Painful Encounters Pain is described as any bodily unpleasant sensation produced by illness, accident or painful suffering on account mental disturbance. Pain is an internal reaction of body to the stimulus generated by damage causing factors acting against the body organs or systems. Pain Syndrome: This internal reaction puts persons' defense mechanisms on full alert and expects that the person suffering should also make efforts to understand the problem and take corrective measures. If the internal warnings are ignored in due course of time the disease overpowers the body limiting its performance. Remedial Measures: a) Head Ache. Pain is described as any bodily unpleasant sensation produced by illness, accident or painful suffering on account mental disturbance. The remedial measures depend upon severity of Pain, affected Organ or System and cause of pain. The most frequently common occurring Pain is Headache, which can be due to many mild to complex factors: 1. Like exposure to cold labeled as Common Cold which is self limited to a week. Care should be taken about other associated symptoms if present a timely advice should be taken. 2. Over busy life style. The mind never gets an occasion to take proper rest. Such a person is disturbed in sleep also. The person should start taking proper rest along with meditation. 3. Young persons get frequent headaches, which can be due to imperfect vision, which can be diagnosed by a refraction examination of the eyes and by use prescribed glasses or contact lens. 4. Some persons suffer pain in half portion of head for which a consultation with the Physician be had and treatment started as advised. b) Low Back Ache: Low Back Ache is also a very commonly occurring pain it can be due to overstressing of muscles of the back, while bending down or carrying a heavy weight. The muscles go in spasm and cannot contract back making the movement difficult. In women low back ache is associated with an infection and inflammation in the pelvic region. Usually local application of an analgesic cream along with analgesics and inflammatory agents under antibiotic cover are used. c) Pain due to Trauma: Trauma is due to involvement of a person in an accident. Following are a number of situations, which do happen even in spite of safety measures being promoted among the users: 1. Which can be an accidental fall at home by, a moment of unintentional negligent action, resulting in hurting the body causing, muscular pain or fracture of the skeletal bone or a superficial mild to severe injury. The affected person needs to get the treatment under medical supervision and should not neglect under any circumstances. If the person takes care of the body, he will always get good service from the body. 2. Accidental Burns at home or at place of work in an Industry are of common occurrence and the affected person should be immediately rushed to the Hospital so that proper treatment can be started, there are medico-legal aspects of each burn case to determine involvement and liability of any other person responsible for the accident.) 3. Road accident has become of a common occurrence because of involvement of a person who can be pedestrian, a cyclist or a motorized two wheel Driver with a car, bus or among each other. Victims should be immediately taken to the nearest hospital for treatment. There is a medico-legal involvement to determine cause of accident and insurance claim to the victim for the damages caused by the vehicle. 4. Rail accidents and Air crashes are also accidents, where there are mass casualties requiring immediate treatment and medico-legal aspects for the damages to the victims or their near relatives in case of fatal injury. 5. Industrial injuries can take place if the operator of a machine by gets involved in an accident whereby his hand fingers and hand gets caught in a moving machine and get crushed or even cut off. This is a very serious mishap taking place very often and requires immediate transportation of the victim to a hospital for assessment of the injury by a surgeon and deciding the best possible help he can provide to the victim. Persons operating Agricultural Chaffers and harvesting machines also suffer from such injuries. All the Trauma patients suffer from severe pain and through out their illness they have to be put on very potent analgesics, anti-inflammatory agents and antibiotics so that they recover early. All the accident cases are medicol-egal because award damages claim to the victim depending upon the loss assessed by a board of doctors. Role of Physiotherapy: Physiotherapy provides services to Develop, maintain and restore maximum movement and functional ability through out life span in circumstances, where movement and functions of the joints of the limbs are threatened by Aging Process, Injury or Disease. A Physiotherapist plans the required treatment which helps to improve Blood Supply, Movement of Air & Secretions in the lungs, movement of Lymph in the Lymphatic system to reduce swelling and pain or the movement of the limbs that may be affected either due to failure of nervous System or Dysfunction in musculo-Skeltal System or by Pain. He identifies and maximizes movement potential within the spheres of Promotion, Prevention, treatment and Rehabilitation by following steps. i) Assessment: By both Objective and Subjective through History of disease; Examination of degree of Impairment, Functional Limitations and Disabilities etc. ii) Diagnosis: It is based on Physical Examination, Evaluation and Clinical reasoning and Range of Dysfunction, Impairment, Functional Limitations, Disabilities or Syndrome. iii) Planning: a discussion with the family members of the patient/ Patient’s family keeping in mind the goals. Cooperation of patient’s family is utmost important in reassuring the patient the support behind him. iv) Intervention : It is implement and modified from patient to patient in order to reach the accepted goals by Manual handling, Manual therapy with manipulation, Movement Enhancement, Physical electrotherapeutics such as Ultrasound, Short wave therapy, Interferential Therapy, Muscle Stimulator and Mechanical Agents, Functional Training, Provision of suitable aids and Appliances for goal training, Coordination and Balancing patient related instructions and counseling, Documentation and Communication. Intervention is aimed at Prevention of Impairments, Functional Limitations, disability and Injury including promotion and Fitness in all Ages maintenance of Health & Quality of Life Gateway optimal health is with you on your journey to Disease free Healthy Life Styles Author: Jagmohan Singh Chadha Email: postchadha@gmail.com Bog: healthchallenges-mechadha.blogspot.com Website:www.gatewayoptimalhealth.com The author has 30 years experience in Pharmaceuticals & Nutrition Industry. You shall get a chance to see more information on Optimal Health and Disease topics at this site regularly.
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