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As a professional, I often encounter that the health of our teeth does not get much attention until a more serious problem appears – for example pain, inflammation, or allergic reactions. I remember my parents often telling me to take care of my eyes, my face, my heart, my joints, but that I should also look after my teeth — that somehow never came up. Of course, they always tried to make sure I brushed at night and that I didn't eat so many sweets, but somehow it never felt like a very big issue.
“Meditation means more than sitting under a tree and daydreaming. Meditation is the highest form of awareness. Meditation means noticing what kinds of thoughts, feelings, concepts, and beliefs touch us, and recognizing that there is a ‘pause,’ a choice, and that we do not have to respond to everything automatically.” Kurt Tepperwein Meditation is a mental state in which [...]
In this article I present a real case study documented with photos: how herpes symptoms changed with softlaser treatment. If you are looking for comprehensive information about softlaser treatment for herpes, read our detailed guide Softlaser treatment against herpes – Home therapy.
Erysipelas, also known as orbánc, is a bacterial skin infection that typically affects the face, legs, arms or other skin areas. The most common pathogen is the bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes, which enters through breaks in the skin and causes the infection.
Regular at-home monitoring of the blood's oxygen-carrying capacity and condition is necessary in heart and respiratory diseases and in anemia. A pulse oximeter device provides this.
For foot-related complaints it's worth consulting a professional. Few people probably know exactly how a pedicurist, podiatrist or special foot care professional can help. These occupations are related. To help clarify, I asked Anna Németh, master special foot care practitioner, lecturer and instructor, for her input. Dr. Zsolt Zátrok (ZZs): What are the roles of the pedicurist, the podiatrist and the special foot care professional? Anna Németh (AN): All three professions deal with foot problems, but their training and competencies differ.
Acetic acid iontophoresis is a non-invasive electrotherapy procedure in which acetic acid is delivered to the heel bone (calcaneus) spur area or other calcified soft-tissue lesions (e.g. calcific shoulder tendinopathy) using a mild direct current (DC). The treatment aims to relieve chronic pain and reduce the mechanical effect of calcific deposits — not to “dissolve” the spur. This guide reviews the current clinical evidence, the proposed mechanisms, and the limitations of the method.
The stability of the knee joint is provided by the leg muscles surrounding the joint — the thigh extensors (front) and flexors (back), as well as the lower-leg muscles. If these muscles are strong, they hold the joint stably. This reduces the load on the bones and cartilage, and can relieve pain. There are other reasons to re-strengthen the muscles as well: after an injury, and even before and after knee replacement surgery. In this article I explain in detail why knee stabilization is important, how home NMES stimulation training is performed, and provide a 12-week general training plan.
More and more people are questioning today's medical practice — specifically that almost every problem is expected to be "fixed" with medication. For most chronic patients, lifelong drug therapy produces little better results than doing nothing. A medicine does not move your muscles or joints. It does not change what you eat, or which harmful habit is destroying you. Public thinking about healing is outdated and overdue for renewal. Everything calls out for a change of approach. Lifestyle medicine is a new movement that may offer better solutions for today's most common diseases than what can be expected from pills and surgeries.
Medical fitness is a healthcare service aimed at achieving improvements for patients through exercise. Within this framework, physicians, physiotherapists and medical fitness trainers work together to create an individualized training plan for the patient that takes into account the patient's specific health condition and goals. Medical fitness programs generally target conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, joint pain, overweight and stress.
Cholesterol appears as a “bogeyman” in almost every medical conversation, yet it is in fact an essential substance: a building block of cell membranes, a component of bile acids, and the precursor molecule for vitamin D, cortisol and sex hormones. Most of the cholesterol in our body is produced by the liver; a smaller portion is obtained from the diet.
