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Back pain is one of the most common reasons people visit a doctor today. It can trouble you from the moment you wake up, won’t stop while you work, and even when you sit down in your armchair at home it doesn’t go away. Worse — the more you rest it, the more it hurts. Let’s look at the information that can help you avoid back pain.

When you start a physiotherapy treatment to resolve an injury, inflammation or pain, you may be surprised to find that your complaints not only don't improve but even increase. But why does the pain increase? What should you do then? Stop the treatment or continue? I wrote about this now.

The Dolito is a two-channel TENS device optimized for relieving acute and chronic pain. It only has pain relief programs. In addition to constant-frequency (traditional and endorphin) TENS programs, it also provides a modulated (variable-parameter) program. Thus it can be used effectively not only for acute pains lasting 2–3 days, but also for osteoarthritis, arthritis, tennis elbow, tendon inflammations, rheumatic complaints, etc.

I previously wrote about the importance of muscle fiber ratio for sports performance. Now I'll explain how you can simply assess which fibers you have. Although these methods do not give an exact percentage result but rather an estimated value, this is sufficient for planning your training. The precise determination of muscle fiber ratio can only be done by analyzing a piece of muscle tissue taken from the muscle (e.g., surgically excised) — which is why this type of examination is performed only very rarely and, of course, most athletes do not need it. At most, it can be important for top athletes aiming to maximize performance.

If you suffered a femoral neck fracture, or a family member went through this serious injury, you know how challenging the period after it can be. A femoral neck fracture is one of the most dangerous types of bone fractures and requires specialized rehabilitation.
The good news is that pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy has become part of modern rehabilitation and can be used as an adjunct treatment to support bone healing and relieve pain.

If electricity didn't exist, you wouldn't be able to read this article now. Not only because your computer wouldn't work, but because without electricity your brain wouldn't either! Every movement, thought and emotion is based on electrical signals. These make possible, control and direct the functioning of your body.

If you exercise, you know how much tiring work it takes to build muscle and to increase strength and endurance. You also know how quickly a few weeks without training can worsen these. Two to three weeks off and half a year of work can be lost. Gyms, pools and sports halls close. For now you can still run or cycle outdoors, but based on the news from Italy you may only be able to do that for a few more weeks. After that you will be confined between four walls and can only train at home. In such a situation it is worth considering acquiring a sports muscle stimulation device. It will be useful for maintaining muscle condition.

A dermatome is a segment of your body's surface supplied by the nerves that exit or enter at a specific spinal vertebra. Based on your symptoms, the doctor can identify at which vertebral level the problem should be sought.

Tunnel syndrome is one of the most common musculoskeletal disorders today. It is a condition in which nerves running through anatomical “tunnels” in various parts of the body become compressed. These tunnels are formed by muscles, ligaments and bones. When inflammation or swelling occurs in this narrow space, the nerves are compressed, causing various symptoms in the affected areas.

“Health is not everything, but without health everything is nothing” – says a Chinese proverb. The problem is that you usually only understand this when your health is lost. Unfortunately, many still do not. Most live in the belief that restoring health is the doctor's job. They are convinced that if they take a few pills or undergo an operation, they can continue to harm their body for decades as they did before the illness. This is a complete misunderstanding of healthcare and the role of doctors. The patient expects something they cannot get from them. Why? That is what this article is about, and also about how medical technology finds its way into homes.

Today most doctors believe in the biochemical origin of diseases and therefore try to treat them with drugs. Billions of people take medicines every day, yet the number of registered patients does not decrease — it steadily increases. I suspect that the concept of a pill for everything is flawed. After all, life is not made up solely of chemically arranged molecules!