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Sports Medicine I - Therapeutic Modalities - Crossword Puzzle

INSTRUCTIONS:  The definitions to the answers are located on the back on this page.  Answers can be found in the Unit 6 PowerPoint Presentation.  
Horizontales
Facilitate faster recovery of muscle and soft tissue damage, reduce pain and swelling, increase blood circulation and range of motion, and help control muscle spasms.
The reason to do or use a procedure.
This modality uses a medicated gel and ultrasound to push medication through the surface of the skin to the injured area.
The modality that accelerates the collagen synthesis, increases vascularization, and reduces chronic pain and inflammation.
Stainless steel water filled container used to store moist hot packs at 160°F to 170°F.
This modality is used to decrease muscle spasms and nerve impingement by using a pulling/distraction on the vertebral column.
The use of two tubs, one hot the other cold; during a 20-30 minute treatment. The intervals are 1:2 or 1:5 minutes.
Verticales
Uses an electrical current to drive a chemical directly through the skin using medicated patches.
The therapeutic use of heat.
Therapeutic use of cold. Typically used in acute situations to limit inflammatory response.
A mixture of wax a mineral oil in a ratio of 7 parts wax to 1 part oil. Used to treat small or irregular shaped areas.
Rhythmic beating, hacking, and cupping used with the hands.
The most commonly used deep heating modality today. Sound waves vibrate tissues deep inside the injured area. This creates heat that draws more blood into the tissues.
Moving the muscles through wringing and twisting.
This modality works by selectively stimulating certain 'non-pain' nerve fibers to send signals to the brain that block other nerve signals carrying pain messages.