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How to conduct joint exercise in patients with scleroderma?

Time:2022-10-21 00:42:17

Scleroderma often involving the joints, causing extension or flexion. In addition to the treatment of primary disease, should be joint self exercise. Active movement should be mainly carried out within the scope painless. Began to limit the loss of joint function is always moving from the degree. If confirmed no joint destruction and significant osteoporosis, during training to achieve all possible, and include all the joint direction of movement. Massage around the joints, helps to relieve contracture. Simple knee contracture, can be used with continuous traction pulley, any movement therapy will feel mild pain and fatigue, if l ~ 2 hours after these symptoms do not mitigate, to reduce the amount of exercise; these symptoms do not disappear if the next morning, or actually worsened, the should be suspended movement.