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Stroke Rehabilitation – A Novel Treatment Pays Off

In a landmark study, researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham used a randomized controlled trial — the gold standard method for evaluating the effectiveness of a treatment — to show that immobilizing the good arm of stroke patients and intensively exercising the weakened arm actually improved recovery, even when performed long after the stroke occurred. At one level, randomized controlled trials in the field of rehabilitation medicine have been so rare that the publication of each and every ...

Chiropractic Treatment

Chiropractic treatment is catching up very fast as one of the mainstream options in the US. It is estimated that more than ten to twelve percent of the entire population goes to chiropractic doctor for treatments. Wondering what it is all about, let us give you some idea. Five facts about Chiropractic care that you need to learn and apply to your daily life. A chiropractic doctor offers a breadth of services to various patients that involve physical rehabilitation and ...

Physical Rehabilitation and Your Pet – Range of Motion Exercises

Physical Rehabilitation and Your Pet – Range of Motion Exercises As Part of Therapy Post-surgical rehabilitation of the small animal patient is not a new idea, but it is typically underutilized and often only begun after a pet has failed to recover as expected. Gone are the days of immobilizing a joint or limb for thirty days post operatively, or the notion that the patient will use the limb when it feels good. These restrictions can lead to severe muscle ...

Osteopathy, Injury Prevention and Cycling

One of the most interesting aspects of my occupation is injury prevention. I have always believed that identification of the underlying cause of injury to be one of the most important factors in an effective rehabilitation. Often what may appear to be a simple rolled ankle or other common injury may have been caused by muscle imbalances, a slight dysfunction in running stride or incorrect support from footwear to name but a few. Being a keen cyclist I have a ...

Where Did Rehabilitation Physiotherapy Start?

Most of us, at some point in our lives will succumb to some kind of muscular issue which requires rehabilitation physiotherapy. The thing is that this type of medicine has been around for many years, and can be enormously helpful in dealing with many ailments that might not immediately spring to mind. In short, it’s a way for individuals to restore and maintain physical independence. It’s not just for those with acute ailments either, and can be used as a ...

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