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Such physiological played out by many a sports person and is exactly load results in increased adrenal stress and commonly why people will usually work themselves several reaches a point where adding further load to the figu- times harder chasing after (hunting) a ball buy carvedilol 25 mg overnight delivery, than they rative ‘camel’s back’ is literally enough to break it generic carvedilol 12.5mg free shipping. Exercise as a stressor Studies have shown that working a longer day does Before advising patients to exercise discount carvedilol 25 mg with amex, in whatever form not always pay dividends in terms of productivity. Anyone who • Poor digestion/↓ salivation has chronic pain has a corresponding limbic-emo- • Constipation tional load – as pain is stressful and disrupts function. As a result, • Night sweats the patient will most likely have visceral symptoms – • Orgasm/genital inhibition as adrenaline shuts down digestive and assimilative processes, sending the body into a catabolic state. Parasympathetic indicators: literature on training and adaptation to training is • Strong or excessive digestion taken from young elite sportsmen and women who: • Hyperactive bowel; colicky • have higher levels of growth hormone than • Incontinence your average middle-aged patient • Orthostatic failure upon rising • have a greater training age8 than the average • ↓ Respiratory rate patient • Poor sleep quality; hibernation • may be eating more healthily than the average • ↑ Mucus secretions patient • Nervousness; depression; somnolence • have a greater genetic propensity for • Hands warm and dry adaptation (hence the reason they are elite • ↑ Gag reflex athletes). To many, the way that they relax is drive is so exhausted, they have drifted into increased by going for a run, playing a game of squash, or doing parasympathetic tone (Wolcott & Fahey 2000). This is an ‘adrenaline sport’ such as rock-climbing, parachute commonly a sign of significant adrenal fatigue (Wilson jumps or bungee jumping. In physics this may be seen to result in an apparent decreased stress level, but the Stress and breath underlying dysfunction has not been effectively dealt with. Stressors come in many guises: from work stress to relationship stress, financial stress to postural stress, chemical stress to electromagnetic stress. All of these 8Training age equates to the number of years that the patient stressors will result in an elevated respiratory rate has been training with that methodology. A soccer player, for and, potentially, a subsequent breathing pattern dis- example, may have ‘soccer age’ of 20 years, but may have only just started training his lunge pattern with a barbell for one order. Such breathing pattern disorders may have a season – therefore his training age for lunging with a barbell profound effect on the physiology of the body is 1. Respiratory influences on health are Chapter 9 • Rehabilitation and Re-education (Movement) Approaches 387 discussed more fully in Chapter 10. Mouth breathing Nose breathing Reflexively mouth breathing and accessory breath- ing are associated, while nose breathing and dia- Accessory breathing Diaphragmatic breathing phragmatic breathing are associated (Chek 1994). In the lower lobes there ↓ Neck stability ↑ Neck stability is a greater preponderance of parasympathetic affer- • Tongue on floor of mouth • Tongue in physiological ent receptors, while reciprocally in the upper lobes rest position there are more sympathetic afferent receptors. When mouth breathing, cold unfiltered air enters the lungs ↑ Left brain activity ↑ Right brain activity and will only service the upper lobes (Douillard 2001), Fight, flight, fright, tight Rest, digest, decongest, presumably due to bronchoconstriction. The deeper, tension-less longer inhalation with nose breathing (and, inciden- tally, humans are the only animal in which obligate Catabolic Anabolic nose breathing is no longer ‘obligatory’) allows for Compromised visceral Facilitated visceral health greater stretching of the alveoli, which results in health increased production of endogenous nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is a potent sympathetic inhibitor (as well Compromised venous/ Facilitated venous/ as a stimulator of immune function) – so this is a sec- lymphatic return lymphatic return ondary way that deep breathing will decrease sympa- thetic and reciprocally increase parasympathetic tone (Douillard 2001). This results in the myriad bene- to switch the patient from a sympathetically charged fits described in Table 9. Since parasympa- facilitated by running barefoot, as this means signifi- thetic stimulation is associated with rest, digestion, cant attention must be