Contraindications & Precautions

Question 1

Which modalities are contrainidicated when pt present with broken bone/fractures?

Answer 1

• Intermitent Continious Pump
• Spinal Traction (vertebral Fx)
• Tilt table (billateral LE Fx)
• Massage
• STM & MFR

* Ultrasound & Diathermy are contraindicated on epiphyseal plates of children

Question 2

Which modalities are contrainidicated when pt present with Circulation/vascular problems?

Answer 2

• Cryotherapy
• Compression Agents
• Spinal traction (if aortic aneurysm)
• Tilt table (if sepsis)
• Hydrotherapy (if severe cardiac problem)

Question 3

Which modalities are contrainidicated when pt present with Heart problems?

Answer 3

• Cryotherapy (if peripheral vascular disease)
• Compression agents (if peripheral vascular disease)
• Intermitent Compression Pump (If ankle brachial index of less that 0.8)
• Tilt table
• Hydrotherapy (if severe)

Question 4

Which modalities are contrainidicated when pt present with stroke?

Answer 4

• Thermotherapy (impaired sensation)
• Cryotherapy (Impaired Sensation)
• Compression agents (neuropathy)
• Spinal traction
• Hydrotherapy