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Musculoskeletal System and
What Obesity Does To It.
Patty Bickham
Unit 8 Assignment
Holly Parker
Survey of the Human Structure and Function HS116
In my Diseases of the Human Body class, I has to write a paper on a chronic disease, and I
decided on Obesity. Obesity is a disease that can cause havoc on so many different systems in the
body that it was hard for me to choose, but because I have so many questions regarding the
musculoskeletal system and how I can repair the years of neglect because of my own weight
issues, I decided to kill 2 birds with one stone so to speak.
My first article I read online for this paper was in the online magazine called
Patient Care
. The
name of the article says exactly what I am looking for and it caught my eye,
Obesity and the Age
and Impact,[ CITATION Tor22 \l 1033 ].
As I kept reading it made me understand how teaching
my grandchildren and myself how to eat healthy and get some kind of physical activity a day is a
must.
Before we are jumping into how Obesity does the harm, let’s find out about the system itself.
Musculoskeletal system is not just the system that makes you move, although it is a part of that it
also does other things, for instance it works together to hold your body weight and if you have a
more than you need a High BMI (Body Mass Index)[ CITATION Cle20 \l 1033 ]. The other
things that the musculoskeletal system does is maintain homeostasis. It helps keep your body
warm when it is cold and pulls your hand away from the fire when it is out. And with all the
systems, the musculoskeletal system intertwines with other systems in the body, for example, the
nervous system is the hub of I think all of the systems.
A lot of problems we have with this system are due to age, that you can’t stop. When you add a
high BMI the problems can be even worse. Think about it, your bones and muscles are aging and
even though they supported you when you were at a healthy weight, adding more weight to it
just makes it harder to support.
Musculoskeletal Pain can be acute, meaning you just sprained it and you can just lie around with
a heating pad and ice, but the chronic, is long lasting and can make your whole body hurt, these
are the ones that medicines maybe needed. [ CITATION Cleay \l 1033 ]. Being obese can cause
your bones to have fractures and dislocate easier, poor posture because if your front is using
gravity to pull you forward putting strains on the back muscles to hold you straight up. Overuse
muscles, you are carrying a ton more weight and it takes your muscles more effort to move you
around.
One of the most major issues obesity no matter man or woman has and that is Osteoarthritis.
Mainly in the knee and the ankles where all your weight is truly carried. [ CITATION Sin22 \l
1033 ] Mechanically speaking, the lower joints hold all the true weight of a person. More obese
people are getting this Osteoarthritis in the knees predominantly at a younger age. [ CITATION
Ort23 \l 1033 ]. Another known factor with obesity is that your gait changes, slower and smaller
strides, your weight shifts either in or out causing your joints to become out of alignment, which
causes more strain on the already strained joint that is carrying your extra weight. Surgery for
your joints to be replaced is more than likely going to be needed. But what are the successes of
that if you don’t change your lifestyle to lose weight? There was a study that was reviewed in
2019 on what happens after the surgery, well it found that in obese patients complications double
or in some cases triples. Infections and other complications are high. In hip replacements with
obese patients shows a great deal more of infections, post-op anemia, hematoma and other
wound issues than a low BMI patient.
Sarcopenia (muscle wasting) Obesity[ CITATION Han22 \l 1033 ] is described as low muscle
mass and quality plus increased fat mass. It is disabling, causing loss of activity, a change in your
mechanical loading (how you move) and a change in your biological functions. With a high fat
high sucrose diets (junk food diet) comes the musculoskeletal system to get harmed by it.
Inflammation plays a huge role in the loss of your muscle integrity. The video I was watching
regarding this subject was done at the University of Calgary, by a Hannah Smith titled,
The
Effect of Nutrition on Musculoskeletal Health: A diet-induced obesity model,
in it she tells how
the obese diet that they conducted with rats made them have a long list of issues ones mostly to
do with the lack of movement. They then took the animals and divided them up into five
different groups, one being the control, which stays the same and the other four have intervention
measures (diet) that causes them to lose weight and maintain a healthy way of living. It found
that the knee joints of the rats that lost the weight by eating healthy and exercise were becoming
somewhat healing themselves, where as the rats that were eating the Junk Food Diet just
furthered their joint destruction.
Exercise is the word most of us dread, but it is very important for so many reasons. Age is taking
its toll on our bodies as it is, and to hear that word exercise sounds so tedious. But if you look at
it like just actively living life, you can do things that are exercise per say but not. What do I mean
by that? Exercise is a routine of doing one motion over and over to get your muscle stronger?
Well why can’t it be while you are cooking or washing dishes? All it takes is moving your hips or
your legs. Turn on some music and while you are cooking that incredibly healthy Mexican
Buddha Bowl,[ CITATION Nay23 \l 1033 ] you start to dance like the gang in the movie
The Big
Chill
[ CITATION The93 \l 1033 ]. Movement is the most important thing in getting your
muscles up and running. I found this really cute video of 2 kids doing some musculoskeletal
exercises[ CITATION Mau21 \l 1033 ]. They are basically just doing things you can do while
you are waiting for that pot to boil. There is a lot of stuff you can do while you are doing other
things, it may not seem like exercise, but that is the beauty of thinking it is actively living life.
What do you think those step counters are measuring? Your active living life.
Not that I am finished with both my papers and I learned a lot more than I put in this one, I am
going to go take care of my musculoskeletal system, by taking a hike with my dogs at one of our
favorite nature preserves. And with me I am taking a healthy lunch of carrot sticks, and chicken
pistachio salad with a Pedialyte, (yes I know it is for kids, but it taste better than Gator Aide). I
hope I have encouraged you to think about your health and how if you are obese you can change
your own joint destiny.
References
Angcao, M. (2021).
Musculoskeletal Exercises
. Retrieved from YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRT6ucSvpj4
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Cleveland Clinic. (2020, December 11).
Musculoskeletal System .
Retrieved from Cleveland Clinic :
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/12254-musculoskeletal-system-normal-structure--
function
Cleveland Clinic. (May, 2021 10).
Musculosketal Pain.
Retrieved from Cleveland Clinic:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/14526-musculoskeletal-pain
Mayo Clinic Staff. (2023, March 22).
Healthy Lifestyle Weight Loss
. Retrieved from Mayo Clinic:
https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/weight-loss/in-depth/mayo-clinic-diet/art-
20045460
Ortho, Utah UofU. (2023, April 5).
Pathophysiologic Effects of Obesity on the Musculosketetal System:
Knowledge for the Orthopedic Immenisvist
. Retrieved from Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH4_Pgy7M60
Sinclair, J., Lynch, H., Chockalinam, N., & Taylor, P. (2022, December 1). Effects of Obesity on Medial
Tibiofemoral Cartilage Mechanic in Female - An Exploration Using Musculosketal simulation and
Probalistics Cartilage Failure Modeling.
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, pp. 13-270.
Smith, H. (2022, June).
The effect of nutrition on musculoskeletal health: A diet-induced obesity model by
Hannah Smith
. Retrieved from Youtube UofC Kinesiology Seminar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYrcWzYGflk
Stevens J, O. P. (2022, February 11). Overweight and Obesity Management in Musculo-skeletal primary
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Australian Journal
of Primary Health, 6
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