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Physiotherapy for posterior BPPV | Epley & Semont Maneuvers Which is Most Efficient? Article of the week # 26

In some patients with BPPV, one treatment is not enough to resolve all symptoms. Which maneuver is best for the second treatment? Benign paroxysmal vertigo (BPPV) is the most common cause of vertigo with a lifetime prevalence of 2.4%. Treatment is also relatively straightforward as the Epley and Semont maneuvers are the best options with high success rates. The difficulty…

All of us have to begin someplace

Our oldest son, Hayden, will be 16 next month and has completed his first shift at McDonald & # 39; s this evening. He spent the whole evening cleaning up and learning how to do the various tasks. When I picked him up at the end of his shift, he had a smile on his face and a feather in…

Physiotherapy for posterior BPPV | Epley & Semont Maneuvers Which is Most Efficient? Article of the week # 26

In some patients with BPPV, one treatment is not enough to resolve all symptoms. Which maneuver is best for the second treatment? Benign paroxysmal vertigo (BPPV) is the most common cause of vertigo with a lifetime prevalence of 2.4%. Treatment is also relatively straightforward as the Epley and Semont maneuvers are the best options with high success rates. The difficulty…

four methods to beat alienation and loneliness

“What should young people do with their lives today? Many things, of course. The most daring thing, however, is to create stable communities where the terrible disease of loneliness can be cured. "~ Kurt Vonnegut Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own life? Watching other people like you separated by an invisible wall? Most of us have…

The day will come once I can not run

Tomorrow morning is Saturday morning, which means one thing for our family, Parkrun. I will leave early in the morning with the children who are awake and would like to take me on a 5 km timed run in the local botanical gardens. Sometimes I wonder why I am doing this. I can no longer walk as I used to…

Gone, however not missed: When grief is advanced

The aphorism “Don't speak ill of the dead” is attributed to the philosopher Chilon of Sparta. The expression De mortuis nihil nisi bonum, first written in Greek and later popularized in Latin, perpetuates a social taboo against criticism of the deceased. Centuries after the first utterance, counseling clients may still hesitate to “speak badly” of someone in their life who…