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What Is It/ |
How Is It Recognized/ |
Is Massage indicated |
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Condition Name |
What Are They? |
How Are They Recognized? |
or Contraindicated? |
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A
heart attack, or myocardial |
Symptoms
of heart attacks in- |
Massage
is contraindicated for |
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infarction
(MI), is damage to |
clude
angina, shortness of breath, |
patients
recovering from heart |
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the
myocardium caused by |
a
feeling of great pressure on the |
attacks.
After complete recov- |
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a
clot or plaque fragment |
chest,
and pain around the left |
ery,
heart attack patients may |
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getting
lodged somewhere |
shoulder
and arm, jaw, and back. |
be
good candidates for mas- |
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in
a coronary artery, or ath- |
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sage
but not without medical |
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erosclerosis
so complete |
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clearance. |
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that
it deprives the cardiac |
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muscle
of oxygen. |
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