The affected lymph tissue can cause facial asymmetries. In the craniofacial and mandibular area, the therapist often treats asymmetry. Read in this blog the importance of lymph node examination within physiotherapy and ask yourself the question how much attention you should pay to this matter. Sometimes patients are falsely labelled with a simple diagnosis such as tension headache or myalgia of the masticatory muscles if dur-ing the our physical examination the features do not fit the therapist should be alerted and refer patients back to the specialist or GP without delay. Therapists that work on prescription (patients who have been referred and examined by a medical specialist) will rarely need to asses for red flags since they have usually already been excluded by the medical specialist.
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Let me first emphasize to be aware of the so-called red flags before we do our physical examination.
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That way, the hypothesis can be answered or refuted. Sometimes, it is just as a GP inspects the lymph nodes, also useful to do this as a specialized physiotherapist in the oro-cranialfacial region during the physical examination. We all know the swelling of the lymph nodes when we are having a cold.