WAD 2 Treatment

Goals

• Decrease spasms
• Decrease swelling
• Decrease high tone
• Decrease Trigger points
• Stretch shortened muscles

Hydrotherapy

• Apply cold on swollen area, be sure to verbally, visually and touch the area to check in on client

Specific Techniques

• Lymph draining
• Static touch
• Effleurage
• Slow petrissage

Communication

• Reassure client that pillows are placed on the bed for their head
• Tell them to hold their necks and that you’ll gently lower their neck on to their side
• Check on client
• These are specific to muscle guarding

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WAD 3 Treatment

Goals

• Relaxation
• Decrease high tone
• Decrease trigger points

Specific Techniques

• Stretch muscles at neural interfaces on side of compression ( side of impact)
• Muscle approximation on stretched side
• Work on upper traps, splenius capitus, and SCM