Types of Pain and There Causes I

Muscle Pain

Muscle pain is probably the most common type of pain and is caused by various circumstances. Over time, prolonged pain can be the cause of a person not sleeping well, which sometimes adds to the situation and can cause more issues. If you have constant stress in your life, this may also be the cause of your body becoming tired and painful. Muscle pain can originate after moving and hauling furniture, sitting at a computer all day or could be your body just feeling the workout from the day before.

Ankle Pain

Ankle pain could be caused from a sprain or fracture and you should seek immediate help from your physician. People rely on their ankles for walking, therefore taking care of this part of our body is very important. Seeking out proper pain management will ensure a speedier recovery and hopefully will alleviate most of the pain. Ankles may also become painful if they are overused in walking for an extended period of time, or even running.

Headaches

Headaches are very common and some are extremely painful. There are different types of headaches relating to tension, stress, nerves, sinuses and poor eyesight. A bad headache can determine how one functions throughout the day. Most people have suffered through a headache and have learned that relaxation and the correct pain management will more than likely alleviate this pain. Sinus headaches may require being seen by a physician to determine the proper method of relieving the pressure of the sinuses. Migraines are also painful and sometime debilitating to people.

Don't see red over Inflammation

Inflammation is one of the most common causes of body pain. When tissues in your body are damaged, tiny blood vessels (capillaries) leak blood cells and plasma into the area. Damaged tissues also release chemicals that stimulate pain receptors and increase blood supply to the area. These processes cause swelling and redness and can make the area warm to the touch. The swelling also places pressure on nerves, adding to the pain.

Joint Pain I

Pain and joints. What's the connection?

Joints involve several different parts and a basic understanding of how a joint is put together can give you an idea of which part can hurt and why.

A joint is where two or more bones meet. Joints in the body have different ranges of movement. Some are only slightly moveable, like the joints in your back where the vertebrae are separated by intervertebral discs which have an outer rim of cartilage and a central core of shock absorbing, material. While each of the joints in the spine has very limited movement, the movement of the spinal column as a whole are quite extensive, especially at the top (cervical) and bottom (lumbar) spine.

The most common type of joints in the body are the highly moveable ones, like the hip, elbow and knee joint. These are called synovial joints. These joints are made up of bone covered with 'articular cartilage', a 'joint space' and a 'joint capsule' that encloses the joint.

The articular cartilage is a smooth, strong material that covers the ends of each bone. It is an important part of the joint and has two essential functions. Firstly, it allows smooth and effortless movement, and secondly it acts as a shock absorber. Any damage to the cartilage, due to age, injuries or diseases such as arthritis, can cause pain and reduce the mobility of the joint.

The joint space is filled with synovial fluid which protects and lubricates the joint. The joint is also strengthened by ligaments - strong bands of fibres, which connect from one bone to another around the joint.

What causes joint pain?

Pain in the area of a joint can occur if any of the soft tissue structures that surround the joint, such as the tendons, ligaments or muscles are injured. Pain can also be caused by damage within the joint itself. For example, arthritis-related problems can cause joint pain. Whilst arthritis is often referred to as a single disease, it is in fact an umbrella term for a number of medical conditions that affect the musculoskeletal system, specifically the joints. Less serious arthritis can cause joint pain due to stiffness and inflammation, which may slow you down and interfere with basic daily tasks. People with more serious arthritic conditions should always consult their doctor for advice.

Where Does it Hurt?

Pain can vary from mild discomfort to strong pain. It occurs when body tissue becomes inflamed or is damaged. This stimulates local pain sensors which trigger the central nervous system and cause you to feel pain. This is a natural part of the body's defence system and is designed to slow you down to try and help minimise further harm.
The causes of pain are many and varied, but there are a few common conditions that most of us will experience at some stage in our lives.

Hypertension

• Hypertension is the permanent elevation of blood pressure beyond the standards. 
• As such, hypertension is a symptom, but the result of the examination by the doctor, taking tension. 
• This excess of blood pressure is manifested by a number of varied signs (headache, dizziness, small flashes before your eyes ...), but more often it shows no visible or felt by the person. 
• The installation in the duration of this elevation of constant pressure which leads to hypertensive disease called "hypertension", whose consequences are very important throughout the body. 
• Officially Hypertension is defined as a systolic blood pressure (the first number) greater than 140 mmHg and / or diastolic blood pressure (the second number) above 90 mmHg. These measures should have been made in medical practice, under specific conditions of rest, and must be confirmed by at least two measurements per visit, during three successive consultations over a period of three to six months. 
• Clearly, this means that if in 3 or 6 months your doctor tells you during 2 successive consultations that you are over 14 / 9, you are considered (e) as hypertensive (e). 
• Also, if you are over 18/11, your doctor will ask you to take back the power quickly in a period that you determine.
  

