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Contraindications for Massage

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  1. Severe Distress
  2. Systemic Edema
  3. Acute Conditions
  4. Over recent surgery
  5. Increased circulation is not desired
  6. Contagious skin conditions
  7. Over foreign bodies or sharp bony prominences
  8. Over areas of active bone growth
  9. Over areas of decreased sensation
  10. Tuberculosis
  11. Over pregnant abdomen
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Paraffin Bath contraindications

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  1. Severe Cardiac disease
  2. Over malignacy
  3. Sepsis
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Intermittent Compression Contraindications

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  1. Thrombophlebitis
  2. Cellulitis
  3. Severe Congestive heart failure
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Electrotherapy Precautions

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  1. Check equipment
  2. Change intensities slowly
  3. Always turn down intensity before changing parameters
  4. Avoid concentrations of current (skin cuts, creases in electrodes, poor contact)
  5. Avoid dispersal of current
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Vapocoolant Sprays Precautions

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  1. Do not spray near face, open wounds, or abraded skin
  2. use care with poor circulation or insensitive skin
  3. do not freeze the skin
  4. vapocoolants are for external use only.
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Pool Therapy Precautions

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  1. Multiple Sclerosis
  2. Possible infection sites
  3. Orthostatic hypotension
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Contrast Baths Contraindications

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  1. Cardiovascular problems
  2. Peripheral vascular disease
  3. Tendency toward hemorrhage
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Precautions of Message

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  1. Hematomas
  2. Non-union fractures
  3. Herniated Disks
  4. Debilitated patients
  5. Malignancies
  6. Conditions w/ colagen weakening
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Ultrasound Contraindications

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  1. Where heat is not indicated
  2. Hemophiliac patients
  3. Over DVT
  4. Over neoplasm
  5. Over the pregnant uterus
  6. Over the eyes
  7. Over the heart
  8. Near a pacemaker
  9. Over growth plates
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Hot packs precautions

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  1. Insensitive patient
  2. Spinal cord injury
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Spinal Traction Contraindications

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  1. Structural fault due to tumor or infection
  2. Of cervical spine in patients with vascular compromise of vertebral artery
  3. Where movement is contraindicated (fracture)
  4. Of cervical spine in patients with RA
  5. Of cervical spine in patient with a major neck injury
  6. Until fracture of the odontoid process has been ruled out.
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Cryotherapy Contraindications

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  1. Severe coronary artery disease
  2. Severe hypertension
  3. Rheumatoid conditions
  4. Patients with cold hypersensitivity
  5. Vasospastic Disorders
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Contrast Baths Precautions

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Loss of sensation

Pregnancy

Hypersensitivity to temperature

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Ultrasound Precautions

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  1. Over healing fracture
  2. Over the spinal cord
  3. Over metal implants
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Paraffin Bath Precautions

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  1. Insensitive patient
  2. spinal cord injury
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Electrotherapy Contraindications

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  1. Cardiac Pacemaker
  2. Cardiac Arrythmia
  3. Over the Carotid Artery
  4. Hypersensitive patients
  5. Pregnancy
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Hydrotherapy Contraindications

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  1. Severe Cardiac disease
  2. Over malignacy
  3. Sepsis
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Cryotherapy Precautions

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  1. Paralyzed patients
  2. Coma patients
  3. Any coldon skin > 1 hour
  4. Ice over superficial nerves
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Hydrotherapy Precautions

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  1. Insensitive patient
  2. Spinal cord injury
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Spinal Traction Precautions

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  1. Acute strains
  2. Pregnancy
  3. Osteoporosis
  4. Hiatal hernia w/ pelvic traction
  5. Claustrophobic patients
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Laser Contraindications

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  1. Do not treat tumors or cancerous lesions
  2. Pregnancy is a precaution for legal reasons
  3. Dont apply over the thyriod due to selective uptake of energy by iodine
  4. Do not treat bacterial infections
  5. Do not treat patients who are on immunosuppressant drugs
  6. Do not continue treatment if the patient feels pain or weakness
  7. Do not treat patients who are taking medications who warn to avoid bright sunlight
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Pool Therapy Contraindications

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  1. Open wounds
  2. Incontinence
  3. Patients with isolation precautions
  4. Uncontrolled Seizures
  5. Severe Cardiac disease
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Laser Precautions

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  1. Do not look at the beam or allow patients to do so.
  2. Have a “danger laser” sign
  3. Turn the laser off before removing it from the skin
  4. The PT and patient should wear protective safety goggles
  5. Do not treat until 2 weeks after steriod injection \
  6. Be careful over tattoos as dyes may absorb light and become hot
  7. Use care with children due to sensitive skin.
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Vapocoolant Sprays Contraindications

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  1. Hypersensitivity to 11133, pentafloropropane, 1112 tetraethane
  2. Diabetes
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Hot Packs Contraindications

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  1. Severe cardiac disease
  2. Over malignacy
  3. Sepsis
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Contraindications of Friction Massage

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  1. Acute inflammation
  2. Hematoma
  3. Conditions that increase bleeding (hemophilia, patients on anti-coagulants, steriods)
  4. Open skin

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