Recovery Injury - Articles
Stem Cells for Brain Injury Recovery?
by
Kim S.
By Kent Heckenlively, Esq. Learning disabilities and neural defects which result in behavior problems have been notoriously difficult to treat, since the substance that causes the abnormalities, such as heroin, or organophosphates used in pesticides, seem to act diffusely in...
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Post-Traumatic Brain Injury: Amino Acids May Aid in Recovery
by
Duane Sherry, M.S.
From Vitasearch:
Summary#
46630
Topic:
Supplementation with Branched-Chain Amino Acids May Improve Recovery in Patients with a Posttraumatic Vegetative or Minimally Conscious State
Keywords:
BRAIN INJURY, VEGETATIVE STATE, MINIMALLY CONSCIOUS STATE - Branched-chain Amino Acids, Intravenous, Disability Rating Scale
Reference:
“Branched-cha ...
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On Recovery
by
Carrie A.
A fabulous quote on recovery from Laura Collins: "Full recovery is not just weight and ending purging - it is living peacefully in one's mind again." In a way, living peacefully with yourself is the hardest part, a part I have yet to do.
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Recovery?
by
Jason Schwartz, LMSW
Heroin better for addicts in recovery. Really? Recovery? Really? Here's the abstract. Raises some interesting questions about the future of the word recovery. There's been discussion in recent years about being more inclusive with concept of recovery to make room for medication-assisted recovery, serial recovery, partial recovery, 12-step, faith ...
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Recovery
by
Lee
So a week after my first surgery I was released to go home. The Doc ordered a walker for me and prescribed physical therapy. The occupational therapists said I was fine and did not need help, especially because I had my mother to help me. Thank goodness for that too, because I had a really hard time walking at first, especially before I got the ...
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"Recovery is recovery"
by
Jason Schwartz, LMSW
Bill White interviews a medication assisted recovery advocate: The problem with the methadone community is we have too many people who think methadone is a magic bullet for that disease—that recovery involves nothing more than taking methadone. This view is reinforced by people who, with the best of intentions, proclaim, “Methadone is ...
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Recovery
by
Glenn Jones
Ahhh! Recovery day. I needed it. Yesterday was 4 miles at an 11:00 pace. It was nice not pushing things. I went out of the NAC, took the south route, and except for a couple of hills, had a *slow* *slow* run. But I'm not sure that I could have managed much else. I ended the day in the weight room at the NAC for stretching and core workout. Ev ...
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Recovery
by
Doug R.
Time really has been flying. It's been one week since my surgery. Seems like two days have passed, not seven. My days have been all the same. Lots of sleeping. I haven't been awake for longer than 4 hours since I got home. I get up early to eat a light breakfast, and then sleep until 10 or 11. About that time I set up my bath in the bathroom. My b ...
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Injury
by
Dr. Heather S.
If I've learned anything in my 30's as an athlete, it is to take injuries seriously. If you push through an injury now, it'll only make the recovery and time off from running longer.A couple of weeks ago at my track workout, I tripped on a shoelace and fell flat on my face. I brushed myself off, tried not to look completely embarrassed, and kept ru ...
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