Apply biomechanics to improve techniques. This is an excerpt from Biomechanics of Sport and Exercise With Web Resource and MaxTRAQ 2D Educational Software Access, Third Edition by Peter McGinnis. The most common method for improving performance in many sports is to improve an athleteâs technique. This is highlighted here as one motivation for studying biomechanics, and it is probably what you thought of when asked how a biomechanist goes about trying to improve an athleteâs performance.
A ganglion cyst is a tumor or swelling on top of a joint or the covering of a tendon (tissue that connects muscle to bone). It looks like a sac of liquid (cyst). Inside the cyst is a thick, sticky, clear, colorless, jellylike material. Depending on the size, cysts may feel firm or spongy.
A â complex â or â complicated â breast cyst, refers to cysts that contain something besides clear fluid. Usually something harmless like old blood clot or debris in a cyst. OK, Iâm relaxing. Donât tell me to relax. They are on the upper end of the continuum of abnormalities that can sometimes happen to breast cysts. Simple breast cysts are fluid filled, and with a uniformly thin and smooth wall to their oval shape. A complex breast cyst, however, contains a good percentage of solid elements suspended within the fluid, and may also feature segmentation (septation) and some regions of the cyst wall that are â thicker â than others. Simple cysts are supposed to have thin walls and contain only clear fluid.