Legal/Modalities Flashcards

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1
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The state of being legally responsible for harm one causes another

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Liability

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The failure to use ordinary or reasonable care

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Negligence

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Assumes that an individual is a person of reasonable and ordinary prudence

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Standard of reasonable care

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A requirement to act towards other and the public with watchfulness, attention, caution and prudence

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Duty of care

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A legal wrong

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Tort

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When an individual fails to perform a legal duty

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Nonfeasance/omission

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When an individual commits and act that is not legally his to perform

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Malfeasance/commission

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When an individual improperly does something he or she has the legal right to do

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Misfeasance

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9
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A specific length of time to sue for damages from negligence

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Statue of limitation

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10
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The individual through expressed or implied agreement assumes that some risk or danger will be involved in the particular undertaking

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Assumption of risk

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Provides limited protection to someone who chooses to provide first aid

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Good Samaritan law

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12
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Costs of health care are monitored closely by insurance carriers

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Managed care

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13
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A contract between the insurance company and policy holder

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Medical insurance

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HMO

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Health maintenance organization

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PPO

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Preferred provider organization

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Heat is transferred from one warmer object to a cooler one

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Conduction

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17
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Heating indirectly through another medium such as air or liquid

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Convection

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18
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Heat transferred through space

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Radiation

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19
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Heating through other forms of energy

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Conversion

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20
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Application of heat to treat traumatic injury

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Thermotherapy

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21
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Inadequate blood supply to a part of the body

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Ischemia

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22
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Application of cold for first aid of a trauma

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Cryotherapy

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23
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Combines cryotherapy and exercise

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Cryokinetics

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24
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CAATE

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Commission on accreditation of athletic training education

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BOC

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Board of certification

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NATA

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National athletic trainers association

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27
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The act of coaching or teaching

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Training

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28
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A field concerned with athlete health and safety

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Athletic training

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29
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Someone who functions in coaching or teaching

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Trainer

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30
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Specialist in athletic training

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Certified athletic trainer

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31
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Greatest athletic trainer; father of sports medicine

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Herodicus of Megara

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32
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Father of western medicine

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Hippocrates

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33
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Recommended strict diet, constant physical activity and regular training to maintain health

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Herodicus of Megara

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34
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When was the first olympics

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776 BC

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35
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When did athletic trainers start to work at the college level

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1916

36
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Who wrote The Trainers Bible?

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Dr. S.E. Bilik in 1917

37
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Published the First Aid in 1932

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Cramer family

38
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When did NATA first try to form

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1938-1944 (it failed because of WWII)

39
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Played an important role in the education of student athletic trainers

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Cramer family

40
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When did athletic trainers get organized

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1950

41
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When did ATs have to get certified

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1970

42
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Title IX (no discrimination against sex for education) was established in

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1972

43
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When was entry level masters degree required?

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2019

44
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Five performance domains

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  1. Prevention
  2. Recognition/Evaluation
  3. Rehabilitation
  4. Health Care Administration
  5. Development and responsibility
45
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How do you make the environment as safe as possible for the athlete?

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Pre-participation physical exams 
Ensuring appropriate training and condition 
Monitoring environmental conditions 
Protective equipment 
Educate parents, coaches, and athletes
46
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How do you evaluate an athletic injury

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Obtain a brief history
Observe
Palpate
ROM check
Muscle strength check
Joint stability test 
Brief neurological exam
47
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What happens in rehab and reconditioning?

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Designing and supervising rehab programs

48
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What happens in health care administration

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Record keeping (physicals, injury reports, etc)
Ordering equipment/supplies
Supervising assistants
Establishing polices for operation of AT program

49
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Professional development and responsibility

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Continuing education (every 2 yrs)
Profesional journal
Educating SATs and public

50
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How do you reduce the risk of litigation

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Preparation for the activity
Conduct the activity
Records management
Injury management

51
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What four things must be founds to be negligent

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They had a duty to exercise reasonable care
They breached that duty by failing to use reasonable care
They made the injury worse
There is a connection between the failure and the injury suffered

52
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How to protect yourself

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Assumption of risk
Build healthy relationships 
Liability insurance 
Continuing education 
Follow Dr orders and recommendations 
Document 
Confidentiality
Adequate supervision
Emergency action plan
53
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Potential hazards

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Failure to provide competent personnel 
Failure to provide instruction 
Failure to provide proper equipment 
Failure to warn 
Improper treatment 
Failure to supervise
54
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A physical technique or substance administered to produce a therapeutic or pain free affect

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Modality

55
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Physiological effects of cryotherapy

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  1. Muscle spasm decrease
  2. Pain reception decrease
  3. Blood flow decrease up to 10-15 minutes
  4. Decrease inflammation
  5. Minimized secondary tissue damage
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Stage 1 cryotherapy

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0-3 minutes, cold sensation

57
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Stage 2 cryotherapy

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2-7 minutes, mild burning/aching

58
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Stage 3 cryotherapy

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5-12 minutes, anesthesia

59
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Adverse conditions to cryotherapy

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Hypothermia
Frostbite
Cold allergies
Rayunad’s disease

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Contradictions for cryotherapy

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Lack of normal temperature sense
Cold hypersensitivity
Raynaud’s disease
Coronary artery disease

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Ice massage equipment

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Towel, ice cup

62
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Ice massage indications

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Use for small area, tendons, muscle belly, shins

63
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Ice massage application

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Rub in overlapping circles. 5-10 minutes or until numb

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Ice massage considerations

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Comfort of athlete

65
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Ice immersion equipment

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Ice bucket or whirlpool, temp at 50-60

66
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Ice immersion, CWP indications

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Preferred for all around cooling

67
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Ice immersion, CWP application

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Immersion in water until numb, can use with cryokinetics

68
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Ice immersion, CWP considerations

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Frostbite, allow ample time to reheat

69
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Ice pack equipment

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Chemical packs, bags, crushed ice

70
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Ice pack indications

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Numbness, follow up movement patterns

71
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Ice pack applications

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Wrapped on injured body part, elevate 15-20 minutes

72
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Ice pack considerations

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Do not put chemical ice packs directly on skin

73
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Physiological effects of thermotherapy

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Decrease muscle spasms
Decrease pain perception
Increase blow flow 
Increase metabolic rate 
Increase elastic rate
Increase collagen elasticity 
Decrease joint stiffness
74
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Therapeutic effects of thermotherapy

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Decrease pain

Increase soft tissue

75
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Adverse conditions to thermotherapy

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Burns

Open wounds

76
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Contraindications of thermotherapy

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Loss of sensations
Immediately after injury 
Impaired circulation 
Directly to the eyes
During acute inflammation
77
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Moist heat pack equipment

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Hydrocullator packs, 160 degrees. Retain heat for about 20-30 minutes. Terry cloth or towel

78
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Moist heat pack indications

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Warms and relax, reduction for spasm. Superficial only

79
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Moist heat pack application

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Remove pack from water, cover, treat

80
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Moist heat pack considerations

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Never let athlete sit or lay on heat pack

81
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Warm whirlpool equipment

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98-110 F heat 10-20 minutes

82
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Warm whirlpool indications

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Convection, reduce swelling spasms and pain

83
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Warm whirlpool application

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Fill tank, put extremity in and heat

84
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Warm whirlpool considerations

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Light headedness, electrical outlets, cleanliness

85
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Cryokinetics steps

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Numb the part to pain free 
Work towards regaining ROM (3-7 minutes)
Ice until numb 
Exercise 3-7 minutes or until they feel pain
Ice 3-5 minutes 
Repeat 5 times