treatment methods heat therapy

Question 1

What is heat therapy?

Answer 1

use of heat to help and increase injury repair and rehabilation and decrease muscle tension

Question 2

What are the types of heat therapy?

Answer 2

Heat packs, creams, rubs, towels immersion, showers

Question 3

What are the benfits of heat therapy?

Answer 3

Increases vasodilation of injuried tisue blood vessels which increases blood flow to injury
aids and increases healing nutrients
increases healing time and removal of damaged tissues
decreased muscle tension
incrteases pain relief

Question 4

When is heat therapy used?

Answer 4

Primarily for chronic injuries not acute,
during late, functional and rehbilation stages of injury as just after injury it is ice to reduce swelling
combined with streching to increase tissue temperature
prior to exercise to support warm up and increase muscle temperature/range of motin

Question 5

What are the risks?

Answer 5

Not to be used after event- in acute stage

increases blood flow to q which increasings swelling/ burns

Question 6

What is the heat wrap?

Answer 6

15/20 minute dependingupon the depth of tissue area

Question 7

What is the heat rubs/creams

Answer 7

heat spray