Lecture 5 (Hip interventions) COPY Flashcards
What should you tell someone w/ OA about their condition?
There is inflammation and irritation within your joint, but movement can help clear some of that inflammation and make you feel better
Does approximation or gaping help OA pts?
gaping (think hip traction)
What kind of exercise is best for OA pts and why?
Aerobic Exercise
Because were getting bloodflow to the area (= pain reduction)
Pt walks in w/ severe hip OA. Your first thought is to get them doing aerobic exercise to get the blood flowing. It is quickly obivous that this is not going to work. What is a less intense option we can do to get their blood flowing?
Aquatic EX (this off loads the joint, however you will want to eventually get them on land)
What is the best hip OA manual therapy intervention to do for pain management?
Traction / Distraction (gaping the joint to seperate the articulating cartilage)
If I want to do hip flexion what part of the joint should I mobilze towards?
Inferior glide mobilization (superior roll inferior slide)
If the patient is getting an inferior hip glide to improve flexion but is a pain dominant patient. What grade glide would I perform?
1 or 2
What muscles are proably most affected for a hip patient (3)
- NOTE: if were doing soft tissue work for a hip pt these are proably the ones you want to target (think ischemic release) (think trigger point release)
Iliopsoas
Piriformis
Glute Med / TFL
KNOW: Some pain management techquies we could use for pain maangement for OA are things like heat / estem / cold (normally pt directed)
KNOW: Exercise is the strongest intervention for OA
NOTE: we also need to work on ROM so that we can strengthen in a full ROM
Also make the EX functional or they wont want to do it - you need to make this EX specififc to your pts
Whats the easiest way to find a functional EX for the pt?
Ask them their goals. Figure out what they want to get out of PT - then make the EX around that
Research recommends how many sessions for hip OA pts?
12-14
We would also want to front load the first few weeks (do more then than later)
Which thermal modality effects pain - heat or cold?
Both!
Which modality affects inflammation - heat or cold?
Cold
KNOW: both exercise and manual help w/ short term pain of hip OA
In a pt w/ acute hip OA what modalities would we use? (4)
Would you use thes modaltities before or after therapy?
Heat
Ice
ultrasound (only on really superficial areas of the hip)
E-stem (overwhelming system so we don’t sense the pain)
It’s up to you to decided before vs after
When would we choose heat over ice (2)
If theres no inflammation
pt preference if theres no inflammation (ask them what feels better then we can get them exercising)
* I’m guessing you would typically lean toward heat before to get the blood flowing to that area and lean to ice after to calm it down.
When would we choose ice over heat?
If there inflammation involved
What areas work best w/ ultrasound?
very superficial areas
Why would you use ultrasound on someone w/ grater trochanteric pain syndrome but not w/ someone who has an acetabular issue?
Because greater trochanteric painsyndrome is very superficial
KNOW: Tell pts that we need to move OA around to lubricate the joints / get the blood flowing
What modalitites would you do w/ a chronic / subacute hip OA pt?
Hopefully none but if they’re needed its the same ones as acute
KNOW: Know the arthrokinematics for the hip when treating hip OA. he might phrase a questions about hip extension being messed up and I would need to pick which intervention to use
KNOW: most manual therapy for hip OA is those arthrokinemtaic movements + distract / traction. Lateral glides also do really well w/ lots of hip pts
Soft tissue work for these individuals is typically ischemic release (trigger point release) –> think pushing on iliopsoas / glute med / piriformis / TFL
KNOW: Lumbar manipulation might also help hip pain pts due to regional interdependence (especially for those pts that don’t want u messing w/ hip)
What muscles are most likely to be tight w/ hip OA?
Rec Fem / Iliopsoas (due to proably sitting a lot in that recliner because they don’t want to move)
Glute med / TFL
Piriformis
What test lets us differenitate iliopsoas vs rec fem tightness?
Thomas Test
What test would you use to check TFL tightness?
Ober test
What tests would I use to check hamstring tightness?
Straight leg raise / 90:90 test
If something is weak you ______
strengthen it
If something is tight you _______
Stetch it then straighten it
right hip is raised w/ trendelenburg. Which muscle is weak?
right glute med
What kind of exercise are we doing w/ acute hip OA pts? Why?
Proably doing mat style EX because weight bearing still hurts
KNOW: w/ hip OA i want to get them off that mat ASAP. We want to get them upright –> the hip is meant to be upright. When the hip is upright its muscle surrounding are going to be on and activiated (working on endurance) and will hypertrophy
KNOW: Cardio works gret w/ hip OA pts to get blood flowing and synovial fluid moving
How do we subjectly get a pt to tell us how difficult an EX was?
Ask “how challenging was that 1-10”
Get that RPE
If pain is high a pt, what kind of lifting would I do?
Isometric
Isometric is done for pain
KNOW: Isometrics are good for pain and begining of the session when you’re trying to wake up the muscle (and helps work on that musular indurance)
Test question: Hip OA conservative treatment is not working for out pt. What needs to be done?
Total Hip Arthroplasty
Is lots of PT required for THA?
Most people don’t typically need it
What is the #1 indication for total hip arthroplasty?
Advanced OA
KNOW: Lots of joint issues can lead to a THA
* Think OA, avascular necrosis, RA, traumatic arthritits (think jumping out of planes) / hip fractures / bone tumors / ankylosing spondyitis
* **NOTE: OA is by far the most common (has to be servre OA that is limiting quality of life) ** - and must have tried conservative rehab
KNOW: Pain w/ hip OA must be really extreme before surgery is indicated
* Serve pain daily
* Pain at rest several days a week
* Pain sit to stand several days a week
* Radiographic evidence of destruction of joint space
* No relief from non-operative interventions (think pT)
JUST BECAUSE IT HURTS SOMETIMES DOESNT MEAN YOU’RE RIGHT FOR SURGERY
KNOW: For a total hip replacement they replace the acetabulum rim and femoral head / shaft.
NOTE: In a partial hip replacement they only do one of those 2
What muscles is an anterior THA approach between?
between sartorius and rec fem and TFL and glut med/min