Pain

Question 1

Adverse Side Effets

Answer 1

• Muscle Guarding

- Muscle Spasm

Question 2

Pain Causes?

Answer 2

• MM Weakness
• < ROM
• Fatigue
• Insomina
• > Irritability
• Emotional Distress
• Anxiety
• Depression
• < Appetite
• Sexual Dysfunction

Question 3

3 primary ways body reacts to Pain?

Answer 3

1- Pain producing substances
2- Muscle Guarding
3- Edema

Question 4

Muscle Guarding

Answer 4

• body’s way of immobilizing injured area

Question 5

Acute Pain

Answer 5

• < 3 months
• Infection / Injury / Internal Disease
• Predictable Characteristics
• Easily Located

Question 6

Chronic Pain

Answer 6

• > 3 Months
• May not relate to actual physical injury
• persists longer then obvious physical findings

Question 7

Pain Relieving Medication

Analgesic Medications

Answer 7

• Non-Narcotic: NSAIDS (IB’s), Asprin

- Narcotic: Codeine, Morphine

Question 8

Referred Pain

Answer 8

• Pain arising from deep body structure but felt at another distant site

Question 9

What causes muscle spasm

Answer 9

• Chemical or metabolic imbalance

- Dehydration