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Actovegin belongs to a group of drugs called metabolism stimulators. The drug activates tissue metabolism, promotes regenerative processes and trophism. The Actovegin is a hemoderivative, which is obtained after dialysis and filtration of calf blood. The drug increases utilization and consumption of oxygen increases energetic metabolism and glucose consumption. As a result the energetic resources of the cell are increased. Increase of oxygen consumption under the influence of Actovegin leads to stabilization of plasmatic membranes in ischemia and decreases the formation of lactates. Actovegin not only increases intracellular concentration of glucose, but also improves oxidative metabolism, satisfying the cells energy needs.

The Actovegin is prescribed in patients with cerebral blood flow impairment as well as impairment of cellular metabolism function in the cerebrum, for example in cases of dementia. The effects of the drug can be monitored within 10 to 30 minutes after administration and reach their maximum in 3 hours.

The drug is prescribed in the following conditions:

• As supportive therapy in metabolic or vascular disorders
• Peripheral vascular disease
• Radiation injuries

The adverse effects of the drug are mainly expressed in possible allergic reactions, such as hives, hyperhydrosis, increased body temperature, itching and etc.

The drug should be avoided during pregnancy as no clinical trial s on the drugs use during the period have been performed. In cases of allergic reactions the use of the drug should be stopped.

Security Solutions - Identifying issues in the organization

In the modern computing, businesses have started working within business networks where they interact with external partners such as customers, vendors. In such a chaotic environment, it is critical that security takes the highest precedence.

Security within perimeters mindset needs to go away, and replaced by a more robust and end to end approach. Developing comprehensive security architecture requires methodical and deliberate analysis. In order to devise optimized security solution, one must evaluate existing security issues within the organization.

How do you identify security issues in your organization?

Security Access Provisioning Process: One of the most common issues in any organization is about security access provisioning. Most if the time, this is done in ad hoc manner. Somebody wants access to a system (e.g. CRM application) and sends a request to the administrator. Administrator provisions the access. Later when that somebody has moved to other department or left the company, that access is still there. Developing a comprehensive access provisioning to all IT systems is very important for any organization.

Data in Transit Issues: Data in transit (when data moves from one system to another system) is another critical aspect of data security. How do you make sure that data flowing on network bus is not being compromised? Passwords, employees’ sensitive HR information flow on network without sufficient protection can lead to severe results. It is important to realize that most of the security issues come from within the firewalls. Employees getting unauthorized access to systems and data can result into significant legal issues.

Data exchanged with External Partners: Data exchanged with external business partners poses another challenge. How do you make sure that the data is viewed only by its intended recipient? How do you make sure that the data integrity was not compromised on the way? On the other hand, how do you make sure that the data coming from external partner was sent by the expected sender? You should realize that enabling a secure operating environment with your partners is a big boost to the business itself.

Intrusion Prevention: When so many systems are put in place to communicate with external partners, how do you make sure that no unwanted intruder is trying to get access to your valuable information? How do you make sure that the incoming data is secure enough so that it can be processed by your systems (e.g. emails, documents, messages)?

Security Analysis and Audit: Do you enforce regular security audits? Do you capture required level of system and access logs in a consistent manner so that a detailed security analysis can be done as and when required? One can identify patterns in log data about upcoming security threats.

Your Must Know Guide to Wheelchair Lifts

What are wheelchair lifts?

Vertical wheelchair lifts, wheelchair lifts for short, are automatic or manual machines that aid the mobility of those in wheelchairs or with difficulty walking. In addition to being motorized, lifts come in exterior or interior varieties for transportation. There are also a number of choices for home stairway lifts. Lets take a look at the choices.

Automatic or Manual

Though many like the electric wheelchair lifts, they are significantly more expensive than the manual lifts. However, the manual lift is heavy and unless it is an interior vehicle model, the caretaker will need to be able to pick up the heavy item. When the lifts are outside and able to fold, it makes it easier on the caretaker but they have a bit of weight as well. Through their shortcomings manual wheel chair lifts are able to easily fit into budgets.

