HEAL1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lumbar Vertebrae, Intervertebral Disc, Manual Therapy

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3 Aug 2018
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Any activity requiring the use of force exerted by a person to: lift, lower, pull, push or carry any object, move, hold or restrain a person, animal or thing, requires repetitive, forceful, constrained or awkward postures. A specific form of manual handling to: change a patient"s posture (reposition from side lying to supine for pa, transfer the patient from one position to another (from plinth to mat, facilitate treatment (moving patients limbs for therapy) In physiotherapy: position patient for treatment, change patients position for: comfort, stop deformities, stop pressure sore, improve cv, rehabilitation of mobility tasks, handling patients limbs. Work related musculoskeletal disorders (wrms) (most occur to lumbar spine) Joint injuries: muscular strains, ligament sprains, nerve compression/damage. How these occur: gradual wear and tear, direct trauma from unexpected events. Risk control process: hazard identification (puzzle on floor, risk assessment (someone could slip, risk-decide in appropriate control measure:

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