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What is musculoskeletal pain?

Like most people, you’ve probably experienced musculoskeletal pain at some point in your life. You may not know how your pain started or what to do about it, but that doesn’t make it any less real. What does the term “musculoskeletal pain” refer to? We will find out in this article.

A term covering various conditions

Musculoskeletal pain is linked to musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). This general term includes conditions that affect the musculoskeletal system, i.e. all the tissues that allow us to move and perform movements. MSDs include around a hundred conditions that can affect the joints, bones, muscles, tendons, ligaments and sometimes the nerve.

MSDs and musculoskeletal pain: concrete examples

Here are concrete examples of conditions encompassed by MSDs. You have certainly already heard of one of them!

Lower back pain

This ailment affects the lumbar vertebrae, also known as the lower back. Low back pain can cause diffuse and continuous pain but can also result from an injury and cause sudden and more intense pain.

Cervicalgia

These are localized pains in the neck, causing stiffness and limiting movement. The pain can be caused by whiplash, torticollis or result from a condition affecting the neck joints, such as osteoarthritis.

Tendinitis

Tendons are bands of fibrous tissue that connect muscles to bones. During muscle contractions and joint movements, the tendons move forwards and backwards. When a tendon is inflamed or damaged, it usually results in stiffness of the affected joint and pain. There are several types of tendinitis, for example, rotator cuff tendinitis (shoulder) or Achilles tendinitis (back of the heel).

Bursitis

The bursa contains synovial fluid, and its primary function is to facilitate sliding between bone and tendon or bone and muscle. Bursitis is the inflammation of this little cushion and is caused by several factors, including joint overuse. The shoulder is often the most affected joint with bursitis.

Epicondylitis

Epicondylitis is often called “tennis elbow” since this condition affects the tendons outside the elbow. Although its nickname refers to tennis, this condition doesn’t affect only athletes. Epicondylitis is much more caused by repetitive arm motion or overuse of the joint, often done at work, resulting in tendon wear.

Carpal tunnel syndrome

This results from the compression of the nerve found in the canal formed by the bones and one of the ligaments of the wrist. This syndrome causes numbness and pain in the thumb, middle finger, and index finger.

The musculoskeletal disorders mentioned above are the most frequent and those most often diagnosed. However, musculoskeletal pain can also arise from less significant conditions.

For example, muscle or joint pain felt after physical exercise or after intense work is also musculoskeletal pain.

How to relieve musculoskeletal pain?

Inevitably, we all must deal with musculoskeletal pain. What’s more, there are as many solutions to relieve them as there are types of musculoskeletal disorders!

Rest, heat or cold therapies, and the services of health professionals such as physiotherapists or massage therapists are some examples of natural and non-drug solutions that can help reduce musculoskeletal pain, depending on its type.

A new natural alternative to relieve musculoskeletal pain.

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