Cold compression therapy

EBP Research Project: Game Ready® Cold Therapy Compression System Kristen Nielson ATR 457 – Modalities Due: 11/18/2014   Table of Contents Game Ready® Cold Therapy Compression System 3 Physiological Effects 4 Setup 6 Parameters for Application 6 Indications 7 Contraindications 7 Precautions 8 References 10   Game Ready® Cold Therapy Compression System Game Ready® is a modality system that employs the ice and compression components of RICE (Rest-Ice-Compression-Elevation) treatment techniques for

“soft and mushy”; the injury can be deceiving because the range of motion and testing will be less painful due to the ligament not being intact. All degrees of an ankle sprain should be treated with the acronym RICE, which stands for: rest, ice, compression, and elevation. The athlete should take a break from the activity in which the injury occurred and ice the injury for 20 minutes every hour while wearing a brace on the affected ankle and keeping the ankle elevated above the heart to reduce swelling

Furthermore, Imani Boyette is the twenty-two-year-old woman who is the center for the Women National Basketball Association’s Atlanta Dream (Gleeson & Brady, 2017). The first time Boyette tried to commit suicide three times, but she first attempted suicide at the age of ten (Gleeson & Brady, 2017). “She suffers from clinically diagnosed severe depression that she attributes to a combination of circumstance (she was raped as a child by a family member) and happenstance (her biological makeup)” (Gleeson

in physical therapy along with a home exercise program. He reports he take 600mg Motrin 3 times per day, and use the cold compression device along with the TENS unit to help with pain. He is sleeping in a bed. Dr. Morse reminds him that he had a very large tear, that 2 of the four muscles were torn away. This is going to make his recovery process slower. Dr. Morse was happy with his progress. He said it would take a full year of healing to regain full strength. Physical therapy will continue

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Immediate treatment is usually an adjunctive therapy of NSAID's and Cold compression therapy. Controlling the inflammation is critical to the healing process. Cold compression therapy acts to reduce swelling and pain by reducing leukocyte extravasation into the injured area. NSAID's such as Ibuprofen/paracetamol work to reduce the immediate inflammation by inhibiting

usually set in about six to twelve hours after exercise and increase as time progresses until the peak is reached which is at forty-eight to seventy two hours (Valle, 2013). During the course of the study, male soccer players were used and wore a compression garment over their thigh, leaving the other unprotected in order to act as a control. Athletes performed a submaximal test on a treadmill for three minutes at eight kilometers per hour and at a three percent positive slope. They measure heart

chiropractor does is examine your entire spine to fully assess your pain. He or she will also look at your medical history and your body mechanics to come up with a plan for treatment. Here are some of the treatment options that might be suitable. Compression Relief With Wedges A herniated disc causes pain because the disc presses against a nerve in your spine. This is called compressing the nerve, and one treatment for it is decompression.

Cryotherapy is the use of extreme cold in surgery or other medical treatments. Cryotherapy unlike other methods of treatment works in a very specific way in order to stimulate the brain. First a person is put in to The Cryo-sauna, this is a simple shower like machine that uses the gas form of liquid nitrogen to lower the client 's skin surface temperature by 30-50 degrees Fahrenheit over a period of two-three minutes. The chamber is then cooled using liquid nitrogen but clients are not in direct

As a second intervention align with the IV paracetamol, a cold gel pack was also applied to the skin surrounding the surgical site for 10 to 15 minutes, 4 times on shift (Adie, Kwan, Naylor, Harris & Mittal, 2012). Cryotherapy or cold therapy is commonly used to improve post-operative pain, and reduce the duration of recovery following surgery (Adie et al., 2012). There are several ways to apply cryotherapy to the affected area, including a bag of ice, gel pack or specialised devices that can deliver