Rehab Medicine Flashcards
Why is Rehab medicine important?
Alternative methods of pain management
Add value to practice
Increased quality of life for client pets
Rehabilitation Medicine
Encompasses a wide range of methods and modalities including physiotherapy, laser therapy, ultrasound, acupuncture, chiropractic, hydrotherapy
Physiotherapy
used after an inury or limitation on the animal to help recover full usage of the affected area, as well as to alleviate inflammation, pain, and scar tissue formation
What are Core strength exercises used in equine?
baited stretches
Passive range of movements
What are the goals of Hydrotherapy?
Water adds resistance without adding load on the joints
good for recovery from tendon issues
Indicated for post operative orthopaedic recovery as well because of buoyancy
Also indicated for obesity
What are the drawbacks of underwater treadmills?
EXPENSIVE
Maintenance
Electric usage
Massage Therapy
working with muscles to adjust adhesion, improve flexibility, reduce inflammation
Can assist with tension, stimulate blood flow, improve lymphatic drainage
Goniometer
used to measure increase or decrease in angle of a joint
Flexible Arch
Can measure muscle atrophy or asymmetry
Tens machine
Electrical stimulation of muscles
Allows passive contraction of muscles to prevent atrophy
Provides temporary analgesia via gate theory
Gate Theory
non-painful input closes the “gates” to painful input which prevents pain sensation from traveling too the central nervous system. Stimulation by non-noxious input is able to suppress pain.
Laser therapy
a non-invasive therapy that makes use of intense beams of light of specific wavelength to help reduce pain related to your injury
LASER
Light Amplification by Stimulation Emission of Radiation
Photobiomodulation
When the lights of specific wavelengths are targeted to a particular area of body, physiological changes take place in the cells.
What are the two common classes of Laser therapy?
Class IIIB and Class IV
Reduced Therapy Time
quicken the reproduction of cells and their growth
Safely treat pain
Influences and increases the metabolic activity of the cells
Effective for pain relief
reduced swelling from bruising or inflammation
Class IIIB Laser Therapy
can be held right up against the skin without risk of burning
Ultrasound
uses a form of acoustic energy waves. These waves act as a seep tissue heating agent and can penetrate as deep as 5 cm into underlying tissues without excessive heating of the skin
What disease benefit from Ultrasound?
decreased joint mobility muscle soreness and tightness calcium deposits hematomas arthritis tendon and ligament inflammation excessive scar tissue
What are the disadvantages of Ultrasound?
Labour intense
Need lots of ultrasound gel
excess fur can hinder penetration of the sound waves
Expensive
Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese medicine proven effective for treatment of pain of thousands of years
USes fine needles inserted under the skin along certain mapped points
Meridian lines
certain mapped points where fine needles are inserted under the skin
Chiropractic treatment
Treatment of joint dysfunction
restore joint flexibility, motion, and correct imbalances or “subluxations”
Kinesiotaping
provides stability and support to muscles, tendons, and joints without restricting mobility
