| The use of percussor’s in the medical field has | | | | connective tissue that surrounds and supports the |
| allowed doctors to test reflexes and check for chest | | | | muscles and inner organs of the body). With an |
| congestion safely and effectively without the use of | | | | excess of scar tissue or fascial restrictions it can be |
| invasive procedures. Percussion, as a medical | | | | very painful to move certain body parts. The |
| technique, was first discovered in 1754 by Leopold | | | | percussor, when used in rapid succession, is able to |
| Auenbrugger. He developed this technique by | | | | break up the tension and relieve the patient of pain and |
| watching his father tap on a keg to check the fluid | | | | restricted movement. |
| level. He discovered that it could also be used on | | | | Pneumatic percussors and lung disorders |
| humans to check the congestion level of the heart and | | | | A pneumatic percussor from a medical laser |
| lungs as well as determine if reflexes were healthy. | | | | equipment provider is designed to break up mucus |
| The percussor and reflexes | | | | clogging in the lungs. A percussion device is strapped |
| The knee percussor looks like a little hammer with a | | | | around the patient’s chest and the rapid succession |
| rubber triangle for a head. It’s used to test your | | | | of movements from the percussor will break up the |
| reflexes and make sure that the nerves that control | | | | clogging in the lungs. When the patient begins to |
| your muscles are healthy. While you’re sitting up | | | | cough then the doctor knows that lung passages are |
| straight the doctor will tap the percussor on your knee | | | | beginning to clear. It is also a very well known |
| with the rubber triangle to look for healthy reflexes. If | | | | treatment for cystic fibrosis in children. Along with |
| all is well the knee will kick straight out. | | | | nebulizers and air compressors a pneumatic percussor |
| Percussors and treatment of pain | | | | can unclog air passages as well as kill off bacteria that |
| The percussor is also used to break up scar tissue | | | | amass there. |
| and fascial adhesions (fascia is the thin layer of | | | | |