Living with spasticity can make you feel as though you have no control over your own body. Spasticity causes your muscles to contract so much that they become rigid or stiff and interfere with your quality of life. It’s a chronic and common symptom in people with neurological disorders like...
If my body keeps deteriorating at the same rate it did this first year (the doctors told me I have the spine of a far more mature gentleman), I will attend Quinn’s high school graduation as a pile of goo that had to be ladled into a goldfish bowl. ...
That way of thinking can be used to unite and also divide. Often I see the term used as a way of gradually cornering paranoid people into not thinking for themselves and being afraid of pretty much everyone and everything but a handful of political causes. I avoid using it ...
What Is a Hypnic Jerk? Who Experiences Hypnic Jerks? Can Hypnic Jerks Create Trouble Sleeping? What Are the Causes? 5 Ways to Reduce or Prevent Hypnic Jerks Frequently Asked Questions Conclusion Key Takeaways Understanding Sleep Starts: While they are a common phenomenon, sleep starts’ intensi...
Overview Causes Risks Diagnosis Treatment Management What is a pressure injury?A pressure injury is an injury to the skin and tissue under the skin. A pressure injury is also called a pressure sore, bedsore, wound, or decubitus ulcer. Pressure injuries can form over any area but are most ...
He may also stim for causes of grief and boredom. In the spirit of “water-the-flowers-not-the-weeds“, and “name-it-and-set-limits“, he is re-directed to stim in his personal bedroom anytime he prefers. (He also hears this boundary regarding puberty issues requiring privacy, if yo...
If he wasn’t willing to share, he would be considered a jerk. In other words, meat fed our big brains, and also made intelligence a highly selected for heritable trait. It also forced males to cooperate within groups, and facilitated a form of culture based on generosity rather than ...
Stomach sleeping is tied to the most cases of back and neck pain because sleeping on your stomach forces you to turn your head in an awkward way, which often causes pain. Headaches: Drinking Alcohol Does your head hurt after you drink? There are two times when alcohol can cause a headache...
What causes rapid eye movement in infants? Can you feel rapid eye movement? What happens to your body during rapid eye movement? Can rapid eye movement cause flashes? Can a lack of sleep cause rapid eye movements? What area of the brain regulates rapid eye movement?
What causes hydrocephalus in calves? Hydrocephalus occurs mainly due to three reasons, asexcessive production of CSF, defective absorption of CSF,and interference in the passage of CSF. What is curly calf? Arthrogryposis Multiplex (AM), commonly known as Curly Calf syndrome, isa lethal genetic defe...