Tension: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Tension

Social Phobia

Symptoms include excessive blushing, sweating, trembling, rapid heartbeat, muscle tension, nausea, and extreme anxiety. [medicinenet.com]

This tension reduction hypothesis is discussed next. [pubs.niaaa.nih.gov]

Relaxation training is a method of decreasing anxiety by controlling the amount of physical tension experienced in a stressful situation. [pubs.niaaa.nih.gov]

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

It’s chronic and exaggerated worry and tension, even though nothing seems to provoke it. [psychcentral.com]

For this disorder to be diagnosed, several other symptoms (such as a tendency to tire easily, difficulty concentrating, and muscle tension) must accompany the anxiety. [msdmanuals.com]

Their worries are accompanied by physical symptoms, especially trembling, twitching, muscle tension, headaches, irritability, sweating, or hot flashes. [psychcentral.com]

Heelspur

A percentage increase in body weight causes the same percentage increase in tension in the fascia. [heelspurs.com]

This repetitive tension irritates the bone and stimulates it to produce extra deposits of calcium to try and protect itself. [foot-pain-explored.com]

The use of massage and stretching of the foot, Achilles tendon and calf muscle helps relieve the tension and provide relief. [hss.edu]

Urinary Stress Incontinence

We implanted a Remeex (Mechanic External Regulation) device without applying any tension to the sling. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The tension-free vaginal tape procedure is often carried out under regional or local anaesthesia. [bmj.com]

PATIENTS: Of 218 women, 96 (44%) received transobturator tension-free vaginal tape alone and 122 (56%) received transobturator tension-free vaginal tape with concomitant pelvic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Musculoskeletal Lower Back Pain

[…] symptom of underlying (in most cases musculoskeletal) problems. [2] following: Vertebrae misalignment, which can cause nerve interference (also called subluxation), [3] muscle tension [en.wikipedia.org]

Low back pain describes tension, soreness and stiffness in the lower half of the back. Around 8 in 10 people will have back pain during their lives. [sheffield.ac.uk]

Common MSDs include: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Tendonitis, Muscle / Tendon strain, Ligament Sprain, Tension Neck Syndrome etc. [exerciseright.com.au]

Temporomandibular Joint Disorder

These tension headaches are often around the temples and may feel as though a tight band is wrapped around the head. [lafayetteindental.com]

General Prevention Elimination of tension-causing oral habits Reduction in overall muscle tension Commonly Associated Conditions Craniomandibular disorders, somatization disorder [unboundmedicine.com]

"If it's a style of yoga where people get aggressive and pushy, you'll just end up bringing more tension into the head and neck." [yogajournal.com]

Bruxism

Reduce tension and stress. [smilefortworth.com]

The increased muscle tension caused by grinding and clenching also often leads to facial pain, tension type headaches and other painful symptoms. [grindcare.com]

Acupuncture may relieve the jaw tension associated with both bruxism and TMJ. [encyclopedia.com]

Anxiety Disorder

Generalized anxiety disorder : This disorder involves excessive, unrealistic worry and tension, even if there is little or nothing to provoke the anxiety. [web.archive.org]

This disorder is characterized by at least 6 months of pervasive and excessive anxiety; recurring worry about common events; and physical symptoms, such as muscle tension, [doi.org]

Anxiety Disorders - Condition and Symptoms An anxiety disorder is a condition characterized by persistent feelings of apprehension, tension, or uneasiness. [disability-benefits-help.org]

Atelectasis

Nonobstructive Atelectasis Alveoli lacking surfactant often collapse on themselves due to excessive water tension. [pathwaymedicine.org]

Surfactant — A substance secreted by the alveoli in the lungs that reduces the surface tension of lung fluids, allowing gas exchange and helping maintain the elasticity of [encyclopedia.com]

The surfactant has phospholipid dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine, which prevents lung collapse by reducing the surface tension of the alveoli. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Migraine

Tension Headaches Tension headaches are by far the most common type of chronic headache. [triggerpointrelief.com]

Botulinum toxin A was associated with fewer chronic tension-type headaches per month vs methylprednisolone injections (SMD, −2.5; 95% CI, −3.5 to −1.5). [dx.doi.org]

