This is the physical discomfort caused by injury or illness.
What is pain?
This phase of healing can last up to one year.
What is maturation?
This is the vascular effect of cryotherapy.
What is vasoconstriction?
This is the type of heat transfer that comes from the sun.
What is radiant/radiation?
This is the name of the type of curve at the cervical and lumbar spine.
What is lordotic?
This pathway of the nervous system sends signals to the brain and spinal cord.
What is the afferent pathway?
This chemical mediator is released in the inflammation process and causes vasodilation.
What is histamine?
This is the order of sensations patients will experience as a result of cryotherapy treatment.
What is cold, burning, aching, numbness?
This occurs on the skin when a thermal modality is too hot.
What is mottling?
This massage technique is typically used to break up scar tissue and adhesions.
What is cross friction massage?
These are the two types of nerve fibers that sense pain.
What are A-Delta and C fibers?
This phase of healing is characterized by revasularization and wound contracture.
What is the proliferation phase?
What is Raynaud's phenomenon?
Generally, this phase of healing is not indicated for thermal modalities.
What is the acute inflammation phase?
This often occurs on the skin after an instrumented assisted soft tissue mobilization is administered.
What is petechiae?
This chemical mediator binds to pain receptors to block the signal from reaching the brain.
What is enkephalin?
This type of collagen is stronger and able to resist tensile forces.
What is type I collagen?
These are the types of heat transfer occurring during an ice massage.
What is conduction and convection?
This is the effect thermal modalities have on serous fluid and edema.
What is decreased viscosity?
This is the gelatinous middle of an intervertebral disc.
This is the "gate" in the gate control theory of pain.
What is the Subtantia Gelatinosa
This protein is formed when fibrinogen unwinds and it helps platelets adhere to create a clot.
What is fibrin?
This law of heat transfer explains how rapidly heat transfers when there is a greater difference in the temperature gradient.
This is the maximum temperature of a hot whirlpool treatment.
What is 110 degrees F?
This is always a sign to stop a traction treatment.
What is increased symptoms?