Management Approaches of Muscle Injury (S1) Flashcards
What are the 2 main approaches to diagnosis of muscle injury?
- Patient history (data) subjective assessment
- Objective assessment -> clinical assessment + findings
What factors does managing a person’s muscle injury depend on?
- Classification and severity
- Stages of muscle healing
- Holistic care
What does RICE stand for?
- Rest
- Ice
- Compression
- Elevation
What are complementary therapies?
Complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) are treatments that fall outside of mainstream healthcare.
These medicines and treatments range from acupuncture and homeopathy, to aromatherapy, meditation and colonic irrigation.
What is the difference between complementary and alternative therapies?
Alternative implies the process of excluding one thing to favour another
Complementary implies coexistence or enhancement and two things complementing each other’s deficiencies.
What is cupping therapy and what is it used for?
Ancient method of treatment, aimed to remove blood that is potentially harmful to the body system leading to an improvement in well-being.
Used for blood diseases, sterility/impotency, arthirits, back pain, stress/anxiety etc.
What is yoga?
Practise of physical and spiritual exercise and a healthful lifestyle in order to elad to enlightenment through self-discipline.
Aims to teat illnesses by improving health on all levels simultaneous and by restoring inner harmony.
Relaxes and tones muscles and calms your mind
What is yoga used for?
Relieving conditions caused by lifestyle and attitudes rather than physiologcal conditions - stress, addiction, etc.
What is aromatherapy?
Relies on body’s absorption of essential oils of plants and flowers, which penetrate via nasal passages and skin and end up in body’s circulation, organs and tissues.
What must be done to the essential oils in aromatherapy before application to the skin?
They need to be diluted
What is osteopathy and chiropractic?
Methods of treatment of MSK problems, view body as a whole in which mechanical dysfunction is seen as influencing overall health.
They utilise various muscle energy techniques and aim to relax and release tight tendons, muscles and joints using a variety of manoeuvres in which tissues are stroked and manipulated.
What is the pattern of practise in osteopathy/chiropractic?
- Initial attention to soft tissue
- Position to activate particular muscle groups
- Release spasm/tension
- Manipulate joints, high velocity thrusts
- Further soft tissue work (eg. massage to prevent recurrence)
What is iridology?
Method of non-invasive diagnosis based on observation of the iris of the eye, which is believed to reflect the entire body.
Often used alongside homeopathy, herbalism and naturopathy.
How does iridology work?
- Iris is divded into concentric rings, reflecting organs of the body
- Can give info about strength/weakness/toxins/circulatory/lymph
- Torch and magnifying glass used
- Abnormal signs = unnatural colouring, dark spots, spokes, holes, wisps and clouds, rings around iris
What is reflexology?
Based on principle that there are reflex points on the feet and hands, which correspond to each organ, gland and structure of the body.
Shares many principles with acupuncture, ancient therapy also.
When is reflexology helpful in practice?
Valuable in aiding recovery after illness/operations/fractures as it co-operates with body’s own healing processes to induce a state of balance and well-being.
When is reflexology contraindicatory?
With DVT, unstable pregnancy, fever/infection, inflammation of body systems
What is shiatsu?
Acts on subtle electro-magnetic energy of body (via meridians), maintaining physical body as well as mind/spirit.
Involves releasing said energy, by stretching, rubbing, exercises to open the meridians, client wears loose clothing (natural fibres).
What is Alexander technique?
Helps improve posture and enable body to work in more natural way. It is not a therapy, it aims to improve body/mind function in a ‘psychophysical re-education’.
Helps with back pain, high BP, resp disorders, ulcers/digestive disorders, exhaustion, headaches, depression.
What is colour therapy?
How imbalances in the body can be treated by application of colour. Used for mood modification and many circulatory and endocrine disorders.
Recommendations to wear certain colours or use them in home or work.
Why may complementary therapies be used in preference to conventional biomedical practise?
- Perceived as dealing with the whole person
- In sympathy with clients’ cultural preferences
- Concentrate on seeing why problems occur, preventing them rather than patching them up
