It is like pain in your muscles, bones, ligaments, tendons, or other connective tissue. It can be caused due to injuries like strain over-use or conditions like arthritis.

It includes:

• Back pain: due to lifting heavy weights or bad posture.
• Neck pain: From sitting weird (wrong posture) at your desk
• Shoulder pain: Over using your shoulder muscles (like sports or carrying heavy weights).
• Knee pain: Due to overweight arthritis or due to weakness.
• Wrist pain: over use (typing).

Degenerative conditions :

As we get old our bones , cartilage , discs get degenerated due to wear and tear this results in pain , stiffness, inflammation and restriction in movement or limitation in joint mobility, commonly affects joints disc and muscles.

Includes :

• osteoarthritis joint (cartilage wear and tear)
• osteoporosis – bones weekend and loosen density.
• Spinal disc degeneration – disc between vertebra wear out
• Nerve degeneration disease – alzimers or Parkinson’s (brain cell deteriorate).

Injury related pain :

Pain that happens because of specific injury like fall, fracture, sports, accidents, strain or sprain.

Example :

• spraining an ankle while playing leads to pain swelling, trouble in walking
• Breaking a bone in a fall leads to sharp pain, swelling, can’t use limb.
• Straining back muscles like lifting weights (gym), causes pain, stiffness, limited movement.