Contraindications to Joint Mobs Flashcards
1
Q
Osteoporosis
A
Bones are fragile and could be broken when placed under a lot of pressure
2
Q
Hypermobility
A
Joints could become painful or dislocated if they are moved around too much
3
Q
Inflammatory arthritis
A
moving the joint around excessively to its end of range etc can cause a flare up
4
Q
TB
A
could cause it to spread and infect
5
Q
Malignancy
A
could cause the cancer to spread
6
Q
recent bone #
A
bone is not stable and strong enough to withstand high pressures
7
Q
Ligament rupture
A
ligament is not totally healed so could cause further damage if under stress
8
Q
deformities
A
bone not proper shape and could be damaged
9
Q
name all the contraindications
A
osteoprosis, hypermobility, inflammatory arthritis, tb, malignancy, recent bone#, ligamentous rupture, deformities
