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The stagnation of Hungarian sports results did not begin recently, but it has become truly noticeable over the past few years. For decades our athletes were among the world elite in canoe-kayak, swimming, fencing, gymnastics, modern pentathlon, wrestling, football, handball, water polo, sport shooting, and even athletics. Today — with one or two exceptional stars aside — victories have become rarer.
The mission of Élethosszig Egészségesen magazine is to introduce medical devices for home and clinic use as widely as possible and to demonstrate how to use them. Progress is extremely rapid; new solutions appear daily, so there is always something new to discover.
Electrotherapy — TENS, EMS, microcurrent, interferential therapy or iontophoresis — is generally well tolerated in clinical practice and serves as an adjunctive analgesic and rehabilitative modality. Users living with cancer, however, often ask: is treatment safe when the medical history includes a malignant tumor?
Better sports performance depends not only on the amount of training you do. Physical and nervous system regeneration (rebuilding, re-regeneration) after workouts is extremely important. During rest the consequences of training are cleared away (repair of micro-injuries, removal of waste products), and this is when the effect "sets in": muscle fibers strengthen, cellular functions adapt, etc. Time spent resting is therefore not wasted — in fact, you can only progress and reach high levels of performance if you devote enough time to regeneration. Without rest the risk of injuries also increases. You can improve muscle regeneration in several ways; in this article I present the two most effective methods: muscle stimulation and compression therapy.
Urinary incontinence (difficulty holding urine) means urine is passed involuntarily – from a few drops to larger amounts. This is not a natural consequence of aging, and you should not be ashamed. It is estimated that in Hungary about 400,000 women and 100,000 men are affected, but the real number may be much higher because many do not seek medical help.
Home electrotherapy devices – whether TENS, EMS, microcurrent, iontophoresis or interferential therapy – deliver electrical current into the tissues. This raises particularly important questions when some implanted medical device (pacemaker, ICD, neurostimulator, hip prosthesis, etc.) is present in your body.
Home electrostimulation treatment is not complicated – but before the first sessions it helps to know the exact steps. In this article I will guide you through the whole process: from preparations through electrode placement to treatment protocols.
Many people suffer from persistent pain. Chronic pain means pain that lasts for more than six months, and its severity can range from quite mild to agonizing; it may be continuous or intermittent. It can be nearly constant, lasting months or even years, which is why chronic pain is an enormous physical and mental burden on the sufferer. It most commonly presents as back, lumbar or joint pain, but can appear in many other forms as well, such as facial or sinus pain, tendonitis, tennis elbow, sciatica or carpal tunnel syndrome. What can you do at home to reduce chronic pain?
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines chronic diseases as long‑lasting, generally slowly progressing conditions that are among the leading causes of adult morbidity and mortality worldwide.
Most Hungarian amateur athletes train in the spare time they steal from their job and their family/partner. With such obligations, only a few manage optimal preparation. I’ll show you an opportunity provided by the most modern medical technology that you can use passively — for example while doing office work — and literally "gain" training time. With muscle stimulation you can effectively develop your muscles. Of course, not all muscles at once as with traditional training. But that’s not the goal! Apply muscle stimulation to the muscles that your sport uses most. For example, if you cycle or run, focus on your leg muscles. If you make stimulation part of your training plan, it can provide significant development opportunities. Let’s see what this is about.
After an episode of thrombosis you are never quite “the same” again! The disease always ends in a “residual condition” that you must live with for the rest of your life. This is the post-thrombosis condition, medically called post-thrombotic syndrome. Keeping symptoms under control and, above all, preventing recurrence of thrombosis is in your hands. You must care for it every day, continuously. Let’s review your options.
