Treatment For Cystic Fibrosis
The Most Powerful Chest Physical Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis Treatment
Chest Physical Therapy (CPT), or the combination of postural drainage and percussion, is the most widely accepted technique for helping people treating Cystic Fibrosis. Among adults, CPT can be performed by the individual. With children, Chest Physical Therapy is commonly performed by physical therapists, respiratory therapists, nurses, or parents.
Postural drainage positions recommended for Chest Physical Therapy consist of lying, sitting or standing in a way that the segment of the lung to be drained is uppermost on the patient's body. This method uses gravity to move the congestion from the lungs up to the throat. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation's website, www.cff.org, provides illustrations of proper positions.
As a treatment for Cystic Fibrosis, percussion is applied over the ribs to stimulate coughing. Care is given to avoid the spine, breastbone, stomach, lower ribs or on the back over the spleen on the left or the liver on the right and the kidneys in the lower back.
Chest Physical Therapy, to treat Cystic Fibrosis can be performed by hand or with the aid of electrical and non-electrical percussors and vibrators which are less tiring than by hand. Comparative Pulse Forces Tests undertaken on the Electro Flo® 5000 and the Fluid Flo® 2500 by Med Systems and the Flimm-Fighter and Vibracare by G5 show definitively that the Electro Flo® 5000 and the Fluid Flo® 2500 provide significantly more pulse force than the Flimm-Fighter or the Vibracare.
The strongest, the Electro Flo® 5000, could reach up to 35 lbs of pulse force compared to 19.0 lbs for the Fluid Flo® 2500 the maximum of 13.75 lbs for the Flimm-Fighter or 11.75 lbs for the Vibracare.
"As a therapy for Cystic Fibrosis, think of the Electro Flo® 5000 like a jackhammer," says Med Systems President, Susan B. Davis. "Although it can deliver gentle tapping like the other Cystic Fibrosis treatment products, its range far exceeds that of other Cystic Fibrosis Therapy instruments."
For this reason, the Electro Flo® 5000 it considered to offer the most powerful CPT available for Cystic Fibrosis Treatment.