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What Can Joint Dysfunction Cause? |
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Joint dysfunction can affect the nerves, muscles and blood flow associated with
the joint itself. It can compensate for its own lack of movement, thus making
the joint work harder and become irritated and painful. Muscles in the affected
area fatigue quickly, tighten up and eventually go into spasm. Blood supply to
both the muscles and the joints is also adversely affected. However, the effects
of spinal joint dysfunction can be extremely diverse and subtle. Because spinal
joints are richly innervated by nerves, and these nerves have direct connections
to the spinal cord and the major nerve pathways supplying every tissue and organ
in the body, the effect of even a minor joint dysfunction may have a
considerable impact on one's health.
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