Trigger Points vs Family Medicine Study Guide

Find the source of your pain! This app is a comprehensive guide to myofascial trigger points and the pain the create. Covering over 80 muscles with more than 150 trigger points. Myofascial trigger points are one of the most common sources of pain, and are often overlooked by health professionals. This app strives to help you find the source of pain via intuitive interface: tap the body where your pain is and see which trigger points refer pain to that area. Over 50 distinct pain areas are covered. You can also find trigger points by by tapping a muscle on the muscle model, by choosing a muscle from the alphabetized list, or by using the search bar. If you don't know exactly what you're looking for, you can search using keywords such as "elbow", which will show the muscles of the elbow as well as any pain areas or conditions related to the elbow (e.g. "lateral elbow pain", "tennis elbow"). Trigger points can cause or mimic a variety of conditions such as "Tendinitis" and "Tennis Elbow". More than 40 conditions are covered. Choose a condition and see a list of muscles whose trigger points can cause or mimic that condition. In each trigger point illustration, an "x" marks the location of the point, while the area of referred pain is colored in blue. PLEASE NOTE: this app does not include treatment information; its aim is to help find the source of specific pain. Once you've identified a trigger point please consult a massage therapist or otherwise trained professional. There are also myriad self-treatment resources available both in book and video format should you choose to treat yourself. 4520c652df

A portable "study buddy" to enhance your family medicine learning experience. Now CME Approved! Learn on the go… Refresh your knowledge… Enhance your teaching... The Family Medicine Study Guide is a charitable educational project which includes a collection of originally authored short answer management problems covering a variety of family medicine topics which allow primary care physicians, family medicine residents, medical students, nurse practitioners and physician assistants the opportunity to learn and grasp key clinical concepts in Family Medicine. This "study buddy" was created as a portable curriculum to help motivate learning and allow users to track their studying progress throughout their family medicine training and career. As new information or concepts are acquired, users are able to amalgamate their knowledge into a single source which can be saved and used in future clinical years. Key features include: - 90 Original Short Answer Management Problems - 458 Short Answer Questions with answer keys - 150 Rapid Fire Questions - 50 Quick Pix Dermatology cases with 152 related questions - 42 Crash Courses - Over 2 hours of Mini-Podcasts - Clinical Pearls to assist in remembering key clinical concepts - Mini-Exam Mode to generate spontaneous questions - Clinical Notepad to help track and save your acquired knowledge and study tips - 105 Family Medicine Topics Checklist to help track your studying progress - Ability to flag topics or questions that require further study - Random case option to help mix up your studying - Links to key educational resources, websites and medical journals - Links to over 40 Major Canadian Practice Guidelines The Family Medicine Study Guide is a non-profit project. It was created by an Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University. Therefore, 100% of profits will be donated to various charities around the world. Learn & Give Back...