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Degenerative Arthritis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, September 12th, 2011
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Degenerative arthritis is a medical condition that is marked by low-grade inflammation that results in pain in your joints. Degenerative arthritis results from abnormal wearing of the cartilage that covers and acts like a cushion for your joints.

Degenerative arthritis is the most common kind of arthritis. Nearly 21 million people in the United States are afflicted with degenerative arthritis. About 25% of all the visits to the doctor’s office are because of this condition. Degenerative arthritis also accounts for around 50% of all non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drug prescriptions.

There are two forms of degenerative arthritis. They are primary and secondary. Primary degenerative arthritis is a chronic degenerative condition that is related to aging, but it is not the result of aging. There are people well into their nineties who do not have any clinical or functional indications of degenerative arthritis. Secondary degenerative arthritis is due to other factors or diseases, but the medical results are the same as for primary degenerative arthritis.

Degenerative arthritis is also evidenced by the decrease or destruction of synovial fluid that lubricates your joints. You begin to experience pain upon weight bearing, including standing and walking, as your bone surfaces become not as well protected by cartilage. Your regional muscles may atrophy and your ligaments may become more lax because you have less movement due to the pain that you are experiencing.

Researchers believe that heredity may be a key factor in causing degenerative arthritis. This is because this condition often affects more than one member of the same family. Genetics play a role in the occurrence of degenerative arthritis, as well. There is also some evidence that allergies, whether fungal, infectious or systemically induced, may be a critical contributing factor in causing degenerative arthritis.

The hallmark sign or symptom of degenerative arthritis is chronic pain that leads to loss of mobility and possibly stiffness. The pain is usually evidenced by a burning sensation or a sharp ache in your surrounding tendons and muscles.

Degenerative arthritis can cause a crackling noise (called “crepitus”) as your affected joint is moved or touched, and you may have muscle spasm and contractions in your tendons.

At times, your joints may fill with fluid. Humid weather causes the pain to increase in many people. In theory, any joint in your body can be affected. However, degenerative arthritis usually affects your spine, hips, feet and hands.

You or a loved one may be afflicted with degenerative arthritis. Degenerative arthritis and/or complications that have been caused by it or other illnesses that you have besides this condition may have resulted in you or your loved one’s disability and inability to work.

If this is true, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

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Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Receiving Social Security Disability

Sunday, June 26th, 2011
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Myofascial Pain Syndrome and Receiving Social Security Disability

Myofascial pain syndrome is a chronic kind of muscle pain. The pain that results from myofascial pain syndrome is located around sensitive points in your muscles that are known as trigger points.

These trigger points may be painful to the touch. The pain may then radiate throughout your affected muscle.

Nearly all people have occasional muscle pain at one time or another that goes away in a few days. However, if you have myofascial pain syndrome, you experience pain that gets worse or will not go away. In some cases, the pain may be quite severe.

The pain that is associated with myofascial pain syndrome that results from trigger points has been linked to many different kinds of pain. Some of these are pelvic pain, leg pain, jaw pain, arm pain, low back pain, neck pain and headaches.

Women are more likely than men to develop myofascial pain syndrome, but the reason for this is not clear. Also, myofascial pain syndrome is more common in middle-aged adults than in younger adults. The reason is thought to be that the muscles of younger adults are better able to deal with strain and stress than those of older adults.

Myofascial pain syndrome may be caused by a muscle injury or strain on a tendon, ligament, muscle group or individual muscle. Other possible causes of myofascial pain syndrome are:

  • Repetitive motions
  • A lack of activity from having something like a broken arm or leg
  • An injury to an intervertebral disc
  • Medical conditions like stomach irritation or a heart attack
  • General fatigue.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may experience with myofascial pain syndrome. These include:

  • Pain that worsens or persists
  • A problem with sleeping because of pain
  • Deep, aching pain in one of your muscles
  • An area of tension in your muscle that may feel like a tight spot or knot and that may be very sensitive to touch
  • Joint stiffness that is near your affected muscle
  • Muscle stiffness
  • Fatigue
  • Behavioral disturbances
  • Depression.

 

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Exercise-Induced Compartment Syndrome and Receiving Social Security Disability

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

Exercise-induced compartment syndrome is an exercise-induced, uncommon neuromuscular disorder that is evidenced by pain, swelling and potential disability in the muscles of your arms or legs that are affected. It is also marked by your pain subsiding when you are at rest.

