Pain treatment in musculoskeletal system diseases – part II

Competence of pain treatment goes beyond pharmacotherapy, combines it with i.a. pysiotherapy and kinesitherapy, which may precede and should be used after surgical procedures.
The art of combining various fields of medicine in order for fighting pain is useful when correct clinical diagnosis is stated. Pain treatment in musculoskeletal system diseases – part II presents ways of therapeutic procedures in painful shoulder syndrome, periarticular inflammations of elbow joint, bursitis of limbs, plantar aponeurositis, and other derivations of knee and hip pain.
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Biomimetic patches – new hope in orthopaedics and traumatology

A group of scientists from Washington University (St. Louis, MO, USA) is working on creating a material that would help reconstruct the natural connection between the bone and muscles. Past treating methods restored the function of joints after injury, but did not allow a return of damaged structures to a natural anatomical state. An example might be a rotator cuff tear, the repair of which is the main purpose of scientists led by Younan Xia, PhD, and Stavros Thomopoulos, who work testing their innovative invention – biomimetic patches. Read full text »