FOR RELEASE FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2017, AT 12:01 A.M. CST.-Spencer Kolman, 15, of Chicago, works on leg strength with his physical therapist Carol Hyde on Monday, February 27, 2017, at Children’s Hospital in St. Louis. Kolman was the only pediatric heart-lung transplant in U.S. last year.
Category: Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
#DesignIndaba2017: Fashion and tech empowering people with diversabilities
If we’re going to be designing for the future, shouldn’t we maybe challenge ourselves to design beyond human augmentation? How do we design inclusively? A graduate speaker on day two at Design Indaba 2017, Grace Jun has a master degree in design and technology and she focusses mainly on accessible clothing. Jun became friends with a breast cancer survivor whose quality of life was consistently challenged by continual pain – even long after her double mastectomy.
Tough workouts hurt hips
… she said. And with little downtime between routines or adherence to proper form, they were putting the long-term health of their hips at risk. “A lot of millennials are doing all of these high-intensity exercises that are great for the mental and …
Bush recovering from pneumonia, doing physical therapy
In this photo provided by Office of George H.W. Bush on Monday Jan. 23, 2017, former President George H.W. Bush and his wife Barbara pose for a photo at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston. The 92-year-old former president is still suffering from pneumonia, but is well enough to leave the intensive care unit at a Houston hospital, doctors said Monday.
Cunanan: Know your headache
There is evidence that temporomandibular disorder may be a contributing factor to cervicogenic headache , in part because of the influence of dysfunction of the temporomandibular joint on the neck . In our office, I see patients with varying origins of headache.
Straight Up Reality
… determine the most appropriate method of achieving standing. Clinicians are always looking for ways to improve bone health following a neurological condition. Goktepe reported in Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 1 that no significant changes in bone …
New Trends in Laser Therapy
Let’s face it: While most Americans are familiar with the concept of physical therapy, very few actually know about the wide range of treatments it can entail. New patients tend to come in with a set of ideas about physical therapy and, generally, these ideas aren’t wrong.