Exercise-induced compartment syndrome usually develops in experienced athletes who take part in sports that require repetitive movements like running, power walking, biking, or swimming. However, this disorder can occur in anyone.

There are many groupings or compartments of blood vessels, nerves and muscles in your arms and legs. Each one of these compartments is encased by a thick layer of connective tissue that is known as fascia. Fascia is also what holds the tissues in place in each of these compartments, and it supports these compartments. Fascia does not have the capacity to stretch.

If you have exercise-induced compartment syndrome, the pressure of your tissue inside of a compartment rises to an excessively high level. However, the tissues that are inside of that compartment are not able to expand adequately with this increased pressure. Your nerves and blood vessels become compressed and blood flow decreases. This results in an inadequate amount of oxygen-rich blood (ischemia). This, in turn, leads to damage to your nerves and muscles. This is what exercise-induced compartment syndrome is.

The reason why exercise causes this increased pressure in some people is not known. Theories have been set forth that having increased muscle size, thick or inelastic fascia, biomechanics (how you move) or high pressure in your veins may play a role in causing this disorder.

The principle sign or symptom of exercise-induced compartment syndrome is pain that begins with exercise activity and gets increasingly worse and then goes away when you rest. Other signs and symptoms of this disorder are:

  • Aching, burning or cramping pain in your affected limb while you exercise
  • Numbness or tingling in your affected limb
  • Weakness of your limb that is affected
  • Tightness in your affected limb
  • In severe cases, you may have foot drop if the nerves of your leg are affected
  • Sometimes, there is swelling or bulging because of a muscle hernia.

Exercise-induced compartment syndrome occurs most often in your lower legs. Usually, this involves both of your legs and not just one of them. However, it can also occur in your thighs, upper arms, hands and forearms.

You or a loved one may have exercise-induced compartment syndrome. This disorder and/or complications that have been brought about by it or other conditions that you have in conjunction with this disorder may have resulted in you or your loved one’s disability and being unable to work.

You may need help if this is true. You may need financial assistance.

You or your loved one may be planning on applying for the financial help that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability that has developed from exercise-induced compartment syndrome and/or complications that have been caused by it or other conditions that you have in conjunction with this disorder. You may have already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is thinking about reapplying or appealing the denial, remember this important fact that you may not know about. The simple truth is that people who have a disability lawyer fighting for them like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who are not represented by a disability attorney.

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Cranial Mononeuropathy and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
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Cranial mononeuropathy is a disorder that is evidenced by your cranial nerve VII not functioning like it should. Cranial nerve VII is your facial nerve. Cranial mononeuropathy is a disorder in which you are unable to control your facial muscles on the side that is affected.

There are several different conditions that may result in facial paralysis. These include a brain tumor, Lyme disease or a stroke. However, if no specific cause for your facial paralysis can be discovered, your disorder is probably cranial mononeuropathy.

About 40,000 people are affected by cranial mononeuropathy each year in the United States. Although cranial mononeuropathy can occur at any age, it is rare when it affects anyone under the age of 15 or over the age of 60.

One of the causes of cranial mononeuropathy is when your cranial nerve VII becomes swollen and inflamed due to an infection that is usually caused by a virus. The leading cause of cranial mononeuropathy is the herpes simplex virus. Genital herpes and cold sores are also caused by this same virus. There are also other viruses that have been connected with cranial mononeuropathy. These include the viruses that cause mononucleosis, shingles and chicken pox.

There are several different signs and symptoms that you may have with cranial mononeuropathy. Some of these are:

  • Pain that is usually located in your ear on your affected side
  • A loss of taste
  • Twitching and weakness in your face
  • Having a problem with your face drooping or facial expressions
  • Pain that is located behind or in front of the ear on your affected side
  • Headache
  • Sounds that seem to be louder on your affected side
  • Changes in the amount of tears and saliva that your body makes
  • The sudden onset of weakness or paralysis on one side of your face that makes it hard for you to smile or close your eye on your affected side
  • Drooling because you have a lack of control of your facial muscles
  • A dry eye or mouth.

You or a loved one may be suffering with cranial mononeuropathy. Cranial mononeuropathy and/or complications that have developed from it or other ailments that you have along with this disorder may have caused the disability of you or your loved one and be the reason why you are not able to work.