Shoulder Pain in Adults

Shoulder Pain is the one type of Body Pain which caused due to excessive Computer Usage (in current generation). 

The shoulder pain may have various origins:

• Bone Pain, 
• Muscle Pain (Muscular  Pain) or
• Tendon Pain

They are the most frequent. It may also include pain due to venous or arterial circulation, or the nerves that run through the arm.

But the pain may also correspond to the radiation of a chest pain or heart, especially when it is the left arm. Therefore, any left arm pain that is accompanied by chest pain, left shoulder or jaw requires medical attention without delay.

Shoulder Pain : What are the causes?

The important thing to understand is that shoulder pain can be indicative of pathologies very different from each other.

The shoulder is a joint (or even more joints) suspended (the arm is "hooked" to the trunk) which explains that the muscle and tendon disorders are more frequent and certainly more meaningful (in terms of pain) that the conditions of articular wear (osteoarthritis). On the other hand, some pain may be felt in the shoulder pain but be "projection" of pulmonary origin, cervical ...

It thus distinguishes:
The causes bone and joint:

• Osteoarthritis is primitive or secondary (in the context of neurological diseases such as syringomyelia, where one is struck by the discrepancy between impressive osteoarthritic lesions on radiographs and pain discrete)
• Infectious causes (very rare, ranging from acute septic arthritis to tuberculosis).

Bone Tumors-benign or malignant.
The adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder
Pathology frequent Échez diabetics where the mobility of the shoulder is very limited, with pain at night, but the radiograph is almost normal.

The pathology or peri juxta articular shoulder
which is the dominant pathology
Either-table "tendinitis" microtrauma, muscles responsible for rotation of the shoulder, which appears especially after forty.
Either-inflammatory acute due to the precipitation of microcrystals in a bursa located between the muscles, giving an acute pain in the shoulder with limitation, but often dramatically effective treatment with anti-inflammatory drugs and colchicine.

• Let tramatique disease or injury with rupture of a tendon muscle cuff of the shoulder.

The pain of the shoulder projection
quite frequent.
Sorrows of pulmonary origin (taking radiographs of the lungs especially in smokers).
Pain-neck (in association with a cervico-brachial neuralgia).

• A special mention for the pain of biliary origin (gallstones) sometimes revealed by a pain in the right shoulder.
• Beware of cardiac pain, especially on the left.

In short, it is the doctor to examine the patient to take a good diagnostic orientation before they do further tests.

Why do some pain do not disappear with time and treatment?

One hypothesis advanced is that initially we did not deal fairly combative when the pain is acute. Over time, the pain would cause chemical changes in the neural circuits of the brain and spinal cord. Thus, the nervous system "mimerait 'pain, even if the initial injury has healed. This is why some doctors and researchers believe that chronic pain is a disease in itself.

Other hypotheses, psychological suffering (experiences of abandonment, physical abuse, sexual abuse, etc..) Could also be expressed in the form of pain. In fact, according to the definition of the International Association for the Study of Pain, pain is an experience not only physical but also emotional.

Who suffers from Chronic Pain?

• The prevalence of chronic pain increases with age. 
• In Canada, 29% of adults aged 35 to 54 years suffer from chronic pain, and 39% of those aged 55 and over 1. According to a compilation of data from several countries (Canada, France, Australia, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Scotland, Netherlands), chronic pain affect on average 36% of adults 2. 
• An increase of 70% of chronic pain is expected within 25 years because of aging of the population 3. Also, surgeries that we practice more and more, often leave patients with persistent pain. The removal of the breast and knee arthroscopy are good examples of common operations that often leave scars 4. 
• Women are more prone to chronic pain 5. We know that testosterone protects men from the pain. However, the relationship between estrogen and the pain is not yet clear. Many women see their pain increased during the days preceding menstruation and after menopause, periods characterized by lower estrogen.
  

Possible causes of Chronic Pain

• Pain associated with chronic disease can not be treated properly and that causes pain: osteoarthritis, diabetes (can cause neuropathy), multiple sclerosis, cancer, AIDS, trigeminal neuralgia, sickle cell anemia, etc.. 
• A poorly relieved acute pain that persists beyond the normal period of recovery or lasting longer than six months: after an accident at work (eg back pain), surgery, an episode of shingles, etc.. 
• Pain whose cause is poorly defined: migraine, fibromyalgia. 
• A phantom pain following an amputation. In this case, the pain comes from damage done to the nerves. 
• Pain maintained by the nervous system without apparent trigger, as is the case of regional pain syndrome complex.
  

