Harish S Krishna
Malabar Medical College, India
Title: Metabolic reason for bone and joint pain: A clinical and radiology differential diagnosis perspective for physiotherapists
Biography
Biography: Harish S Krishna
Abstract
The first line physiotherapy diagnosis is to identify/rule out reasons/conditions which mimics bone and joint pain (global differential diagnosis), e.g., hematological, oncology, metabolic, immunological, etc. once ruled out the next level of diagnosis is to identify the pain producing anatomical structures (anatomical differential diagnosis), then search for the possible causes for its dysfunction. Among the vast spectrum of global differential diagnosing conditions, metabolic reasons are common to be seen, confusing to identify. The clinical part of the talk covers the clinical tips which helps in diagnosing metabolic bone/joint pain by understanding in depth of its nature, type behavior, etc. and its comparison with mechanical pain. The radiology part will be dealing with spine and extremity changes as seen in X-ray and MRI in cold orthopedic conditions as well post-operative ones which as a physiotherapist have to look out for a safe and quality treatment. The end-note of the talk consists of the recent evidence based physiotherapy management for metabolic pain.