paid to the upcoming ground tissue repair and anabolic processes, most patients beneath the feet. Such attention with the eyes results benefit from parasympathetic-enhancing exercises. For further discussion manipulating the respiratory environment to breathe of barefoot running, see ‘Primal patterns, Gait’, using the nasal airway only, helps to enhance perfor- above. Indeed, maintaining a higher level of parasympathetic activity during running and other sports performance Muscular system as expression makes good sense, when one considers that many of psychological state sports involve right-brained creative expression as much – if not more – than left-brained logical, strate- Since the muscles are an innervated continuation of gic expression. It is being in the right brain that is nervous system expression, Keleman (1989) suggests equated with being ‘in the zone’. This is breathing stimulates sympathetic activity and there- consistent with Schleip’s (2003a) observation that the fore left brain function, meaning that ‘thinking outside myofascial system provides more afferent feedback to the box’ becomes a challenge (Chek 2006). This may the central nervous system than any of the special pose a real problem for anyone requiring a creative senses. As well as their afferent feedback, they are also capacity in their work or home life. Water may well be the connection between breath and while a common observation of Westerners made by chi (or prana). Water is one of the most diamagnetic Traditional Chinese Medicine is that they are often yin substances known to science, while oxygen is one of (water) deficient. Just like an If we place on this foundation the fact that all of the electrical circuit, the polar opposite properties of water traditional breath-based disciplines (e. Westerner attending a tai chi class may come away It is well established that, historically, towns and cities unmoved by their experience. In open-minded Westerner is likely to actually perceive the the West, such water supplies were most commonly benefit of the cultivation of chi as a result of the sanitized through distillation. In the East, water supplies interaction between increased oxygen and well-hydrated were most commonly sanitized through boiling the water cellular machinery (for further discussion of cellular and adding leaves with high antioxidant levels. Paramagnetic materials biochemical environment and is a classic example of attract and repel like normal magnets when subject to metabolic typing, or biochemical individuality in action.

This fibrous cap covers the Immediately after plaque rupture or erosion carvedilol 12.5mg with mastercard, sub- deep lipid core with a massive accumulation of extra- endothelial collagen purchase carvedilol 25mg otc, the lipid core and procoagulants cellular lipids (atheromatous plaque) or fibroblasts and such as tissue factor and von Willebrand factor are extracellular calcifications may contribute to a fibrocal- exposed to circulating blood cheap 6.25mg carvedilol. Small-vessel disease usually affects the arterioles The pathological substrate of ischemic stroke is ische- and is associated with hypertension. It is caused by mic infarction of brain tissue; the location, extension subendothelial accumulation of a pathological pro- and shape of these infarcts depend on the size of the tein, the hyaline, formed from mucopolysaccharides occluded vessel, the mechanism of arterial obstruc- and matrix proteins. It leads to narrowing of the tion and the compensatory capacity of the vascular lumen or even occlusion of these small vessels. Occlusion of arteries supplying defined brain it is associated with fibrosis, which affects not only territories by atherothrombosis or embolizations arterioles, but also other small vessels and capillaries leads to territorial infarcts of variable size: they might and venules. Small-vessel disease results in two patho- of large arteries are occluded or if compensatory logical conditions: status lacunaris (lacunar state) and collateral perfusion – e. Status lacunaris is char- leptomeningeal anastomoses – is efficient in reducing acterized by small irregularly shaped infarcts due to the area of critically reduced flow [12, 13](Figure 1. In status cribrosus small several large arteries are stenotic and the perfusion in round cavities develop around affected arteries due to these “last meadows” cannot be maintained above disturbed supply of oxygen and metabolic substrate. These “criblures” together with miliary aneurysms are Borderzone infarctions are a subtype of the low-flow the sites of vessel rupture causing typical hypertonic or hemodynamically induced infarctions which are intracerebral hemorrhages [10–13]. The etiology the result of critically