5 Tips for a Successful Total Hip Replacement Recovery
Exercise, maintaining a healthy diet and body weight, taking steps to prevent blood clots, and preparing your household for reduced mobility can help to ensure a successful recovery following your hip replacement surgery. Surgery may be the most important and intense step in any treatment plan, but it is not the only one that carries serious weight and particular risks. The recovery period following an orthopaedic surgery usually involves many important steps and processes th
Physical Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Physical therapy is an effective and safe treatment for managing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). But how does physical therapy help with rheumatoid arthritis symptoms, and how long will you have to do it? This article answers these questions, as well as gives you tips on the benefits of physical therapy for RA>>
Causes and consequences of sports concussion
Concussion in sports is a topic that is receiving increasing amounts of publicity and attention. Increasing recognition of concussion as well as improving understanding of the short- and long-term physiologic effects of concussion have resulted in widespread legislation governing the recognition and treatment of sports concussion. The increasing amount of medical research in the field and oftentimes subjective symptoms of concussion leave many ethical questions to be answered
Misunderstood and often misdiagnosed, the mystery of vertigo
Gentamicin ototoxicity, or poisoning of the ear, is just one way people end up with chronic vertigo. In the majority of cases, vestibular damage is the result of a virus. Head injury, autoimmune disease and genetic conditions are also culprits. As are some jobs. Vestibular problems are a professional hazard for studio sound engineers, soldiers and military trainees who are exposed to bomb blasts, as well as football and hockey players, including Sidney Crosby, who develop chr