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cutting, welding materials, and laser lighting in entertainment2. When it comes to biomedical applications lasers are used in the tattoo removal, laser surgeries, diagnostic procedures, therapeutic uses, and as an adjuvant therapies in several disorders. Low Level Laser Therapy (LLLT)

The central nervous system can be compared to the air traffic control tower of a large international airport. Just as this main tower directs and controls all incoming and outgoing flights. The central nervous system is the control center of our body, it sends information out and interprets things our body senses. Regulating, controlling and coordinating incoming and outgoing impulses, thoughts, and feelings via nerves. Functionally, the nervous system can be divided into the central nervous system

in the waiting room dressed in my favorite NFL team, the New Orleans Saints, apparel, trying to make my worried parents laugh. When I finally heard my name get called, I followed the nurse into a room where she would prep me for surgery. She put compression tights, socks, and a heated hospital gown on me and got me situated in the bed. Then, the part I dreaded the most, the IV.. I was more worried about getting an IV than the actual surgery! After the anesthesiologist and a few other doctors met with

to the muscles and bones in your fingers. It causes very large destruction to the vessels that supply blood to the hand. The vibration in the video game controller will cause poor circulation, numbness, and it will increase sensitivity to heat and cold temperatures. Video game companies received reports on the diagnosing of people with carpal tunnel syndrome. So, the complaints forced companies to calm down the vibrations in the controllers so the players can have less of a chance to receive carpal

• Introduction Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMD), likewise overuse injuries (2). musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) would characterized as a collection of disorders that impact different regions of the musculoskeletal system. These regions incorporate the tendons, muscles nerves, joints and supporting structures for example, such that intervertebral discs. Patients with MSDs might show any of the following symptoms: stiffness, swelling, pain, paresthesia, redness and weakness (1). Musculoskeletal

consider a career in physical therapy. A physical therapist assistant works under the supervision of a licensed physical therapist. In many practices, physical therapists rely on the physical therapist assistant to make sure that all the patients have access to physical therapy services. They help the physical therapist by providing physical therapy treatment sessions that the therapist might not get around to. According to American Physical Therapy Association physical therapy has a long history of returning

Peterson University of the Sunshine Coast The Effectiveness of Conservation Intervention for Adults with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Critical Appraisal Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) is the entrapment of the median nerve caused by compression or swelling in the carpal tunnel of the wrist (Radomski and Latham, 2008). Typically it presents as numbness, tingling, hypersensitivity, or burning sensation causing reduced function of the hand. Symptoms can be periodic or persistent (Pal, 2001)

patient came to the ER with a 3 -day history of worsening abdominal pain. The patient’s weight is 116 pounds and the is height 5 feet and 7 inches. The patient states pain on a scale from 0 to 10 at a 4. The patient has no fever but states that he is cold. No sore throat. No chest pain or palpitations are reported. There is no nausea or vomiting but the patient is constipated. The skin has no rashes or lesions. The patient is alert and oriented times 3 (person, time and place). The patient is hypotensive

the beginning. Data will then be collected at the 2 week, 1 month, 2 month, and 3 month re-evaluations. Each patient will be seen three times a week for the first month. After the 1 month data collection they will change to being seen in Physical Therapy two times a week for the remaining two months. The study will take place at the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in Fort Hood, Texas; which is a military hospital servicing a military outpatient setting. Preliminary Procedures The form listed

Maggie Roman MED 2047 Kyphosis Instructor Michelle-Earixson-Lamonthe 03/01/2015 VNFT031 A normal human thoracic spine begins at the first vertebra (T1) and ends at the twelfth (T12). When viewed laterally (side), the thoracic spine presents a normal forward curvature, which ranges from twenty to forty-five degrees in roundness (Scoliosis Research Society, 2015). Excessive curvature that exceeds forty-five to fifty degrees causes an abnormal slouched posture known as kyphosis. According to