reduced cerebral perfusion and pathophysiology of the various specific vascular pressure in far-downstream brain arteries that leads disorders are discussed in specialist articles and to a reduced cerebral blood flow and oxygen supply in handbooks [14]. Borderzone infarcts are located in cortical areas between the territories of Small-vessel disease: subendothelial accumulation major cerebral arteries; the more common low-flow of hyaline in arterioles. Lacunar infarcts reflect disease of the vessels penetrating the Types of acute cerebrovascular brain to supply the capsule, the basal ganglia, thal- diseases amus and paramedian regions of the brain stem [18]. Pathologically these Section 1: Etiology, pathophysiology and imaging a b c d e Figure 1. However, the only significant classic lacunar syndromes include pure motor, pure difference between “pale” and “red infarcts” is the sensory, and sensorimotor syndromes, sometimes intensity and extension of the hemorrhagic compo- ataxic hemiparesis, clumsy hand, dysarthria and nent, since in at least two-thirds of all infarcts petechial hemichorea/hemiballism, but higher cerebral func- hemorrhages are microscopically detectable. Petechial bleeding results from diapedesis mic infarcts in which varying amounts of blood cells rather than vascular rupture. The amount can vascular permeability is increased and endothelial range from a few petechial bleeds in the gray matter tight junctions are ruptured. When blood circulation of cortex and basal ganglia to large hemorrhages is spontaneously or therapeutically restored, blood 4 involving the cortical and deep hemispheric regions. This can also Hemorrhagic transformation frequently appears happen with fragmentation and distal migration of an Chapter 1: Neuropathology and pathophysiology of stroke embolus (usually of cardiac origin) in the damaged [26]. For the hemorrhagic transformation the which are affected by lipohyalinosis due to chronic collateral circulation might also have an impact: in hypertension. These small-vessel changes lead to some instances reperfusion via pial networks may weakening of the vessel wall and miliary micro- develop with the diminution of peri-ischemic edema aneurysm and consecutive small local bleedings, at borderzones of cortical infarcts. Risk of hemor- which might be followed by secondary ruptures of rhage is significantly increased in large infarcts, with the enlarging hematoma in a cascade or avalanche mass effect supporting the importance of edema fashion [27]. After active bleeding starts it can con- for tissue damage and the deleterious effect of late tinue for a number of hours with enlargement of reperfusion when edema resolves. In some instances hematoma, which is frequently associated with clinical also the rupture of the vascular wall secondary to deterioration [28]. Vascular rupture can branch of the striate arteries at the posterior angle, explain very early hemorrhagic infarcts and early resulting in an ovoid mass pushing the insular cortex intrainfarct hematoma (between 6 and 18 hours after laterally and displacing or involving the internal cap- stroke), whereas hemorrhagic transformation usually sule. From this initial putaminal-claustral location a develops within 48 hours to 2 weeks. They are Caudate hemorrhage, a less common form of caused by leakage from damaged vessels, due to bleeding from distal branches of lateral striate arter- increased vascular permeability in ischemic tissue or vascular rupture secondary to ischemia. Hypertension is the leading risk and the posterior limb of the internal capsule laterally. Larger hematomas often reach the corona serum cholesterol levels, have been identified. The causes the cortico-subcortical junction between gray and include small vascular malformations, vasculitis, white matter and spread along the fiber bundles brain tumors and sympathomimetic drugs (e. A variant, the midline hematoma, originates the second most frequent location (approx. Section 1: Etiology, pathophysiology and imaging Pontine hemorrhages from bleeding of small para- particularly prothrombin gene and factor V Leiden median basilar perforating branches cause medially mutations, and prothrombin mutation, as well as placed hematomas involving the basis of the pons. Later on, it is rate is higher with poor control of hypertension and replaced by fibrous tissue, occasionally with recanali- also in hemorrhages due to other causes. After hours the cortex and adjacent white matter and often are or days extracellular edema develops at the periphery hemorrhagic. After 4 to 10 days the red blood might lead only to brain edema, but usually causes cells begin to lyse, granulocytes and thereafter micro- bilateral hemorrhagic infarcts in both hemispheres.

