Rehabilitation therapy aims at helping patients recovering from injuries, illness, and surgery regain their functional abilities and independence. Such treatments are available in inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation centers from a multidisciplinary team of medical professionals. Besides, visiting therapists can offer home-based rehabilitation programs. Patients may seek any of the following rehabilitative care services based on their prevailing healthcare needs.
Physical Therapy
Physical therapy aims at improving mobility while relieving pain. Usually, a physical therapist or sports therapist evaluates your condition and creates a rehabilitative care plan.…
Certain areas of health have reached crisis level, and it’s common for the average person to have a chronic issue they’re living with. Today, 20% of adults in the United States have a mental health condition. In a recent year, people collectively spent $225 billion on medication, therapy, and other services. Health issues like obesity, heart disease, and chronic pain are also rampant.
Behavioral health is a method of care that explores all of the behavioral, biological, emotional, and other factors that contribute to or hurt your well-being.…
Relationships have good and bad days. Most of the time, you and your spouse will overcome the problems affecting your relationship if you really want to be together. However, some issues are too huge to overcome without addressing the root cause of the problem. If you are unable to solve some issues, you might want to seek professional help. Couples counseling might help you identify the core problems affecting your relationship and mend them to save your marriage.…
If you’ve been diagnosed with skin cancer, then your oncologist will choose a treatment that matches the type of cancer you have, its spread, and its severity. While some skin cancers require surgery or regular chemotherapy treatments, some need local treatments such as topical chemotherapy.
What is topical chemotherapy and why is it your oncologist’s treatment of choice? What can you expect from your course of treatment?
What Is Topical Chemotherapy?…
If you’ve ever wondered why you leak a small amount of urine sometimes while laughing, this may be due to urinary incontinence. There are a few different types of urinary incontinence, but it is common amongst both men and women.
What Is Urinary Incontinence?
Urinary incontinence occurs when someone is unable to stop the leakage of urine.
Urinary incontinence is most common with the following:
Older adults Those who have experienced menopause Those who have gone through childbirth Types of Urinary Incontinence…
Do you find the need to adjust your TV volume up to the point other people complain it is too loud? Hearing loss creeps up unnoticed, but the results are disastrous. It makes a person less sociable and can lead to feelings of isolation. Unfortunately, many people who are suffering from hearing loss do not realize it. They also do not realize their hearing loss is treatable using a hearing aid.…
If your gastric sleeve surgery is coming up, then you’re probably getting quite excited! This procedure can truly be life-changing, allowing you to shed stubborn pounds and keep them off more effectively than ever before. But it’s important to remember gastric sleeve surgery is still surgery. And as with most surgeries, if you want the recovery to go smoothly, it’s best to spend a little time and effort preparing. Here are some key ways to prepare.…
The health coaching industry is popular. There are now quite a few different health coaches who work with their clients to build healthier habits and pursue their health goals. Should you work with one of these health coaches? Here are some signs that you can benefit by doing so.
1. You are struggling to meet your health goals.
Maybe you are someone who sets goals for yourself regularly. Your goal may be to lose 20 pounds or to run a 5k race.…
Running a nursing home can be a challenging experience, as many of the seniors there may struggle to feel happy, healthy, active, and engaged. However, an Active Aging motivational speaker can help seniors in a nursing home understand this powerful concept. They can then motivate them to feel better about themselves and help a nursing home feel more like home for them.
Active Aging Is a Powerful Tool
One of the biggest struggles a nursing home can experience is trying to keep their seniors active and engaged.…
COVID-19 testing has become the foremost way of tracking the spread of this condition, and tests are available in a variety of different types, each of which provides many benefits. For example, antibody tests are good for helping those who never showed symptoms know if they have this disease or another, helping to track spread further.
Tracking COVID-19 Properly Is Key to Treatment Success
Tests are important for tracking COVID-19, which is critical to figuring out who has been affected by this disease.…