referred pain
Mislocated bodily sensation
Referred pain is pain felt in a part of the body other than its actual source.
The classic example is a heart attack causing pain in the left arm, jaw, or shoulder rather than the chest.
This happens because nerves from different body regions converge on the same pathways to the brain, which misinterprets the signal's origin: The pain in his shoulder turned out to be referred pain from his gallbladder.
Hypersensitive muscle tissue areas
- sciaticaLumbar nerve inflammation
- radiculopathyCompressed spinal nerve condition
- cervicalOf the neck
- lumbarOf the lower spine
thoracic · sacroiliac · hip · knee · frozen shoulder · tennis elbow · piriformis · facet joint
Process of approaching sameness
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- afferentConveying toward central point
- somatosensoryRelating to bodily sensation
- spinal cordBrain's extension through vertebrae
nerve fibers · neurons · thalamus · sensory cortex · pathway · interneurons · cross-talk · cutaneous
Pertaining to the heart
- gallbladderBile storage organ
- appendicitisInflamed vestigial gut pouch
- pancreatitisSwollen digestive gland
- anginaIschemic chest discomfort
diaphragmatic · hepatic · splenic · pericarditis · pleurisy · esophageal · gastric · intestinal
Relative difference between things
- palpationMedical examination by touch
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- clinical examinationDoctor assessing patient directly
- localizationAdapting for specific markets
trigger points
Hypersensitive muscle tissue areas
- sciaticaLumbar nerve inflammation
- radiculopathyCompressed spinal nerve condition
- cervicalOf the neck
lumbar · thoracic · sacroiliac · hip · knee · frozen shoulder · tennis elbow · piriformis · facet joint · disc herniation
convergence
Process of approaching sameness
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- afferentConveying toward central point
- somatosensoryRelating to bodily sensation
spinal cord · nerve fibers · neurons · thalamus · sensory cortex · pathway · interneurons · cross-talk · cutaneous
cardiac
Pertaining to the heart
- gallbladderBile storage organ
- appendicitisInflamed vestigial gut pouch
- pancreatitisSwollen digestive gland
angina · diaphragmatic · hepatic · splenic · pericarditis · pleurisy · esophageal · gastric · intestinal · epigastric
differential
Relative difference between things
- palpationMedical examination by touch
- mappingDiagram of correspondences
- clinical examinationDoctor assessing patient directly
- body painache, aches, pang, throb, soreness
- pain conditionsmyalgia, fibromyalgia, arthritis, neuralgia, neuropathy
- touchtouch, feel, touching, caress, feeling
- painache, agony, hurt, hurting, suffering
- leg injuriesbroken leg, knee injury, hamstring strain, ACL tear, hamstring tear
- sensationstaste, touch, smell, sound, sight
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