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Recently I came across this image on Facebook that well illustrates today's healthcare conditions, and even more so the mentality of a large portion of patients! This is not only true in our country but also in countries with developed healthcare systems. But what do I read from this single image? What could I pass on to you so you can learn from it?

What is grounding, or in Hungarian „földelés”? Grounding (or earthing) means making direct contact with the Earth, for example by standing barefoot on the ground or by using a product that is grounded. This connection allows your body to take on the Earth's natural electric charge, which supplies electrons to the body. Research suggests these electrons may reduce [...]

If you have ever experienced that lightning-like, agonizing pain in your face that strikes out of nowhere – triggered by eating, speaking, or even a light breeze – you know how helpless trigeminal neuralgia can make you feel. This condition is one of the most intense pain experiences a person can endure. The good news: softlaser therapy can provide an effective, drug-free means to ease your symptoms.

TENS is probably the best-known type of physiotherapy treatment. It's so common that in our country today many people (incorrectly) call any device that provides electrical treatment a TENS device. In fact, electrotherapy includes a range of treatments that can have stronger therapeutic effects than TENS. Examples include EMS (muscle stimulation) and MENS (microcurrent), among others. If you don't know what these strange acronyms mean, what the methods involve and what advantages they bring, read my article.

The strengthening of the back muscles may be necessary for many reasons. The primary goal is to increase spinal stability. Nowadays, due to sitting/standing work and lack of exercise, back pain is a common complaint. In this article you will find a generally applicable 3-month program that helps strengthen your back muscles without increasing pain, risking a herniated disc, or even needing surgery. In earlier articles (for example this one) I explained why this is effective, so here I will focus only on outlining the treatment steps.

Improving performance (biohacking) is every athlete's dream. Improving performance, for example preparing for long-distance running, cycling, triathlon, etc., requires a lot of training. Most amateur athletes have the least time for that. They prepare in their spare time alongside work, family, and studies. In this article I will introduce a method with which you can “hack” training efficiency, and even gain training time! This method has long been part of medical therapy. In the 1970s–80s athletes also picked it up, but the technical level of the time did not allow the creation of sufficiently precise devices, so the initial enthusiasm quickly faded. However, technology has advanced enormously over the past 5–6 decades and today devices are available that make it possible to “dust off” the subject. Get to know the muscle stimulator and its sports applications.

Respiratory allergy is the immune system's overreaction to allergenic substances that enter the airways. An allergen is a substance that provokes an excessive immune response in individuals prone to allergies.

Nowadays you increasingly hear about one of the newest electrotherapy treatments, neuromodulation, and within that, vagus stimulation. Neuromodulation achieves effects by stimulating the function of certain brain areas or nerves. One type is vagus stimulation, which increases the activity of the parasympathetic nervous system. Some experts believe the method could bring radical change in the treatment of today's most common diseases (diabetes, atherosclerosis, autoimmune diseases, inflammations, depression, stress, sleep disorders and many others).

A nerve is a “communication cable” in your body. It brings information to and from the brain — that is, from the body to the brain and back from the brain to the body. Nerves transmit both sensory and motor impulses. Touch, pressure, temperature and body-position sensory impulses move toward the brain, while motor signals go toward the muscles. The consequence of nerve damage can therefore be a disturbance, reduction or even complete loss of sensation and motor function.

The surgery was successful, the doctor is satisfied – but the story doesn’t end here. Rehabilitation is the process by which you relearn to walk, grasp, work, and live. And here’s the problem: Hungary’s rehabilitation system has limited capacity, long waiting lists, and by the time you get a slot the “golden window” for the greatest gains has often passed. In this article I’ll show why timing in rehabilitation is critical and how you can supplement specialist care with home-based treatment. This article is a practical guide to understanding the steps needed for successful recovery.

The autonomic or vegetative nervous system is the part of the nervous system responsible for regulating bodily functions that are independent of our will (not consciously controllable). It controls basic life processes such as heart rate, breathing and digestion. Its main components are the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems.