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Nutrition

Can Diet Aid in Wound Healing?

Eating a healing diet - rich in vitamins, protein and nutrients - while recovering from an injury or post-surgery can quicken the healing process of your wound.

Perineal Skin Care

Incontinence And Skincare: Impact and Management

Skin is a very important organ of the body, apart from being the largest. And it requires good caring and nurturing. A small cut or rash does hurt, doesn’t it? So, we really need to keep our skin in good condition and this is particularly applicable to those who have very fragile skin or who are constantly exposed to moisture which can have a debilitating effect on the skin.

Grab Bars and Safety Rails

Defying Gravity: Preventing Falls

No matter how hard we try, gravity works. It’s always there pulling us down, but as we age old man gravity’s pull on us can become dangerous. Falls are a leading cause of injuries and hospital stays, especially in the elderly. The CDC reports that 1 in 3 older adults (65 or older) fall each year and these falls are the leading cause of fatal and nonfatal injuries.

Yoga And Pilates

Using Yoga for Therapy

We all know that exercise is good for us, but not all of us may understand the benefits that yoga presents to our overall well-being as well as for its therapeutic values. Many people use yoga in conjunction with a healthy lifestyle to improve their quality of life and overall health.

Hot And Cold Therapy

When And How to use Hot and Cold Therapy?

Recovering and rehabbing from an injury requires the correct therapy course of action. It makes no sense to adopt a course of action that won’t benefit your injury, would it?

Wound Preps

Understanding Wound Inflammation

The wound healing process is generally understood to be a three-step process: inflammation, regeneration (also known as proliferation), and maturation.

Wound Dressings

Wound Preparations for the Management of Chronic Wounds

A chronic wound can prove to be extremely difficult to heal for both the patient and the healthcare professional. These types of wounds can be stubborn and are often impacted by another physical malady such as diabetes or ischemia.

Magnetic Therapy

The ‘Therapeutic’ Magnet

Magnet therapy is one such complementary treatment that has become quite popular in recent times, especially for pain management. Magnets are believed to have a therapeutic value and practitioners claim that the magneto static fields produced by permanent magnets have beneficial health effects.

Plantar Fasciitis

Understanding Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is pain and inflammation of the plantar fascia which is the thick, fibrous band of tissue that runs along the underneath of the foot, connecting the heel to the toes. It is one of the most general causes of foot pain and more common in women though men also suffer from it.

Edema

Knowing and Managing Lymphedema

Lymphedema is a swelling in the arm or leg caused by retention of fluid due to a blockage or damage in the lymphatic system.