E-Stim can help tissues heal...

As much as I should be reading my notes, I happened upon an article that almost counters my notes. This article is claiming that "150 years ago, German physiologist Emil Du Bois-Reymond discovered that electric currents could speed up the healing of flesh wounds. But his research has been ignored ever since. Until now..." The article then goes on to talk about this "groundbreaking study that these researchers did on electrical current. New Scientist News needs to do some research themselves.

I happen to have a quiz in my Physical & Mechanical Modalities class about electrical current and it's use on not only wound/tissue healing, but also transdermal drug delivery, pain modulation, and muscle contraction. The main types of tissue healing capable treatments that we have covered are HVPC (High Voltage Pulsed Current) and MES (Microcurrent Electrical Stimulation). The APTA even has a section known as the "Section on Clinical Electrophysiology and Wound Management". Bottom line is this article is a crock and should never have been published or at least mentioned that this phenomenon has NOT "been ignored for the last 150 years."

I also wanted to congratulate Floyd Landis on his win at the Tour de France (23 days in July, 189 riders, 2255 miles). He was able to do it despite having AVN (Avascular Necrosis) the same condition that Bo Jackson had and apparently Brett Favre too.

Also, check out this article that talks about "a brain implant [that] makes it possible for paralyzed patients to move a robotic arm and a computer cursor with some ease."