Contraindications and precautions to cryotherapy

Question 1

Name 4 contraindications to cryotherapy

Answer 1

Eye application, local circulatory insufficiency, hypersensitivity to the cold and Raynaud’s phenomena

Question 2

Name 3 precautions to cryotherapy

Answer 2

Metal implants, high blood pressure, the elderly

Question 3

Explain the contraindication to eye application

Answer 3

The skin around the eye is very sensitive and thin so is more susceptible to getting ice burns

Question 4

Explain the contraindication to local circulatory insufficiency

Answer 4

If an area has poor circulation, applying ice to the area is only going to make it worse as it causes vasoconstriction, therefore, it must not be used as it can cause complete loss of circulation.

Question 5

Explain the contraindication to hypersensivity to the cold

Answer 5

e.g. hives where there will be a rash that appears when the skin is reheated which will cause it to become itchy

Question 6

Explain the contraindication to Raynauds

Answer 6

this disease cause the patient to have reduced circulation

Question 7

Explain the precaution to metal implants

Answer 7

can damage them?….

Question 8

Explain the precaution to high blood pressure

Answer 8

vasoconstriction can cause blood pressure to rise even more

Question 9

Explain the precaution to the elderly

Answer 9

decreasing efficiency with vasoconstriction therefore they are not as good at conserving heat energy