Sentences with phrase «affect nerves and muscles»

They think there's a metabolic link, because energy use affects the nerves and muscles that animals use to sound off.

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Snuggling into bed with the arm behind the head is a common sleep position, but it may adversely affect muscles and nerves.

«This regenerative technology, termed AAV gene transfer, provided long - lasting benefit to the entire musculature of affected dogs that would have otherwise perished, extending a healthy lifespan for more than 4 years,» said Dr. Martin Childers, senior author of the Muscle & Nerve study and a UW Medicine researcher in Seattle.

The disease is known to affect motor neurons — nerve cells that control muscles — in the brain, brainstem and spinal cord.

MG affects the transmission of signals between the peripheral motoric nerve cells and muscles, resulting in muscular fatigue in the patient,» Dr Harbo explains.

The motor nerves that are affected when you have ALS are the motor neurons that provide voluntary movements and muscle control.

A fraction of the FTD patients show symptoms consistent with ALS, a disease in which the nerve cells that control the muscles, in the brain and spinal cord, are affected.

ALS is a progressive and terminal disease that damages the function of nerves and muscle, affecting up to 5,000 adults in the UK at any one time.

Together with research colleagues at the Karolinska Institute, Uppsala University, and in the U.S., Associate Professor Hans O. Richter at Gävle University College has recently shown that when the tone is reduced in the focusing muscle of the eye, nerve impulses to the neck and shoulders are also affected.

They include rheumatoid arthritis (affecting joints, such as knees), multiple sclerosis (targeting nerves and muscles), Crohn's disease (affecting the gut), psoriasis and lupus (affecting skin) and the type of diabetes that typically develops in young children.

This, in turn, affects the magnitude of release of neurotransmitter at the nerve terminal and the strength of muscle contraction.

Led by clinic director Dr. Jonathan Strober, the Neuromuscular Clinic at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, and research of disorders affecting the peripheral nerves and muscle.

Also, enduring a prolonged or traumatic labor and / or delivering a large baby can damage the pelvic - floor muscles and nerves, causing numbness and feelings of vaginal looseness, both of which can affect the ability to have an orgasm.

You also want to replenish potassium and magnesium, two electrolytes that are essential for proper muscle and nerve function that can be affected by alcohol.

Nerve interference may cause muscle tightness and pain, as well as signs and symptoms of conditions affecting your gastrointestinal, immune, endocrine, and cardiorespiratory systems.

The rotator cuff can be affected by overtraining, traumatic injuries, muscle strength imbalances, muscle flexibility imbalances, poor form or technique, poor posture in the shoulder, poor alignment of the neck and mid-back, poor alignment of the hips, stiffness in the ankles, poor scapular stability, compressed nerves in the cervical spine and more.

Pedersen said that lactic acid «probably still affects nerve endings in an active muscle and causes pain - just a signal that the muscle is working.»

But the reality is that oftentimes, your muscles are tense because the joint itself is locked up and affecting your nerve roots that supply those muscles.

Neurological disorders refer to diseases that affect different processes of the brain, spinal cord, muscles, and even peripheral nerves.

Veterinary neurologists specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of issues affecting the brain, spinal cord, and related muscles and nerves.

It affects the trigeminal nerve and can lead to atrophy of the muscles and dogs may have a dropped jaw that can not stay closed.

The Neurology Service at Seattle Veterinary Specialists, led by Dani Powers DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology), Bethany DeVilbiss, DVM, Diplomate ACVIM (Neurology), and Mona Qahwash, DVM (residency trained in neurology) is responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases that affect the brain, spine, peripheral nerves and muscles.

Neurology services treat conditions affecting the brain, spinal cord, muscles, and nerves of animals including: intervertebral disc disease, lumbosacral disease, seizures, cancer of the nervous system, strokes, and vestibular disease.

According to the Integrative Veterinary Care Journal «the spring of the retractable leash causes a continuous pull that generates a degree of stress in the cervical region... And, when the dog gets to the end of the retractable leash, the sudden stop and jerk causes additional force... This causes spasms and inflammation in the inter-scapular region and nerve and energy meridian pathways are affected or impinged by tight muscles.&raqAnd, when the dog gets to the end of the retractable leash, the sudden stop and jerk causes additional force... This causes spasms and inflammation in the inter-scapular region and nerve and energy meridian pathways are affected or impinged by tight muscles.&raqand jerk causes additional force... This causes spasms and inflammation in the inter-scapular region and nerve and energy meridian pathways are affected or impinged by tight muscles.&raqand inflammation in the inter-scapular region and nerve and energy meridian pathways are affected or impinged by tight muscles.&raqand nerve and energy meridian pathways are affected or impinged by tight muscles.&raqand energy meridian pathways are affected or impinged by tight muscles.»

Rapid Release Therapy is focused on relief of soft tissue problems affecting nerves, muscles, tendons, and...

Affected dogs do not have the normal number of functional receptors for a certain neurotransmitter, acetylcholine, which makes their muscles unable to receive and act on nerve impulses that normally are associated with movement.

Veterinary neurologists are veterinary specialists with specialized training and expertise in diseases affecting the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.

Rapid Release Therapy is focused on relief of soft tissue problems affecting nerves, muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

Orthopaedic injuries affect the body's musculoskeletal system, including the bones, joints, nerves, muscles, ligaments and tendons.

The cervical vertebrae hold up the neck, and when this area is injured, the nerves which regulate the posterior of the head as well as affecting the arms, hands, diaphragm muscle and shoulder are affected.

MSDs can affect nearly every tissue in the human body, from the nerves and tendons to the sheaths and muscles.