Tension Headaches Causes of Tension Headaches Trigger Points and Central Sensitization in Tension Headaches Migraine Headaches Symptoms of Migraine Headaches Causes of Migraine [triggerpointrelief.com]

Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome

This is the only type that will stop arch collapse sufficiently to limit tension on the tibial nerve. [footankle.com]

The effects of foot position and load on tibial nerve tension. Outcome of surgical treatment of tarsal tunnel syndrome. [wheelessonline.com]

Nerve tension caused by a valgus foot can cause symptoms that are identical to those of a circumferential nerve compression. [emedicine.com]

Inguinal Hernia

' repair or 'tension-free' repair. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Moreover, open tension-free repair does not require expensive instruments or dedicated equipment, other than the prosthetic mesh. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A recurrent hernia may develop after an initial repair with using a Tension technique in which a mesh is sewn directly into the hernia hole under tension. [houstonhernia.com]

Glaucoma

A suture loop was placed in the canal to apply tension to the trabecular meshwork. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Normal-Tension Glaucoma Related Articles What Is Normal-Tension Glaucoma? [emedicinehealth.com]

Low-tension or normal-tension causes Glaucoma can develop without increased eye pressure. [web.archive.org]

Cervicogenic Headache

Whiplash may induce preferably cervicogenic and tension-type headaches. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Side-locked unilaterality of pain was found in all forms, but to differing extents - 20.8% in migraine, 12.5% in tension-type headache, while it was a mandatory criterion [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Tension-type headache. [ichd-3.org]

Acute Hyperventilation

[…] or dizziness should be checked by a doctor * Hyperventilation may be a response to emotional or environmental factors * The condition can cause changes to bodily systems, tension [familydoctor.co.nz]

[…] cue to : 1 Stop whatever you are doing and try to find a quiet place to sit down. 2 Close your eyes and focus on the word 'calm' in your mind. 3 Try to release some of the tension [depressionanxietyandsolutions.weebly.com]

Breathing Pattern Disorders On a psychological level, Bradley 14 described a “cascade of symptoms” (see Figure 55-1 ) in which an original cause (emotional or physical) leads to tension [clinicalgate.com]

Supination Injury

Over time, this can lead to tension in various parts of your body, including the calves, knees, hips, and back. Prolonged tension often leads to injuries. [healthline.com]

According to Lauge Hansen the first injury is on the lateral side, which is under maximum tension. [radiologyassistant.nl]

The stretches are designed to relieve some of the tension in the feet and calf muscles. [healthline.com]

Mixed Anxiety and Depressive Disorder

Associated symptoms ans, cog, discomf, tension, ass? [quizlet.com]

[…] often than not during the six-month period: Restlessness or feeling keyed up or on edge Easily fatigued Difficulty concentrating or mind going blank Irritability Muscle tension [psycom.net]

[…] anx. disorder 5)other specified anx. disorder 6)anx disorder unspecified) General anxiety disorder Clinical features -Free floating anxiety with constant irritability and tension [quizlet.com]

Normal-Tension Glaucoma

PATIENTS: We included in this study magnetic resonance images of 20 consecutive patients with low-tension glaucoma. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

While the excavation of the optic nerve head and the thinning of its rim appear in all kinds of glaucoma (with high tension and with normal tension, in Primary open angle [en.wikipedia.org]

[…] cases of high-tension glaucoma and 47 age-matched controls. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Open-Angle Glaucoma

METHODS: A total of 661 Japanese patients including 417 patients with POAG [normal tension glaucoma (NTG), n=210; high tension glaucoma (HTG), n=207] and 244 control subjects [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] and high-tension glaucoma are not distinguishable by optic nerve head topography with HRT and OCT when the degree of damage by Humphrey visual field testing is taken into [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] glaucoma (HTG) or normal tension glaucoma (NTG) as phenotypic features of primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), and to evaluate the clinical usefulness of the additive effects [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Patulous Eustachian Tube

Surface tension, extraluminal tissue pressure and intrinsic elasticity all help to keep the tube closed. [symptoma.com]

Pregnancy alters opening pressures of the eustachian tube because of the change in surface tension; estrogens acting on prostaglandin E affect surfactant production. [emedicine.com]

In pregnancy, for example, increased estrogen activates prostaglandin E, which in turns results in decreased surfactant production and surface tension. [symptoma.com]

