spinal pain Articles
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The Best Ways to Banish Back Pain
An article from Health in Action features mild® Provider, Dr. Kiran Patel and reviews key data from the Mobility Matters Landmark Survey as well as the Know Your Back Story health awareness campaign. Key points: Count yourself lucky if you’ve never groaned about your back. It is estimated that roughly a quarter of us- more than 72.3 million U.S. adults- are currently experiencing ...
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Smart Lift Desk - Make Your Work
Are you sitting at your desk all day and typing on the keyboard? We drive, work, study and sit for hours every day. For a moment of comfort, sitting and squatting, it is easier to have a backache! Do you know? According to statistics, the number of patients with lumbar spondylosis in China has already exceeded 200 million! There is also a trend of constant rejuvenation! More than half of the ...
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Smart Lift Desk - Make Your Work
Are you sitting at your desk all day and typing on the keyboard?We drive, work, study and sit for hours every day.For a moment of comfort, sitting and squatting, it is easier to have a backache! Do you know?According to statistics, the number of patients with lumbar spondylosis in China has already exceeded 200 million!There is also a trend of constant rejuvenation!More than half of the 30-40 ...
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Smart Lift Desk - Make Your Work
Are you sitting at your desk all day and typing on the keyboard? We drive, work, study and sit for hours every day. For a moment of comfort, sitting and squatting, it is easier to have a backache! Do you know? According to statistics, the number of patients with lumbar spondylosis in China has already exceeded 200 million! There is also a trend of constant rejuvenation! More than half of the ...
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The transverse abdominis muscle: Literature review
Summary The transverse abdominis muscle or TrA can simply be described as the body’s natural corset It encircles the viscera attaching to the spine and the ribs, It creates a reflex contraction with each movement of the spine, It is less active in patients presenting chronic low back pain. Its interaction with many upper limb muscles makes it a multipurpose muscle associated with ...
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Woman has reticulated, hyperpigmented patches on back. Let’s diagnose
A 38-year-old woman visited her doctor for discoloration that had developed on her trunk 2 months prior. On examination, extensive hyperpigmented, reticulated patches were seen on her back. She had no recent history of sunburn, extensive sun exposure, or history of dermatological conditions. Additional history revealed the use of a heating pad for the preceding 3 months to help manage her ...
By VisualDx
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A comparative analysis on musculoskeletal disorders between Greek and Dutch nursing personnel
Objective: To analyse cross-cultural differences between Greek and Dutch nursing personnel in association with the risk factors and occurrence and consequences (absenteeism and medical care seeking) of musculoskeletal disorders. Methods: This study was based on questionnaire surveys among 393 nurses and caregivers in nursing homes and homes for the elderly in The Netherlands and among 351 nurses ...
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Depression in tax office workers in Istanbul and its affecting factors
Depression is a highly prevalent disorder that causes much personal distress and difficulties in functioning at home and the workplace. In the workplace, as elsewhere, depression can manifest as a variation in normal mood, as a symptom, as a disorder or as a disease. In this study we aimed to investigate the determining factors that affect the depression state among official workers. Workers from ...
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Redefining Healthcare Benefits with Digital Health - Case Study
Rising Medical Spend A large software technology firm saw an annual upward trend of medical spend for back and joint pain. Many of their tech employees spend most of their time working on computers—which can lead to chronic back and joint pain. As a technology innovator, the company redefined their healthcare benefits with digital health to provide more effective treatment than traditional ...
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Female physiotherapists play an important role in the medical field.
Suppose you're hospitalized, you'll want to have qualified medical professionals around you, but does it matter if your doctor is a female or a male? It might. Both male and female medical representatives have their own implications in terms of approach. But female health professionals are said to spend more time with patients, provide more patient-centred care and care with an empathic ...
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Easing Chronic Pain Remotely With Digital Health - Case Study
Living with Chronic Pain Rich is a 20-year veteran consultant at a Big Four accounting firm, who spends long hours sitting at his desk on his computer. The past 2 years, his back pain has become unbearable. He tried epidurals, surgery, physical therapy, and opioids and was waking up every 3 hours to take a pill that barely helped. He had fractures on his spine’s base. After being bed-ridden ...
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Hargreaves Test-A Brief Overview
The Hargreaves test is one of the classic experiments used to detect thermal pain responses in rodents. The test is commonly used to quantify the thermal threshold to radiation or infrared thermal stimulation in the hind paw of mice and rats. In the Hargreaves test, a radiant or infrared heat source is usually placed underneath the rodent and aimed at the plantar surface of the rodent's hind ...
By Protheragen
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Stand Up Office Makes Your Afternoon More Energetic
How to improve your efficiency? Here's a look at the benefits of using a movable stand up desk. Sedentary is the root cause of many chronic diseases. The movable stand up desk can alleviate the adverse effects of sedentary. This new office method can not only relieve stress, but also adjust your body to make your energy more abundant. Working at the desk all day, sitting still for a long time, ...
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Extentrac Elite Case - Case study
Clinical Study Report A practice based prospective study of 31 consecutive patients (21 men, 10 women – mean age 57 years) with low back pain with or without radiculopathy. Each patient completed the Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire (Ver.2) and the Numeric Rating Scale (NRS-11) – pre and post treatment. Disability assessment was based upon an absolute percentage point ...
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Long-Term Outcomes Following Lumbar Nucleus Replacement
Abstract Background Nucleus replacement devices are designed to replace the native pain-generating lumbar nucleus while preserving the annulus fibrosus, endplates, and natural motion. The DASCOR Disc Arthroplasty Device seemed to perform well clinically but was discontinued in 2009. While there are no commercially available NRDs today, the potential advantages of using such devices have ...
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Saving on back pain and down time with the hustler sl360x
Why has this Austrian diary farmer Karl Schaberreiter, changed from traditional feeding methods to a Hustler SL360X Karl Schaberreiter runs a small 11-hectare dairy farm with around 20 cows in Strallegg, Austria. Recently they have had to change to silage bales as it is easier to work with on his operation and are able to produce around 300 bales per year. Karl also leases a further ...
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Future of Telemedicine & COVID-19
What is telemedicine? Telemedicine is sharing information about a patient’s health outside of a traditional in-person visit with a doctor. Telemedicine began in the 1950s when hospital systems tried to find ways to share information through the telephone. Telemedicine was used between doctors and their patients, especially when connecting a patient to a specialist at a distance. The ...
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What to Expect with the Acessa® Procedure
If your doctor has talked to you about the Acessa® procedure, chances are you’ve been living with fibroids and the symptoms that come along with them—symptoms like extreme periods, stomach swelling and bloating, leg and back pain, stomach and pelvic pain, digestive issues, anemia, pain during sex, and frequent urination. Ugh. No wonder you’re looking for relief. ...
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Case Study: Leading Interventionalist Makes the Move to mild® and Helps Patient (67) Find Lasting Relief
mild® Provider, Dr. Shawn Puri | Double Board-Certified Anesthesiologist and Pain Medicine Specialist | Relievus Pain Management This case study highlights a female patient, age 67, with debilitating back pain that prevented her from completing tasks of daily living and decreased her quality of life. Despite multiple interventions, including epidural steroid injections (ESIs) and medication ...
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A Reflection on Blood Cancer Awareness Month: Patient Spotlight
As September and Blood Cancer Awareness Month wrap up, we want to reflect on a memorable conversation with Karen Thomas, a woman who received clonoSEQ® testing, and her physician, Dr. Hazma Hashmi, a hematologist-oncologist from the Medical University of South Carolina. At Adaptive, we know our diagnostic tests provide key information that help physicians and patients make treatment ...
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