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Toxic Synovitis Learning Center

Treatments could include:
Treatment often includes limiting activity to make the child more comfortable. However, there is no danger with performing normal activities. The health care provider may prescribe nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDS) to reduce pain.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 2, 2009
Massage therapy is the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of normalizing those tissues and consists of manual techniques that include applying fixed or movable pressure, holding, and/or causing movement of or t...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Pregnancy massage is the prenatal use of massage therapy to support the physiologic, structural, and emotional well-being of both mother and fetus. Various forms of massage therapy, including Swedish, deep tissue, neuromuscular, movement, and Orie...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Massage therapy is the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body, consisting primarily of manual (hands-on) techniques such as applying fixed or movable pressure, holding, and moving muscles and body tissues.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Pregnancy massage is the prenatal use of massage therapy to support the physiologic, structural, and emotional well-being of both mother and fetus. Various forms of massage therapy, including Swedish, deep tissue, neuromuscular, movement, and Orie...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Massage therapy is the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of normalizing those tissues and consists of manual techniques that include applying fixed or movable pressure, holding, and/or causing movement of or t...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Sports massage is a form of bodywork geared toward participants in athletics. It is used to help prevent injuries, to prepare the body for athletic activity and maintain it in optimal condition, and to help athletes recover from workouts and injur...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Russian massage is a system of therapeutic and sports massage developed in the former Soviet Union. It uses a variety of manipulations of the body's soft tissues to achieve benefits, including stress reduction and relief from muscle aches.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Stone massage is a form of bodywork that involves the application of heated or cooled stones (thermotherapy) to the body during deep tissue massage.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Heat treatments are therapeutic applications of superficial or deep-heating agents to areas of the body.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Heat treatments are applications of therapeutic thermal agents to specific body areas experiencing injury or dysfunction.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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