Problem Identified |
Goal |
Treatment Strategy |
Intervention |
Progression |
Patient and family education |
To augment and sustain a patient's favorable outlook toward their treatment regimen, facilitating an expedited recuperation process |
The engagement of the therapist with both the patient and their family |
The patient, accompanied by his family, received comprehensive explanations about the patient's condition and was informed about the critical role of physiotherapy intervention. |
The home program was explained. |
Pain |
To relieve pain |
Cryotherapy |
Icing given for 10-20 min |
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To reduce radiating pain in limbs |
TENS |
TENS given for 10 min with 60 Hz |
Weakness in muscles |
To increase the strength of the muscles |
Strengthening exercises |
Static strengthening exercises for cervical and lumbar flexors, extensors, and lateral flexors |
Strengthening exercises for cervical with blue theraband and for lumbar with weight cuffs of 1 kg. |
Engaging in strengthening routines using a yellow theraband. |
Difficulty in activities of daily living |
To facilitate the ADLS |
Task-specific training |
Functional reach-outs with Swiss ball |
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Difficulty in balance |
To improve balance |
Exercises on a stabilometric platform |
Enhancing balance through training involves employing the visual feedback technique on a force platform during training sessions. In this mode, patients sway their bodies in various directions on the force platform, guided by visual feedback displayed on the screen in front of them. The screen features a ball situated on a platform with mazes. The ball's movement corresponds to the adjustments made by the patient on the force platform, mirroring the applied pressure. |
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Postural deviations |
To improve posture |
Posture correction and training |
Mirror therapy |
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