Device and Equipment
Yellowing, thickening, crumbling nails – if this sounds familiar, you’re likely dealing with nail fungus (onychomycosis). It is one of the most stubborn fungal infections: conventional treatments take months, and oral antifungals can have liver‑damaging side effects. Laser therapy has emerged as a new alternative – but does it really work? In this article I summarize what scientific research shows.
The Achilles tendon, our body's strongest yet most vulnerable tendon, deserves special attention because it plays a key role in everyday movement. This massive connective tissue structure connects the calf muscles to the heel bone, enabling walking, running and jumping. However, precisely this constant demand makes it particularly prone to inflammation and injury.
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.
Diagnosing certain heart conditions can be challenging. This is especially true for those that occur only occasionally, at unpredictable times, come on suddenly and last for a short time. Examples include some arrhythmias or transient reductions in myocardial blood supply. Often, by the time you see a doctor and an ECG is taken, the heart may have returned to normal and no abnormality is visible. If such episodes recur, a Holter ECG test can help "catch" and identify the problem.
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.
In this video I present the DuoBravo ETS device, which is an important device in the final phase of stroke rehabilitation.
The home ergometer is an effective aid for recovery from serious illness, that is, for rehabilitation. In this article you can learn more about these devices.
BEMER and magnetic field therapy (PEMF) are related but different. When the BEMER device is mentioned, you often hear that it uses "pulsed magnetic field therapy" – and that is essentially true. Still, anyone who digs a little deeper will quickly realise: BEMER is a specialized variant of the widely used pulsed magnetic field technology. Let’s see how they are similar and what makes BEMER different.
The medical device manufacturer Globus offers a wide range of sports stimulators (not only) for athletes. The therapeutic quality of the devices is outstanding, and their program selection is so abundant that it can confuse not only those who are just getting to know stimulators but also regular users. I would like to help you navigate this with this article.
Electromyography (abbreviated EMG) is a diagnostic procedure for examining muscles and the nerves (motor neurons) that supply them. EMG results can reveal dysfunctions of nerves and muscles or problems with nerve-to-muscle signal transmission.
Ultrasond treatment is one of the first-choice treatment methods for musculoskeletal disorders, pains and inflammations. Therapeutic ultrasond is a fundamentally important tool in the toolkit of medical physiotherapy.
Technological advances now make it possible that you don't have to travel to a clinic or hospital every few days for a ten-minute treatment. With proper information and some basic knowledge, most ultrasond treatments can be performed at home using an ultrasond device designed for home use.
