-IBIS-1.5.0-
tx
musculoskeletal system
low back pain
physical medicine
exercise
low back stretches
water exercise back
contraindication: jogging or running
hydrotherapy
hot sitz bath
hot fomentation: to low back
lower-half body pack: (20-25 min.), then stretch low back by side posture
manipulation
rule out disc pathology first!
spine: lumbars, T12, sacro-iliac joints.
see Travell's trigger point referral zones, treat trigger point(s).
leg length equal? adjust or block; heel lift if appropriate.
psoas muscle, kidney pathology?
electrical and oscillating
diathermy: over low back, treatment for 20 minutes
Galvanism: (+) pad posterior, (-) pad anterior for 25-30 min., 15-40 mA
infrared
TENS
interferential: 0-120 Hz, 12-15 min., mild intensity for chronic ; for acute 90-150 Hz
footnotes