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Electrical nerve stimulation: A type of physical therapy treatment that
utilizes various frequencies and wave forms of electrical current, which have
therapeutic effects on the nervous and musculoskeletal systems.
Electroacupuncture: Traditionally this term implies that needles are Can
be done with or without needles. Without needles several instruments offer a
practitioner ways to stimulate acupuncture points on the body without the
insertion of needles.
Electromyography (EMG):
Procedure that tests nerves and muscles providing information to help determine
if surgery may be required.
Endorphins: Chemical messengers released by the body during vigorous exercise
that stimulate the brain to feel good, happy and relaxed.
Energy expenditure: The amount of energy, measured in calories, that a person
uses. Calories are used by people to breathe, circulate blood, digest food, and
be physically active.
Epidural Injection: Into the spinal column but outside of the spinal cord.
Exercise: Exercise is physical activity that is planned or structured. It
involves repetitive bodily movement done to improve or maintain one or more
components of physical fitness: cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength,
endurance, flexibility and body composition.
Exercise Therapy: A form of chiropractic treatment used to help manage pain,
rehabilitate damaged soft tissues, such as muscles, ligament, and tendons, and
restore normal range of motion and function.
Extensor Muscles: Muscles that cause your joints to straighten, such as the back
and gluteus muscles that help keep your back straight.
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