FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to medicine, manual therapy, arthrology. Functional units are liquidated in lumbar, lumbar-sacral parts of spine by methods of manual therapy. After that, periosteal massage is carried out in places, where muscles which taking part in functioning of knee joint start. Fibres of tendons are pulled apart or torn up in places of fastening to tissues of knee joint. Myofacial trigger points are liquidated by ischemic compression with following stretching affected muscle in form of passive movements without loading. Session is finished with therapeutic gymnastics with dosed increase of movements.
EFFECT: method makes it possible to carry out complex rehabilitation of knee joint, including restoration of functions of support and movement, and strengthening of capsule-ligament apparatus.
1 ex
Authors
Dates
2013-10-27—Published
2012-09-07—Filed