Inflammation and Thermotherapy

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This is based out of the text "Physical Agents in Rehabilitation" written by Michelle H. Cameron. 


 
  
Created Oct 24, 2010
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Discuss the physiology of tissue healing
 
Tissue healing occurs in three phases: the inflammation phase that prepares the wound for healing,...
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Analyze how the inflammatory response impacts soft tissue mobilization. 
 
The inflammatory response involves edema, pain, erythema, heat, and loss of function, making...
3
Describe the Inflammation Phase
 
Heat, Erythema, Pain, Edema, and loss of function occur, usually lasts from injury to 48-72...
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Describe the Proliferation Phase
 
Scar tissue continues to be laid out in a messy pattern to build up the structure of the tissue,...
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Describe the Maturation Phase
 
Reorganizing the scar tissue occurs, forming mature collagen and elastic fibers, becomes a...
6
What is unique about the healing process for skeletal muscle?
 
The skeletal muscle cannot regenerate itself, so it requires the use of satellite cells to...
7
What are the 5 stages of bone healing?
 
ImpactionInductionInflammationSoft CallusHard CallusRemodeling
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Discuss the vascular response within the inflammation stage of healing.
 
Vasoconstriction occurs of affected blood vessel, vasodilation occurs of unaffected blood vessels,...
9
Describe acute pain?
 
time limited because it mostly just lasts during the stimuli, is caused by muscle tone, intensity...
10
Describe chonic pain.
 
>3-6 months, starts as acute, continues even after stimuli, can be caused by inflammation,...
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Describe referred pain.
 
No time constraint, occurs in a different area from the stimuli, but can follow dermatomes,...
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What is Gate Control Theory?
 
A theory about pain that the body can protect itself by blocking the pain stimuli at the spinal...
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What is Endogenous Opioid System?
 
Focuses on the body's use of endorphins (opiopeptins), as a defense mechanism to activate a...
14
What to NSAIDS do?
 
NSAIDS like ibuprofen have an anti-inflammatory effect, helping to decrease pain sometimes...
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What do opioids do?
 
Opioids mimic the actions of endorphins, providing an analgesia, and blocking input from interneurons,...

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