Ventral Hernia

Primary closure of challenging hernias is often prohibited by severe lateral retraction and tension of the abdominal wall musculature. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A high rate of recurrence being the prime danger, a tension-free repair method using mesh is recommended. [bigearl.net]

[…] a result of too much tension at the original abdominal closure. [surgery.ucla.edu]

Psychosomatic Disorder

Sarno labels tension/oxygen deficiencies called TMS or tension myositis syndrome. [breathing.com]

Alexander Franz Alexander, physician and psychoanalyst sometimes referred to as the father of psychosomatic medicine because of his leading role in identifying emotional tension [britannica.com]

Adler quote is taken from Sarno's book and again reminds us that the autonomic nervous system, relaxation response, cell oxygenation, digestion and detoxification, muscle tension [breathing.com]

Agitated Depression

Psychiatr Clin North Am 1999;22:547-64): inner psychic tension (irritability), psychomotor agitation, and racing/crowded thoughts. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Depression in these 3 patients was caused by chronic (persistent) anxiety and tension. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This tension is also manifested as muscular tension or pains. Diastolic blood pressure is found typically increased to 90 or 100 mmHg. [onlineceucredit.com]

Ergotamine Withdrawal

A two-year follow-up of tension headache sufferers treated with cognitive therapy or biofeedback. ‏ الصفحة 49 - S. (1996). [books.google.com]

Discontinuation of drug intake leads to a reduction of in migraine, tension-type headache, and mixed migraine and tension-type headache. [drrahulchakor.com]

Tension-type headache These headaches are sometimes associated with muscle tension and sometimes emotional tension. [promyhealth.org]

Chronic Anxiety

It also leads to chronic muscle tension, which in turn leads to more pain. [instituteforchronicpain.org]

Chronic anxiety is a common anxiety disorder that involves constant worry, nervousness and tension. [davidwolfe.com]

Advances in the pathophysiology of tension-type headache: from stress to central sensitization. Current Pain and Headache Reports, 13, 484-494. 7. [instituteforchronicpain.org]

Cough Headache

Thirteen patients were diagnosed to have benign cough headache (BCH); the others were diagnosed with chronic tension type headache. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

緊張型頭痛(TTH)：Tension-type headache 2.1 稀発反復性緊張型頭痛：Infrequent episodic tension-type headache 2.1.1 頭蓋周囲の圧痛を伴う稀発反復性緊張型頭痛 Infrequent episodic tension-type headache associated [shiseikaidai2.crayonsite.net]

Causes of Recurrent Headaches Muscle Tension Headaches. Most common type of frequent headaches. Muscle tension headaches give a feeling of tightness around the head. [seattlechildrens.org]

Chronic Daily Headaches

New daily persistent headache is more refractory to treatment compared to chronic tension-type headache. [symptoma.com]

Some ways to treat a tension headache related to depression are antidepressants and biofeedback. [empowher.com]

"Migraine and tension-type headaches are common. [sciencedaily.com]

Chest Trauma

Obstructive shock and hypoxia are the results of a tension pneumothorax. If a tension pneumothorax worsens, a mediastinal shift will occur. [medictests.com]

Crucial 1° Survey Differential Dx: Cardiac Tamponade vs Tension Pneumothorax Clinical Sign Cardiac Tamponade Tension Pneumothorax Blood Pressure Cardiac Tones Breath Sounds [slideshare.net]

Signs of tension pneumothorax may co-exist. [pch.health.wa.gov.au]

Bilateral Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve Paralysis

The external branch of the SLN is the only motor supply to the cricothyroid muscle, which increases the tension of the ipsilateral vocal fold during highfrequency phonation [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] is unable to provide additional tension to raise the pitch. [medicalgeek.com]

This muscle adjusts the tension of the vocal cord for high notes during singing (like a guitar string). [entnet.org]

Epigastric Hernia

Tension-Free Most common epigastric hernias are addressed by our "Tension-Free" technique, using mild sedation and local anesthesia. [abingtonhealth.org]

A newer study from Brancato and coworkers in Italy also states the advantage of a tension-free prosthetic repair in 16 patients with epigastric hernia. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

One single tension-free operative approach or single mesh product system may not be suitable for all patients or all hernias. [abingtonhealth.org]