prevention of spasticity

Hey everyone….we’re almost there, can you believe it’s all coming to an end!!!

So this week I am going to discuss and ask about spasticity. My fellow prac mates and I did a presentation on spasticity and the different methods of managing it. This topic seemed relevant to us, as we are working in a neuro out patients clinic and work with patients who are already suffering from spasticity.

Following our discussion we were told by one of the physiotherapists that she would have preferred we talked about the prevention, rather than management, of spasticity. I understand that avoiding compensatory movements is an important way to avoid developing spastic muscles, but I am not familiar with other techniques as I haven’t had to implement any while on prac. Is avoidance of compensatory movements the primary method of prevention? Are there any further techniques you guys used in an acute neuro rehab setting? If anyone could shed some light on the subject for me I would really appreciate it :)