PHTY301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lumbar Vertebrae, Radiculopathy, Radicular Pain
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Still often difficulty gaining a position of ease. Full examination of muscle system: treatment, acute nerve root, be confident and assuring to the patient, education +, the condition often takes time to settle, depends on nature of pathology (disc extrusion>> disc protrusion) If severe, treat in a position of ease, techniques should not compromise size of the. Ivf: traction, ensure a position of ease (see guidelines for the application of lumbar. Subsequent treatments: add in manual therapy, (rotations to open intervertebral canal, other techniques, do not do central pa"s, care that canal is not compromised, address muscle system deficits. It is slow to respond (some progression is expected) If an active movement provokes distal leg pain or paraesthesia, do not repeat that movement. Increase central pain intensity but decrease peripheral pain = improvement: decrease central pain but increase peripheral pain = worsening, principles of treatment.
