Electrotherapy

provide physiotherapists to monitor patients and also the hospital setting with specialist practitioners in multiple healthcare conditions. These physiotherapists use their various skills in manual therapy, clinical measuring, therapeutic exercises, Electrotherapy and movement to treat patients [1] There are various types of knee injuries and conditions, which can be treated successfully by Physiotherapy. Injuries like ligament and cartilage problems, tendon and muscular…

physical therapist. PTA’s provide a variety of physical therapy techniques as they carry out the plan of care for the patient. This plan can include therapeutic exercise, functional training, deep soft tissue massage, and physical modalities such as electrotherapy and ultrasound.…

“Each year, 50% of Americans over the age of 18 develop a musculoskeletal injury that lasts longer than 3 months,” ("8 Facts”). Physical therapy is a rapidly growing “hands on” occupation all across the nation. Physical therapy, as a whole, is defined as, “Health care professionals who diagnose and treat individuals of all ages, from newborns to the very oldest, who have medical problems or other health-related conditions that limit their abilities to move and perform functional activities in…

There is nothing more isolating than being alone in a hospital room with the sound of hoarse coughs, sneezing, and nurses or nuns yelling for help from the next room over. This, unfortunately, was the reality for many, young or old, during the twentieth century in Canada, our home today. It is a large alteration compared to the manner our modern day world functions today, including its people and how science has advanced. One hundred and sixteen years after the start of the twentieth century,…

Throughout the short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper", Charlotte Perkins Gilman takes the reader on an adventure of how women were treated during the period of the rest cure. Many women during this period have a certain standard they have to live up to. In "The Yellow Wallpaper", the husband realizes that his wife is sick and needs medical attention. He then realizes that the only way she could get better is through the rest cure. The rest cure was developed in the late 1800's and is displayed…

I can see myself being a physical therapist since six years ago, when my grandmother suffered a car accident, she was paralyzed from the waist down for at least three years. I remembered watching her desperate, powerless and tired from seeing herself depending from someone else. One day my grandfather contact a physical therapist, a young and very friendly lady that helped my grandma do her training and exercises, so she could regain mobility of her legs. I became very interested when I saw my…

Christina McNellis Contemporary electrotherapy HND Beauty Therapy Unit DP3F 35 Microdermabrasion Type of treatment In microdermabrasion, tiny crystals are sprayed onto the skin to gently remove the outer layer of your skin. This technique is less aggressive than dermabrasion, so you don't need numbing medicine. It is an exfoliation and skin rejuvenation procedure that leaves skin looking softer and brighter Specific contra-indications • Eczema • Psoriasis • Broken Skin • Over…

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a degenerative condition of articular cartilage in joints commonly affecting the knees (Sinusas 2012) and slowly develops over many years resulting from mechanical stress (Kisner and Colby 2003). Unfortunately, the risk of developing OA increases with several factors including genetics, increasing age, obesity and female gender (Sinusas 2012). OA causes pain and stiffness in the joints however it is an incurable disease and therefore physiotherapy treatment should focus on…

The origin of “Dachau: The Medical Experiments” is that it was written by Franz Blaha in 1946. Franz Blaha was a prisoner at Dachau however, since he was a certified doctor they spared his life so he could be a medical examiner. If he was to not cooperate with the doctors and nazis at the camp, he would be killed. Dachau was the first concentration camp that opened in Germany in 1933. This document is a primary source. Franz Blaha published the document with the intent of it being publicized. We…

For whatever reason, writers tend to categorize female characters more strictly than they do male characters. Generally using the “Big 8” archetypes, women are placed into confining molds with little to no room for variation. Whether they play the role of the sweet, virginal Innocent or the plain and wise Sage, women, especially when written by male authors, rarely exhibit the same complex personalities as their male counterparts. Even worse, authors sometimes pervert these archetypes,…