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Type I (Madelung's collar/horse collar): neck, upper back, shoulder girdle, and upper arms. Type II (pseudoathletic type): shoulder girdle, deltoid region, upper arms, and thorax. Type III (gynecoid type): lower body, especially the thighs and medial side of the knees. Type IV (abdominal type): abdomen.
Kyphosis (from Greek κυφός (kyphos) 'hump') is an abnormally excessive convex curvature of the spine as it occurs in the thoracic and sacral regions. [1] [2] Abnormal inward concave lordotic curving of the cervical and lumbar regions of the spine is called lordosis.
Worsening of symptoms is possible but rare in occurrence. [2] Treatment of the underlying cause of the disease can alleviate the condition in some individuals with secondary BSS. Other treatment options include drugs, injections of botulinum toxin, electroconvulsive therapy, deep brain stimulation, and surgical correction. [6]
Back pain is extremely common — most people will experience it at some point in their lives, and lower back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Back Pain: Everything Men Need to ...
When there is dysfunction at this transitional joint, it can cause referred pain to the lower back, hip, abdominal, and/or groin/testicular/labia area, Dr. Megan Daley, PT, DPT, Cert Dn, CF-L1 ...
A buffalo hump is the buildup of excess fat that forms behind the neck. While it's not harmful, treatments can help improve the appearance of the hump.
(This is the dowager's hump of the elderly of earlier generations, now observable in modern (2016) late teenagers. [11]) Symptoms include overuse muscle pain and fatigue along the back of the neck and reaching down to the mid-back, often starting with the upper trapezius muscle bellies between the shoulders and neck. Cervicogenic headache from ...
Cushing's syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms due to prolonged exposure to glucocorticoids such as cortisol. [4] [9] [10] Signs and symptoms may include high blood pressure, abdominal obesity but with thin arms and legs, reddish stretch marks, a round red face due to facial plethora, [11] a fat lump between the shoulders, weak muscles, weak bones, acne, and fragile skin that heals ...