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Muscle symptoms overview

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Affecting movement

Walking and running

Pain or limping while walking

Dysfunctional gait

Sore feet while walking

Pain walking uphill

Problems walking upstairs

Problems walking downstairs

Stitch in the side during running or exercise

Sitting

Pain in buttocks, upper thigh or knee while sitting

Difficulty rising from seated position

Pain in crouching

Jaw

ADL

Problems chewing

Clenching teeth

Crepitation

Malocclusion

Reduced range of motion

Opening

Deviation of movement

Lateral

Throat

ADL

Painful/problems swallowing

Neck

Painful movements

Rotation

Weakness

Instability

Reduced range of motion (ROM)

Generalized

Flexion

Rotation

Lateral flexion

Postural change

Head tilt

Forward head posture

Ribs

Reduced range of motion

Expansion

Shoulder

Painful movements

Abduction

Reduced range of motion (ROM)

Generalized

Abduction

Adduction

Lateral rotation

Medial rotation

Retraction

Weakness

Abduction

Postural change

Rounded shoulders

Elevation shoulders

Winging scapula

Crepitation

When abducting arm

Elbow

ADLs

Problems using tools

Painful movements

Supination

Flexion

Reduced range of motion

Generalized

Weakness

Flexion

Wrist/hand

ADL

Problems with grip

Writing

Weakness

Grip

Painful movements

Supination

Reduced range of motion

Wrist flexion

Wrist extension

Ulnar deviation

Flexion of fingers

Extension of fingers

Spine

ADL

Coughing and/or sneezing

Painful movements

Muscle guarding

Restricted range of motion (ROM)

Flexion

Rotation

Weakness

Instability

Flexion

Postural change

Scoliosis

Hypertrophy

One or both sides of lower back

Pelvis

ADL

Problems lying on affected side

Postural change

Pelvic distortion

Inequal leg length / elevation of ilium

Hip

Reduced range of motion (ROM)

Flexion

Extension

Weakness

Hip buckling

Knee and calves

Reduced range of motion (ROM)

General

Extension

Weakness

Medial rotation

Extension

Knee buckling

Crepitation

Cramping

Calves

Ankel and foot

ADL

Clumsy walking/stumbling

Reduced range of motion (ROM)

Dorsiflexion

Weakness

Generalized

Dorsiflexion

Postural change

Valgus position of great toe

Cramping

Of toes

Neurological

Sciatica or pseudo-sciatica

Carpal tunnel

Thoracic outlet syndrome

Facial neuralgia

Entrapment

Sciatic nerve

Greater occipital nerve

Fibular nerve

Paraesthesia

Lower arm

Wrist, hand and fingers

Lower back

Hip and thigh

Fibular nerve

Foot drop

Pathology

Head and face

Sinusitis

Tinnitus

Headache

Facial neuralgia

Neck

Torticollis

Whiplash

Thoracic outlet sydrome

Shoulder

Winging scapula

Frozen shoulder

Elbow

Lateral epicondylitis

Medial epicondylitis

Olecranon bursitis

Wrist and hand

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Trigger finger

Trigger thumb

Dupytren's

Spine

Scoliosis

Lumbago

Sciatica or pseudo-sciatica

Pelvis

Inequal leg length

Burisitis

Trochanter

Knee and calves

Tendinitis

Bursitis

Shin splints

Posterior compartment syndrome

Ankel and foot

Claw toes or hammer toes

Ankel sprains

Foot drop

Edema

Lung airway related problems

Breathing difficulties

Sore throat

Circulatory

Entrapment blood vessels

Shoulder and arm

Calves

Cardiac arrythmia

Vascular thoracic outlet sydrome

Mimicing cardiac pain

Gastrointestinal

Problems and pain while defecating

Gas, bloating, belching, heartburn

Vomiting, diarrhea

Pseudo-appendicitis

Energy and sleep

Nocturnal cramps

Problems sleeping on

Shoulder

Hip/pelvis

Bruxism

Sleep disturbed by pain

Knee

Ear

Hearing loss

Mouth, teeth and lips

Toothache

Genital, urinary tract, uterus

Sexual

Pain during sexual intercourse (females)

Impotence (male)