Automatic or power wheel chair lifts are easily operated and some have manual options built in for backup support. They are powered by hydraulics and come in a wide range for the home and automobile. The batteries for the wheelchair lifts are either on board the wheelchair itself or connected to your car battery. The onboard batteries can fit in any home outlet and can be taken off and recharged as needed. The models that are connected to your car battery will require professional installation, which can be expensive, but you won’t have to keep recharging the battery.

Which one is right for you?

Picking your wheelchair will depend on your individual needs. Each type has their advantages and disadvantages. Take into account your budget and the ability of the caretaker(s) and health professional. Don’t be afraid to ask questions to better understand your option. Also remember that research is key in finding the best wheelchair lift for you.

If you owned a Hoveround Power Chair where would you go next?

Physical Therapy for the Lower Back: How to Prevent and Treat Lower Back Pain

Lower back pain is one of the most common causes of job-related disability and why some people miss work. It is also the second most common neurological ailment in the United States, second only to headache. In fact, approximately 80% of adults in Western countries have, at some point, experienced lower back pain.

For some fortunate people, pain in the lower back may be resolved by itself or with the aid of medication within two to four weeks. However, there are some cases of lower back pain that may last for more than a few weeks, during which case the condition is termed as “chronic” and “progressive,” meaning it can only grow worse over time.

Moreover, 60-80% of those patients who suffer their first episode of lower back pain may experience recurring pain within one year.

According to current research, there are certain muscles in the back that work to stabilize the spine. When the spine or the back suffers an injury, these muscles are reflexively inhibited or shutdown. Worse still, these muscles do not spontaneously recover, and this is true even if patients do not feel pain and are able to return to normal activity levels.
As a result of the inhibition of these muscles, called lumbar multifidi and the transversus abdominus, lower back pain occurs. However, there are steps you can take to prevent the same thing from happening to you.

Lower Back Pain and Physical Therapy

One way to prevent the inhibition of the lumbar multifidi and transversus abdominus is through a series of physical therapy exercises.
Designed to strengthen the muscles of the lower back and keep the spine healthy, these physical therapy exercises may range from back stabilization exercises to muscle strength development and several wide variety of techniques.

In addition, a physical therapist may also recommend such methods as heat therapy, ultrasound, massage, mobilization, and education about posture and body mechanics in order to prevent lower back pain from recurring.

Some of these methods will be discussed later on. You will also find some practical self-help tips provided by experts to help you avoid lower back pain or prevent the condition from worsening.

However, before we head on to learning how lower back pain is treated through physical therapy, it is important that we first understand what causes lower back pain.

Lower Back Pain: CAUSES

There are actually many types of back pain, but the most common is pain in the lower back. Why? You might ask. The reason is simple: you carry most of your weight in the lower back. Thus, it is highly likely that a person would suffer pain in that area.

There is no definitive cause of lower back pain. Sometimes, the causes of the condition are so complex that it is difficult to pinpoint just a single one.

However, physical therapists and other healthcare professionals have observed that lower back pain is often a result of strained back muscles and ligaments due to any of the following activities:

Improper posture

Heavy lifting

Sudden awkward movement

Muscle spasm

Stress
We could all be guilty of the above activities. We may not suffer any back pains now, but it is likely that as we get older and the degree of inhibition of the back muscles as a result of these activities increases, back pain becomes a very distinct possibility.

In addition to these common activities, lower back pain may also result from specific conditions, such as:

Herniated disk (when the disk material presses on a nerve)

Sciatica (when a herniated disk presses on the sciatic nerve. The condition causes sharp, shooting pain through the buttocks and the back of the leg.)

Spinal stenosis (when the space around the spinal cord and nerve roots becomes narrow. This is caused by arthritis and bone overgrowth, the pain resulting from when a nerve gets pinched in the narrow space.)

Spondylosis (a type of arthritis affecting the spine due to degenerative changes brought on by aging)

Spondylolisthesis (when one vertebra in the spinal column slips forward over another)

Lower Back Pain: TREATMENT
The treatment of lower back pain depends on several factors, including the specific type of lower back pain (whether it is chronic or acute) and the purported cause.

