Physical Therapies Flashcards
T/F - you legally require a ‘permission to treat’ to have physio on pets?
True
Why do we refer for physio?
- Lak of mov and function
- First line tx for ortho and neuro conditions e/g/ OA
- When surgical or medical management not appropriate
- When surgical intervention is required but there is limb disuse, atrophy or loss of function
Responses to injury?
- Return to pre-injury functuon not automatic
- Left unattended the neuromuscular changes will lead to biomechanical alteractions and unwanted forces on the injured tissues - >long term can lead to a degenrative process
Assessmen does an assessment includE?
- Identifying source
- Assess integrituy of involved tissues and structures
- to determine the patients ability to perform ADL
What subjective measures to assess?
- Age
Past medical hsitory - MEdication
- Aggravating and easing factors
- Functional compromise
- Past and present activity levels
What objective measures to assess?
- Gait
- Transfers
- Posture
- Stairs
- ROM - acitve
- ROm passive
Neuro testing
What does a rehab plan look like?
What different tx modalities do we have ?
- Manual therapies
- Electrotherapy
- Exercise therapy
Describe manual therapies
- Passive mobilisations
- Soft tissue stretches
- Accessory mobilisation
- Trigger points
Benefits of Passive ROM (PROM)
- Reduces risk of contractures
- Maintenace of muscle elasticity
- Inc synovial fluid production
- Maintaining joint ROM
What electrotherapy options are there?
- Laser
- Neuromuscular stimulation
- Ice therapy
Describe Muscle Stimulation
Muscle fibre metabolism stimulation is
frequency specific.
Voluntary contractions recruit small, slow
twitch, oxidative, type 1 muscle fibres
first.
Muscle stimulated contractions recruit
large, fast twitch, glycolytic, type II
muscle fibres first.
What Contraindications to muscle stimulation
- Impaired sensation
- Infection
- Malignancy
- thrombotic detachment
- Joint damage
When is muscle stim most beneficial?
When used in conjunction with voluntary contractions
What does LASER stand for & what does it do?
(Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation)
- Light absorbed
- Chromophores absorb photons in mitochondria
- Light energy is transformed into biochemical energy