How do relive muscle pain after Vaccines?
Normally you feel pain in the arm after the Vaccines. mostly this pain occurs in the area of vaccines area. This pain mostly occurs due to the side effect of the vaccines.
This pain is reduced by pain medication, rice principle & physiotherapy treatment.
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What are the Vaccines?
- It is a substance that is introduced into someone’s body that prevents the body from getting a specific disease.
- It usually consists of the small amount of a killed, weakened & otherwise modified version of a disease like a virus & a bacterium.
- Vaccines are worked to allow the immune system to develop the defences against that disease, which are known as antibodies so that it is destroyed when it enters the body again.
- Most Common vaccines include ones for strains of the hepatitis A, polio, measles,flu,tetanus, hepatitis B, tetanus, mumps ,diphtheria,chickenpox, whooping cough & rubella .
What is normal side effect & normal filling after the Vaccines?
- According to the CDC = the Centers Disease Control side effects of Vaccines are minor & go away within a few days. these Side effects depend on the vaccine type as shingles, flu & pneumonia.
- Generally, mild side effects of the vaccines include:
- You feel pain, tenderness, redness & swelling at the injection site
- Headache
- Fatigue
- Nausea
- Dizziness or fainting is most common in adolescents.
- Itching at the injection site
How to reduce Vaccines pain?
RICE principle :
When you take to Vaccines doctor is always advisable to RICE principle for release to pain & swellings.
- R – rest = Doctor is advice to you rest after some time when you take to Vaccines means reducing the activity of the arm.
- I -ice = You are applying ice on the area of pain for 20 minutes release to pain & swellings, you are also applying to an ice pack & frozen peas.
- C-compression = You are applied to compression bandage on the area of pain for release to swellings & pain.
- E – elevation = After the vaccines must be elevated to hand with the help of the pillow.
Pain medication :
- You are also taken to pain relief drugs when you feel severe pain & swellings.
- For pain relief, you take to ibuprofen like many NSAID = Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
- You are also applied volini or dioflanc gel on the area of the pain for pain release.
What is physiotherapy treatment for the vaccine pain?
The physiotherapy treatment includes massage and electrotherapy modalities with exercise which helps you release the vaccine pain.
Electrotherapy also helps to relive pain, most commonly used modalities such as Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), Interferential therapy(IFT), Ultrasound therapy(US).
Massage:
- The therapist is advised to your massage the area of pain to release the swelling.
- This massage is applied with the help of oil & gel for 5 minutes & 3 times per day.
- This massage is applied to circulation motion on the area of pain.
Exercise :
- Seated Towel Slide
- Shoulder Posterior Capsule Stretch
- Shoulder Flexion Wall Slide
- Circle Pendulum exercise
- Lateral deltoid raises
- Standing shoulder external rotation in 90 degrees abduction
- Standing shoulder external rotation with the arm at the side
- Overhead press
- Horizontal abduction with external rotation
Seated Towel Slide:
- This exercise starts with the sitting position on the side of a table with the hand of a sore arm resting on a towel.
- Then Slowly bend sideways & pushing the towel out to the side across the table.
- After that return to the starting position & repeat.
- The patient is also doing this exercise against a wall while standing as well.
- Perform this exercise in three sets of 10 reps.
Shoulder Posterior Capsule Stretch:
- The patient is Raise the sore arm across the front of the body, with the thumb pointing up.
- Then Grasp the outside of the arm with the other arm & apply gentle pressure till the patient feel a stretch.
- Take deep breaths & hold for this position 30 seconds.
- This stretching is Performed in three sets.
Shoulder Flexion Wall Slide:
- This exercise is start in a standing upright position.
- Then holding a towel against a wall at the shoulder height.
- Slowly slide the towel straight up the wall, straightening the elbow joint.
- After that lower, it back down & repeat this exercise.
- Perform this exercise in three sets of 10 reps.
Circle Pendulum exercise:
- This exercise is start in a standing position with the trunk bent forward.
- One arm is resting on the table for the support & sore arm is hanging toward the ground.
- Then Slowly shift the body weight in a circular motion, letting the hanging arm swing in a circle at the same time.
- Perform this exercise in three sets of 10 reps.
Lateral Deltoid Raises:
- The patient is in a standing or sitting position with the palms facing down.
- Then raise the arms with the elbow joint straight.
- It occurs to working out to the shoulder level.
- Repeat this exercise 10 times in 1 session & 3 sessions per day.
Standing Shoulder External Rotation in 90 Degrees Abduction:
- The patient is in a standing position with the arms out at shoulder level & elbow joint is bent.
- Then rotate the hands up toward the head while keeping the elbow joint out at shoulder level.
- Repeat this exercise 10 times in 1 session & 3 sessions per day.
Standing Shoulder External Rotation with Arm at Side:
- The patient is in the Standing position for the exercise.
- Keep the elbow at the side with the thumb up & elbow bent so that the forearm is parallel to the floor.
- Then rotate the hand away from the stomach maintaining the forearm position & elbow joint.
- Repeat this exercise 10 times in 1 session & 3 sessions per day.
Overhead Press:
- The patient is sitting or standing position.
- Start with the hands in front of the chest & elbow joint bent.
- Then Press the arms up overhead & straightening the elbow joint.
- Repeat this exercise 10 times in 1 session & 3 sessions per day.
Horizontal Abduction with External Rotation:
- The patient has Held the arms up at shoulder height with the thumbs pointing outward & reaches the arms out beside the body then returning into the middle.
- Repeat this exercise 10 times in 1 session & 3 sessions per day.