For instance, acute lower back pain is commonly treated with pain relieving drugs, such as analgesics, or some forms of exercises that can help relax the muscles.

On the other hand, chronic back pain or one that lasts for more than two weeks and is progressive may be caused by some underlying condition, during which case the treatment plan may consist of resolving the underlying condition to treat the back pain.

Lower Back Pain and Physical Therapy Exercise
Physical therapy exercise is one of the most common methods of treating lower back pain. In fact, many home remedies for lower back pain consist of exercise, because the general theory is that if you remain active, you remain healthy. This is true in most cases.

However, for purposes of this article, the exercises featured here will be those that are practiced by physical therapists to treat patients with lower back pain.
Generally, in physical therapy exercises, the exercise program for back pain should encompass a set of stretching exercises, strengthening exercises, and low impact aerobics. Read below for more on these exercises:

-Stretching

The back of a person is composed of the spinal column and contiguous muscles, ligaments and tendons. All these are designed to move in consonance with each other so that any limitation in the range of motion in any of these components of the back result in back pain.
Stretching for lower back pain specifically targets soft tissues, such as muscles, ligaments and tendons, found in the back and around the spine. By stretching, the spine and soft tissues are mobilized, increasing motion and thus, relieving pain.

There are many kinds of stretching exercises employed by physical therapists. One is the Hamstring Stretching Exercise which works to relax tight hamstrings, a common symptom of lower back pain. This exercise is said to help decrease the intensity of lower back pain among sufferers.

-Strengthening

Physical therapists generally use two forms of strengthening and back pain relief exercises, usually depending on the specific condition of the patient. These are the McKenzie exercises and dynamic lumbar stabilization exercises. However, the two forms of strengthening exercises may also be combined should the therapist find it appropriate to do so.

-McKenzie Exercises

Named after a physical therapist in New Zealand, McKenzie exercises are primarily extension exercises that could help reduce pain generated from the disc space and also may help reduce the symptoms of herniated disc by reducing pressure on a nerve root.
For acute pain, the McKenzie exercises should be done frequently, at least once every two hours. In addition, patients are advised to avoid flexing their spine when exercising.

-Dynamic Lumbar Stabilization Exercises

Using this back exercise technique, the first thing that a physical therapist does is to look for the patient’s “neutral” spine. This refers to the position that allows the patient to feel the most comfortable.

Afterwards, when the patient is in that position, the back muscles are then exercised in order to “teach” the spine how to stay in this position.
Performing these exercises on a regular basis can help strengthen the back muscles and keep the spine well-positioned.

Low Impact Aerobic Exercises
The purpose of low impact aerobic exercise is to recondition the back. Patients who undergo reconditioning of the back through low impact aerobic exercise will have fewer episodes of lower back pain.

In addition, whenever an episode of lower back pain does occur, the pain is less intense and lasts only for a short period.
Another benefit of low impact aerobic exercise is that patients tend to stay functional that is, they can continue with their regular work and carry on with recreational activities. In contrast, patients who do not undergo low impact aerobic exercises typically experience the gradual loss of their functional abilities.

For low impact aerobic exercises to achieve their desired results, they should be continuous. This will increase the heart rate and keep it elevated as well as increase the production of endorphins, which are pain fighting hormones released by the body.
Here are some examples of low impact aerobic exercises that you may want to try in order to lessen or reduce lower back pain:

-Walking
One of the simplest forms of aerobic exercises, walking is generally considered as very gentle on the back. To get the maximum benefit from walking as a form of low impact aerobic exercise, walk two to three miles three times per week.

-Stationary Bicycling
This form of aerobic exercise is less painful on the back since there is lower impact produced. This is beneficial for patients with lower back pain who may find walking too painful.

-Water Therapy
Sometimes referred to as aquatherapy, water therapy is simply doing exercise in the water. The buoyancy works to provide effective conditioning at the same time stress on the back is reduced.

