Muscle Strain Research Paper

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Skeletal muscles can be disrupted when we stretch a muscle and hurt it. This can happen while playing sports or having an accident. A muscle strain is when we stretch or tear a muscle or a tendon, which connects the muscle to the bone.

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Symptoms of a muscle strain include muscle cramping or spasm and limited movement.

Treatment of a muscle strain includes an acronym called RICE.
R
I
C
E
Rest
Ice
Compression (squeezing)
Elevation (put the injured arm or leg up high)

Heart Disease

The major disruption of cardiac muscles is heart disease. Heart disease is a leading cause of death in both men and women. There are many types of heart disease, but let’s focus on the most common type, coronary artery disease.

Coronary artery disease happens when:
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Symptoms in women include: neck, jaw, shoulder, upper back, or stomach discomfort shortness of breath pain in one or both arms nausea or vomiting sweating, dizziness, or tiredness

Symptoms in men are: chest pain shortness of breath pain, swelling, tingling, numbness, coldness, or weakness in arms tiredness irregular heartbeat

Eating right, exercising, and not smoking are all ways to avoid heart disease.

Muscular Dystrophy

Another type of disruption to the muscles is a disease called muscular dystrophy. There are many types, but all are caused by a genetic mutation, which is when a change in the genes is passed down from parent to child.

The disease keeps the body from producing dystrophin, a protein that builds and repairs muscles. Muscles eventually turn to fat.

Early Symptoms of Muscular Dystrophy
Later Symptoms of Muscular Dystrophy difficulty walking, running, and standing, and pain in muscles inability to walk, breathing problems, and heart problems

Doctors provide medication and therapy (exercises, cane, wheelchair) to slow the progression of the disease, but it cannot be