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    Cryotherapy uses the removal of heat through conduction and evaporation to lower body temperature and produce physiological effects. It works by reducing blood flow, metabolic rate, muscle spasm, joint stiffness, and pain via sympathetic activation and decreased sensory and motor nerve conduction. The goals are to reduce pain, swelling, and spasm while the precautions include hypertension, impaired temperature sensitivity, open wounds, and peripheral vascular disease. Methods of cryotherapy application include cold packs, ice massage, and vapocoolant spray.

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    Cryotherapy uses the removal of heat through conduction and evaporation to lower body temperature and produce physiological effects. It works by reducing blood flow, metabolic rate, muscle spasm, joint stiffness, and pain via sympathetic activation and decreased sensory and motor nerve conduction. The goals are to reduce pain, swelling, and spasm while the precautions include hypertension, impaired temperature sensitivity, open wounds, and peripheral vascular disease. Methods of cryotherapy application include cold packs, ice massage, and vapocoolant spray.

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    CRYOTHERAPY

    DR.FARAH MIR BUGTI(PT)


    3/3/2021
    Lecture 1
    Physics of Cryotherapy
    The removal of heat by •
    Abstraction means of conduction or
    evaporation

    Transfer of heat from •


    Conduction warmer object to cooler
    object

    Heat of vaporization •
    Evaporation
    Body Temperature
    Normal
    Temperature
    Degree 37•

    Hyperthermia Degree 39•

    Hypothermia Degree 35•


    Physiological Effects
    Metabolic
    rate

    Venous rate Decreased Pulse rate

    Respiratory
    rate
    Physiological Effects
    Blood
    flow

    Arterial
    Increased Cardiac
    blood
    output
    pressure

    Stroke
    volume
    Mechanism of action
    Sympathetic activity produces •
    Blood flow vasoconstriction of arteries, arterioles &
    venules

    Capillary Decrease fluid into interstitial tissue •

    permeability
    Decrease rate of cellular oxidation •
    Metabolism

    Decrease firing of afferents of muscle •


    Muscle spasm spindle,redduces motor neuron activity
    thus decrease tonic activity

    Decrease muscle spindle discharge •


    Spasticity ,decrease motor neuron activity
    Mechanism of action
    Decreased extensibility of tissue & •
    Joint stiffness increased tissue viscosity

    Interruption of pain spasm cycle ,decreased •


    Pain sensory and motor conduction, synaptic
    transmission blocked

    Increase Decrease blood flow in small vessels •


    facilitates RBC
    blood viscosity
    Muscle Facilitation of alpha motor neuron •

    strength
    Reduce
    pain

    Reduce Reduce
    spasticity Goals swelling

    Reduce
    muscle
    spasm
    Hypertension

    Superficial Impaired
    nerves temperature

    Precautions

    Cognitive
    Open wound
    changes
    Cold
    hypersensitivity

    Psychological
    Arteriosclerosis
    factors

    Contraindication

    Peripheral
    vascular Vasospasm
    disease
    Cold packs

    Ice
    Immersion
    massage
    Method of
    Application

    Vapocolant
    Cold packs
    spray
    References
    Claytons 10th edition

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