Health care

Health care or healthcare is an industry associated with the the prevention, treatment, and management of illness along with the promotion of mental, physical and spiritual well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions.

It is one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing industries, consuming over 10 percent of gross domestic product of most developed nations.

The industry includes the delivery of health services by specialist providers, such as midwives, doctors, nurses, therapists, home health aides, vaccination technicians and physician’s assistants. It includes preventive care, vaccination, screening, diagnosis, prescribing and administration of medicine, surgery, observation, and attendance at childbirth. Usually such services receive payment from the patient or from the patient’s insurance company, although they may be government-financed (such as the National Health Service in the UK) or delivered by charities or volunteers, particularly in poorer countries.

Health care can form an enormous part of a country’s economy. In 2000, health care costs paid to hospitals, doctors, diagnostic laboratories, pharmacies, medical device manufacturers and other components of the health care system, consumed an estimated 14 percent of the GNP of the United States, the largest of any country in the world. For the G7 countries the average is about nine percent.

Prior to the popularisation of the holistic neologism healthcare, English-speakers referred to medicine or to the health sector and spoke of the treatment and prevention of illness and disease.

Medical and social model of healthcare

The more generally accepted view of healthcare is that improvements result from advancements in medical science. The medical model focusses on the eradication of illness through diagnosis and effective treatment. In contrast the social model of healthcare places emphasis on changes that can be made in society and in people’s own lifestyles to make the population healthier. It defines illness from the point of view of the individual’s functioning within their society rather than by monitoring for changes in biological or physiological signs.

Mark Davis Show Perry raises possibility of states’ rights showdown with White House over healthcare BY DAVE MONTGOMERY AUSTIN — Gov. Rick Perry, raising the specter of a showdown with the Obama administration, suggested Thursday that he would consider invoking states rights protections under the 10th Amendment to resist the presidents healthcare plan, which he said would be “disastrous” for Texas. Interviewed by conservative talk show host Mark Davis of Dallas WBAP/820 AM, Perry said his first hope is that Congress will defeat the plan, which both Perry and Davis described as “Obama Care.” But should it pass, Perry predicted that Texas and a “number” of states might resist the federal health mandate. “I think youll hear states and governors standing up and saying ‘no to this type of encroachment on the states with their healthcare,” Perry said. “So my hope is that we never have to have that stand-up. But Im certainly willing and ready for the fight if this administration continues to try to force their very expansive government philosophy down our collective throats.” Perry, the states longest-serving governor, has made defiance of Washington a hallmark of his state administration as well as his emerging re-election campaign against US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison in the 2010 Republican primary. Earlier this year, Perry refused 5 million in federal unemployment stimulus money, saying it would subject Texas to long-term costs after the federal dollars ended.

Automationmedia.com Looks At Cost Reductions In Healthcare

In a recent article by Thomas R. Cutler, Jeff Pyden, Managing Director for OmniVue was interviewed extensively about the role of cost reductions in healthcare. The number one imperative of Healthcare providers is finding ways to reduce costs. Using solid and stable technology to improve business operations is the number one priority of Healthcare Software Vendors.

Pyden discussed his firm’s unique proprietary and branded proposition, known as its Business Agility Audit or Business Agiletics Assessment. Done as a dynamic interactive conversation, OmniVue’s Agility Audit is a structured, analytical assessment that highlights its clients’ core ability to respond organically to shifting market and business dynamics. According to Pyden, “The objective is to reveal where constraints weaken proactive decision management; to enable synchronous decision-making nearest the points of required action – all augmented by operationally aligned, customized, and transformative software. For operational leaders who recognize that changing core business processes can transform their company’s potential, the purpose of this program is to accelerate growth comfortably and profitably by configuring software as capabilities, particularly as it relates to effective automation within the healthcare arena.”

