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Today we discuss what a soft tissue injury is:
- Severity of the injury
- Musculoskeletal structures that are involved
- Stage of inflammation
- Recovery time.
When a client has experienced a trauma it is important that therapist consider the severity of the injury, identify all the musculoskeletal structures that are involved, identify the stage of inflammation and recovery of the involved tissues.
For all of that we as therapist we must perform orthopaedic and palpation assessment, so we can identify all the impairment and functional limitations present. We can then determine for which of the findings massage therapy is appropriate.
But before we talk about the treatment let’s have a look on some definitions-
- Contusion – A crushing injury from a direct blow that results in capillary rupture.
- Strain- Trauma to a muscle and/or its tendon from overstretching or violent contraction, and usually will happen with sprain.
- Sprain- Overstretching, partial tearing or complete tearing of a ligament (or joint capsule) due to trauma.
- Repetitive Strain Injury aka overuse- Repeated, submaximal overload and/or friction wear to a muscle or tendon resulting in inflammation and pain.
- Dislocation- An injury to a joint in which the articulating surfaces are no longer in contact.
- Avulsion- Is a fracture that occurs as the result of the pulling of soft tissue attached to the bone from trauma.
- Subluxation- An incomplete disruption of boney continuity that often involves soft tissue injury.
- Dislocations and Subluxation are often will happen along with strain type injury.
What may result from a trauma-?
Dysfunction, joint dysfunction, adhesion, contracture, spasm, muscle weakness and even myofascial compartment syndrome.
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