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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.