Join CardioFlex Physical Therapists at the promotion of Orlando’s Finest 2018 event celebrating top young business professionals and emerging leaders in the forefront of their industries within the greater Orlando community. Criteria are based on excellence in their chosen profession and interest in contributing to our community. 14 honorees have been selected and will be recognized at the Grand Finale Event on August 16th at the swanky 3NINE at The Rosen Plaza.
Guests will enjoy a cocktail reception, gourmet chef-attended food stations, silent auction, awards presentation and mingling at one of our city’s premier hot-spots. Stay late for the Karaoke after-party. Enhance your experience by socializing with the honorees at a VIP champagne reception and open bar from 6-6:45 PM.
Funds for this CardioFlex Therapy Davie community event raised will go directly towards funding innovative research and drug therapies, promoting individualized treatments, and ensuring access to high quality, specialized care that will continue to impact people living with CF. Join the physical therapists at CardioFlex Therapy in this noble event.
Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited disease of the mucus and sweat glands (exocrine glands) affecting mostly the lungs, liver, pancreas and intestines. It causes damage to lung tissue, inflammation, and acute susceptibility to bacterial infections. There is an abnormal gene, called Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR), which results in the production of thick, sticky mucus which blocks the airways in the lungs resulting in frequent lung infection. The thick mucus also blocks the ducts in the pancreas which in turn blocks digestive pancreatic enzymes from reaching the small intestine and performing their normal function. The main aim of physiotherapy is to remove excessive mucoid secretions to improve ventilation. A person suffering from CF will require intensive chest physical therapy. This will include the following:
- Vigorous massage to help loosen the sticky mucus
- Postural drainage: gravity-assisted positions to help drainage of secretions and also helps to increase the air movement or ventilation to different parts of the lungs.
- Percussions: This technique is also known as chest clapping, and is used to help loosen secretions. To perform this technique a cupped hand is used to clap the chest firmly and rhythmically (over a layer of clothing or a towel).
- Shaking and Vibrations: This technique consists of several short rhythmical squeezes to the chest while exhaling to mobilize secretions.
- Regular assessment and monitoring are necessary during physiotherapy treatment as the patient may require supplemental oxygen, especially in advanced cystic fibrosis.
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