The Ear Doc is a revolutionary new tool that stops ear pain and helps relieve swimmers ear, ear infections and fluids in the ear. This is tool will open up the ear tube for about 75% of children up to the age of seven as well as adults, divers, and air travelers that suffer from ear pain.All you do is put the Ear Doc behind your child's ear and turn it on. It will vibrate and relieve ear pa...

After some recent surgery, my husband's physician ordered the Exogen 4000+ Ultrasound Bone Healing System by Smith & Nephew to help his foot heal faster. His surgeon has been using systems such as this since their conception. He told us the machine works to help bones heal better and faster than standard casts and treatments alone. Using Ultrasound, It puts sound waves to your bones thr...

I played with the thought of trying this kind of thing for a long time.  I read on a review at SharedReviews that this really does work, though, so I figured what the heck??  I am SO GLAD I tried the NeilMed Sinus Rinse!  It's a step up from a Neti Pot-offering the same sort of thing, but with a positive pressure flow instead of just using gravity to pull liquid through so it...

Some of the people I work with have cerebral palsey and need staff assistance to transfer in and out of their wheelchairs and onto toilets, shower chairs, living room recliners and into bed. Now I'm a strong woman, but I'm not THAT strong, and 70 pounds is my maximum dead weight limit. Beyond that weight, I risk developing pulled muscles and herniating discs, and I'm endan...

The LTV (Lap Top Ventilator)  950 is one truly dependable machine. I cannot express just how easy this ventilator is to operate in the hospital or home setting. It only weighs 12 pounds and looks like a laptop computer. You can carry it with you for trips. It has a strap for ease of handling on those trips or just to move around from room to room. Even if you do not work in the medical fie...

   Guee makes a wonderful soft satin massage pillow. It is battery operated. I really like the softness and the give that this pillow has. It makes it very easy to get very comfortable. My pillow is red satin. It is just wonderful at massaging away any neck tension and it works very well to eliviate any headaches .I move this pillow from the couch to the bed and it is excellent for tr...

If you experience lower back pain, this can help.  I have use this for several months and have noticed a difference.  While not completely free from pain as the commerical states, it has relieved it.I have a ruptured disc and a herniated disc and want to avoid surgery and medications.  While sceptical that this would work, I decided to try it.  I would have a lot of pain sit...

My husband, a diabetic, was using syringes for his insulin injections that he liked very much.  They were made by ReliOn and he was able to get them at Walmart.  He liked the fact that they were of a very thin gauge and therefore, not as uncomfortable to use.Well, for some reason these syringes in the ultra thin format are not available any more at our local Walmart, so my husban...

The Invacare Mariner Rehab Shower Commode Chair is a popular choice for portable shower chairs where I work, and can be purchased from Sherman Oaks Medical Supply for $665. But being the one who has to work with the Invacare Mariner Rehab Shower Commode Chair every day, the manufacturer could have done a better job with the design because I have a few complaints about it.These chairs ...

I am a diabetic, and I have to test my blood sugar 4x a day. At times this can be very painful, but I have found some lancets that hurt much less. They come in a cylinder that fits into the lancet device. You never have to see the lancets or touch them. All that is required is to put the cartridge into the lancet device and turn the cylinder each time, and then push down to load it. Then you si...

My husband, being a diabetic, has to check his blood sugar frequently throughout the day.  He has a ReliOn Lancing Device which enables him to do his testing.He tells me that he finds this device to be suitable for his purposes and has had no problems with it.  The ReliOn Lancing Device comes with the device itself, 1 standard cup and 1 clear cup, and 10 Ultra-Thin ReliOn Lancets.&nbs...

Negative Ion Generators were evidently the rage in the late 70's and early 80's.  Mine was a gift from a retiring alternative medicine practitioner who was cleaning out her storage unit of old smudge sticks, Grateful Dead posters, and Negative Ion Generators. Ions are molecules that have gained or lost an electrical charge. . They are created in nature when air molecules break...

Recently my husband was in an accident that put him off his feet and required him to be in a wheelchair. My husband's ankle, big toe, and clavicle were all broken and required surgery. This left him unable to walk or use crutches. The doctor prescribed a Drive Pollywog Transport Wheelchair. This wheelchair is not only great for him; it is great for me.At first, I thought this would be undoa...

I visited my doctor in order to renew my annual prescription for Imitrex, my migraine medicine. With Imitrex you get only nine doses per month. When my doctor learned that I almost always use every pill every month, she decided she needed to get to the bottom of the cause of my migraines. This led to my having to go and have sleep studies done to determine whether I was achieving deep sleep at ...

I was in need of a way to easily get my mobility scooter into and out of our vehicle without it having to be lifted in and out.  I looked into several different things including several types of lifts, but all were very pricey or required a hitch which would add significant cost to the lift and also make the lift only useable with vehicles with that type of hitch… sooo I ended up lo...

I spend a lot of time at the keyboard. As a result I sometimes suffer from pain in my wrist and fingers. I am sure it has something to do with my carpel nerve or the arthritis that is increasing causing me discomfort. It can be annoying at the least and painful enough to keep me up at night at its worst. This is why I always keep an Ace Wrist Splint on hand for times when the pain is bad enough...

My husband's cousin gave him this Healthy Swinger machine to help his circulation in his legs and feet.  I believe the machine is rather expensive, somewhere around $80.00.  It comes with a swivel disk that you rest your hips on, and then the machine itself has a saddle-type apparatus where you rest your ankles.  It creates a rocking motion which is supposed to be very good f...

I know, you see Passy muir. What is it? I work in the medical field and will explain the use of the passy muir. The PMV (Passy muir valve) was invented by David Muir who has since passed away. He had MS at the age of five and progressively got worse until he became a quadriplegic. He was studying biochemical engineering at age 23 in college. While in college, he had a respiratory arrest and the...

Over the weekend I injured my ankle. I refused to go to the emergency room until the next day when I noticed the swelling and bruising had increased dramatically.I had done everything you are supposed to do for a sprain: Rest, Ice, Compress, and Elevate. This is more commonly known as the RICE method.Unable to stand the pain, or stand the next day, I submitted to going to a local clinic rather ...

My Mother-in-law fell and broke her collarbone as well as four ribs. She is in her late 80's and lives alone so her safety is always a concern. She was able to quickly call for help with her lifeline necklace. After a week in the hospital, she was transferred to a short term facility where she spent a month. She is now home (with a chore helper and visiting nurse) and working on getting bac...