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Back Problems and Receiving Social Security Disability

Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
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Back problems are some of humanity’s most frequent complaints. Back pain and back problems are the fifth most common reason for all doctor visits in the United States.  Somewhere between 80 and 90% of all adult Americans have back problems at some point in their life. It is estimated that five out of ten working adults in the United States have back pain every year.

Your human spine (or backbone) is made up of small bones called vertebrae. Your vertebrae are stacked on top of each other to form a column. Between each vertebra is a cushion known as a disc. Ligaments hold the vertebrae together, and bands of tissue called tendons attach muscles to the vertebrae.

Openings in each vertebra line up so as to form a long hollow canal. Your spinal cord runs through this canal from the base of your brain. Nerves from your spinal cord branch out and leave your spine through the spaces between the vertebrae.

There are many different kinds of back problems that you can have with all of the vertebrae, ligaments, tendons, discs and muscles in your back. There are also extremely serious problems that can happen with your spinal cord. Some of the back problems you can have are:

§  Degenerative Disc Disease

§  Herniated discs

§  Kyphosis

§  Sciatica

§  Scoliosis

§  Spinal Stenosis

§  Spondylosis

§  Spondylolisthesis

§  Whiplash

§  Back pain.

It is important to remember that back problems are not your disorder. Back problems are an indication of an underlying condition.

Some of the ways that you may be affected by back problems are continuing stiffness or aching anywhere along your spine, from your hips to your neck. It can be chronic aching in your middle or lower back, especially after standing or sitting for extended periods of time. You may have sharp, localized pain in your lower back, upper back or neck, especially after doing strenuous activity or lifting heavy objects.

When the pain goes downward along the back of your leg or is accompanied by fever, this is an indication that your back problems may be caused by a serious underlying condition. Other indications are tingling, numbness or loss of control in your arms or legs, dull pain in one area of your spine when getting out of or lying in bed, or the pain increases when you cough or bend forward at the waist.

Back problems and/or the underlying cause of them may prevent you from working. They may be the cause of your disability.

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Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration? Were you denied?

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Thoracic Spondylosis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Thursday, March 31st, 2011
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Arthritis is a disease that involves inflammation of a joint. It is evidenced and usually accompanied by stiffness, swelling, pain, changes in structure and restriction of motion. Arthritis is not just one disorder. It is a complex disease that refers to over 100 separate conditions and can begin at any age of life.

The two types that are most prevalent are Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. Other forms of arthritis include gouty arthritis, Still’s disease, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, septic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis.

Osteoarthritis is marked by low-grade inflammation that leads to pain in your joints. This is due to abnormal wearing of the cartilage that covers and functions as a cushion inside of your joints.

Osteoarthritis is also characterized by the decrease or destruction of synovial fluid that lubricates those joints. You begin to experience pain upon weight bearing, including standing and walking as your bone surfaces become not as well protected by cartilage. Your ligaments may become more lax and regional muscles may atrophy as you have less movement due to the pain that you experience.

Spondylosis is a form of osteoarthritis. It is a degenerative disorder of your spine. There are three forms of spondylosis. They are cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis and thoracic spondylosis.

Thoracic spondylosis is characterized by a narrowed space between your vertebral bones in your mid and upper back. As this space grows narrower, your discs begin to bulge out of position. Your nerves in the affected area may become compressed, which results in pain.

There are several signs and symptoms that you may experience with thoracic spondylosis. Some of these are:

  • Extending and bending your body triggers pain
  • Pain and stiffness in the mid and upper parts of your back, especially in the morning after you get out of bed
  • Pain in your upper abdomen and chest
  • Muscle weakness
  • Numbness or tingling in your hands, arms, feet or legs
  • Pain that may radiate (move) to your extremities
  • Difficulty walking
  • Loss of coordination.

You or a loved one may have thoracic spondylosis. Thoracic spondylosis and/or complications resulting from this condition or other disorders that you may have along with it may have resulted in you or your loved one’s disability and being unable to work.

If this is true, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may be intending to apply for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability resulting from thoracic spondylosis and/or complications resulting from this condition or other disorders that you may have in addition to it. You may have already tried this option, and your claim was turned down by the Social Security Administration.

If you or your loved one is planning on reapplying or appealing the denial, here is an important fact to consider. The fact is that people who are represented by a disability lawyer like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often than people who do not have a disability attorney standing with them.

