Fibrositis |
| | For some, chiropractic may prove to be the key to alleviating chronic muscle spasm. | | | The doctor of chiropractic corrects the mechanical (muscle, bone and joint) factors that play a major part in chronic muscle spasm or fibrositis: the nerves, muscles, and bones (the neuromusculoskeletal system). | | | Many of the millions of people who visit their doctors of chiropractic annually do so because of chronic pain, strain, spasm, irritation, inflammation or other musculoskeletal conditions. |
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http://www.city-chiropractic.com/muscles.html
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| | Spasm |
| | First Aid: Firm pressure on cramping muscles, or gentle massage to relieve spasm. | | | Amazon.com: Books: Muscle Spasm, Pain and Marijuana Therapy... | | | Muscular pain and soft tissue pain are caused due to the lack of blood and oxygen supply which could be caused by muscle spasm, increased metabolic waste... |
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http://www.findcougars.com/health_topics/Spasm.html
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| | Back Spasm |
| | Spasms happen often when a muscle is swollen and tender (inflamed) or strained. | | | The exam may show tenderness at a specific point or a general spasm and tenderness in the back that gets worse with any movement, especially bending forward. | | | Point tenderness on the spine with more pain when the spine is extended should be checked for fracture. |
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http://www.csmc.edu/pf_5694.html
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| | TicBrochure |
| | The procedure is similar to the vascular decompression procedure described in the section on the treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, however this procedure is directed to the facial nerve approximately one-half inch away from the trigeminal nerve. | | | Muscle relaxants and the drugs used for trigeminal neuralgia commonly are given to patients with hemifacial spasm, however they rarely help. | | | This results in relief of the spasms by causing weakness of some muscles of the face. |
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http://www.neurosurgery.ufl.edu/FacultyPage/TicBrochure.html
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| | MJA: Freedman & Tennant, Panic disorder and coronary artery spasm |
| | Two of the cases reported by Mansour et al (Patients 1 and 3) showed a close temporal association between panic attacks and ischaemic chest pain. | | | In Patient 1, the ECG during chest pain showed ST-segment depression, while in Patient 3 no ECG changes were seen. | | | Patient 1 presented with severe chest pain accompanying episodes of panic. |
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http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/apr20/freedman/freedman.html
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| | Symptoms, Their Causes & Cures Muscle Spasms |
| | If the spasm is in your back, gently bring your knees up to your chin and hold them there for a minute or more (as long as there is no pain). | | | The prime targets for spasms are the muscles in the neck and back, according to Irene von Estorff, M.D., assistant professor of rehabilitation medicine at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical College in New York City. | | | A sudden spasm in your back or neck that's accompanied by numbness, tingling or weakness, could mean a ruptured disk or nerve injury. |
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http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/16/152.cfm
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| | Spasm |
| | Back pain â” aching stiffness or acute muscle spasm â” is the second most common workrelated condition after stress and, in economic terms the consequences... | | | With that, Theron -- who attributed her offbeat behavior to painkillers she had been popping for a neck spasm -- came down off the stage and planted a kiss on... | | | Heat is useful for reducing joint stiffness and for muscle spasm, back pain and arthritis. |
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http://health.cancer-help.org/news/Spasm.html
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| | Spasm (Spasms) articles, support groups, and resources |
| | Lower chest pains and spasms (Neurology and Neurosurgery Forum) | | | Severe neck spasms and leg pains (Maternal and Child Health Forum) | | | My 8 year old daughter has what appear to be habitual facial spasms (Child Behavioral Health Forum) |
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http://www.medhelp.org/HealthTopics/Spasm.html
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| | eMedicine - Esophageal Spasm : Article by Christian Birkedal, MD |
| | Imipramine (Tofranil) -- Decreases pain in patients with chest pain with no apparent cause on angiogram, which may be esophageal spasm. | | | Performing a myotomy in a patient with nutcracker esophagus worsens the dysphagia without improving the pain. | | | Synonyms and related keywords: diffuse esophageal spasm, nutcracker esophagus, DES, dysphagia, regurgitation, noncardiac chest pain, esophagectomy, achalasia, globus, gastric reflux, gastric reflux, microvascular compression of Vagus nerve |
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http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic743.htm
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| | Hemifacial Spasm Association - Medical Terminology |
