Stabilizer Pressure Biofeedback Unit

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Dian. I’m a physical therapy student

currently studying in the Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy, or OMPT, course. Did you

knowHave you know that neck pain is the fourth most commonhigh disorder around the

world (Wang et al., 2016)? In this presentation, I’d like to describe one of the physical

therapy devices for supporting neck pain exercises called a stabilizer pressure biofeedback

unit. The purpose of my talk today is to introduce you to thisa beneficial tool that can be

useduse by yourself or as a home program if you are suffering from neck pain. I will cover

three things. First, I am going to talk a little background about what the stabilizer pressure

biofeedback unit is. Second, I will discuss the 5 main parts of the stabilizer pressure

biofeedback unit and their functions. Third, let’s look at how to use this devicestabilizer

pressure biofeedback properly. Feel free to ask me any questions at the end of my

presentation.

Let’s begin by a little background about the stabilizer pressure biofeedback unit.

StabilizerThe stabilizer pressure biofeedback unit is a simple device with awhich is the “gold

standard” for performing stabilization exercises designed by physiotherapists

(NeckSolutionsOrnstein, 2019). This device is used to control body movements, particularly

the movements of the spine. Moreover, it is also recommended to use because it can reduce

pain and enhance endurance of the cervical muscles effectively. AThe study from Iqbal et al.

in 2013 showed that adding stabilizer pressure biofeedback in deep neck muscle training

results a better reduction of pain and disability instead of conventional exercise alone.

Additionally, this kind of treatment can also improve a bad posture condition of the neck

known as a forward head posture (Alghadir & Iqbal., 2021). I have told you about what the

stabilizerStabilizer pressure biofeedback unit is.

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Now, we’ll move on to the parts of the stabilizer pressure biofeedback unit and theirits

functions. TheA stabilizer pressure biofeedback unit consists of 5 main parts: such as the

pillow stabilizer (pressure cell), tubehope, adjuster, analog pressure gauge, and the

squeezeinflation bulb. As you can see in thisthe picture, onin the right side, therethis is a

pillow that iswill be filled with air and placed on the back of neck. Its function is to stabilize

the neck during the exercise session. Next, on the top of the pillow, there is a long,

transparent tubeand long hope. The tube allows air to be pumped into the pillow. This

purposes to be the way of air when the pillow is being pumped. NextAttached to the

tubehope, there is a valvehope made of metaliron with a small adjuster on it. This is for

setting the air pressure that is inflated into to the pillow stabilizer. At the top of the adjuster,

there is an analog pressure gauge. This gauge measuresis as a measurement how much

mmHg of the air is inflated in the pillow stabilizer. Last but not least, there is a black squeeze

bulb connected toin the opposite end of the analog pressure gauge. This part is squeezed by

hand to allow the pillow pressure to be inflated and deflated. That’s all about the parts of the

stabilizer pressure biofeedback unit and theirits functions.

Next, I’d like to tell you how to do neck exercise using the stabilizer pressure biofeedback

unit. This exercise exercises is performed in a supine lying position, and the neck is

positioned in a neutral alignment. First, put the stabilizer pillow pressure biofeedback in

under the back of the neck. Then, hold the analog pressure gauge in the left hand and the

squeeze bulb within the right hand. Next, inflate the stabilizer pillow to a baseline of 20

mmHg and do a head nodding action while holding the same pressure for 10 seconds. Take a

rest for 30 seconds and then repeat this exercise 5 times. In addition, you can do this exercise

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every day either in the morning or at night before sleeping. That’s all about how to do

stabilizer pressure biofeedback exercise.

Let me briefly summarize what we have looked at today. I covered three main points about

stabilizer pressure biofeedback. First, I provided a little background about the stabilizer

pressure biofeedback unit. Please remember that this is a simple device that is widely

usedwith a gold grade for performing stabilization exercises created by a physiotherapist.

Next, I told you about the parts of thea stabilizer pressure biofeedback unit and their

functionsits function. I hope you remember that this device is well designed and easy to

usepillow stabilizer, hope, adjuster, analog pressure, and squeeze bulb are the 5 main points

of stabilizer pressure biofeedback device. Finally, we looked at how to do neck exercises

properly by using the stabilizer pressure biofeedback unit. Let me remind you that if you are

suffering from neck pain, you can do this exercise every day with good resultsfor a good

result in reducing pain and enhancing neck disability. Thank you for listening. Do you have

any questions?

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