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Charley horses have many possible causes directly resulting from high or low pH or substrate concentrations in the blood, including hormonal imbalances, dehydration, low levels of magnesium, potassium, or calcium (evidence has been mixed), [5] [6] [7] side effects of medication, or, more seriously, diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and neuropathy. [8]
Doctors and physical therapists explain what charley horses are, why they happen, and how to prevent and treat the painful and annoying muscle cramps.
Common causes of Charley horses. Exactly what causes a Charley horse is not known, but common triggers include muscle injury, overuse or strain from vigorous exercise, not stretching before or ...
Trigger finger; Other names: Historicopous, trigger digit, trigger thumb, [1] stenosing tenosynovitis [1] An example of trigger finger affecting the ring finger: Specialty: Hand surgery, orthopedic surgery, and plastic surgery: Symptoms: Catching or locking of the involved finger, pain [2] [3] Usual onset: 50s to 60s years old [2] Risk factors
A1 Pulley release through open surgery. Surgical treatment should be considered when the patient has a trigger thumb bilaterally and when the patient has a severe trigger thumb. Severe is defined as when the thumb is locked so that the thumb cannot be flexed or extended either passively or actively.
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Activation of trigger points may be caused by a number of factors, including acute or chronic muscle overload, activation by other trigger points (key/satellite, primary/secondary), disease, psychological distress (via muscle hypertonia), systemic inflammation, homeostatic imbalances, direct trauma to the region, collision trauma (such as a car crash which stresses many muscles and causes ...
Infectious tenosynovitis in 2.5% to 9.4% of all hand infections. Kanavel's cardinal signs are used to diagnose infectious tenosynovitis. They are: tenderness to touch along the flexor aspect of the finger, fusiform enlargement of the affected finger, the finger being held in slight flexion at rest, and severe pain with passive extension.