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THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTIONS FOR PATIENT SPECIFIC PROBLEMS

TAMILVANAN MANI

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION PATIENT PROBLEM
PAIN INFLAMMATION/EDEMA POSTURAL ABNORMALITIES GAIT ABNORMALITIES ALTERED FUNCTIONAL BIOMECHANICS DECREASED AROM & PROM

DECREASED MUSCULAR FLEXIBILITY


DECREASED JOINT MOBILITY/JOINT PLAY DECREASED MUSCULAR STRENGTH/ATROPHY EXCESSIVE JOINT LAXITY / HYPERMOBILITY TRUE LIMB LENGTH DISCREPANCY APPARENT LEG-LENGTH DISCREPENCY

THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

INTRODUCTION

ONCE THE PATIENT S GOALS IS FORMULATED FROM THE PROBLEM LIST,DEVELOPING THE TREATMENT PLAN BECOMES EASY. THE FOLLOWING TABLES SUMMARIZES THE VARIOUS TRETAMENT APPLICATIONS USED TO ADDRESS SPECIFIC PATIENT PROBLEMS. SELECTION OF EACH OF THESE PROCEDURES IS DEPENDS ON THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF EACH PROBLEM.

PATIENT PROBLEM PAIN IT SERVES AS A WARNING TO PROTECT THE BODY FROM DAMAGE.

THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES IMMOBILIZATIONS/REST MODIFICATIONS OF ACTIVITY GRADE I & II JOINTBOBILIZATION

INFLAMMATION/EDEMA the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants.[1] The classical signs of acute inflammation are pain, heat, redness, swelling, and loss of function. Inflammation is a protective attempt by the organism to remove the injurious stimuli and to initiate the healing process.

THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES COMPRESSION ELEVATION AROM WITH LIMB ELEVATED

EDEMA an abnormal accumulation of fluid

Maitland

5 grades of movement
Grade I - small amplitude, beginning ROM Grade II large amplitude, tissue resistance

Grade III large amplitude, pathological limit


Grade IV small amplitude, end ROM Grade V - manipulation

PATIENT PROBLEM POSTURAL ABNORMALITIES KYPOSIS-over curvature of the thoracic vertebrae.

THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES

PATIENT EDUCATION BIOFEEDBACK STRETCHING SCOLIOSIS-curved from side to side STRENTHENING MUSCULAR ENDURANCE LORDOSISThe Normal Inward Curvature Of BRACING AND TAPING The Lumbar And Cervical Regions Of The Spine.[1]excessive Or Hyperlordosis Can Happen And This Is Commonly Referred To As Swayback Or Saddle Back,

GAIT ABNORMALITIES

FOOT ORTHOSES TAPING FOOTWEAR MODIFICATIONS STRETCHING STRENGTHENING

PATIENT PROBLEM ALTERED FUNCTIONAL BIOMECHANICS

THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES PATIENT EDUCATION MODIFICATION OF ACTIVITY EQUIPMENT MODIFICATION BIOFEEDBACK STRETCHING STRENTHENING THERMOTHERAPY MODALITIES RANGE OF MOTION STRTCHING JOINT MOBILIZATION NEUROMUSCULAR STIMULATION AROM/AAROM STRENGTHENING MUSCULAR ENDURANCE

DECREASED AROM & PROM

PATIENT PROBLEM DECREASED MUSCULAR FLEXIBILITY

THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES THERMOTHERAPY MODALITIES STRETCHING

DECREASED JOINT MOBILITY/JOINT PLAY

THERMOTHERAPY MODALITIES ROM STRETCHING JOINT MOBILIZATION

DECREASED MUSCULAR STRENGTH/ATROPHY

NMS AAROM / AROM STRETCHING MUSCULAR ENDURANCE

PATIENT PROBLEM EXCESSIVE JOINT LAXITY / HYPERMOBILITY

THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES IMMOBILIZATION BRACING TAPING MUSCULAR STRENGTHENING

TRUE LIMB LENGTH DISCREPANCY

HEEL LIFT FOOT ORTHOSIS FOOTWEAR MODIFICATIONS

APPARENT LEG-LENGTH DISCREPENCY

STRETCHING STRENGTHENING GRADE III & IV MOBILIZATIONS

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