Out this week is Sister Kenny’s fast-moving, stormy autobiography, And They Shall Walk (Dodd, Mead; $3), in which the Australian nurse describes her 30-year struggle to get her treatment for ...

Machine learning decodes brain signals for paralysis recovery in just one second using sensors placed on scalp not inside ...

The paralysis is the factor of chief importance, but in the early stage, the spasm contributes to the deformity and in turn to the disability. If one pictures a disease in which one group of muscles ...

Jerod Nieder, center, is pictured on May 21, 2019, the day he had surgery to implant an epidural stimulator device on his lower spinal cord. With Nieder are Dr. Susan Harkema, his girlfriend Hanna ...

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A grid of electrodes slapped on a person’s back might soon be able to help treat pain, spasms and paralysis, a new study says. The electrodes deliver enough ...

We've all been there before. Running along the basketball court or swimming across the pool, when, all of a sudden, we experience a sharp pain in our foot or leg. Muscle cramps are common, affect ...

Although muscle spasms are usually short lived and aren’t serious, they can be painful. Stretching can be particularly helpful at relieving a muscle spasm. Other home treatments like massage, using ...