SOAP Notes in MSD and orthopedic injury.
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Causes
Activities
Repeated biomechanical loads
Psychosocial
High job demands, low social support, and overall job strain
Individual differences
Gender, obesity and overweight individuals
Biomechanical
Biomechanical loads, force applied onto the body
SOAP
P = planning
A = assessment
O = objective
What to check
Signs of trauma
Gross deformity, swelling, bleeding, signs of infection, atrophy, skin color and texture.
Postural Alignment
Should be done in weight bearing position and viewed from difference angles.
S = subjective
Example
behavior of symptoms
clicking and locking sensation of knee joint
pain increase with weight bearing
pain describe as deep or nagging
mechanism of injury
causing knee to be forced into excessive valgus and rotation
direct blow to knee
site of pain
knee joint
Behavior of Symptoms
Timing of symptoms
Region of symptoms
Quality of symptoms
Provocation of symptoms
History of injury
Previous injury
Mechanism of injury
Site of injury
Athlete’s impression
Affect
Lower Limb Disorders
legs and feets, from hips to toes.
Back pain
ache, pain and tension
Upper Limb Disorders
arms, from fingers to shoulders and necks.
what is MSD
Musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) are injuries or disorders of the muscles, nerves, tendons, joints, cartilage, and spinal discs.
