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Pain is your body's signal warning you that "something is wrong". Although many pain relief methods are available, don't rush into treating it! If the pain appeared suddenly and you don't know the cause, however much you suffer, do not start treating it yourself—seek medical attention immediately. Using pain relief for pain of unknown origin can be dangerous because it may mask the real problem. First the cause of the pain must be determined! The situation is different for a long-known, chronic disease, and so are the treatment options.
Chest pain can take many forms, from sharp stabbing to dull throbbing. It can be a crushing pressure or a burning sensation. It may climb up to your neck, shoot into your jaw, and radiate to your back or one or both arms. Chest pain can be triggered by a variety of problems. Among the most dangerous causes are diseases of the heart and lungs. Because of these risks, it is essential to seek medical help immediately when chest symptoms appear. Depending on what causes the chest pain, it can produce many different sensations. Often its onset has nothing to do with your heart, although this is difficult to determine without a medical examination.
The paradigm shift that is changing chronic disease management. If you have chronic pain, musculoskeletal complaints, or face a long rehabilitation, you probably know the feeling: the doctor can spare a few minutes for you each month, the physiotherapist sees you once a week, and you are left alone with your complaints for the remaining 167 hours. Home medical technology addresses this problem — it extends medical care into your home so you are not left alone between treatments.
In my previous articles about lymphedema I did not mention the possibility of lymphatic reconstruction surgery. However, medicine is constantly changing and developing. With the expanding possibilities of microsurgery we are getting closer to a surgical solution for lymphedema. Because many people may be interested in this option, I asked the expert in the field, lymphatic reconstruction surgeon Dr. Balázs Mohos, to help clarify the topic.
Spinal curvature, medically known as scoliosis, refers to a sideways bending of the spine. It most commonly occurs during rapid body growth, that is, mainly before and during puberty. From behind, the trunk does not appear symmetrical and the spine is not located on the midline. Let's go over how to recognize it and why it is worth taking action.
Among domestic athletes the stubborn belief persists that “you must train a lot and hard — nothing else is needed.” Many think the more they train, the more they improve! Those who do not understand how the human body works and how it responds to load may agree with them. In reality, however, this is not the case at all! During training destructive processes dominate in your body, which make improvement impossible. The effect of training does not take place immediately during the session, but afterwards, during rest. This process — regeneration — restores the stores “worn down” by training, heals torn fibers, clears metabolites and builds stronger tissue in their place. It has been proven that the correct balance of quality training and effective regeneration is the key to progress.
Most patients live under the mistaken belief that their complaints will disappear immediately after taking the first tablet or after a single physiotherapy session and that their health will be instantly restored. Well… that's not how it works. You need to understand a few things about how diseases develop and about your body's self-healing abilities.
Massage is one of the oldest natural methods for treating muscles and thereby improving joints, ligaments, and, indirectly, the general condition of the whole body. For millennia massage has been performed by a masseur using his two strong arms as tools. Until now it made little sense to reconsider this, but technological development has reached a level that may make it worthwhile. […]
Sciatica, also known as sciatic nerve pain, is one of the most common and most painful musculoskeletal complaints. When the sciatic nerve, which starts from the lower part of the spine, becomes compressed, it causes agonizing pain that can radiate from the buttock to the toes.
The good news: you can do a lot yourself to relieve your symptoms and support your recovery! In this article I present effective home-applicable treatment methods that, alongside — or instead of — pain relief medications, can improve your condition.
Vibration trainers are very popular because they can work the muscles thoroughly in a short time with almost no sweating. They are excellent at any age, and regular vibration training is especially beneficial for older adults. But when should they not be used? In recent times several research groups have examined the effects and contraindications of whole-body vibration therapy. I wrote about the favorable effects on health in a previous article, and now I have summarized the contraindications.
The treatment performed with a muscle stimulation device is electrical muscle stimulation (EMS = electrical muscle stimulation). It is a method suitable for treating voluntarily controlled, so-called striated (skeletal) muscles and does not affect the viscera (intestines, internal organs). You can apply it to any muscle that lies close to the body surface and to which you can deliver an electrical impulse directly. For deeper-layer muscles it is therefore less applicable. In this article I explain the general rules of application so that you can successfully use it on almost any muscle of your body.
