The principles of mechanotherapy with special reference to the treatment of orthopedic cases / by C. Hermann Bucholz.

  • Bucholz, C. Hermann (Carl Hermann), 1874-
Date:
1909
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    not seen good results even in sight cases, although the time spent by the patients in the treatment was perhaps too short. Sometimes the patient felt some subjective relief. We consider the operative method the only way to cure this often very disagreeable and serious trouble, but after the operation an active training of the muscles and nerves of the neck will be of great advantage in accomplishing the desired result. Our work in flat foot is only half done when we have relieved the pain with supports. We should try, especially in young patients, to com- plete the cure by regaining the normal antagonism of the muscles of the calf, so that we restore the foot and make it independent of any support. Such treatment needs a good deal of persistence on the part of the patient, and we often will obtain better results by giving him a simple appa- ratus, such as that invented by Osgood.’ Mechanotherapy ought not to be used in tuber- cular joints. Even after the infectious tubercular process is ended, exercises for the relief of stiffness are not advisable. Massage may be given with great care to the atrophic muscles, but the joint must not be manipulated. Concerning the recom- mendation of hyperemia in tubercular joints, we refer to Bier’s monograph. It is impossible in a paper such as this to enu- merate all the orthopedic conditions which may be treated by medico-mechanical methods; these examples given show briefly the methods and indications. It may be added in conclusion: 1. Mechanotherapy must be considered as an essential factor in the treatment of many ortho- pedic conditions. 2. The result obtained from it will depend in a great measure on the correct use of the methods
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