EHS 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Tongue Depressor, Spasm, Muscle Atrophy

• School: UMass Boston
• Department: Exercise and Health Science
• Course: EHS 240
• Professor: Ed Perkins

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Ice massage: paper cups with or without tongue depressor, small area, 5 to 10 minutes. Too much, too often, too soon, too little rest. After detailes history, adress training error, change loading pattern. Internal factors: malalignme(cid:374)t, (cid:373)us(cid:272)le st(cid:396)e(cid:374)gth, joi(cid:374)t (cid:373)o(cid:271)ilit(cid:455), age, weight, height et(cid:272) . E(cid:454)te(cid:396)(cid:374)al fa(cid:272)to(cid:396)s: i(cid:373)p(cid:396)ope(cid:396) t(cid:396)ai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, e(cid:395)uip(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, weathe(cid:396), su(cid:396)fa(cid:272)e, et(cid:272) . Stretch rehabilitation, exercise, practice, competition ice 20 minutes. As we transition from inflammatory to fibrolastic phase, we eill introduce heat. Follow prescription: heat- 20 minutes stretch rehabilitation, exercise, practice, competition ice 20 minutes. Contrast bath: cold whirlpool with hot whu=irlpool, 4 minute: 1 minute ratio, always end with cold whirlpool, aids in lymphatic drainage, sub acute and post acute stage. Whirlpools/ helpful tips: conduction and convection, decrease in swelling, spasm, and pain, never during acute stage, emptied and disinfected after every patient. Incorporate with stretch: avoid during acute stage.