Effects experiencing stump and phantom pain were also University of Hannover discount 12.5mg carvedilol with amex, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation purchase carvedilol 6.25mg mastercard, greatly affected by age cheap carvedilol 6.25mg online. Usage of prosthesis is also encouraged for Hannover, Germany better rehabilitation and mobility. Saraf 1Ludhiana, India itial studies done across two International centres showed the new instrument had reasonable inter-rater and intra-rater reliability with Introduction/Background: Below knee amputation is required in no ceiling or foor effect. Material and Methods: This was a ten the Wilcoxon signed rank test for signifcance to change. A total of 144 pa- Ranking the median scores confrmed that running, sports, walking tients were include of which 76 (53%) patients had Burgess closure long distances, squatting and kneeling were the most diffcult items, while 59 (41%) had skew fap closure. These groups were compared on the ing down, sitting, standing, bending and moving around outside the basis of stump healing time, rate of infection, time for prosthetic home/other were the easiest items with a median score of 0. Primary stump healing was 58% for skew faps and 55% at either end of the spectrum of diffculty. Of the total 144 patients, of the medians between 0 and 4 and the high number of individual 72. Burgess fap closure patients and 71% of Skew fap closure were happy with their prosthesis which was not signifcant. Conclusion: 60 Stump healing time, rate of infection, prosthetic ftting timing and prosthetic compliance was similar in both groups. She reported that the low back pain Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, Shatin, became less. Conclu- Hong Kong- China sion: Since patients can preserve ability of independent gait after rotationplasty, rehabilitation team often did not involve in prescrip- Introduction/Background: The 2008 Sichuan Earthquake resulted tion when updating the prostheses. In this case, prescription of the in numerous severe injuries with long-term disabling effects, in- new prosthesis with team rehabilitation was effective for the patient cluding a large number of bilateral lower limb amputees. This cross- who had low back pain and gait problem after more than 20 years sectional study aims to evaluate the mobility, prosthesis use and following rotationplasty. Results: Patients with preservation of either one 1 2 Padang, Indonesia, M Djamil Hospital, Physical Medicine and or both knee joint(s), comparing with patients with no knee joint 3 Rehabilitation, Padang, Indonesia, Ministry of Health, Primary preservation, achieved higher mobility (p=0. Patients using prosthesis more than 50% wak- Health Care, Batu Sangkar, Indonesia ing time had better general adjustment (p=0. Patients exercising over 3 hours per week is aimed to help People with Disability (PwD) deal with Activity of achieved higher mobility (p=0. Conclusion: The results support the Material and Methods: One cadre is responsible for one PwD. A preservation of distal limb level and knee joint at surgical stage, book of manual will be provided for each caregiver of a PwD in ac- which is associated with fewer activity restriction, higher mobility cordance with what the PwD needs based on the matrix. The results also promote prosthesis use is made once in every six months by completing Form 2 during the and exercise during rehabilitation for better mobility and general period of 1012 to 2015. After evaluation 4 PwD (66%) 1University of Tsukuba Hospital, Department of Rehabilita- experience some improvements and 2 PwD (34%) shows no differ- tion Medicine, Tsukuba, Japan, 2University of Tsukuba Hospital, ence. The Center for Innovative Medicine and Engineering, Tsukuba, Japan, evaluation shows that 2 persons (66%) experience improvements, 3Kowagishi Laboratory, Department of Prosthesis and Orthosis, but 1 person (34%) indicates no difference. She had been repeatedly prescribed her prosthesis in a special hospital for prosthesis, however without involvement of Introduction/Background: Stroke is the third number of leading rehabilitation team. At the initial visit, her leg of the prosthetic side cause of death in Bangladesh and