By Lori Smith — 2017
In physical therapy, trained professionals evaluate and treat abnormal physical function related to, for example, an injury, disability, disease or condition.
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Could inflammation be the cause of myriad chronic conditions?
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Health care providers are increasingly using wholistic approaches to treat chronic medical conditions. One new approach may have a significant impact for people who have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Researchers are just now starting to link inflammation in your gut with some of the most deadly and debilitating diseases we have.
So much of life happens unexpectedly. For me, one unexpected turn started with a phone call from a friend of a friend who also had multiple sclerosis (MS).
Last week was the one-year anniversary of the beginning of my husband’s health crisis. As I gaze at the permanent handicap placard and at him sleeping, once again, on the couch, I’ve been reflecting on what I’ve learned this past year.
If you have a chronic illness, you may know what it feels like to be a “full-time patient.
It pays to organize your approach to heart disease or any chronic medical problem.
If someone were to ask you what the hardest part of living with chronic illness is, they might expect you to respond with one of the physical symptoms you experience, or perhaps how this symptom affects your ability to do certain activities.
If you are like the millions of Americans who have a chronic illness (a disease like fibromyalgia, diabetes, or MS that often has no cure and requires ongoing treatment), you're probably well-familiar with the medical side of your illness.
When a family member is diagnosed with a chronic illness, he or she is not the only person who has to deal with the diagnosis—the entire family is affected by it.