Sentences with phrase «limit joint movement»

Therapy enhances motor skills (such as sitting and walking), improves muscle strength and helps prevent contractures (shortening of muscles that limit joint movement).

Ongoing joint wear and tear and slower cartilage repair time can lead to limited joint movement, flexibility and joint discomfort.

Not exact matches

The ankle is the most commonly injured joint in sports — and coupled with countless taping jobs and elevated heel shoes, you get a nasty mixture of muscular and joint restrictions that limits movement.

No obvious physical signs of illness when you visit your pediatrician — for example, she may complain of joint pain, but the doctor finds no joint swelling or limited movement of the joint

Her movement is severely limited, so her joints are subject to some serious issues.

The leg extension is a simple, limited movement which occurs only at the knee joint and can be used to strengthen the quads.

«There are many factors that can limit or enhance movement, including prior tissue damage, strength, stability around the joint and, of course, flexibility,» says Lisa Wheeler, vice president of fitness programming for Daily Burn.

Movement is very limited for this joint, but includes nutation or anterior tilt (flexion) of the sacrum between the ilia, counternutation or posterior tilt (extension) and small movements of the ilia themselves.

Doing the exercises in this manner will not activate or strengthen the stabilizing muscles of the movement; it will actually limit the potential increase in mobility of the joint you are trying to train.

Joint complications may limit you from movements and make it hard for you to go through daily activities.

It occurs when the hip joint develops abnormally, resulting in a great deal of pain and possibly limited movement for the dog.

The Cranial Cruciate is analogues to the Anterior Cruciate in humans that aids in stabilizing the Stifle or (knee) joint by limiting the forward movement of the Tibia in relation to the Femur and prevents over-extension or rotation.

«There is a tremendous movement in the country, created by animal activists and their groups, to limit the sale of live animals in pet stores,» says Michael Canning, president and CEO of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC).

But I have also had the privilege of treating «hidden» scars, which limit the movement of joints in the hand.

Injuries to the ball and socket joint (rotator cuff) in the shoulder can lead to pain and limited movement.

Any damage to soft tissues that allow the movement of the neck, back, and joints in the shoulder, arm and legs can produce symptoms that limit function.