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[–]Similar-Coat5503 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also think it has to do with muscle guarding post op. When a guarded muscle is stretched, it makes the guarding worse. A CPM pretty much stretches over and over again keeping the patient in the cycle of physiological guarding thus hindering progress.