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Chest Pain and Receiving Social Security Disability

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Chest pain is something that should always be taken with great seriousness. It can be extremely dangerous to ignore chest pain and not do anything about it.

Chest pain is not always a sign of an impending heart attack. Many times, chest pain is not related to any heart problem. Even if your chest pain is not related to your heart, it may still be a sign of a serious problem.

The effects of chest pain are different according to what is causing your chest pain. If your chest pain is heart related, it can be an indication of:

§  A heart attack can cause fullness, pressure or a crushing chest pain that lasts longer than a few minutes.

§  Pericarditis causes a sharp, piercing chest pain that is centralized.

§  Angina can cause recurrent episodes of chest pain.

§  Coronary artery spasm can cause varying degrees of chest pain.

§  Aortic dissection can cause a sudden, tearing chest pain as well as back pain.

Non-heart related chest pain can be a sign or symptom of:

§  Heartburn is a burning, painful sensation behind your breastbone. It usually follows a meal and can last for hours.

§  Pleurisy causes a sharp, localized chest pain that gets worse when you cough or inhale.

§  Panic attack can cause chest pain as well as intense fear, rapid breathing and heartbeat, shortness of breath and profuse sweating.

§  Pulmonary embolism causes a sharp, sudden chest pain that gets worse when you cough or take a deep breath.

§  Costochondritis can cause sudden, intense pain that may cause you to think you are having a heart attack. A heart attack usually involves pain that is more widespread.

§  Injured ribs or pinched nerves can cause chest pain.

§  Sore muscles usually cause chest pain when you raise your arms or twist from side to side.

§  Achalasia is a swallowing disorder that causes food to back up into your esophagus causing chest pain.

§  Esophageal spasms can cause chest pain.

§  Gallbladder or pancreas problems can cause abdominal pain that radiates to your chest.

§  Shingles can cause a sharp, burning chest pain.

Whatever is causing your chest pain may be keeping you from working. The underlying cause of your chest pain may be the reason you are disabled.

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Have you applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and been denied? Are you wondering what to do now?

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Sacroiliitis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Friday, December 3rd, 2010
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Sacroiliitis is an inflammation of either one or both of your sacroiliac joints that connect your lower spine to your pelvis.  Sacroiliitis occurs when your sacroiliac joint between the sacrum, or base or your spine, and ilium, or pelvic bone, becomes inflamed or infected.

Your sacroiliac joints (SI joints) have a limited range of motion when compared with other major joints in your body, such as your elbow or knee. With sacroiliitis, even the slightest movements of your spine can be extremely uncomfortable or even painful.

Sacroiliac joint dysfunction is another condition of the sacroiliac joint. It differs from sacroiliitis in that its origin is a disruption in the normal movement of the joint (too much or too little movement in the joint).

Sacroiliitis is a rheumatic disease. This means that it involves pain and inflammation in your joints or muscles.

Many of these rheumatic diseases are not limited to inflammation of your joints. They extend to other organs of your body, such as your lungs, kidneys, blood vessels, heart, skin, eyes and your nervous system.

There are several different things that can cause sacroiliitis. Some of these causes are:

  • Spondyloarthropathies, which include ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis that is associated with psoriasis and others
  • Pregnancy can also cause sacroiliitis because the pelvis has to stretch to enable childbirth
  • Heavy lifting, if your muscles are not properly prepared or you lift incorrectly
  • Infection of your sacroiliac joint that can be caused by bacteria in your food
  • Osteoarthritis of your spine
  • A sudden impact or traumatic injury like a fall or car accident.

There are several ways that you may be affected by sacroiliitis. These include:

  • Inflammation in one or both of your eyes
  • Psoriasis, which is an inflammation of your skin
  • Pain that affects your shoulders and hips
  • Diarrhea that is bloody
  • Stiffness and pain in your lower back, buttocks or thighs, especially when you have been sitting for long periods of time or when you get up in the morning
  • A low-grade fever that appears quickly
  • Pain that gets worse when you walk.

Sacroiliitis may be the reason that you or a loved one is unable to work. It may be the cause of your disability.

If this is so, you may need assistance. You may need financial help.

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by sacroiliitis? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, consider this.

You may need a disability lawyer like the one at Social Security Home to represent you in this process. This is true because people who are represented by a disability attorney are approved more often than those people without a lawyer.

