Disability News » motor disorders http://www.disabilitynews.org Disabilities Prove Abilities Sat, 15 May 2010 06:12:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Disabilities and Hip Pain http://www.disabilitynews.org/2009/04/17/disabilities-and-hip-pain/ http://www.disabilitynews.org/2009/04/17/disabilities-and-hip-pain/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 05:10:18 +0000 admin http://www.disabilitynews.org/?p=103 Disabilities and Hip Pain

Disabilities and Hip Pain

For the past year I’ve had bad hip pain. I guess that it’s a side effect of being in a wheelchair, and the lack of movement or walking. We recently found out it was my S.I. joint. The S.I. joint is the joint or articulation between the sacrum and ilium. The doctor gave me a Lidocine and Cortisone injection in the joint. Since I tend to have involuntary muscle movements, they gave me Twilight anesthetic to put me out and it was performed in the hospital.

One of the biggest culprits for referring pain to the hip is the SI joint in the lower back. The SI joint is where your pelvis meets your sacrum. This joint  can also be a problem with athletes, especially if they have core weakness or are over training.

Pain that comes on gradually, or moves around from the front, back, and side may be S.I. referred pain. If you have disabilities and feel hip pain, have your doctor check your S.I. Joint.

]]> http://www.disabilitynews.org/2009/04/17/disabilities-and-hip-pain/feed/ 0 Cerebral Palsy is a Disability http://www.disabilitynews.org/2009/04/13/cerebral-palsy-is-a-disability/ http://www.disabilitynews.org/2009/04/13/cerebral-palsy-is-a-disability/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:50:05 +0000 admin http://www.disabilitynews.org/?p=44 Cerebral Palsy Disability and the BrainCerebral Palsy is a disorder usually caused by brain damage and marked by muscular impairment. It’s a disability that affects about 1 million individuals in the United States. Cerebral Palsy can occur at or before birth, or as a result of surgery or other trauma, as in my case. CP is caused by damage to the motor control centers of the brain and statistically it occurs during pregnancy about 75 percent of the time, during birth about 5 percent, or after birth about 15 percent.

Cerebral Palsy is a non-progressive disorder, meaning the brain damage does not worsen. Secondary difficulties, such as motor disorders, are very common. The motor disorders may be accompanied by disturbances of sensation, cognition, communication, perception and behavior. Seizures are also common. There are no known cures for CP but Stem Cells are showing some promise. The only available way to deal with the disorder is through medical treatment and prevention of complications.

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