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09/04/2022

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08/12/2020

While many people stretch their muscles frequently, they are unaware of the benefits of stretching their body's connective tissue or how to do it properly.

17/06/2020

Neither youth nor old age should be considered a barrier to a total knee replacement surgery, according to Australian researchers. Practitioners should instead focus on helping eligible patients prepare for total knee arthroplasty through weight loss, improving mental health and quitting smoking.

Being under 50 or over 90 have in the past been considered contraindications for surgery. However, age cut-offs are no longer recommended. Time to revision surgery is shorter in younger people, especially males, but they still have good functional results. Similarly, older people have good results too with less likelihood of revision surgery.

About 6% of total knee replacements are undertaken in patients younger than 55, and about 5% are performed in those 85 and older.

According to Professor Naylor and her colleagues, the minimum requirement for total knee arthroplasty is “a clinical intrinsic knee problem ... of sufficient severity that the potential for meaningful improvement from surgery justifies the risks.

Additionally, there should be radiographically evident knee pathology and other signs, including stiffness, instability and deformity, to which the symptoms can be attributed.

Non-operative treatments — such as medications, exercise and weight loss — are unlikely to reverse radiographic changes but they can significantly improve symptoms and potentially delay or remove the need for surgery.

It makes intuitive sense to reduce weight prior to surgery because obesity is associated with more post-operative complications and greater costs of care.

Obese people also do not report the same absolute levels of recovery in knee pain or function ... and obesity is associated with earlier revision surgery.

A systemic review in the Lancet showed that 82% of total knee replacements and 70% of unicondylar knee replacements will last 25 years in patients with osteoarthritis.

23/03/2020

Due to the new Covid-19 level 3 implementations ( with 4 to follow ) I will be cancelling all appointments for the next 4 weeks. Or until Further information is provided. I'll be in touch when i re-Open - Do take care of yourself until then if you need assistance do contact me via Facebook of Email or Txt.
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18/02/2020

What's the first thing you think (after "ouch!") when you've twisted your ankle, or strained or sprained anything else for that matter? It's probably RICE right?

RICE is an acronym. It stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. RICE has been around for over 40 years, and if you've ever done a first aid course it's probably the only thing you still remember.

Does it work though, and is it the best thing you can do for your particular injury? Unfortunately the answer is that it really depends on what you've done.

RICE is a decent first step if you've torn a muscle. The ice, compression, and elevation help to keep inflammation, and therefore pain, down. That inflammation is important for the healing process but muscles get so much blood anyway that the trade-off is often worth it.

Ligaments and tendons are a bit different though. They don't get nearly the same amount of blood as muscles do, so reducing the inflammation can really slow down the healing process. They also need as normal as possible use to help them heal properly, so between this and excessive rest your injury might not be healing optimally.

If in doubt, come and see us at Pacific Coast Osteopathy and we'll be more than happy to check it out for you. Your particular case might need a little more finesse than old-school first aid advice.

12/02/2020

Beyond connecting with others through dance, the art form also has plenty of benefits for your health.

15/01/2020

Exercise doesn't have to be such a struggle. Scientific research shows that the best exercise you can get to live longer and in better health is dancing.

10/11/2019

10/11/2019

Someone recently told me that emotions are chemical levels in your brain and your body is constantly trying to maintain equilibrium. So if one emotion sky rockets, that chemical becomes flagged and signals the tear duct to open as an exit to release that emotion packaged neatly within a tear. It’s why we feel more stable after crying, as if whatever emotion we were feeling had been released and we were refreshed. This is also why tears from different emotions look different under an electron microscope. They’re literally made up of different things. According to Joseph Stromberg of the Smithsonian’s College of Arts and Sciences, happy tears are structurally different than sad tears than angry tears than overwhelmed tears etc. Different types of tears have distinct molecules. Emotional tears have protein-based hormones including the neurotransmitter leucine enkephalin, which is a natural painkiller that is released when we are stressed. (Photography by Rose-Lynn Fisher http://rose-lynnfisher.com/tears.html?fbclid=IwAR1GI_IvO75LUWDLqaELs_qcOtUSf8XPyXlaDgGwNcXl5k3okHf-eT_EvgA)

31/07/2019

MIGRAINE:
Migraine affects an estimated 1 in 7 people worldwide, and is the third most common disease globally.

In the U.S., self-reported migraine and severe headache affects 1 in 62. Women are up to three times more likely to suffer with migraines than men, likely due to hormone fluctuations.

Despite its high prevalence, decades of research have failed to pin down the exact mechanisms behind the attacks — most of which tend to recur once or twice a month. The pain, which often occurs on one side of the head only, can be moderate to severe in intensity.

Along with throbbing, piercing or "burning" pain, other common symptoms include nausea, visual disturbances, dizziness, numbness in your extremities or face, and extreme sensitivity to light, sound, smell and touch.

Attacks typically last between four and 72 hours, often requiring bed rest in complete darkness and silence.

While the exact mechanisms behind migraines remain unclear, a number of different hypotheses have been raised. It appears to be a disorder of your central nervous system. Mitochondrial dysfunction also appears to be part of the puzzle.

The influence of neurotransmitters may also play a role, as may nutritional deficiencies. Studies have identified several nutritional deficiencies that significantly raise your risk of migraines, including riboflavin (vitamin B2) deficiency.

Riboflavin has been shown to ameliorate hallmarks of migraine, including oxidative stress, mitochondrial dysfunction, neuro-inflammation, homocysteine neurotoxicity and glutamate excitotoxicity.

Foods rich in riboflavin include spinach, beet greens, cremini and portobello mushrooms, pastured eggs, asparagus, almonds, organic turkey, grass fed beef liver and beef tenderloin.

In one study, 400 milligrams of riboflavin per day reduced migraine frequency by 50%, from four days a month to two days a month, after three months of use.