Musculoskeletal disorders, from where to where?
Diseases related to bones, joints, tendons, ligaments, and nerves, excluding organs, are collectively referred to as musculoskeletal disorders. The most familiar pain areas are the neck, back, spine, shoulders, elbows, fingers, wrists, hands, knees, feet, and ankles.
Musculoskeletal disorders and pain types
Trends in Musculoskeletal Disorders
According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA, 2020), 17.6 million people, or about 30%, of the total population (51.4 million people) received hospital treatment for musculoskeletal pain. This is an increase of about 4.76 million compared to 2009, and changes in digital devices accompanying work and daily life, such as PCs and smartphones, are presumed to be the main cause of the increase in pain.
Patients with 'back pain' including cervical spine and back pain accounted for 30% of all musculoskeletal disorders, and knee joint and other soft tissue disorders each accounted for 16.7%.
VDT syndrome
VDT syndrome is a 'modern disease' that has increased due to the increase in smartphone and PC usage and corresponds to other soft tissue disorders. (Visual Display Terminal Syndrome)
In 2020, about 6.2 million patients visited hospitals with VDT syndrome. The most representative diseases are myofascial pain syndrome and carpal tunnel syndrome. In particular, when the carpal tunnel through which 9 tendons and 1 median nerve pass through the wrist is narrowed, internal pressure increases, causing numbness and numbness in the hand.
Myofascial Pain Syndrome is pain in a local area, such as the back of the neck, head, or lower back, and there are pain trigger points in the muscles of the area that can be touched like a hard band or nodule. When you press on this trigger point, you feel aching pain in the affected area. (Seoul National University Comprehensive Disease Information)
The future of musculoskeletal disease screening
There is also a voice that the comprehensive examination area centered on cardiovascular and digestive diseases should be expanded to the musculoskeletal system in order to increase life expectancy and improve quality of life. (Director Lee Yu-na, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, H Plus Yangji Hospital)
In fact, the demand for musculoskeletal improvement is being proven as the number of members receiving PT for body shape and posture correction through fitness or Pilates to improve the quality of life is increasing. Now is the time to be ready to analyze the cause of musculoskeletal pain and disease in the fastest and easiest way.
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