Fibroblastic activity and bone regeneration

[Guest guest]

If something has fibroblastic activity, doesn't that mean it would be

helpful for a fracture as well? Fernando, you said e-stim can be

helpful for fracture. I looked into this one day but could find no

information. I have a little Japanese e-stim machine that I can set

on high, medium, or low. Guys-please use simple terms if you reply.

I'm not understanding some of the more technical parlance.

 

Thanks

[Guest guest]

Gabrielle,

 

Electrical stimulation for healing of bone fractures has been around

since the 1800s. Today, small electrical stimulators are implanted

during spinal fusion surgery and are known as " invasive procedures " .

Noninvasive methods are primarily used on the limbs, short, long, and

on flat bones.

 

Although it can used for fresh fractures, electrical stimulation is

used more on nonunion fractures, and there's a criteria for

determining when an a fracture is considered to be classified as

non-union.

 

Electro-acupuncture can be beneficial in the healing of such

fractures, however, I now think that to do justice to the patient,

that treatments would have to be daily and not just for a few minutes.

The procedures I mentioned above, deliver current through the fracture

constantly and sometimes for several months.

 

It's been a while since my last bone fracture patient and so far I've

not treated anyone with nonunion fractures. But, should the

opportunity come, I will surely use electroacupuncture as and adjunct

to herbal medicine.

 

Regards,

 

~Fernando

 

and we know how unrealistic that is bot

 

, " gabriellemathieu "

<gabriellemathieu> wrote:

> If something has fibroblastic activity, doesn't that mean it would

be

> helpful for a fracture as well? Fernando, you said e-stim can be

> helpful for fracture. I looked into this one day but could find no

> information. I have a little Japanese e-stim machine that I can set

> on high, medium, or low. Guys-please use simple terms if you reply.

> I'm not understanding some of the more technical parlance.

>

> Thanks

[Guest guest]

If something has fibroblastic activity, doesn't that mean it would be helpful for a fracture as well? Fernando, you said e-stim can be helpful for fracture. I looked into this one day but could find no information. I have a little Japanese e-stim machine that I can set on high, medium, or low. Guys-please use simple terms if you reply. I'm not understanding some of the more technical parlance.>>>>Yes it would but you need to know how to imbed the electrodes. Now days they use more of electromagnetic application for fractures because you do not need to imbad electrodes

alon