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Introduction Mental practice is the “cognitive rehearsal” of a movement without any physical movement being done. This means that you visualize the movement in your head, whether from the point of view of a bystander, or the first person point of view and use it to increase the chances of successful completion of that movement. Many people across different fields use this to prepare for a performance and increase motivation before they attempt to perform the skill physically. Mental practice…

DOI: 10/10/2003. The patient is a 64-year-old male truck driver who sustained injury when he slipped and fell on the wet concrete near the truck wash pump. Per OMNI, the patient had a back and right knee contusion. He had a right L3-L4 laminectomy on 03/11/04. Per medical report dated 1/7/16 by Dr. Carl Shin, the patient was seen for periodic evaluation of lower back pain. He had a lumbar epidural injection back on 9/4/15. He says he is still having benefit with the injection. He says he will…

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My lucky day! It was a beautiful sunny morning in South Texas .Good news was waiting for me at my front door step. I just won a trip to Haiti. I have always wanted to go there to help the people in need , aid in education , food, health and resources. I get to bring a relative so I choose my sister. We will have such a great week! This will be an amazing experience because we will be doing something for someone else that can have a tremendous impact on their lives.Haiti is one of the poorest…

Back pain affects more than 3 million Americans a year and can range from a minor nuisance to a major lifestyle disruption. Though many depend on pain medications and even turn to surgery as treatments, effective relief can also be achieved through physical therapy. Many studies have shown that physical therapy can mimic the results of undergoing surgery, especially in reducing back pain and increasing function. Back pain can result from variety of reasons such as accident, injury or simply…

There are over seven billion people living in the world. You never know who you will meet and how they will impact the way you go about your day. Meeting a student from Hanze University expanded the way I thought about physical therapy, education, and life in another country. In my second interview with Alexandra, I got a taste of the life of a physical therapist in the Netherlands. She and I sent pictures to one another and set up a skype interview to discuss them. It is interesting to see…

Over the years, the development in medical technology has rapidly improved. Using devices such as robotics, many patients suffering from stroke has difficulties performing loco motor tasks such as walking or stair climbing. In this section I shall be evaluating the use of electromechanical gait training for restoration of gait within hemiplegic patients in neuro-rehabilitation. As explained earlier in the report, stroke is a neurological disorder occurring in the brain, which leads to the…

WFH has various approaches towards clotting factor replacement therapy in hemophilia. Episodic treatment is the treatment given at the time of clinically evident bleeding. Primary prophylaxis is the regular continuous treatment initiated in the absence of documented bone changes in the joints, determined by physical examination and/or imaging studies, and started before the second clinically evident large joint bleed and age of three years. Secondary prophylaxis is the regular continuous…

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Coining Coining Therapy, also known as Cao Goi was originated by the Southeast Asians, and has been around for many years. This tradition has been a folk remedy in many households due to low economic status and limited health coverage. “Compared with whites, Asian Americans seek health care less frequently, and are less likely to be insured” (Behar, 2012).This alternative treatment has encouraged and spread among the Asian culture in order to relive various types of illnesses. Fever, muscle…