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Category: Tips
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Anti-decubitus mattresses – reimbursement and application
Prophylaxis against decubitus ulcers is an important and ongoing measure for long-lying, paralyzed and immobile patients. One of the most important parts of this process is to get a mattress against bedsores, for which reimbursement is available.
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Orthopedic pillow – how to choose the best orthopedic pillow?
A deep, sufficiently long sleep is one of the conditions for good health and mood. Sleep regenerates the body and mind, and getting regular sleep also ensures well-being. Unfortunately, people of any age with some sort of mobility ailment can be prone to sleep quality problems. Dysfunctions such as degeneration and pain in the spine,…
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Senior wheelchair – which wheelchair for an elderly person?
Mobility problems among the elderly and people with disabilities certainly hinder their daily functioning. In the case of severe disability and inability to walk, this is particularly acute. Regardless of the cause of the problem, relatives and caregivers make efforts to improve the comfort of the needy person. People who are paralyzed and have limb…
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How to choose an active wheelchair weel?
My name is Arek and I turn 30 tomorrow. It’s not a bad time to think, but in my case it’s a time to figure out a new lifestyle for myself.
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Livingskin – an unobtrusive, discreet passive prosthesis
Among the many solutions for amputees are unusual, high-tech prosthetic limbs or limb fragments. Thanks to them, we have a chance to regain the maximum level of physical fitness and the optimal level of activity every day
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Sex, Partying, and… Stomia!
After stoma removal, patients are faced with the choice of the type of equipment that will support their continued optimal functioning. Manufacturers of pouches and tiles have been outdoing themselves for years in terms of quality, lightness and flexibility of materials.
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A patient who is lying down for a long time – how to organize his care?
Sometimes illness forces a loved one to spend most of the day in a reclining position. Then a lot of questions arise in our mind: is our body adapted to it? What are the consequences of spending many hours lying down? Like
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Lower limb amputation
Every year in Poland, about 30,000 people undergo amputations due to injury, accident, cancer or other, usually chronic, conditions.
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Amazons – Womanhood after mastectomy
Cancer affects all aspects of life. The most important is the one related to the psyche. How we emotionally cope with a crisis situation like amputation will directly affect the recovery of mobility after surgery.
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Chicken chest
A crow’s cage is a type of chest deformity involving excessive forward protrusion of the sternum and adjacent parts of the ribs. Such a defect can be developmental or acquired.