basis of rehab Flashcards
Rehabilitate the injury consists
Knowledge of injury
Evaluation
Examination
Healing process
List 5 signs of inflammation
Edema Pain Function Redness Heat
Phase of healing
Hemostasis
Inflammation
Proliferation
Remodeling
Hemostasis
Inflammation
Proliferation
Remodeling
Hemostasis phase alongside treatment modalities
RICE
POLICE
Inflammation phase alongside treatment modalities
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Proliferation phase alongside treatment modalities
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isometric exercises
Remodeling phase alongside treatment modalities
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Providing a comprehensive rehabilitation program for an injured patient starts with
Patient assessment
Treatment selection
Implementation
Functional exercises and return to play
When rehabilitating an injured patient, AT, coach, and physician must take the time to
explain and inform the patient’s parents about the course of injury rehab process.
Exercise intensity in rehab
It will gradually adapt over time. During rehab, the stresses of reconditioning exercises must not be so great as to exacerbate the injury before the injured structure has had a chance to adapt specifically to the increased demands.
Engaging in exercise that is too intense or too prolonged can be detrimental
If baseball player recently underwent surgery for a few tears in shoulder region and wanted to know why he cannot start throwing right away. What’s your reason for why he must progress slowly?
Swelling and limited ROM. All starts with early exercise in short bouts that are repeated several times daily. It begins with local modalities to re-educate muscle and extensibility of collagen fibers. Understanding the healing process is the key. Primary goal is to minimize edema and improve ROM.
Massage: safety concerns
Bruising
Soreness
Traction is designated for what use
Decreased back and neck pain
Stretch connective tissue
establishing short goals in a rehab program in the following steps
- Providing correct immediate first aid and management following injury to limit or control swelling
- Reducing or minimizing pain
- Establishing core stability
- Reestablishing neuromuscular control
- Improving postural stability and balance
- Restoring full ROM
- Restoring or increasing muscular strength, endurance, and power
- Maintaining cardiorespiratory fitness
- Incorporating appropriate functional progression
Establishing long term goals in rehab program
Return athlete to practice or competition as quickly and safely as possible