Physiological Therapeutic Mechanisms of Osteopathic Treatment

Question 1

Acute Pain

Answer 1

pain lasts no more than 3-6 months that resolve within its normal healing time.

Question 2

Nociceptive pain

Answer 2

that arises from actual or threatened damage to non-neural tissue and is due to the activation of nociceptors

Question 3

Neuropathic Pain

Answer 3

pain caused by a lesion or disease of somatosensory nervous system

Question 4

Chronic/Persistent

Answer 4

is pain/persits longer than 3months- 6months

Question 5

Bottom Up Influences Biological

Answer 5

Neurological: Central sensitization, amplification due to threat perception, Sympathetic arousal

Tissues Factors:
Injury & Inflammation
Lack of extensibility
Postural Strain

Question 6

Pain

Answer 6

unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage

Question 7

Key Therapeutic Mechanisms

Answer 7

Decrease in Pain
Promote Mobility and Movement
Support tissue healing and collagen remodelling
Promote Fluid Damage

Question 8

Decrease Pain which is…

Answer 8

via bottom up process which relates to mechanical stimulus from manual therapy may inhibit the nociceptive input to the dorsal horn

Question 9

Promote Mobility and Movement which is..

Answer 9

joint cavitation, popping or clicking which is High Velocity- low amplitude techniques allow joint to separate.
Stretch of joint and capsular ligament and stretching the mm

Question 10

Support tissue healing and collagen remodelling which is..

Answer 10

imrpoves mobility by breaking collagen crosslinks and connective tissue adhesions
Promote mechanotransduction in connectvie tissue, alter gene expression in fibroblasts.
Convert these mechnial signals into cellular biological events such as gene expression that promote growth and repair