referred pain


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nounpain that is felt at a place in the body different from the injured or diseased part where the pain would be expected

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Referred pain due to tonsillar and dental causes was commonly found in the younger age groups as compared to that of cervical, hypopharyngeal and laryngeal origins (Table-IV).
It can be a referred pain from this joint, just like visceral pain.
* Massage of the regions of referred pain and muscle spasms, which accompany this condition.
"Many people don't realise that what they are feeling is actually referred pain and the cause is coming from somewhere entirely different, and this is what I'm able to identify and help ease.
For instance, oftentimes a pinched nerve in the cervical spine of the neck can cause referred pain in the shoulder.
The diagnostic criteria following the blockade of a cervical structure include referred pain from a source in the neck, perceived in the head and/or face, and evidence of a disorder or lesion within the cervical spine or soft tissues of the neck.
On physical examination, she referred pain in abdominal lower quadrants.
Travell and Simons' landmark publication, the "Trigger Point Manual" (21,22), proposed the original set of diagnostic criteria for MPS which included essential features of point tenderness within a palpable taut band of muscle, LTR, referred pain, weakness without atrophy, autonomic symptoms and restricted range of motion (Table 6).
Proceeding from overview to background surgical information, and general surgery, to subspecialty surgery, the sample questions explore such aspects as sutures and stitches, common surgical medications, acute abdomen and referred pain, soft-tissue sarcomas and lymphomas, and cardiovascular surgery.
Segmental therapy utilizes the concept of referred pain to achieve pain resolution.
There are several entities that can mimic a lesser trochanter avulsion fracture including Legg-Calve-Perthes disease (LCPD), slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), snapping hip with the iliofemoral ligament, iliopsoas tendonitis, referred pain from the gastrointestinal region, and a genito-urologic etiology (1,7,10) Work-up and treatment for these alternative diagnoses are quite different and can lead to unnecessary testing.
The pain this causes is often not just in the hip and groin area but can be referred pain down to the knee, which wakes people at night, and can prevent them from driving or working or even tying their shoe laces.
The mechanism of headache associated with asthenopia is not fully understood but it is presumed to be on the basis of referred pain of visceral origin.