When pain medication, modified movements and specialized treatments can no longer ease the discomfort of an arthritic hip, hip replacement surgery may be the next step. Surgeons remove the hip joint and replace it with prosthetic components. It takes physical therapy...
Essential Medical Products offers a variety of wheelchair cushions to suit long-term or short-term requirements. View our PDF Brochure for easy comparison of key considerations. Shape Series Wheelchair Cushions Shape, Visco Shape, and Gel Shape Cushion Designed...
A few days after the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the prohibition against doctor-assisted suicide, I received a note from a wonderful colleague of mine saying that her closest friend’s 53-year-old son had just died of spinal cancer. Two weeks before his...
When we think of palliative care, we often think it is only for the dead and dying, however new studies are showing that it may in fact extend life. We long have associated palliative care with the end of life, where doctors and patients see it as the end of the road...
Adding a mattress topper to an existing sleep system increases client comfort, and will also extend the life of your current mattress. Essential Medical Products’ LTC Convolute Mattress Topper is a great solution for medical professionals looking for a...