pain resulting Articles
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Reducing Chronic Pain at a Processing Plant - CPG/Manufacturing - Case Study
Pain at Work Brian is a 55-year-old Maintenance Tech at a leading food processing company. With over 20 years of chronic knee pain, it was difficult to do his job. All of the climbing, kneeling, lifting, and squatting needed to do his job was aggravating his knee pain. As a result, he resorted to working in awkward positions to try and avoid pain. Brian’s doctor told him he had arthritis in ...
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Treatment for shoulder pain - Case Study
Treatment for shoulder pain Gabi Zeilig, MD, Dept of Neurological Rehabilitation The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. Purpose of the study: to test the efficacy of the TerraQuant medical device on shoulder pain resulting from inflammation (OA, Tendonitis, Bursitis). Background: TerraQuant is a unique device which combines low level pulse laser therapy (LLLT), pulsating ...
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Prolotherapy and the Use of Sugars in Orthopedics
Prolotherapy has been a part of modern orthopedic practices since the 1940s. It is growing in popularity not just in the U.S., but globally as well. Also known as “regenerative injection therapy” (RIT), prolotherapy is a procedure used to treat musculoskeletal conditions including tendinopathies, osteoarthritis, and chronic pain of the cervical spine, lumbar spine, and pelvis (Sit et ...
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Electrospun nanofibres of polycaprolactone, and their use for tendon regeneration
Inferior scar tissue formed when injured tendons heal often results in ongoing pain and site morbidity. With current treatments being ineffective, there is a clinical need for a tissue engineered approach. Electrospinning produces nanofibres with morphologies and architectures similar to the natural extra cellular matrix. Research incorporating electrospinning for tendon regeneration is limited. ...
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Oxygen therapy for rheumatology
HBOT is a very effective adjunctive treatment for Rheumatoid Arthritis procedures Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder that can affect the lining of the joints and cause painful swelling that will result in the erosion of bones and the deformation of joints, which aggravated, leads to physical disabilities. As an autoimmune disorder, rheumatoid arthritis ...
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Is This Wrist Tendonitis?
Wrist tendonitis can cause severe pain in the fingers, wrist, hand or lower forearm. The pain is usually a dull ache. And it's especially achy when you move your wrist or grasp objects. However, the pain can also be sharp or shooting. And it can be accompanied by tenderness and some swelling. This article describes: What wrist tendonitis pain is all about How to distinguish it from ...
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ReActiv8-B Trial 2-Year Data Publication in Neuromodulation
Abstract Background Impaired neuromuscular control and degeneration of the multifidus muscle have been linked to the development of refractory chronic low back pain (CLBP). An implantable restorative-neurostimulator system can override the underlying multifidus inhibition by eliciting episodic, isolated contractions. The ReActiv8-B randomized, active-sham-controlled trial provided ...
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Innovation Spotlight: Alucent Biomedical | Can we Make ‘Stents’ Obsolete?
As part of our ongoing Vascular Innovation Series in conjunction with The Way to My Heart, journalist Kym McNicholas interviewed Alucent Biomedical CEO, Dr. Myles Greenberg. Treatment for vascular blockages is getting a much-needed innovation makeover. Alucent’s first area of focus is one the most debilitating vascular diseases –peripheral artery disease, plaque build-up in mainly ...
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A new perspective regarding laser therapy
In April of this year, prior to the beginning of our International Conference in Toronto, I had the rare opportunity to meet for several hours with Tiina Karu, Mary Dyson, Shimon Rochkind, Chukuka Enwemeka and several other leading authorities involved in the field of laser technology. Whereas their interests encompass basic research, pathology, tissue response mechanisms and clinical ...
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Miamitech Startup Spotlight: Dalent Aims to Improve Sinus Surgery Experience, Outcome and Cost
Originally appearing on RefreshMiami.com If you’ve ever had an awful sinus infection, you know how painful, and quite frankly, how much of a drag it is. But most of us don’t have Chronic Sinusitis, which consists of a sinus infection lasting longer than 3 months (despite treatment), according to the Mayo Clinic. That being said, 11.6% of the American population does, says the ...
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Micron developing microneedle technology for self-administration of vaccines and therapeutics
Closely-held Micron Biomedical is developing a dissolvable microneedle-based technology that could enable self-administration of vaccines and therapeutics. “While microneedle technology is not new, our company represents the evolution of the technology over many years,” Steven Damon, CEO, says in an interview with BioTuesdays.com. “We’re developing an innovative ...
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Corey’s Story: First Patient Treated with BEAR® Implant Going Strong After Six Years
Before any new medical technology is approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a considerable number of courageous patients must first agree to participate in clinical trials of the new technology – without any data on potential success rates. For the BEAR® Implant, that brave patient was Corey Peak, a recreational athlete who tore his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ...
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Q&A with Chrys Maoudis, Research Scientist at Regeneus
Q. What is your background and experience in the regenerative medicine and stem cell space? How did this lead you to Regeneus? A. I have always had a passion to play a part in improving people’s health and this passion led me to undertaking a Bachelor’s degree of Medical Science at The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). It was actually Regeneus that led me into the stem ...
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