Describe at least one scenario of injury to the diaphragm during daily use or sport. Be sure to provide a clear description of the body and joint positions as well as the source of forces that lead to the injury. Describe one example of the type of modifications of movement a person must make in order to compensate and complete tasks as normally as possible when the diaphragm's function is temporarily or permanently lost due to injury.
Describe at least one scenario of injury to the diaphragm during daily use or sport. Be sure to provide a clear description of the body and joint positions as well as the source of forces that lead to the injury. Describe one example of the type of modifications of movement a person must make in order to compensate and complete tasks as normally as possible when the diaphragm's function is temporarily or permanently lost due to injury.
The functioning of the diaphragm is vital for the lung's proper regulation as well as maintaining air pressure in the lungs. The diaphragm is a muscle that is vital for the exchange of gases than any other muscles in the lungs. The nerve that innervates the diaphragm is the phrenic nerve from both sides of the lungs.
The paralysis or injury in the diaphragm is when either side of the diaphragm lose its contraction ability to let adequate inspiration. This condition arises when the diaphragm muscles in the diaphragm does not function properly, or the phrenic nerve cannot innervate in the diaphragm. This condition can cause daily living problems by causing shortness of breath during exercise or even at rest. It can cause sleep disturbances, or in chronic conditions, it may also decrease the expectancy of life.
The diaphragm injury can result from any trauma that occurs during an accident, gunshot, or fall. These traumas tend to cause injury in the phrenic nerve. The injury in the diaphragm occurs when the hemidiaphragm get paralyzed or weak under some conditions. The reason for this paralysis can be spinal cord injury or the phrenic nerve itself, or sometimes diaphragm muscle dysfunctioning. Injury in the diaphragm also occurs by fractures in the rib; sometimes pulmonary contusions or air and blood between lung and lung wall can cause the interruption in the contraction of diaphragm muscles, ultimately leading to injury or paralysis.
The treatment for diaphragm paralysis or injury is mostly a surgery if there are breathing problems and cardiopulmonary conditions. Sometimes ventilation can be a treatment for diaphragm paralysis. But this is not a permanent cure; it only helps provide correct air pressure in the lungs.
To compensate task normally, the modification person needs to make includes control airway and provide proper ventilation. The use of an NG tube, aspiration of contents of the gastric also helps in decompression.
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