[Soft tissue rheumatism. Frequent disease picture in the framework of non-systemic inflammatory soft tissue...

The term nonarticular rheumatism covers a hetereogeneous group of diseases affecting the fatty tissue, periarticular tissue and muscles that often also appears, combined, in the form of peri-arthropathies. Without a doubt, the greatest importance attaches to the tendomyoses, which are characterized by spontaneous pain, in particular tenderness to touch, that appears at classical localisations. The most common causes are misalignment, microtrauma, overstraining, and occasionally internistic diseases. In many cases, the genesis is multifactorial, psychological factors also being involved. With respect to therapy, once noxae have been excluded, a range of predominantly physical and drug treatments are available, depending upon the acute nature of the disorder.