Patient Education

No matter how successful the surgery is, a post-surgical infection would always be a concern. The infection is unwanted collateral damage of surgery mostly feared by patients and surgeons. While the chances of having an infection after surgery are low, the consequences can be devastating. You can easily control the chances of infection among numerous factors. You need to keep in mind that prevention is always the key. An infection can slow your healing process. Every patient needs to ...

If you are scheduled to have a back surgery, you will be worried about how it will turn out. The reason for surgical intervention can be a spinal cord injury, unstable spine, crooked spine, etc. No matter what the reason is, the good news is that there are many ways to make sure your operation is successful. All you need to do is to keep in mind that preparation is the key. Mental preparation is important before a spine surgery as it can help empower you to impact your healing and recovery posit...

Do you suffer from acute pain or chronic pain in joints or muscles? Are you looking for a non-pharmacological method of managing pain? If so, you may benefit from a drug-free and non-invasive pain relieving technique called Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS). TENS is a simple machine that stimulates your nerves via a low-voltage electrical current through your skin. It is an electronic medical device that stimulates the affected area through electricity. A non-painful therapy ...

Many people suffer from foot pain at some point or the other in their life. When you consider how important your feet are and the complexity of the foot, it is important to support the foundation of our bodies i.e., the foot properly. If your foot has problems like high arches, low arches, plantar fasciitis, neuromas, etc., then the rest of your body could also suffer for it. In fact, it’s common for mysterious knee pain, hip pain, leg pain, or lower back pain to surface if your feet are n...