Injuries Flashcards
What does a tissue experience under a physical load?
Deformation
What is elasticity? (Elastic region)
Capacity of a tissue to return to its original shape after removal of load
What happens at the elastic limit?
Plastic region begins
Tissue no longer possesses elastic properties
What happens at the plastic region?
Permanent tissue deformation (does not return to original shape)
Resulting in failure or injury (sprains)
What happens at the ultimate failure stage?
Macro- or complete failure (torn ligament)
Tissue becomes completely unresponsive to loads
What happens when Training Load = < elastic limit?
- Micro-failure leads to building new tissue
- Positive training effect
What happens when Training Load = > elastic limit
- Permanent failure
- Injury
5 types of forces acting on tissue
- Tension
- Compression
- Bending
- Shear
- Torsion
What is treatment?
- Received by patient from a health care professional
- Promotes healing
- Improves quality of injured tissues
- Allows quicker return to activity
What is Rehabilitation?
- Therapist’s restoration of injured tissues + patient’s participation
- Individualized for each person
What are the three healing process phases?
- Inflammatory response phase
- Fibroblastic repair phase
- Maturation-Remodelling phase
What is the Inflammatory response phase time?
2 - 4 days
What is the Fibroblastic Repair phase time?
Hours - 6 weeks
What is the Maturation Remodeling phase time?
3 weeks - years
When does the inflammatory response phase begin? (When does inflammation begin)
Begins at the time of injury
Signs of inflamation (inflammatory response phase)
RSPIL
- Redness
- Swelling
- Pain
- Increased Temperature
- Loss of function
What to do when signs of inflammation are shown?
PRCCE
- Protect
- Rest
- Cryotherapy
- Compression
- Elevation
What happens during the Fibroblastic Repair Phase?
- Repair and scar formation
- Granulation tissues fills the gap
- Collagen fibres are deposited by fibroblasts
- Signs seen in Phase 1 subside
What should you do during the Fibroblastic repair stage?
RMP
- Rehab-specific exercises (restore rom and strength)
- Manual massage therapy and ultrasound (help break down scar tissue)
- Protective taping and bracing