In the last decade, weighted blankets have gained widespread significance and continue to find new applications in a wide range of medical conditions. As a result, Occupational therapists (OTs), psychologists, psychiatrists and health and wellness experts now recommend them as a form of therapy. The therapeutic benefits of weighted blankets have been studied extensively in …
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Aging is a natural part of “getting older” but when you start to see significant memory decline, your loved ones may need the highest level of support and care. The onset of ‘dementia’ is one such condition that can negatively impact a person’s quality of life . Most common in people over 65 years of …
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A night terror is a sleep disorder in which the sufferer experiences a feeling of dread or intense fear while sleeping. It has been confused, severally, with nightmares. But they don’t mean the same thing. While a nightmare is just a bad dream, night terrors are more intense feelings of terror in which the person …
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Fibromyalgia is a debilitating medical condition that causes a person to feel constant pain and fatigue throughout the day. Interestingly, the pain isn’t always due to a physical hurt. A person with fibromyalgia feels persistent and widespread body pains even while doing nothing at all. Statistics show this condition affects nearly 4 million American adults, …
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Ever felt a cramping, achy, strange numbness in your leg especially after long hours of sitting in the same position? Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) is a neurological condition that creates similar unpleasant sensations in the legs, albeit at a much severe level. The symptoms are triggered by long periods of inactivity and are more pronounced …
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