tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31463225352993892342026-10-14T04:26:32.834+08:00Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) or Rehab med deal with individuals with disability. The inability of an individual to function properly due to illness secondary to dysfunction to the brain, nerve, muscle, joint or bone are the primary concerns of PM&R. This blog will then deal with medical conditions that may need further information dissemination to the public or help clarify treatments or managements that I feel need further elaboration.Dr. Edmund Martinez, FPARM, DPBRM, MBAH, CCDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00031321973337204146noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3146322535299389234.post-41322106919621844892013-10-13T06:51:00.000+08:002013-10-13T06:51:46.903+08:00

San Juan De Dios Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation has a seminar today October 13 2013 on Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. For those who attended you can download a copy of the first part of the lecture here it is in PDF format. Hope you learned something new.

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Here in the Philippines, may it be at daytime or night time, the major TV/Network channels have their way of luring viewers to watch. Their technique is to have what they call “Telenovelas” or “Teleseryes”. People get to be glued either in the afternoon or even during and after supper to watch local or foreign (usually Korean) translated to tagalog series. Now why in all of the topics I am

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Having a stroke is one of those medical conditions with a devastating effect on a person as well as for the family. I will not go into detail on this for this article but just to provide a general view a stroke is a medical/neurological condition wherein the brain gets injured due to sudden block of blood flow or due to rupture of a blood supply to it. The effect in terms of what happens to a

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A local advertisment simply says it all, "Mahal ang magkasakit." (Getting sick is expensive). This is especially true for those who got hit by devastating or debilitating conditions such as strokes or similar conditions that affect the physical strength of a patient. Lets try to enumerate the would be expenses: Hospitalization, medicines, laboratory and imaging/diagnostice procedures, and

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Just today, I had the opportunity to share my insights on a seminar conducted in San Juan De Dios Hospital in Pasay. The topic is Runner's Feet. I was given the task to share about the anatomy of the shoe as well as the biomechanics of the foot that affect an individual during running. It also included some history of the running shoe as well as the evolution of the shoe. So as promised to the

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Your patients or love ones who have been not so  active at home will succumb sooner or later to the what we call deconditioning. Due to their condition such as poor balance or affected by other ailments, they become confined in bed, or wheelchair or chair. Definitely such situations will leave their upper and lower limbs weaker. As the saying goes, "Use it or lose it." So here are some

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Now we will deal with simple things in the household to prevent accidents that may lead the elderly people to lose balance. Also included are some things to consider to do when you have them checked by their physician. Here in the Philippines, it usually have an extended type of family structure which of course consists of the grandparents or older population. So what are those simple steps to

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As I have discussed in the past 2 blogs regarding falls in the elderly that are focused mainly on simple ways to assess if they have a tendency to fall. Now you may be wondering, what is the big deal with falling? Short answer. A LOT! Long Answer: As one ages, just like a mechanical equipment, the body undergoes "wear and tear" if I may simply it. Anatomically and physiologically, the body may

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The next part of these series of blogs for the elderly is another type of test that does not involve walking.It is called the Four Test Balance Scale. A study done by Melinda Gardner, David Buchner, M. Clare Robertson and A. John Campbell from the Journal Age and Ageing 2001: 30: 77-83, Titled Practical implementation of an exercise-based falls prevention programme, showed how to do this test.It

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Last August 2011, I was asked to give a short seminar on fall prevention in the elderly by Home Health Care. It gave me a chance to provide information on helping the allied medical and medical audience together with caregivers on taking care of the elderly. So to start this set of blogs, I initially asked myself, if I am taking care of someone in this age group, how can I know if he or she has

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Your physician might recommend you undergo EMG-NCV study and you are wondering what it is. The simplest but not that accurate way of explaining it to my patients is by doing an analogy of this test with ECG or electocardiogram. ECG is the placement of electrodes on the chest which gets the electrical activity of the heart. It then helps the physician diagnose problems related to the electrical

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Since, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is a specialty that was created during the near end of world war 2 era, not all are familiar with it. Unlike a cardiologist or dermatologist, a layman automatically knows what the doctor is specializing.So as a way to give clarity as to what a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) specialist or Physiatrist treats, I have placed links that will

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Are pain medications the same with anti-inflammatory medications? Should one be used instead of the other? Can they be used interchangeably? Can they be used at the same time?First off, pain medications get a bad publicity both in the media and in the movies. You usually see stars or news on patients getting addicted to it. This is a sad faith for such useful medications. In reality, there are

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This past week in the clinics, I was surprised to see patients in succession who attained sports injuries while playing. From an ankle sprain to muscle strains. What strike me the most, is that their first aid during the acute stage or within 24 to 48 hours after the injury is the application of heat on that area. The result is a more swollen and painful injured limb.The rule of thumb for first

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