KINESIOL 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Hypoesthesia, Pain Management, Diminished Responsibility
15 Sep 2016
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What did michie et al (2001) find when evaluating the emotional impact of predictive genetic testing in children and adults: children receiving positive or negative test results did not experience greater anxiety or depression than adults. Physiotherapists play a key role in rehabilitation and pain management. Pain is a necessary evil: move hand away from water to prevent further injury. Learn that boiling water is harmful helps you avoid injury in the future: avoid use of hand which helps speed healing and prevent infection. Beneficial for our body to feel damage and know what caused that damage. Sensation of pain tells you and you realize what caused it and avoid it in the future. Without pain you wouldn"t know to remove themselves from the painful harmful situation. Congenital analgesia: the agony of feeling no pain. Born with this condition, demonstrates how important and fundamental pain response is to the health of our body and tissues.
