Mobile Dentist Stops by Indian Queen Elementary School
Smile Programs, a mobile dentist, visited Indian Queen Elementary School in early January. Twenty-five students were able to see the dentist, while the entire school benefited from an in-class workshop on oral hygiene. All students received toothbrushes.
Realistically, all musculoskeletal injuries will have a component of soft tissue dysfunction. Thus, Active Release Therapy is often used as a component of almost all treatment protocols. The following are just a few examples of what the SPC sports specialists treat at our Thornhill Sports Injury Clinics with ActiveCervicogenic Headache
Tempromandibular Joint Pain (TMJ pain or TMD)
Neck Pain Shoulder Impingement Syndrome Rotator Cuff Pain Lateral Epicondylosis (aka. Lateral Epicondylitis or Tennis Elbow) Medial Epicondylosis (aka. Medial Epicondylits or Golfers Elbow) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Nerve Entrapment Low Back Pain Patellar Tendinosis (aka. Patellar Tendinitis or Jumpers Knee) Iliotibial Band Syndrome (ITB Syndrome) Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Shin Splints Plantar Fasciitis Repetitive Strain Disorder (RSD) Tendinitis or Tendinosis Whiplash
Release Techniques:
An 18-month-old girl suffering from a severe case of Hydrocephalus has had free lifesaving surgery.
Roona Begum’s condition – also known as “water on the brain” – caused her head to swell to three times its normal size.
The Research paper on Phantom Limb Pain
Abstract Phantom limb pain is a common symptom experienced by over 90% of amputees. It’s defined as a painful sensation from a part of the body that no longer exists. There are a variety of methods for treating this neuropathic pain, but at the moment there is no specific treatment to tackle the pain completely. A mixture of medications and therapies has been proposed and trialed including drugs, ...
On Wednesday surgeon Sandeep Vaishya told AFP: “The surgery went perfectly, much better than expected.”
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Roona Begum is pictured following the surgery at Fortis Memorial Research Institute
Roona’s surgery was courtesy of medics at India’s largest private hospital in Gurgoan, near Delhi.
The procedure was only possible after Roona and her poverty-stricken family, from the rural village of Agartala, were flown free of charge to the hospital by the Fortis Foundation.
Now that excess fluid has been drained from her skull, the pressure on her brain will be reduced and doctors will decide on further treatment.
Before she was operated on, Dr Sandeep Vaishya, Director of Neurosurgery at Fortis Memorial Research Institute, where Roona was treated, said: “I was surprised when I saw the baby for the first time. Even though I had seen her pictures, I wasn’t expecting the head to be so big
So to summarize, why should one even attempt to become a doctor? It is a path that has many avenues (MD/PhD, MD/MBA, DO).
Of course, based on the specialty one chooses, pay is quite rewarding :).
There are new discoveries and new knowledge bases being formed, so it never gets “boring”. I have known physicians who went to Las Vegas or Los Angeles for conferences, and it is essentially a “study abroad” opportunity that doctors are able to have. Personally, there is no better feeling that helping another person improve their life, and I feel that becoming a physician is one of the most direct ways one can do that!!! So when choosing what you want to do with your life, always remember, think about how it will make you a better person. Will it be a job or an avocation for you? And most importantly, is it something you are passionate about? If you are interested in helping others, if you enjoy sciences, if you want variety in your life, and if you are ready for life-long learning and excitement, then becoming a doctor is definitely something you should consider!!!!
Ultimately it is not what you do that defines you, it is how you do it!!!
Good Luck with all your future endeavors!!
