PHTY207 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Manual Therapy, Physical Therapy, Bleeding
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Clinical reasoning in the management and treatment of acute conditions of the elbow. Stretches: massage, motor control (local/global, education, posture, ergonomics, activity modification, correction of technique, condition-specific management of elbow conditions, dislocations, high among 10-30 year olds, moi - foosh, complications. Seen in a musculoskeletal trauma: chronic posterolateral instability, nurse(cid:373)aid"s el(cid:271)ow, dislocation of the radio-ulnar joint from being pulled by the hand or wrist in a pronated position, treatment. Sling/ brace use: reduction +/- surgical stabilisation, orthopod directives regarding rehab, rom 7-10 days after reduction, active mobilisation - mwm, passive mobilisation techniques (not in first 4 weeks, pnf techniques - contract-relax, hold-relax, re-educate motor control strategies. Stretches (not first 4 weeks: associated injuries, avulsion of either medial or lateral epicondyle, coronoid and radial head fractures, osteochondral lesions particularly the capitulum, and ulnar styloid fractures. Injuries at other sites including shoulder, distal radius: medial epicondyle fracture.
