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.
cysts within the thyroid gland, or other organs such as the liver, kidneys, pancreas, testes, and ovaries; dermoid cysts, benign tumors that contain a mix of tissue types; Baker cyst (popliteal cyst) behind the knee; ganglion cysts of the joints and tendons; Bartholin cysts, which occur in the small glands that lubricate the vagina; pilonidal cysts, cysts that occur on the skin near the cleft of the buttocks; cysts that occur in the skin as part of acne (cystic acne); cysts of the glands within the eyelid, termed chalazions;