| | Eventually the spasms involve all of the muscles on the affected side of the face almost continuously. | | | Some patients with hemifacial spasm complain of clicks or buzzing in the ear on the side of the spasm before surgery. | | | Abnormal muscle rigidity, causing painful muscle spasms, unusually fixed postures or strange movement patterns. |
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http://www.hfs-assn.org/medterms.htm
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| | AllRefer.com - spasm (Pathology) - Encyclopedia |
| | spasm, involuntary rigid muscle contraction, often persistent and often accompanied by pain. | | | These purposeless movements, usually of some part of the face, may begin as purposeful movement in response to some stimulus but eventually are carried out automatically, apparently without reason. | | | The spasm may be confined to one group of muscles or it may be severe and fairly generalized, as in convulsions. |
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| | News - Intraoperative Monitoring May Be Helpful for Patients Undergoing Second Surgery for Hemifacial Spasm: Presented ... |
| | In three patients the condition persisted after the first surgery and in two patients the condition recurred within two months of surgery. | | | To examine the efficacy of intraoperative monitoring in this patient population, Dr. Mooij and his team analysed data and reports from the first and second surgeries of five patients who underwent a second surgery for hemifacial spasm. | | | ORLANDO, FL -- May 5, 2004 -- Intraoperative monitoring may be result in better outcomes for patients with hemifacial spasm when they have to undergo a second surgery, according to researchers speaking here on May 3 |
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http://www.docguide.com/news/content.nsf/news/8525697700573E1885256E8B00657A3B
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| | Hemifacial Spasm |
| | Treatment of hemifacial spasm frequently consists of botulinum-A toxin therapy. | | | Eventually the spasms involve all of the muscles on one side of the face almost continuously. | | | Hemifacial spasm is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by frequent involuntary contractions of the muscles on one side of the face. |
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http://healthlink.mcw.edu/article/921728648.html
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| | eMedicine - Hemifacial Spasm : Article by Steven Gulevich, MD |
| | Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. | | | However, less evidence exists that exploratory surgery benefits patients with this condition. | | | Mauriello JA, Leone T, Dhillon S, et al: Treatment choices of 119 patients with hemifacial spasm over 11 years. |
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| | Lump in the throat |
| | I sometimes dispense several valium (perhaps 4) as a test to prove the symptoms are from muscle spasms. | | | Muscle relaxants, such as valium, would be a good treatment, except for their addictive properties. | | | If the symptoms improve after taking the muscle relaxant, then the symptoms are reasonably from a muscle spasm. |
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| | Hemifacial Spasm - VisionChannel |
| | The spasm may then spread and eventually involve all of the muscles in the affected side of the face. | | | We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the Health On the Net Foundation | | | Hemifacial spasm is a neuromuscular disorder characterized by frequent, involuntary muscle contractions (tics or spasms) in the face. |
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http://visionchannel.net/hemifacialspasm
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| | Question: I'm experiencing a strange tremor or muscle spasm on the left side of my head, just below the surface of the skin. | | | Full Body Muscle Spasms / Convulsions [posted 8/5/98] | | | These comments are made for the purpose of discussion and should NOT be used as recommendations for or against therapies or other treatments. |
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http://www.druginfonet.com/faq/new/DISEASE_FAQ/Muscle_Spasms.htm
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| | Painful Muscle spasms in arms, back, legs |
| | For the past 4 months I have been dealing with terrible painful muscle spasms down the front of my legs. | | | Changing position did not help, movement didn't help either..I was at loss as what to do except suffer....last night was the worse, but now at 10:30 am I still have the spasms! | | | Needless to say I did not get much sleep. |
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| | Muscle Spasm/Dead Arm |
| | MRI showed degerantive arthris (spine) with straightening of the cervical spine. | | | for approx 1 year my left arm started with a dull pain, increasing to a more severe pain with muscle spasm in my left lower shoulder blade. | | | Thank your for your patients during our move. |
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| | Esophageal spasm |
| | A: One possible explanation for what you experienced is something known as esophageal spasm. | | | If the muscles of the esophagus cramp, or spasm, the bolus becomes lodged in place. | | | To understand spasm, you need to understand a bit about how the esophagus works. |
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http://www.doctorhoffman.com/xdysphag.htm
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| | Muscle Spasm Symptoms Causes and Treatments |
