Neuromusculoskeletal disorders cause musculoskeletal pain in the areas associated with muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, and nerves. This pain is felt particularly on any single part of the body but can sometimes spread throughout, especially in a condition called fibromyalgia. This pain is temporary sometimes but can be severely damaging.
You may need to be very specific to your doctor about the pain and discomfort so they can carry out the necessary examinations and prescribe a treatment.
West New York, NJ neuromusculoskeletal medicine treatments like The Doctor’s House has Daniel Maenner, DO, DC as a family medicine physician and osteopathic manipulation specialist, who can provide you with the proper treatment according to your symptoms.
Types:
Some of the common neuromusculoskeletal disorders are:
- Arthritis- there are different types of arthritis like psoriatic arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis. Lupus, gout, and ankylosing spondylitis are also neuromusculoskeletal disorders.
- Fracture and dislocation injuries caused by any trauma force or out-of-place joint also come under neuromusculoskeletal disorders.
- Osteoporosis – may cause numbing, tingling, and weakness.
- Sarcopenia, – also called loss of muscle mass, may reduce strength.
- Scoliosis – indicates a condition with joints caused by poor muscle control or paralysis that may result in underlying conditions such as muscular dystrophy.
- Carpal tunnel syndrome – can cause numbness and tingling sensation in the hand, also results in pain and burning sensation.
- Cubital tunnel syndrome
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome.
Causes:
- Injury to areas such as joints, bones, tendons, ligaments. People involved in severe car accidents, sports injuries, life-threatening falls may be more prone to neuromusculoskeletal disorders.
- Doing high force exertion work or bad posture.
- Genetics
- Reduced fitness, nutrition in life.
- Hormone disorder resulting in bone pain.
- Trauma that causes pressure being exerted on nerves.
Symptoms:
The location of the pain in the body dramatically influences the severity of pain. Some of the common symptoms are:
- Extreme and sharp bone pain, tendon pain.
- Charley horse- sometimes a powerful cramp can cause intense and short muscle pain. The contraction may be uncomfortable.
- Joint pain followed by stiffness and swelling.
- Some conditions like fibromyalgia may result in extreme pain throughout the body.
- Muscle spasms.
- Difficulty in doing daily work. The affected may have difficulty sleeping.
- Sharp needle and pin-like pain caused by nerve compression. This pain is short-lived and intense.
- Severe pain may cause redness and bruising.
- The affected joint may produce painful cracking or popping sounds.
- The affected person may experience more than normal levels of fatigue.
- Stress and anxiety due to pain.