Mountain Neurosurgical & Spine Center in Asheville, N.C. treats disorders of the spine, brain and peripheral nerves. The specialty medical practice was experiencing significant pain in the backbone of its own business — its financial and accounting systems. “The system we were using wasn’t able to keep up with the growth and expansion of the organization as a whole,” noted Kevin Fleming, director of finance and administrative services for Mountain Neurosurgical. “We wanted a solution that would transform our older system of financial analysis into a true tool that benefits the functions of the practice.”

Pyden noted that, “Growing organizations like Mountain Neurosurgical need business management solutions built to adapt to their needs, today and down the road.” In approximately six weeks, the hosting accounting system was implemented and running. “This system in its first weeks has had a profound impact,” urged Fleming. “Our accounts payable person has been able to take on a tremendous amount of additional work with no additional time added to her week. We are experiencing an amazing increase in efficiency.”

Helping healthcare providers achieve collaborative health processes is a simple issue of effectively automating and utilizing a fully integrated and highly extensible financial and business management solution. Healthcare organizations often neglect automating these systems.

Founded in 2003, OmniVue is based in Metro Atlanta and has been the recipient of numerous awards including the 2009 Microsoft Dynamics Partner of the Year for the East Region as well as 2009 Inner Circle for Microsoft Dynamics which honors a small number of elite partners across the globe whose commitment to customers is reflected in their business performance and high level of sales achievement.

OmniVue has a uniquely proprietary and branded proposition, known as its Business Agility Audit or its Business Agiletics Assessment. Done as a dynamic interactive conversation, OmniVue’s Agility Audit is a structured, analytical assessment that highlights its clients’ core ability to respond organically to shifting market and business dynamics. Objective: To reveal where constraints weaken proactive decision management; to enable synchronous decision-making nearest the points of required action – all augmented by operationally aligned, customized, and transformative software.

For operational leaders who recognize that changing core business processes can transform their company’s potential, OmniVue’s purpose is to accelerate clients’ growth comfortably and profitably by configuring software as capabilities.

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RFID TRACKING SOLUTION FOR SCHOOL STUDENTS

OVERVIEW

For Student Tracking

Enablitz was designed specifically for pupil transportation to monitor student ridership in a safe and non-intrusive way. Knowing if and when a student got on or off the bus accounts for a significant portion of calls parents make to schools and is information that schools need to know. Enablitz provides accurate and immediate answers.

Just What Schools Have Been Asking For

Agnicient has succeeded where others have not by using Radio Frequency Identification Device (RFID) technology to solve the problem. Students carry a small card that contains passive RFID technology that logs each student’s entry or exit automatically when the student pass the scanner located on the bus. Enablitz is accurate, easy and affordable.

Load and Unload Process Stays the Same

Customers say it works because Enablitz requires no action on the part of drivers or students, other than to carry the card. Enablitz delivers the required performance without impeding the normal loading and unloading process. It’s a true win/win/win/win for school officials, drivers, students and parents.

HOW IT WORKS?

Simple, Safe and Secure

Each student is issued a unique RFID card to carry. Everything else is automatic. As the student passes the Enablitz reader upon entering or leaving the bus, the time, date and location is logged and transmitted to a secure database.

Real-Time Answers

The data is accessed via a web-browser with Agnicient system application. For the first time, accurate information is available to answer parent and administrators’ questions accurately and cost-effectively.

Web-Based Reporting - Makes it fast and easy to access accurate information.

Student Report - Stamps time and date for all loading and unloading activities by student.

Bus Report - Provides all students ridership data by bus.

Improves Safety and Efficiency

School officials can quickly and easily track students entering and leaving buses and be in the best position to answer parents’ questions. Enablitz has made student tracking easy, secure and affordable.

WHO BENEFITS

School Officials, Parents and Students All Gain

Transporting students responsibly is something school officials and parents take very seriously. A student’s boarding or departure status has always been largely reliant on speculation. Enablitz provides the capabilities commensurate to the responsibility.

STUDENTS - Provide valuable information when getting on and off the bus.

PARENTS - Take the appropriate action because they have precise answers to boarding status and times.

SCHOOL PRINCIPALS - Meet obligations to parents and district to do all they can to ensure student safety.

