Most pregnancies are medically uneventful and end happily with the birth of a healthy baby. Your first and most important step is to sign up for a comprehensive prenatal program with an obstetrician (a doctor who specializes in pregnancy and childbirth) or a midwife. You and your developing bab...
Most pregnancies are medically uneventful and end happily with the birth of a healthy baby. Your first and most important step is to sign up for a comprehensive prenatal program with an obstetrician (a doctor who specializes in pregnancy and childbirth) or a midwife. You and your developing bab...
Thumb splints -- typically made from breathable fabrics with metal or plastic inserts to support the thumb – are useful for relieving arthritic pain or restricting movement prior to or after surgery. Because the splints restrain joint movement, it may take a while to get used to your splint. ...
For instance, pain around the ankle might suggest issues with foot collapse during footstrike, while pain in the central back region could indicate an over-reliance on your toes during running, leading to excessive calf strain. In the next section, we'll cover how to identify where the pain ...
The mechanism of CPAP is acting as air splint to avoid principal pharyngeal collapse during sleep. Consequently, extrapharyngeal collapse and significant pharyngeal obstructions can lower its compliance and lead to its failure. Adequate mask and pressure with thorough survey to eliminate side effects ...
A sleep study must first be performed in order to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea, to ensure other sleep disorders are not at play and to evaluate the effectiveness of oral appliance therapy. Treating just snoring with a custom oral appliance or snoring mouth guard can dangerously mask or worsen...
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sleep. The splint holds the Achilles tendon and the plantar fascia in a lengthened position. It shouldn’t feel like a stretch when putting on, rather the aim is to keep the ankle in a 90 degree angle throughout the night to prevent it from plantar flexing and further tightening those ...
Patients are referred to a restorative new patient clinic by respiratory medicine with a confirmed sleep apnoea diagnosis and symptoms. A thorough extraoral and intraoral soft tissue examination and oral cancer screen should be completed, as this may be some patients only contact with a dental healt...
After familiarisation with the data, a combination of mind maps, annotations and memos were used across all sources to generate initial descriptive codes; original wording was retained to aid rigor. Second level coding involved a similar process but in relation to the whole data set to consider ...