Tuesday 22 November 2011

What Happens To Our Body When Suffering Stroke?

Modern technology has altered the way people do things. Lifestyle and businesses have been looped towards these changes. This event leveled up of everything and caused a domino effect in the society. Undeniably, modern development, although have made great breakthroughs, also has its toll on people. This is most especially true when it comes to health matters. Stress is said to be one of the risk factors for stroke as well as other life-threatening diseases. Stroke can attack without warning.

Symptoms Associated With Stroke

    Numbness of extremities, shoulders, or face
    Sudden throbbing headache
    Blurring of vision
    Nausea
    Vomiting
    Slurred speech or impaired language

Friday 28 October 2011

Why Do Broken Bones Need A Splint?

When performing highly energetic activities, you tend to place a lot of strain on your bones and muscles. These activities are in the form of games or exercises. Sometimes, the activity can be in the form of your work. In doing these activities, there are several ways that you can be injured. You may be bruised or you may have swollen body parts. But in severe cases, you may have broken bones.

Broken bones are difficult to overcome. It is a painful experience and one that would affect your entire lifestyle for a considerable time. If for example, the broken bones are in your arms, you would have difficulty in performing tasks like household chores and school activities. If the broken bones are in your limbs however, it would be more difficult because walking and traveling from one place to another.

Thursday 27 October 2011

Information About Myofascial Release

Myofascial release is a powerful type of physical therapy that applies pressure into a sore muscle to remove pain and tightness. Myofascial release is one of the most effective and powerful ways to eliminate muscle knots and pain. Many people think stretching is the only thing they need to keep them healthy and loose, but they are very wrong.

The most popular and common form of myofascial release is with a foam roller. This is called self myofascial release and is the most effective, low cost, and time efficient method of performing myofascial release. Foam rollers are cheaper than a physical therapists and can be performed right in your own home.

Tuesday 25 October 2011

A Guide To Physiotherapy

If you have been injured and you have now reached your rehabilitation period then you will no doubt be in contact with a physiotherapist. Whether your injury is from an accident or a sporting injury; after your initial treatment the only way you can reach full recovery is through physiotherapy.

So do you understand physiotherapy? It is a subset of medicine that falls into the bracket of normal treatment. After an operation, or following some sort of sporting injury or accident a patient consults a physiotherapist who will look after you and make sure your return back to normal lifestyle. It can be as simple as aiding someone who is finding it difficult to deal with the pain that they are facing after an injury, but it can be as complex as teaching someone to walk all over again.

Saturday 22 October 2011

Exploring New Horizons In Speech Therapy Employment

Speech therapy is one of the fast growing careers that are being taken up today by a lot of individuals who are interested in being employed in good paying jobs. A lot of great opportunities await those who have decided to major in this branch of medicine therapy. What really is speech therapy and what is the speech therapy employment that is available?

Individuals who majored in speech therapy are trained to take care of different kinds of communication problems. They take care of those individuals who have difficulty in receptive in expressive language, problems in their speech their voice, the fluency of their speech, oral motor and even swallowing disorders.

Saturday 20 August 2011

What to Look for in the Best Practice Management EMR Software

As we start to become even more digitally inclined, offices everywhere are switching to Electronic Medial Records (EMR) to help the efficiency of their clinic. Physical therapy (PT) clinics can enhance productivity, use less paper for charts and documentation and reach patients in a whole new, technological way that they may not have been able to do in the past.

There is an abundance of great services that come with the use of top-notch online practice management software. When looking for the best practice management EMR software for your clinic, consider your own unique needs. Do you want paperless documentation? Can your billing be a more efficient process? Here are some of the top services to look for in your EMR software.

Wednesday 17 August 2011

The Importance Of Injury Recovery Done Right

Injury rehabilitation and recovery can be a long and frustrating process. Exercise is important and if you are an active person it can be hard to accept sitting around waiting to heal.

Resting and treating an injury is vital in ensuring adequate recovery. Too many people dive straight back into strenuous activity after an injury, and don't wait long enough to recover. Not taking enough time to recover can often lead to an injury more severe and dilapidating than the one that put them out of activity in the first place. There are several important tips one should consider when recovering from an injury:

* Ongoing physiotherapy

Thursday 11 August 2011

Indications and Contraindications for Ultrasound Therapy

Ultrasound therapy is a popular method of treatment for chiropractors, physical therapists, and other medical care providers. It involves transferring sound waves with frequencies greater than the human sound spectrum (above 20 kilohertz) into a patient. The energy that is transferred with the sound waves can be used to treat focused, isolated areas of tissue to help with relieving pain in affected areas of the body and to speed the recovery process for injured muscle or other tissues.

When to Use Ultrasound

Therapeutic ultrasound can be used to create a deep heat effect for relief of pain, muscle spasms and in cases where joints have been tightened over a prolonged period of time - joint contracture - as in cases such as spastic cerebral palsy or in work-induced environments.

Is A Tens Unit Safe To Be Used With a Patient Who Has Implanted a Demand Cardiac Pacemaker?

One of the more common questions a patient has when using electrotherapy devices is whether it will interfere with their implanted demand cardiac pacemaker. The question is very reasonable due to the way a demand heart pacemaker works.

How A Demand Cardiac Pacemaker Works:

A heart demand pacemaker is an implanted device that uses a battery powered stimulator, connected to wires, and the wires are strategically placed to stimulate heart muscles. The pacemaker itself is also what is called a "biofeedback" type device because the pacemaker actually is monitoring the continuing electrical output of the heart muscles as they contract. The pacemaker detects the electrical charges emitted by the heart muscles when they pump, contract to move the blood.

Friday 1 July 2011

ACL Surgery: Symptoms of a Torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament

When it comes to knees, things are more complicated on the inside than they look on the outside. There are a lot of parts that connect and move it different ways in order for the knee joint as a whole to function the way it is supposed to. What this also means is that there are more parts that can potentially get damaged or injured as a result of accidents or strenuous physical activity.

When things start to not feel right in the knee during certain specific movements or trying to carry out normal activities, it is important to identify the cause of the pain or discomfort. And preferably sooner rather than later. The knee contains numerous soft tissue parts, some of which require restriction of activities in order to heal, and some which actually don't heal at all if torn.