Musculoskeletal pain generally arises due to an injury, infection or overuse/exertion. This is generally marked by muscle tenderness, weakness, limited range, stiffness and decreased nerve conduction velocity.²Here, we wanted to analyse the musculoskeletal pain among school and university female teachers. They have various works ranging from giving lectures, checking assignments to tedious computer work. These all are the reasons for the increase neck, shoulder and back pain. Teachers in colleges have to give long hours of lectures in standing whereas teachers in high school have more stress and work load as they have to cover large syllabuses including competitive exams. Awoman has to manage the whole house taking care of elderly as well as her children. And being a teacher definitely increases the wholesome workload. Whereas men on the other hand, are not at all active in the household chores, which thereby proves the difference in the workload among the two genders.Also women, undergoes various hormonal changes in the body and many a times musculoskeletal pain is one the symptoms.
NEED OF THE STUDY - we will come to an estimation of the proportion of female teachers with chronic pain who appear to be seriously handicapped by their pain on one moment and the extent to which the pain can lead to disability.
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES –
To study and compare the musculoskeletal pain among school and university female teachers and to correlate the intensity of pain and disability.
METHODOLOGY
A cross- sectional study was done to assess musculoskeletal pain disorders among 35 school and 35 university female teachers in the age group of 25- 45 years in Delhi and NCR region.
Female teachers with chronic musculoskeletal pain, BMI normal, pa...
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...ers have to deal with more examinations and are under higher pressure to promote students as well as they need to take care of the competitive exams as well. So they experience more psychological stress and a higher work load. In the present study, teachers who worked in senior middle schools also had the highest work load in comparison to those who worked in other levels of schools including primary, kindergarten and special schools. Emotional exhaustion correlates with the high numbers of weekly lessons and increased work load.⁹
CONCLUSION
The study concluded that there is a negative correlation between the intensity of pain and disability at work among school and university female teachers and their ia high prevalence of disability among the high school teachers due to the musculoskeletal pain as compared to the middle school and the university female teachers.
Have you ever been adjusted by a chiropractor? Have you ever been in a chiropractic office? They are always extremely busy and have very wide open space! Chiropractors also like to keep their offices clean and busy with patients so they can get more business. During the day the chiropractors office is very busy. The chiropractors are always nice and respectful to their patients. Do you know anybody that works at a chiropractic office, or even is a chiropractor? Because many chiropractors have their own family, they usually give them free or discounted adjustments. This research paper will talk about the salary, schooling requirements, and the job outlook of the chiropractor. It will also explain what chiropractors do in their job. I hope that I will become a chiropractor someday after all my college years. Hopefully Alex will start a business and invite me and ask me to work for him! He has already talked about starting a business in the tropical islands somewhere. Chiropractors can make a lot of money, they just need to know how to adjust their patients the correct way.
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Currently, I am involved in a prospective cohort study with other colleagues from King Fahad Medical City that aims to study the effect of a low back care educational program on low back pain prevalence among health-care professionals.
Pain has been an under-researched area of medicine, but today physicians are increasingly interested in the workings and treatment of various types of pain. In particular, a growing body of research exists on the different ways in which men and women may experience pain and the implications of these differences for medical treatment. Does the sex of an individual make a difference in their pain experience? Numerous researchers believe that women are more sensitive to pain than men, while others believe that the differences between the pain experiences of men and women are not significant. Over the course of my research I found that part of the problem in trying to answer the question lies in how scientists measure the pain experience of men and women.
Pain is often overlooked and disregarded as an unimportant health issue by health care providers. However, according to the National Institutes of Health, pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined. It is the most common reason people seek health care, the leading cause of disability, and a major contributor to health care cost (National Institutes of Health [NIH], 2013). By managing pain, patient outcomes improve and health cost decreases because the patient is more likely to participate in activities such as mobilization and deep-breathing exercises, leading to fewer complications and earlier discharge. Organizations such as the American Society for Pain Management Nursing, the American Pain Society, and
Rheumatoid Arthritis is when the joints are chronically inflamed, which happens because it is an autoimmune disease which means that the immune system attacks the body tissues. Although Rheumatoid Arthritis mainly affects the joints, it can also affect other organs.
Chronic lower back pain is a major health disorder in the world today (Mendelson, Selwood, Kranz, Loh, Kidson, Scott, 1983). It can cause many physical, mental, and emotional problems on the victim (Mendelson, Selwood, Kranz, Loh, Kidson, Scott, 1983). Many people find their work so unbearably painful that they often have to stay home. Others experience depression, inactivity, and social isolation (Kaplan, Sallis, Patterson). Treatments range from the conventional methods such as medication and surgery to the alternative or unconventional methods such as acupuncture. However, only a small percentage of low back pain patients have the type of condition for which surgery can be used so acupuncture is becoming more popular (Lehmann, Russell, Spratt, 1983).
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Touhy, T. A., Jett, K. F., Ebersole, P., & Hess, P. A. (2010). Ebersole and Hess' gerontological nursing & healthy aging (3rd ed.). Bone and Joint Problems (pp. 285-287). St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby/Elsevier.
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