TRANSPORTATION MANAGERS - Equip buses with powerful track and report capabilities cost-effectively.

DRIVERS - Provide valuable and accurate information without having to do anything different.

SERVICE REPRESENTATVES - Answer parents’ and school officials’ questions instantly and accurately.

RISK MANAGERS - Protect the districts from liability by removing uncertainty about boarding status.

IT MANAGERS - Save valuable resources, with no demands on existing IT infrastructure or personnel.

Now student ridership can be monitored in a safe and non-intrusive way. Parents and school officials can have answers easily, immediately and cost-effectively.

New ways to save

It is Finally Knowable

School officials and parents have been waiting a long time for a solution to the vexing problem of knowing if, when and where a student has boarded or departed a school bus. There is finally an accurate, easy and affordable answer and that answer is Enablitz.

Accurate - RFID card-based systems ensures precise data collection. It is the only one of its kind.

Easy - Enablitz works without requiring anyone to change behavior.

Affordable - Agnicient innovative approach delivers performance at a price that is remarkably affordable.

You Can’t Afford to Go Without

The risk is just too great, now that there is an effective alternative. Think about the time already being spent to answer these calls from parents. It is considerable because the same questions are asked every day, by different parents, about different students. That’s why the effective automation Enablitz offers gives you a daily payback.

Think About What Is Already Being Spent

Think about how you spend your valuable time. Are you chasing down details and still getting incomplete information so you are unable to satisfy parents’ and administrators’ questions? It is time to let Enablitz help you “know” for sure once and for all.

Plastic Surgery ? Change Your Look & Enhance Confidence

Plastic surgery can be defined as a type of medical specialty that utilizes many different surgical & non surgical techniques in order to change the overall appearance & function of an individual’s body. The procedure of plastic surgery includes both cosmetic advancements & operations associated to functional reconstruction of a part of the human body. In cases where surgeons give emphasis on aesthetics more than functionality the surgery is referred to as cosmetic surgery. Most surgical procedures include both aesthetic & functional elements.

If we talk about the history of plastic surgery, it dates back to the era of 700s BCE. Great physicians of India from the ancient times such as sushruta were know to use skin grafts for conducting reconstructive work in the 8th century B.C.. In most of his famous literaries, this great physician has described otoplasty & rhinoplasty.

The Romans used to perform simple techniques like repairing damaged ears from 1st century BC. In the middle of the fifteenth century rhinoplasty was executed in Europe.

Rhinoplasty is the plastic surgery of nose. Plastic surgery for the head & face was also established during the nineteenth & twentieth centuries. These surgeries were known to have a higher degree of complications.

In the year 1827, Dr. John Peter Meltaner was the first reputed plastic surgeon in America who conducted the first ever cleft palate operation via utilizing different surgical instruments. Sir Harold Gillies is popularly known as the father of the modern plastic surgery & has introduced many different procedures for modern plastic surgery. There are many different types of plastic surgeries available for people these days.

a) Cosmetic Surgery: This type of a surgery helps in building up the facial features or existing appearance of an individual. Most of these surgical methods include various complication, Abdominoplasty, abdominal etching, rhinoplasty, mastopexy, otoplasty & buttock augmentation are some of the most prevalent cosmetic surgeries.

b) Reconstructive Surgery: This type of surgery is usually undertaken by women who had a palate of surgery for burns, mastectomy, cleft lip or contracture. Sex reassignment surgery is also termed as one of the most important types of reconstructive surgery that’s usually undertaken by the transsexual people.

Plastic surgery can be observed as a wide term used for prominent & efficient physical management for different purposes. The word plastic is desired from the Greek word ‘plastikos’ and refers to a specific form or shape. The word is not associated in anyway to the modern plastic equipments.

Plastic surgeons ensure development of appearance & self image in the patients. This is usually undertaken by the means of reconstructive & cosmetic procedures.

Chopart was the surgeon who executed operative procedure of a lip in the year 1791. This was done by using a flap from the neck. In the year 1814, Sir Joseph Carpue performed operation successfully on a British military officer who lost his nose to the toxic effects of mercury treatments.

