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Epothilones Breast Cancer Prevention therapy

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

One of the main recommendations is the incorporation of epothilone, a new therapeutic class that starting this month will be available in Mexico

The impact Epothilones have demonstrated in tumors that are resistant to conventional treatment in advanced stages and metastásicasLa Mexican Society of Oncology, AC (SMeO) presented the recommendations of the Expert Panel on Mexican metastatic breast cancer with the aim of presenting an update on the diagnosis and treatment options for patients in Mexico.

The presentation of these recommendations complements the Mexican Consensus Breast Cancer, presented the 2008 SMeO and considers the inclusion of epothilone, a new therapeutic class thus far been absent in our country and whose first product is now available in Mexico through Laboratory Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Media conference, Dr. Cristian Villanueva, Argentine specialist assigned to the University Hospital of Besançon, France, said that “Epothilones have proven effective in tumors resistant to traditional treatments, and a manageable safety profile in cancer patients of locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who had not previously responded to treatment. ” (more…)

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Why is Physical Therapy Important?

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Is physiotherapy it? Physiotherapy is a special coach who works with patients to restore the activity, strength and movement of patients including patients who had injuries or surgery. Physiotherapy can train patients with specific sports, a variety of techniques and use some special tools to overcome problems faced by patients who can not be overcome with physiotherapy exercises.

Why is physical therapy important?
Physiotherapy is important in terms of orthopedic for two main reasons
· First, the type of orthopedic patients have a deficiency that requires treatment. For example, patients with carpal Tunel syndrome (tunnel syndrome at the wrist bone) has a particular weakness in the muscles of his arms and takes target practice to restore fugsinya. Or at the knee joint as an example has chondromalacia imbalance in the muscles around the knee joint. A physiotherapist can teach patients with specific exercises for these muscles in order to improve function and reduce the problem. (more…)

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The Treatment for Tendinitis of the Elbow Include

Sunday, March 14th, 2010

Tendinitis of the elbow is known as tennis elbow if the pain is located on the outer side or golfer’s elbow if the inner side.

Occurs frequently in sports activities that require repetitive motions of the forearm (racquet sports, golf, baseball), but also can be an occupational disease.

The pain may be constant or occur only with / or after performing repetitive movements of the forearm.

Localized pain on the outside of the elbow that is exacerbated by resisted supination or resisted extension of the wrist or fingers is indicative of tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis is the medical term).

The pain is located on the inside of the elbow and is exacerbated by resisted forearm pronation or resisted flexion of the wrist is indicative gofista elbow (medial epicondylitis). (more…)

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Benefits of Chest Physiotherapy

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Chest physiotherapy

1. Introduction The need for early intervention physical therapy in respiratory disorders of children, the more justified by its effectiveness. Incidence of childhood respiratory disease to grow by several factors: the pathogen evolved and become more viruses and bacteria, at least, pollution advances in neonatal resuscitation, environmental factors (, lead in the air, passive smoking) and the style of life (living communities encourage the spread of disease, type of domestic heating, overcrowding). The structure of their respiratory system is being developed, along with genetic predisposition, that children more susceptible to respiratory infections, more frequent and severe, often bronchiolitis and pulmonary disease. Main objective is chest physiotherapy against bronchial obstruction and lung distension, not including structural or anatomical malformations or tumors of origin.

2. Bronchial obstruction Definition: consisting of a reduction in the light of the airways that affects air circulation and debit cards. Partial or total, reversible or irreversible. The Physiotherapist works in the pathology can be reversible and the type, location and degree of obstruction. (more…)

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Simple Technique in the Treatment of Soft Tissue

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

It is our policy generally not describe in detail the FMO techniques applied in the treatment of the unit and much less on my blog. But this time I present a technique for soft tissue treatment useful for improving muscle dysfunction as tonic spasms, trigger points and increasing the tension. All this with the hope that some of my colleagues are encouraged to apply and identify their effectiveness compared with ultrasound and TENS effects that contribute little in the treatment of these musculoskeletal disfuniones (my opinion based on experience and evidence scientific) The technique described below is called: Normal pressure and acupressure is part of the FMO method.