| | Spasm occurs after other kinds of injuries, but muscle knots only become a problem when the source of the pain doesn't go away quickly. | | | Treatment of the spasm is significant in the overall treatment of the problem. | | | One important event, which occurs early after an injury, is muscle spasm. |
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| | Hemifacial Spasm |
| | The spasms may then spread to the muscles of the lower face, which could result in the mouth being pulled to one side. | | | A hemifacial spasm is a neuromuscular disorder that affects the muscles that are activated by the facial nerve. | | | University of Maryland neurologists have a lot of experience in treating this condition and in botulinum toxin injections, which is the primary treatment option. |
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http://www.umm.edu/neurosciences/hem_spasm.html
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| | Hemifacial Spasm |
| | Most of these patients have had their surgery performed elsewhere and are referred to UPMC because of its clinical experience with this disease entity. | | | Moving the vessel cured the spasms and since that time over 1000 patients have been treated at UPMC with microvascular decompression. | | | The following are photos from a reoperation on a patient unsuccessfully treated at another institution for hemifacial spasm. |
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http://www.neurosurgery.pitt.edu/cranialnerve/disorders/hemifacial_spasm.html
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| | Coronary Artery Spasm |
| | When a spasm occurs, the person can have chest pain or discomfort called angina pectoris (AN'jih-nah or an-JI'nah PEK'tor-is). | | | Calcium channel blockers are one class of drugs that may be used in people who have coronary artery spasm. | | | Of the 8-12 million people who are affected by peripheral artery disease (PAD) nearly 75% will never experience symptoms. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Muscle cramps |
| | Your health care provider will obtain your medical history and will perform a physical examination. | | | Call your health care provider if Return to top | | | There are severe, prolonged or recurring muscle spasms or cramps that aren't relieved by simple stretching |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003193.htm
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| | Hemifacial Spasm |
| | Four of my patients have another nerve involved with facial pain due to fifth nerve, or HFS of the face on the opposite side, due to bilateral seventh nerve irritation. | | | Differential Diagnosis: Like many neurologic conditions, the diagnosis is made on the basis of careful clinical history and observation. | | | Asian persons are predisposed to HFS, probably because of the physical shape of this area. |
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| | Hemifacial Spasm (Meige's Syndrome) |
| | They are the neurological approach, the surgical approach, and the use of Botulinum toxin injections. | | | The medical approach to treatment has been limited primarily to drug therapy. | | | Hemifacial spasms are characterized by chronic twitching or spasms of one side of the face. |
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| | Muscle spasms and their cause |
| | Muscle spasms and pain or "Trigger Points" as we commonly refer to them, are the accumulation of products that build in muscles, particularly when those muscles are used more frequently. | | | The muscle cannot and will not perform to the maximum potential. | | | Trigger points can be created by automobile injuries, work activities, sporting events, or repetitive use. |
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http://www.thatcherchiropractic.com/muscle_spasms.htm
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| | Diffuse esophageal spasm |
| | The actual mechanism and anatomy are quite complex, involving three distinct segments and allowing a person to swallow even when upside-down. | | | Diffuse esophageal spasm is a term used to define an uncoordinated or spastic esophagus. | | | Diffuse esophageal spasm describes a condition where the entire esophagus is spastic--along its entire length, the muscular activity is increased and uncoordinated. |
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| | definition of spasm |
| | An, And, As, Contraction, Effort, Emotion, Fibers, Involuntary, More, Muscles, Muscular, Of, One, Or, Repentance, Spasm, Sudden, Temporary, Unnatural, Violent | | | As, Contraction, Emotion, More, One, Or, Repentance, Spasm | | | A sudden, violent, and temporary effort or emotion; as, a spasm of repentance. |
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| | SPASM Measures of Spasticity |
| | The work is being performed by an established group of partners (LINK HERE) but there are important opportunities for others to join in some aspects of the work (LINK) | | | The SPASM Project is a Thematic Network funded by the European Commission devoted to the establishment of definitions and standards for the measurement of spasticity. |
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| | Chiropractors: MUSCLE SPASM |
| | You most likely have a muscle spasm of your Trapezius and Rhomboid muscles. | | | In simple terms, the muscles that attach to your mid back, connect to your neck and back of your head. | | | It is good that you ruled out more serious possibilities first. |
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