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In these unprecedented and uncertain times where the MCO has taken effect on a national scale, we have been doing our part to flatten the curve and prevent the mass spread by staying indoors and keeping clean.

Out with the old, in with the new! It's a new year, a new decade! Time to put our best foot or face forward to welcome the beauty and challenges our future has to bring!

We hear a lot about blood pressure numbers but what do they actually mean? What are the numbers telling us? What are the differences between the top and bottom numbers? Here’s a quick guide on blood pressure readings, a few preventative measures, and how to take accurate blood pressure readings.

Whether it is staying in shape, physical therapy, improving flexibility or just for the sake of keeping your muscles and joints limber. Exercise bands/resistance bands are a great way to start exercising (if you are a complete novice) or enhance existing workouts that you have been doing. These are a few benefits as to why you should start

Motor Coordination Function Classification System Mobility Walks without limitations Equipment Needs None *Can walk, run, jump & move without limitations Mobility Walks with limitations Equipment Needs Minimal *May require equipment when: walking on uneven ground; traveling long distances Mobility

First off, what is a pressure ulcer (also known as bedsores, decubitus ulcers, and decubiti)? It is a lesion or wound that occurs when the skin is exposed to a prolonged period of pressure, shear force and/or friction. These pressure ulcers start from small lesions on the skin to gaping holes where muscles, tissues, and bone can be seen, leading to

Graduated Compression Benefits

If you are standing or sitting for long periods of time, the calf muscles are not contracting to squeeze the veins carrying blood from the lower limbs back to the heart. OPPO Compression Stockings help promote blood circulation and improve valve function by applying graduated compression on the lower limbs. The pressure is strongest at the ankle and gradually decreases up the leg. The gradient compression exerted from the stockings provides a pumping effect to accelerate blood flow in the legs upward to the heart, reducing the accumulation of blood in the lower limbs and eliminating resultant edema.

Blood pressure monitors. A device that takes your blood pressure. But do you know the importance of having a blood pressure monitor at home? Before going into why it is important, let’s first talk about what blood pressure is. Generally speaking, blood pressure is a measure of force that your heart uses to pump blood around your body. If your blood pressure is high, it means that your body needs more force to circulate blood around your body leading to serious long-term health conditions, such as heart diseases, strokes, kidney disease, vascular dementia, etc.