| Question |
Answer |
| Indications for Cryotherapy |
inflammation, edema, pain, spasticity, MS (symptom management), facilitation, cryokinetics & cryostretch |
| Precautions for Cryotherapy |
over a superficial main branch of a nerve, over open wound, hypertension, poor sensation and/or mentation, very young/old patients |
| Contraindications for Cryotherapy |
cold hyper-sensitivity/allergy, cold intolerance, cryoglobulinemia, paroxysmal cold cryoglobinuria, Reynaud's Disease or phenomenen, over a regenerating peripheral nerve, over an area with circulatory compromise or PVD |
| Adverse Effects of Cryotherapy |
Tissue death, frost bite, nerve damage, unwanted vasodilation |
| CP (cold pack): temperature for storage |
23 F |
| CP: treatment duration |
10-15 min. for pain, inflammation, edema;
30 min. for spasticity |
| Ice massage: treatment duration |
5-10 min. OR until analgesia |
| Ice massage: used for...;
3-5 second "Quick Icing": used for... |
control of local pain, inflammation, edema; impaired motor control |
| Vapocoolant Spray: used in conjunction with |
passive stretching
|
| Vapocoolant Spray: provides |
short duration of cooling to localized area |
| Vapocoolant Spray: treatment parameters |
1. identify trigger points
2. 2-5 sweeps in direction of m. fibers
|
| Vapocoolant Spray: distance held from skin & angle |
12-18 inches; 30 degree angle |
Ch.18 LTI-MA 509
