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What is Physiotherapy Treatment? Started in 1990 as a three-bed hospital, Dr. Amandeep Kaur’s, Amandeep Hospital and Clinics have grown into a series of 200 beds across various multi-specialty facilities. To return to school, walk among twenty-somethings, burn the midnight oil studying a totally alien subject, and helm a burgeoning business empire – all this at 45 years aged – may be a testament to the raw, compelling passion Dr. Amandeep Kaur harbors for healthcare services. Meet Dr. Amandeep Kaur After finishing her schooling in Amritsar, Dr. Amandeep Kaur, now 56, pursued her MBBS then her post-graduation in Pediatrics from Government Medical College, Amritsar. “I always wanted to be a doctor. My brother inspired me. I wanted to be a bit like him, he was a doctor you see,” she recounts. However, her mother’s plan for her couldn’t are more at odds with what was best for her. “My mother didn’t want me to become a doctor. She didn’t think this was a profession for ladies, she felt it h...

  Robotic Knee Replacement Surgery – Unmatched Precision for Pain Relief and a Normal Life Arthritis is a common cause of hip and knee pain. It can be degenerative (osteoarthritis), inflammatory (rheumatoid, lupus), post-traumatic or vascular necrosis (lack of blood to the bone). Hip and  knee replacement surgery  is performed after patients have exhausted no operative treatment. These surgeries are traditionally performed with the help of bone-cutting guides, but today the most advanced robot-assisted technology for knee replacement surgery is a new alternative to conventional surgical techniques. During knee replacement surgery, there are multiple surgical variables that are controlled manually by the orthopedic surgeon. The challenge of aligning the implants and preparing the bones to accept them can be complex, invasive, and time-consuming, as no two knee joints are exactly the same. Robotic Knee Replacement Surgery The robotic system is designed to help the surgeon n...

  I'm sure you are wondering what connection you have here. Well, the link is that these are the complaints kids with cleft lip generally make. Do you know what a cleft lip is? If not, this is what it is. The cleft lip is the opening in the baby's upper lip due to improper closure of the facial structure during its development in the womb. This problem is treatable, but society does not accept it and treats children who are born with a cleft lip badly. But Amandeep Hospital in partnership with Smile Train emerged like a ray of light at the end of the tunnel for those families who had lost all hope of seeing their children as other normal children. Smile Train is a New York-based organization founded in 1999. It has an extensive network of free cleft lip and palate surgeries in 87 countries. In partnership with Amandeep Hospital, more than 8000 free surgeries have been performed since 2004 along with other benefits such as travel expenses, speech therapy, and orthodontic treatm...

  Beauty lasts five minutes. Maybe longer if you have a good plastic surgeon! Yes, plastic surgery can transform your life. But before we get into the benefits of plastic surgery , let us know what plastic surgery is. Plastic surgery is a full-fledged process to repair or reconstruct a damaged body part due to birth defects, injury, burns, or other specific reasons. Such surgery is used to treat facial as well as body defects. Breaking all the stereotypes, plastic su r gery has emerged as a benison for those who always wished to have flawless skin or to dump the scars forever. For many, it was an option for frail people. But this perception does not exist anymore due to the variety of benefits it has to offer. So, let us take you on a ride and give you an insight into the benefits of plastic surgery. Physical Health Improvements “Health is wealth,” says it all. Invest in your skin as it is going to represent you for a very long time. Plastic surgery will surely help you to get th...

  Gone are the days when surgeries meant excessive blood loss and damage to the bones. But when Robotic Joint Replacement Surgery   was not launched, people then had to suffer tough times and had to go through unbearable pains and blood loss. Unfortunately, they had no other option to get rid of knee problems and so they had to resort to the conventional method of knee replacement. With an aim to create awareness about the sea change which Robotic Knee Replacement Surgery has brought, here we will shed some light upon the differences between conventional and robotic-assisted surgery. Conventional Knee Replacement Surgery Con v entional or popularly known as the Traditional method of knee replacement is a method that has been in existence for the last many decades. Here the surgeon operates the knee by making an incision of 8 to 12 inches using the standard tools and equipment. Many people have benefited from this surgery and are able to live a life without such problems. Tra...

  Robotic Knee Replacement Surgery Having knee pain caused due to osteoarthritis and your doctor suggested the traditional method of surgery which involves cuts, swelling, excess blood loss, etc. Are you afraid to undergo a surgery that does not promise to solve your knee problem completely and may even put you at various other risks? Don’t worry. Here is the solution to your problem. We bring to you ROBOTIC SURGERY for knee replacement . You can just relax and let this surgery do wonders for you. How Robotic Surgery Works? The surgeon uses the handheld robotics to precisely shape the surrounding bone before placing the knee implant and proper navigation of each area is done to see even the remotest part of the knee. A 3D model of a patient’s knee is generated. It helps in mapping out the exact incisions and the right angles. Every knee surgery replacement is unique depending on the knee anatomy and the plant used. It removes only the damaged bone. 10 Benefits of Robot-Assi...

What is Physiotherapy Treatment? Physiotherapy is a way of curing masses affected by injury, ill-health, and disability. They are also known as physical therapists or PTs. The treatment does not include any type of medicine and the focus is on rectifying the defect in the body through muscular movement. Physiotherapists also play an imperative role in health progress and disease prevention. With increasing age, the body very often suffers from neurological disorders like Parkinson’s disease, Chronic Fatigue, Dementia, Paralysis, etc. In such cases, physiotherapy is a very promising means of keeping such neurological disorders away and stops further deterioration because physiotherapy takes an integrated musculoskeletal and neuromuscular approach to the treatment of the problem. 3 Common Physiotherapy Treatment Techniques Manual Therapy Technique for Physiotherapy These can comprise, joint manipulation and mobilization (which includes spinal mobilization), manual resistance train...