Radiate: Pain that seems to travel from one point in the musculature to another.which travels.
Radius: Forearm bone on the thumb side.
Raynaud’s phenomenon: Changes in skin color due to spasm of small blood vessels especially with exposure to cold.
Referred Pain: Pain felt in an undamaged area of body away from the actual injury.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Chronic, progressive disease in which inflammatory changes occur throughout the connective tissue of the body. Most characteristically the process attacks joints of the hands, feet, wrists, knees, hips, or shoulders.
Rotator Cuff: Comprised of four muscles in the shoulder area that can be irratated by overuse. The muscles are the supraspinatus (most commonly injured), infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis.
RSI: Repetitive stress injury that is caused by repetitive movement (causes Carpal Tunnel Syndrome when occurs at wrist/hand).
Rupture: Tearing apart of a tissue.