Thrombophlebitis and Receiving Social Security Disability Benefits

Friday, November 5th, 2010
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Phlebitis is an inflammation of a vein. It is a circulatory problem that happens when a blood clot slows the circulation in a vein.

Usually, this happens in your legs, but it can happen to veins in your arm and neck. When phlebitis is associated with the formation of blood clots the condition is called thrombophlebitis. Sometimes the condition is shortened and just called phlebitis.

The name “thrombophlebitis” helps you to understand the nature of this condition. “Thrombo” means clot, and “phlebitis” means a vein with inflammation.

There are two general types of thrombophlebitis. One takes place just under your skin and is called superficial thrombophlebitis. This type of thrombophlebitis is painful, but not life-threatening. When it happens deeper in your leg it is called deep thrombophlebitis. This is a potentially serious disorder that can endanger your life.

The great danger of this type of the condition is that a portion of the blood clot may break away and move through your venous system to your lungs and form a pulmonary embolism. Death can result if one of your large pulmonary vessels is blocked.

Some of the signs and symptoms of superficial thrombophlebitis are a red streak along the affected vein and obvious swelling. A red, tender and hard cord may be present right under the surface of your skin. There also may be pain and heaviness in your leg. Your pain is usually relieved when you elevate your leg and increased when it is lowered down.

Signs and symptoms of deep thrombophlebitis are tenderness, pain and swelling of your entire leg. This is most obvious when you stand or walk. One of the dangers associated with deep thrombophlebitis is that there may be no signs or symptoms until the appearance of a pulmonary embolism.

Thrombophlebitis and/or complications along with or resulting from it may be the reason that you or a loved one is unable to work. This condition may be the cause of you or your loved one’s disability.

If this is the case, do you or your loved one need help? Do you need financial help?

Where will that financial assistance come from? Who can you turn to? Who will help you?

Have you or your loved one applied for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits from the Social Security Administration because of the disability caused by thrombophlebitis and/or complications resulting from or along with it? Were you or your loved one denied?

You or your loved one may decide to appeal the denial by the Social Security Administration. If you do, remember this.

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De Quervain’s Tenosynovitis and Receiving Social Security Disability

Monday, November 1st, 2010
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Have you ever thought about how important your thumb is? Human thumbs are known as opposable thumbs. This is because your thumb can move and touch your other fingers. This is what gives humans the ability to grasp things.

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is a painful inflammation of the tendons in your thumb that extend to your wrist. These swollen tendons and the coverings over them rub against the narrow tunnel that they pass through. This causes pain at the base of your thumb that radiates into your lower arm.

De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is named after the Swiss surgeon Fritz de Quervain. In 1895, he published 5 case reports of people with this condition. The condition was subsequently named after him.

Anyone can get De Quervain’s tenosynovitis. However, women are 8 to 10 times more likely than men to get this condition.

There are different things that can cause De Quervain’s tenosynovitis. These include:

§  Inflammatory arthritis like rheumatoid arthritis

§  Overuse of your wrist that involves a repetitive motion day after day for a long period of time

§  A direct injury to your tendon or wrist as scar tissue can inhibit the movement of your tendons.

There are several different signs and symptoms that you may have with De Quervain’s tenosynovitis. Some of these are:

§  A “stop-and-go” or “sticking” feeling in your thumb when you try to move it

§  A squeaking sound as your tendons attempt to move back and forth through the sheaths that are inflamed

§  Pain that is near the base of your thumb

§  Swelling that is near the base of your thumb

§  A fluid-filled cyst that is near the base of your thumb

§  Problems trying to move your wrist and thumb when trying to do things that involve pinching or grasping.

You or a loved one may have De Quervain’s tenosynovitis. This disorder and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it may be resulting in you or your loved one’s disability.

You or your loved one may need assistance if this is your situation. You may need financial help.

You or your loved one may be planning on applying for the financial assistance that you need from the Social Security Administration by applying for Social Security disability benefits or disability benefits because of the disability caused by De Quervain’s tenosynovitis and/or complications resulting from or other conditions along with it. It may be that you or your loved one has already applied and been denied by the Social Security Administration?

If you or your loved one is thinking about appealing the denial, here is something important that you need to be aware of. The simple truth is that people who are represented by a disability attorney like the one you will find at socialsecurityhome.com are approved more often that people who do not have a disability lawyer fighting for them.