prevalence is 0. Ten participants people with disability (PwD) perform Activity Daily Living at selected by purposive sampling who have match inclusion criteria. Mate- analyzed using three stages: question analysis, content analysis and rial and Methods: Every Cadre handled one PwD and every PwD analysis of themes. Results: From the content analysis participants caregiver given a guidebook based on the matrix. The evaluation face some challenges: work stress, writing diffculty, working hour, is held every six months by flling form 2 from 2012 until 2015. The data collected until Dec about of extra facilities like: easy job given, fexible work load, support 26 PwD. Matsuba (hereinafter: PwD) with respect to the policies, actions, measur- 1 2 able targets, and the performance of the competent institutions and Yokohama, Japan, Yokohama Brain and Spine Center, Rehabilita- tion department, Yokohama, Japan, 3Tohoku University Graduate providers of vocational rehabilitation in achieving planned objec- tives. The analysis School of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Reha- in 2013 focused on the entire concession period 2010–2013, which bilitation, Yokohama, Japan served as a pilot analysis. In doing so, we collected data on the Introduction/Background: Stroke impairs movement, activities of characteristics of the target groups involved in vocational rehabili- daily living, and quality of life. The determination of factors infuencing and their obstacles compared with other unemployed persons.

Funding provided by the Eccles Foundation Firor as a fne surgeon buy carvedilol 12.5 mg mastercard, teacher buy carvedilol 25 mg visa, and humani- and by Mrs generic carvedilol 12.5mg with amex. Edgerton Endowment in Pediatric Epilepsy [2009]: for an endowed professorship for the Director Unoccupied of the Department of Plastic and Reconstruc- Funding will be used for pediatric epilepsy. Jonas Friedenwald Professorship in Oph- Doctor Dorothy Edwards Professorship in thalmology [2004]: Unoccupied. Gynecology and Obstetrics [1986]: Harold Named for father of experimental ophthalmic E. Fries Professorship in Medicine Edwards, who attended the Johns Hopkins [2006]: Unoccupied School of Medicine from 1917-1921. Funding provided by the Garrett Fund for the Eudowood Professorship in Pediatric Immu- surgical treatment of children founded by nology [1986]: Jerry A. Eudowood was the name of a tubercu- losis hospital offcially known as The Hospital William Thomas Gerrard, Mario Anthony for Consumptives of Maryland, which joined Duhon and Jennifer and John Chalsty with other institutions to form the Children’s Professorship in Urology [1998]: William B. King Fahd Chair in Molecular Medicine Given Foundation Professorship in Pedi- [1993]: Andrew P. Funding provided by the Kingdom of Saudi Funding provided by the Irene Heinz Given Arabia. The King Fahd Professorships in the and John LaPoute Given Foundation of New School of Medicine represent “an indication of York for the purposes of medical research and the mutual human interest and mutual support teaching. Goldberg Professorship in Oph- King Fahd Chair in Pediatric Oncology thalmology [1999]: Ran Zeimer, M. Professorship sorship in Ophthalmology [2009]: Michael [2000]: William Baumgartner, M. Funding provided by various residents, Established by Robert and Maureen Fedu- patients and friends of Vincent L. Green Professorship in Macular Bayard Halsted Professorship in Cell Biol- Degeneration and Other Retinal Diseases ogy and Anatomy [1943]: Unoccupied. Funding provided by a bequest in the will of Funding provided by a bequest from Joseph Mr. Richard Green Professorship of Oph- nature, causes, means of prevention, and thalmology [2007]: Richard D. Brain Science Institute [2011]: Jeffrey Roth- Funding provided by Department of Surgery’s stein, M. Income from the principal will be used to pro- Jacob Handelsman Professorship in Sur- vide faculty support and “advance the work gery [2004]: Michael A. McGehee Harvey and diverse neurosciences community, while Chair in The History of Medicine [1992]: making decisions effciently and moving tar- Occupied by Harry M. Medicine, and many friends and relatives of Funding for this professorship was provided the