Know Your Roots
dys-
bad, difficult, or painful
Myocardial Muscles
Form the muscular walls of the heart.
Flexion
Decreasing the angle between two bones by bending a limb at a joint.
An injury to a joint
Sprain
A specialized soft-tissue manipulation technique used to ease the pain of conditions.
Myofascial release
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
skeletal muscles are also known as..........
Voluntary Muscles
Extension
Increasing the angle between two bones or straightening out of a limb.
An injury to to the body of the muscle or to the attachment of a tendon.
Strain
Consists of activities to promote recovery and rehabilitation to assist patients in performing the activities of daily living (ADL)
Occupational Therapy
-plegia
paralysis, stroke
Muscle Innervation
The simulation of a muscle by an impulse transmitted by a motor nerve.
The act of raising or lifting a body part.
Elevation
Shin Splint
A painful condition caused by the tibialis anterior muscle tearing away from the tibia.
A treatment to prevent disability or restore function through the use of exercise, heat, massage, or other techniques.
Physical Therapy
coordination, order
tax/o
Neuromuscular-
Pertaining to the relationship between a nerve and a muscle.
The act of lowering a body part.
Depression
Can be a strain or tear on any of the three hamstring muscles that straighten the hip and bend the knee.
Hamstring Injury
my/o
muscle
Skeletal Muscles-
The muscles attached to the bones of the skeletal and make body motions possible.
The circular movement at the far end of a limb.
Circumduction
A painful inflammation of the Achilles tendon caused by excessive stress being placed on that tendon.
Achilles Tendinitis