CATEGORY PAIN RELIEF II
PROGRAM TORTICOLLIS
WHEN?
This type of treatment is indicated to relieve pain following acute muscle contractures
in the neck region. It will also reduce tension in the contracted muscles to facilitate
manual handling techniques.
WHY?
To reduce muscular tension and to provide a relaxing eect.
HOW?
Highly individualised muscular twitching that is induced by a very low frequency (1 Hz)
has a relaxing eect.
PULSE WIDTH
To make it as comfortable as possible for the patient, use pulse widths equivalent to
the chronaxies of the motor nerves of the muscles in the lumbar region. The mi-SCAN
function can be used to determine the pulse widths suitable for the patient’s muscles.
ELECTRODES
A small electrode, preferably connected to the positive pole is placed on the most
painful area which can be detected by palpation. A second electrode is placed on the
paravertebral neck muscles.
INTENSITY
An essential factor in the therapeutic ecacy is to cause visible muscle twitching,
which may, in certain cases, require higher stimulation energies to be used. The mi-
RANGE function can be used to determine the minimum level of energy required to
produce an appropriate muscle response.
+TENS
OPTION
Yes.
- A minimum of 1 channel with muscular work imposed by the Disuse atrophy
programme.
- A maximum of 3 channels with the TENS programme.
• Electrodes positioned on the painful area.
• Sucient stimulation energy to produce a clear tingling sensation.
Once the +TENS combination has been activated, the message “TENS” appears on the
screen with respect to the channel or channels where the treatment is active. The mi
functions – apart from the mi-SCAN – are also no longer accessible.
Take care to properly observe the correct order for switching on the modules, the order
of switching on that corresponds to the numbering of the channels.
TORTICOLLIS
FREQUENCY PULSE WIDTH TREATMENT TIME
1 Hz 250 s 20 min
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