Icing an injury may do more harm than good
Experts have tips on properly administering thermal therapies after an injury, surgery, or in simple recovery from exercise.
Doctor-parent chats can keep kids safe from injuries
When pediatricians simply talk to parents about preventing childhood injuries, it can help families keep kids safer, a new study shows.
Can this low-cost therapy treat spinal cord injuries?
A low-tech electrode array can effectively stimulate muscles in the legs of people with spinal cord injuries, a proof-of-concept study shows.
Can this low-cost therapy treat spinal cord injuries?
A low-tech electrode array can effectively stimulate muscles in the legs of people with spinal cord injuries, a proof-of-concept study shows.
3 injuries: How people get hurt while walking the dog
New research looks at the dog-walking injuries that send people to the ER. One of them is traumatic brain injury.
Nanochip device may treat traumatic muscle loss
Silicon nanochip technology, shown to be successful in changing skin tissue into blood vessels and nerve cells, may also treat traumatic muscle loss.
Why traumatic muscle loss can fail to heal
New research in mice clarifies why regeneration can stall after traumatic muscle loss, in which significant chunks of muscle are destroyed.