In 1845, Dieffenbach was the first surgeon to introduce the concept of reoperation in order to enhance cosmetic appearance of an already reconstructive nose.

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Video Game Surgery ? a New Way to Train Surgeons

Times have changed and the kids who grew up on video games are the budding surgeons of tomorrow. The researchers think that they may have stumbled upon a better technique to impart surgical skills to the new kids, by way of video games.

The whole idea of using computer animation for training stems from the need felt by trainers to give a comprehensive experience to the newbies. Till now, the basic ingredient in training was to show the learners how surgeries are performed, but this didn’t allow them to do it themselves using surgical instruments.

The researchers thought that a surgeon doesn’t just use her eyes, rather it’s also about a great deal of information available from the touch that aids surgeons. The new system can enable the trainees to learn by touching or through the “haptic feedback.”

The learners would also get a virtually real feel of the surgery, as the advanced computer animation program, from the Ohio Super Computer Center simulates many essentials, like movement of surgical instruments like the drill, or the the density of the bone. What’s more is that the virtual patients would even bleed.

It seems that the new age trainees wouldn’t even have an hesitation whatsoever, as they’re already familiar with video games and know the intricacies. For them the technology would appear to be truly cool and rocking!

Aside from making surgery training more life-like, computer aninmation aided training could also save a lot of money if it can provide an alternative to the present method of operating on bones from cadavers using medical instruments.

The researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Center and the Nationwide Children’s Hospital plan go ahead with this novel approach for surgical training across hospitals in the country, and would then compare the effectiveness of conventional training with the new one. For now the computer allows training on the temporal bone.

The video game surgery, appears quite slick. But it shouldn’t teach the new trainees to treat real life surgeries as video games. While in virtual reality you could score less or start over if you err, in real surgeries that facility isn’t available!

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Physical Therapy

Often your best and first option for treatment when you are dealing with back pain is physical therapy. Physical therapy is not just about teaching you the best ways to exercise your sore back or how to stretch your muscles; it may also involve acupuncture, massage therapy, or IFC (Interferential current) to just name a few.
There are actually two forms of physical therapy; there are things that can be done to you to help make you feel better, these are called passive physical therapy techniques and then there are those that you can do for yourself, these are called active physical therapy techniques. By combining the two techniques your chances of successfully reducing your back pain are increased greatly.

Passive Physical Therapy

Acupuncture

This technique can be used to not only reduce back pain but it can also promote healing. There are very few side effects and it is a time tested treatment that can be very effective at reducing back pain. This treatment involves inserting very small needles into the skin in certain areas of the body. Depending on the injury applying either heat or electrical stimulation to the needles could be suggested.

Massage therapy

Massages not only feel good, they are good for you if you are dealing with back pain. It can help to loosen up tense or sore muscles, it can increase blood circulation to the area and promote faster healing, and it helps your muscles release toxins that can then be passed through the body via the lungs and the kidneys. There are many types of massage therapy that can be used from reflexology, acupressure, therapeutic touch, deep tissue massage, and hot stone massages to just name a few. If you are at all unsure about what type of massage could be used for your back pain it is best to either speak to your doctor or a licensed massage therapist.

IFC (Interferential current)

This is similar to what you would experience with a TENS unit but it is much more intense. This form of therapy would penetrate the skin much more deeply then what you would see with a TENS unit. For this procedure your therapist would apply suction cups with damp sponges inside them to your skin and a current of electricity would pass through these cups and into your tissue, this current would produce a massaging effect and also helps the body release endorphins helping to reduce your pain.

Active Physical Therapy

Exercise and Stretching

By combing exercises and stretches that target the areas of your back that are causing you back pain, weakness, and numbness along with other passive treatments you can reduce your back pain and other symptoms within a few weeks. With active exercises this is something that you will need to keep up, while your therapist will guild you on a routine you can use, it is up to you to follow through with these exercises and stretches at home for maximum benefit. It does you no good to only do them when your with your therapist.