Consistent to the above here is how to implement this manipulation on muscle attachments points:

1. Palpate carefully for muscle mass of the lumbar spine or back or both as appropriate.

2. Identify the areas or hard spots (areas with increased muscle tone)

3. Start with the pressure with the thumbs from the area more caudal to the most cephalad muscle pressure points holding it for 10 seconds. (more…)

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Benefits of Therapy for Stiff Muscles

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

benefits of therapy for stiff muscles

Maybe you have often heard the word  Physiotherapy , but it’s not a lot, too  who knows what the hell that can be done on patients in the physiotherapy. Some say that if you’ve been to physiotherapy once wrote, we can addiction to be treated again .. and again, well … like a drug . When most people come to doctors because they feel sick, funny … there are patients who come to physiotherapy were not for that, because in addition to reducing the patient’s pain complaints, no physical therapy equipment that also can be used for relaxation such as to eliminate feeling stiff and tense the muscles of our body.

In addition, for the little brothers who should not take too many drugs when coughing or runny nose, physiotherapy can also help cure coughs and colds more quickly and effectively as drugs given directly inserted into the respiratory tract, so that more  smaller than drugs that must be taken.

Physiotherapy can also be applied to women who have a complaint in the lower abdomen area due to inflammation of the womb or for married women who do not have children, where the therapist works to open the cervix so that drugs can be given to doctors uterus properly.

If you have a complaint-you around the ears, like a buzzing sound, hearing becomes less good, until there is pain in the ear, in addition to taking drugs from doctors, therapists also can help reduce these complaints.

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Muscle Interested In Abdomen Wall

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Does that abdominal muscle injury?
Stomach muscle injury, or referred to as the abdominal muscles are interested in one of the injured muscles in the abdominal wall. This muscle injury occurs because the stomach muscles stretched too far or beyond normal. When this happens the muscle injury muscle fibers was very painful stomach. Generally, injuries caused very little pain at the muscle, but the result of several injuries caused muscle rupture / tear

Muscles in the abdominal wall consists of several muscles, including:
o Rectus abdominis: this muscle in the front and is often referred to as the “six pack” if it continued to be trained.
o Internal and External Oblique: these muscles are in addition to the body and serves to side rotasion

What are the symptoms of stomach muscle injury?
Abdominal muscle injury often causes pain suddenly in areas that experienced muscle injury. And when did flexion / bending back pain comes to the fore. The most common symptoms are muscle tension frequently. Sometimes swelling occurs as a result of muscle injury (more…)

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Post Breast Cancer Surgery Complications Can be Affected by Phisiotherapy

Friday, February 19th, 2010

Superior physical therapy, including massage and shoulder exercises could help prevent and reduce one of the most common complications of surgery for breast cancer, according to a study published on bmj.com today hui.

Secondary lymphedema is an important chronic complication after surgery for breast cancer or radiotherapy. It is caused by damage to the lymphatic system during treatment, leading to fluid retention and swelling of the arm. Subsequent to 71% of women in the 12 months after surgery and can also cause disfigurement, anxiety, depression and emotional distress.

Currently, women with breast cancer have a 77% probability of surviving at least 10 years, effectively preventing and treating complications that can impair the functioning and affect quality of life after treatment are important .

Thus, a research team set out to Madrid to study the effectiveness of early physical therapy to reduce the risk of secondary lymphedema after surgery for breast cancer.

They identified 120 women who had undergone breast cancer surgery involves removal of lymph nodes between May 2005 and June 2007.

Sixty patients were assigned to the strategy of education and early physiotherapy (intervention group) and 60 to the strategy of education only (control group). Both programs have lasted three weeks and patients were followed for four weeks after surgery, and again at three, six and 12 months after surgery.

Physical therapy including manual lymphatic drainage, massage scar tissue and shoulder exercises by a physiotherapist. The strategy includes educational materials about the lymphatic system and advice on how to avoid injury and prevent infection.

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