physical therapy

What is Biofeedback?If you have ever taken your temperature you have participated in a form of biofeedback. "Bio" is a combining word form meaning "life". Feedback denotes giving back. Simplified, biofeedback means feeding back information about life responses: temperature, heart rate, brain wave activity, and/or muscle tension.Biofeedback requires intensive patient participation. The patient's goal... [read more]

(Stephanie Combs, MS, PT, NCS University of Indianapolis,Valerie Bush Merriman, OTR, SPT Krannert School of Physical Therapy)Upper extremity motor disability commonly occurs following stroke. Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CI therapy) is a novel therapeutic approach which emphasizes recovery of upper extremity movement dysfunction through intense, short-term repetitive practice. An overview of... [read more]

Introduction:Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disorder which causes mucus in the body to be very sticky, which can lead to chest infections and lung damage and can affect the way food is used by the body. In 1964 the average life expectancy of a baby born with CF was only 5 years, whereas today it is 31 years. The dramatic increase in life expectancy in a relatively short period of time has led to... [read more]

Introduction:Removal of limbs or parts of limbs may be necessary at any age as a result of various conditions, mostly peripheral vascular disease, but causes may include malignant disease, injury (trauma), or congenital deformity. A common reason for amputation in adults, particularly in elderly people, is gangrene of part of the lower limb as a complication of peripheral vascular disease - often associated... [read more]

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)is a medical condition in which the median nerve is compressed at the wrist causing symptoms like tingling, numbness, night time wakening, pain, coldness, and sometimes weakness in parts of the hand.CTS is more common in women than it is in men, and has a peak incidence around age 50 (though it can occur at any age).The lifetime risk for CTS is around 10% of the adult population... [read more]

-What is Meralgia Paresthetica?The lateral cutaneous nerve of the thigh is a sensory nerve that originates in the nerve roots of the lower back (2nd and 3rd lumbar roots), and supplies sensation to the front and outside portion of the thigh. It passes through and under the inguinal ligament (which forms the groove where the leg attaches to the body at the front), and can sometimes become entrapped... [read more]