Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CTS and CES
CTS and CES
and Spesific
Methods of
Musculoskeletal
Treatment
2. Therapeutic drugs
5. Surgical manipulation
7. Electrical stimulation
9. Radiation therapy
1. Psychological Consideration
Ought not treat the body without the mind (Socrates,
400BC)
Chemotherapeutic Agents
Corticosteroids
Vitamins
Specific Drugs
3. Orthopedic Apparatus and
Appliances
A. Rest
Prolonged immobilization of a limb and its synovial
joints is associated with many harmful effects :
Disuse atrophy of local muscles and resultant muscle
weakness
Disuse atrophy of local bone (localized osteoporosis)
Local venous thrombosis with resultant edema
The complication of pressure sores (cast sores)
Muscle contractures
Joint capsule contractures
Intra-articular adhesions
3. Orthopaedic Apparatus and
Appliances
Relative rest :
1. Preventing its usual function with a sling for an upper limb
2. Crutches for the relief of weight bearing in a lower limb. A
sling for the lower limb may be used with crutches
3. Continuous traction :
a) To stretch gradually soft tissues that have become shortened
secondary to a long-standing joint deformity or dislocation
(ex : continuous traction prior to reduction of a congenital
dislocation of the hip)
b) To relieve painful muscle spasm associated with joint
inflammation or injury
c) To maintain length of the limb and alignment of fracture
fragments in unstable fractures of the shafts of long bone
3. Orthopaedic Apparatus and
Appliances
A useful method of supporting a painful or irritable,
hip or knee that enables the patient to move the
affected joint freely combination of slings and springs