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COLD BACKS AND PAIN IN THE GIRTH REGION
STRAINED MUSCLES
VetBooks.ir IMPINGEMENT AND OVERRIDING OF THE DORSAL SPINOUS
PROCESSES (KISSING SPINES)
STRAIN OF THE SUPRASPINOUS LIGAMENT
ARTHRITIS OF THE FACET JOINTS OF THE THORACOLUMBAR SPINE
SPONDYLOSIS
FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS
SACROILIAC DISEASE
13 THERAPIES
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Who performs physiotherapy?
What conditions are likely to respond to physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy treatments
Cold treatment
Heat treatment
Massage and myofascial release
Magnetic field therapy
Low intensity laser therapy (LILT)
Regenerative Laser Therapy (RLT)
Muscle stimulators
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
Therapeutic ultrasound
Summary
EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE THERAPY (ESWT)
14 COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES
EQUINE ACUPUNCTURE
The history of acupuncture
