Tissue Damage Recovery Strategies

Hydrotherapy is therapy using water. This can be hot, cold warm or even ice. The temperature of the water effects the therapeutic properties of the treatment, for example, hot or warm water is more relaxing, stimulating the immune system and reducing stress. Cold water is used to treat burns and smooth muscle pains and soreness. Steam is used along with herbs and oils to sooth respiratory problems and treat mild illness (colds). Movements in open water (swimming pools) are used to treat issues such as arthritis and is used in rehabilitation.

This will result in the scar starting to look organised. If the injury has been treated correctly then your should have full strength back with the injured area becoming full fictional again. The type 3 fibres (also known as collagen fibres) that are put in place for a temporary basis are replaced by type 1 fibres, this is because they are a lot stronger than type 3 so they are able to keep the scar tissue in place so help get the injured area back to full strength. This phase is a long recovery process and can take up to 12 months before it has healed properly. Functional rehabilitation helps assist with this phase of the recovery, this is because you need to challenge the injured area to help it fully recover, this can be done before you are able to play again.

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The participation of Cold Water Immersion after a taxing training session or competition seems to be ritualistic in athletics. Cold water immersion, cold whirlpool therapy, and ice baths are all forms of cryotherapy; which is defined as “the application of a device or substance with a temperature less than body temperature, thus causing heat to pass from the body to the cryotherapy device.” (Knight and Draper, 2013, p. 229). Cold Water Immersion (CWI) is a form of recovery cryotherapy that involves submersing an individual’s affected limb or extremities into water that is less than that of body temperature.

EMG biofeedback: Can be utilized to receive information related to motor performance, kinesthetic performance or physiological response

individuals need to fuel the recuperating process with protein. Supplementing with whey protein, BCAAs, and HMB can Enhance tissue recuperating and restrict muscle. There was undoubtedly an issue with the persons bouncing, or landing, and cutting strategy. At the point when the individual comes back to preparing, they have to begin starting with no outside help, assembling another establishment of damage anticipation strategies. (Prisk, Victor)

Physical therapy modalities, such as ultrasound, whirlpool baths, phonophoresis, augmented soft tissue mobilization, electrical stimulation, and unweighted ambulation, may be used (2009). Ice and rest are the two most important treatments the athlete can receive during the acute phase. Ultrasound will be used to increase the tempeture of the local area. This will increase the speed of healing. Phonophoresis will be used to introduce medications into the area. Mainly anesthetics to numb the trigger point. Whirlpool baths will be used to relive pain and swelling of injured leg. Electrical stimulation is used for to help the healing process by transporting ions beneficial to healing to the affected area

IFC can be used in conjunction with heat packs or ice bags/cold packs to reach other therapeutic effects. When a heat pack is applied, it creates a greater blood flow to the injury site. This aids in the removal of debris from the location of the injury as well as reduces the resistance the IFC has to travel through since blood is a good electrical conductor. Also, since tissues with high water content can transmit electricity easier (Starkey, 2013) and the heat causes the patient to sweat, more current can flow through the skin due to its increased water percentage. If the injury is still in the acute inflammatory stage of the injury response process, a cold pack or ice bag can be administered with IFC to further decrease inflammation, muscle spasm, and pain.

In this essay we will discuss the four different phases of the soft tissue healing process and also explain all the components of each particular phase and how it functions. This will also include sport therapeutic interventions that may contribute to the healing process and that may maximise healing of soft tissue.

The body will respond to an exercise stress in one of the three ways and there may be primary and secondary damage to the tissues as a result of exercise stress. The three responses the body will take to an exercise stress are, the tissues may adopt to the stress and no damage occurs, the tissues may become injured, or the tissues will die. In athletics, athletes often stress their bodies to the point of tissue injury and tissue death. The body’s primary reaction to an injury is tissue destruction. The degree of tissue destruction will greatly depend to an injurious force. Secondary damage may occur from cell death. Cell death occurs because of the hypoxia associated with the injuries area. The damage done in the primary stage is irreversible, but with a good rehabilitation program the secondary damage can be contained and limited. When the body is injured a sequence of events is initiated that leads to the eventual repair of the injury site. The first stage inflammatory response that immediately occurs following tissue damage. Its main functions are to defend the body against harmful substances, dispose of dead or dying tissue and promote the renewal of normal tissue. The inflammatory reaction is normally characterized by five different signs:

The article I read discussed the differing methods of treating muscle, tendon, joint, and ligament injuries in athletes. It highlighted four different techniques that have become more popular in the last 30 years.

To ensure this does not occur it is recommended that the ice pack is wrapped in something such as a towel to create a barrier between the skin and the pack. It is also recommended that the pack does not stay on for longer than 20 minutes and to allow the skin to recovery between treatment a 1-2 hour break be is necessary. It is said that the safest temperature for treatment ranges between 7-11°C8,9. Therefore to create an effective instant cold pack it must reach between 7-11°C and stay at a reasonable temperature for 20 minutes.

Just like hot pack ice is used for only about 15-20 minute. A not so common form of treatment is laser or light therapy. “Laser of light therapy involves using light at a specific wavelength to help improve the healing process of injured tissue” (Sears). The photons of light carry energy and applied to the injured tissue and that helps the cellular process. “Kinesiology taping used for various function such as; muscle inhibition, Muscle facilitation, Bruising and swelling management, Pain relief” (Sears). Kinesiology taping is applied to the skin and should be left on the skin for a few days but the patient must be very careful with it. It is a new treatment so it is not used very often. “Whirl pool is a form of hydrotherapy, it improves circulation, maintains clean wounds, and controls inflammation” (Sears). Whirl pool treatment sessions involves placing the wounded area in the pool and letting the water swirl around cleaning out the wound and loosening up the patient’s muscles which helps improves the patient’s circulation to their muscles.

Soft tissue injuries are most common wounds in sport. These refer to those tissues in your body that attach, support and enclose structures of your body, comprising the ligaments, muscles, as well as tendons. Ordinary injuries to flexible tissues that you may have heard of comprise muscular strains, ligament twists and bruises. With the beginning of each sport season, it is appropriate that you go over the suggested and timely management of the soft tissue injuries. It is essential to give your body the finest possibility of a rapid recovery by striving to limit additional damage and encourage the remedial process.

Cryotherapy, or cold therapy, is a treatment that uses cold temperatures to treat an injury or medical condition. It includes using cold packs or ice packs to reduce pain and swelling.