What is Chronic Pain

Currently, chronic pain is not recognized as a disease in itself, by any medical authority. One of several Body Pain, Chronic Pain is also a severe form of Pain. In the health community, there are two schools of thought. The first, more traditional, argues that this is only a symptom, such as acute pain. The second considers the chronic pain as a disease because of the neurochemical changes that occur in people with chronic pain.

We can compare the chronic pain in an alarm bell that no longer able to extinguish. Thus, the pain persists ... for nothing.

This disorder is growing. In fact, family physicians are increasingly arriving in their offices for patients afflicted with chronic pain. If the causes are sometimes recognizable, other times they are inexplicable. The health professionals are confronted with their own powerlessness.

Consider increasing chronic pain as a disease of the nervous system, one among main body pains But not all agree on its definition. But what is a chronic pain? In short, it is a pain that lasts longer than six months. This pain can be constant or intermittent, such as migraines. It may be linked to chronic diseases such as Osteoarthritis or Rheumatoid Arthritis. These two diseases are also major causes of chronic pain.

Where is the harm? The back is the part of the body most often affected by chronic pain. Then there are the legs, head, neck, knees and abdomen. It can be caused by injury to nerves, to muscles, joints or body.

Chronic Pain : When it hurts all the time ...

• It begins with an evil that we believe temporary. But now he settles permanently. Chronic Pain is a form of Body Pain.
  
• Chronic pain is a disorder that affects more and more individuals are often left to themselves. Sometimes without apparent cause, such persistent pain faced by health professionals at their own impotence. The drugs are ineffective: they relieve only 10% to 20% of the pain. 
• Hence the importance of clinical pain, attached to hospitals, which offer a wide range of services ranging from psychology to physiotherapy. Because we can not be limited to physical harm ... 
• These severe pain poison all aspects of the lives of people who are victims, as can be seen from their testimony. They can break couples and friendships, ruin careers in addition to generating great mental distress.
  

How to Prevent Back Pain

Basic preventive measures

Some ways to reduce muscle tension in the back and reduce the risk of Lower Back Pain.

A healthy lifestyle

• Maintain a healthy weight or lose weight if you are overweight. To find your body mass index (BMI), take our test.
• Make of regular exercise and warm up before starting a physical activity. This is the best way to maintain strength and flexibility back. Pay particular attention to the muscles of the abdomen and back, which is a natural corset for the spine while protecting it from shocks. It is important to learn the exercises under the supervision of a qualified instructor. Poorly executed exercises may trigger or aggravate back pain.
• Reserve moments of relaxation.

Good posture

• Be aware of posture at all times. The back is straight, eyes forward, shoulders back.
• To lift a heavy object, squat down by bending the knees while keeping your back straight, stand up and unfolding the legs while holding the object close to your body. Avoid twisting.
• To shovel the snow, keep your back as straight as possible. To do this, place the lowest hand possible on the handle, bend your knees to pick up snow, use the knee as a lever when the load is heavy, and avoid twisting the back when it rejects the snow.

At work

• If you must stay long standing, use a low stool on which lay the feet alternately, alternating every five to ten minutes.
• If you must sit for long hours at the office or driving a vehicle, making stops to stretch and stretch.
• Use straight-backed chairs that support well the lower back.
• Use a swivel chair to minimize twisting.
• Adjust the height of the chair or put your feet on a small stool so that knees are slightly higher than hips.
• For computer work, adjust the screen height so that the eyes are fixed straight ahead and head, relatively straight.

Think about it

• Focus on backpacks to handbags, and use both shoulders to carry the backpack.
• Push heavy objects rather than pull them.
• Avoid wearing high-heeled shoes (over 5 cm). Porter rather tight fitting shoes that provide good support.

Who are at Risk of Lower Back Pain and Lower Back Ache Risk Factors

Lower Back Pain one of the several Body Pain. Due to symptoms and causes of Lower Back Ache, a list of people at risk is created :

• People whose job requires spending long hours sitting or standing.
• Workers required to lift or pull heavy loads.
• Workers who frequently have to lean forward or perform torso twists side.
• Pregnant women, who bear an extra weight of 9 kg to 12 kg in the stomach and whose hormones control a relaxation of muscle tissue (primarily the pelvic region to facilitate delivery, but also near the spine).
• People whose parents suffered from degenerative disc disease, of OA or of osteoporosis.

Risk Factors of Lower Back Pain

• Lack of physical training or overtraining.
• Overweight.
• Poor posture.
• Wearing high-heeled shoes.
• The smoking because it contributes to the osteoporosis.
• The stress extended. Repressed emotions or where unsatisfactory work contribute to back pain. Stress increases muscle tension in the back.