Muscular Disorders

What are the three most common Intramuscular injection sites?

• deltoid

• ventrogluteal

• thigh

• sternum

• phalanges

What considerations need to be made when injecting intramuscularly?

• a safe distance from nerves, large blood vessels, and bones

• free from injury, abscesses, tenderness, necrosis, abrasions, and other pathologies

• sufficiently large to accommodate the volume of medication to be administered

• translucent to see how much has been administered

• not visible when wearing clothing to avoid scars

inflammation of the fluid filled sacs that cushion the joints

• bursitis

• strain

• sprain

• tendinitis

• muscular dystrophy

overstretching of a muscle or tendon near a join

• bursitis

• strain

• sprain

• tendinitis

• muscular dystrophy

twisting of a joint leading to swelling and injury to ligaments, blood vessels and nerves

• bursitis

• strain

• sprain

• tendinitis

• muscular dystrophy

inflammation of the tendon due to strain of repeated activity

• bursitis

• strain

• sprain

• tendinitis

• muscular dystrophy

refers to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases that cause progressive weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscles used during voluntary movement

• bursitis

• strain

• sprain

• tendinitis

• muscular dystrophy

Types of this disorder include: duchene, Becker, and Limb-Girdle

• bursitis

• strain

• sprain

• tendinitis

• muscular dystrophy

Types of this disorder include:

Achilles

Golfer’s elbow

Patellar

Tennis elbow

• bursitis

• strain

• sprain

• tendinitis

• muscular dystrophy

muscle pain is called...

• myalgia

• dystrophy