Repetitive
microtrauma causes inflammation, osteonecrosis, vascular abnormalities, and extracellular matrix abnormalities.
Some of this effect is triggered plainly by
the microtrauma caused by the fine, thin sterile FDA - approved medical device called the acupuncture needle.
Not exact matches
A study in Clinics in Sports Medicine found that DOMS is the result of
microtrauma in the muscles and surrounding connective tissues, which
causes inflammation.
Remember how we discussed that soreness is
caused by
microtrauma of the muscle fibers?
When you do an exercise your body is not used to it your muscles become fatigued (through volume) and the muscle suffers
microtrauma which is small tears to the individual muscle fibres (through load), it is this that stimulates the repair process and
causes muscle growth (the size of the muscle fibres increases — hypertrophy).
These animals are very prone to chronic cystitis, as these sharp crystals
cause microtrauma to the lining of the bladder that results in discomfort and irritation.