Harveys. Burton Grossman to ensure in the Department of the History of Medicine the integration of the progression of specifc to recognize Dr. Harvey’s (class of 1934) sec- ophthalmologic diseases and to develop ond interest in history after 27 years as Direc- techniques for preventing these diseases. Willard and Lillian Hackerman Professor- Funding provided by a commitment made in ship in Oncology [1981]: Moody D. Hagen Professorship in Ophthal- Sherlock Hibbs/Eugene VanDyke Profes- mology [1998]: Unoccupied. Professorship Haller Professorship in Pediatric Neuro- in Neurosciences and Kennedy Krieg- logic Diseases [1996]:Harvey S. Schuster Center for Digestive and Motil- Homcy Professor for research and teach- ity Disorders at the Johns Hopkins Bayview ing in the Department of Neurosciences in Medical Center. Jeffs Professorship in Pediatric undergraduates and graduate neuroscience Urology [2010]: John P. Income from the principal will ate research at the Krieger School of Arts and be used for a professorship in pediatric urol- Sciences. The endowment will be held in the Brady Johns Hopkins Family Professorship in Urological Institute at the School of Medicine. Funds provided by the descendants of the To be established by commitments made in parents of Johns Hopkins. Johnson John Eager Howard Chair in Endocrinol- and residents in the Department of Neurolo- ogy and Metabolism [1990]: Paul W. Knott Directorship of the McKu- long time member of the Johns Hopkins facul- sick/Nathans Center for Medical Genetics ty and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology. Knott in honor the elucidation of the relationship between of her late husband who served as a Trustee unilateral renal disease and high blood pres- of the Hospital and, with his wife, was an sure, and the role of a protein factor in urine extremely generous supporter of Hopkins. Dale Hughes Professorship in Oncology ogy Center and Professor in Oncology [2000]: Mario A.

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Physical medicine in a naturopathic context National College of Naturopathic Medicine, (co-author) Hydrotherapy Department Coordinating Supervisor and 2. Integrated naturopathic (manual) physical medicine issues (author) protocols (contributor) 6. Modalities, methods and techniques (contributor) Head of Department, Department of Complementary 10. Physical medicine in a naturopathic context protocols (contributor) (contributor) 11. Physical medicine in a naturopathic context Associate Professor Chair, Physical Medicine (contributor) Department, Bastyr University School of Naturopathic 2. Assessment and palpation: accuracy and reliability (contributor) issues (contributor) 10. Rehabilitation and re-education (movement) general health enhancement and specific approaches (author) conditions (contributor) 12. Modalities, methods and techniques (contributor) Adjunct Professor, Bastyr University of Natural Health 10. Physical medicine in a naturopathic context conditions (contributor) (co-author) Foreword Our modern world suffers a tremendous burden of a whole, complex person, not as isolated parts. The incidence of most chronic search has led to renewed appreciation of naturo- degenerative diseases has increased in virtually every pathic medicine and the healing wisdom it offers. Much of this suffering is unnecessary – as pathic medicine over the past few decades has been research has now shown that a large body of healing phenomenal. The naturopathic precepts of the causes wisdom, long the province of naturopathic medicine, of ill health and rules for healthful living, which were has been missing from the health care system. Eating a whole foods, medicine – almost miraculous advances in the treat- organically grown diet; avoiding endogenous and ment of acute illness, trauma and life-threatening exogenous toxins; physical exercise and balance; stress disease accomplished through dedication, intense reduction; healthy social relationships – all once dis- research, and a huge investment of financial resources missed – are now known as necessary for health. Key to this advancement foundational to the formation and evolution of natu- has been standardization of diagnosis, of therapy and, ropathic thought and practice.