Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
LEmed, the specialist stem cell and laser therapy research and distribution group, and Better Being
Hospital, announced today that it has established a new procedure.
Wan Chai, Hong Kong, November 0, !0"# $$ LEmed (Leading Edge Medical Ltd.), the specialist
stem cell and laser therapy research and distribution group, and Better Being Hospital, announced
today that it has established a new procedure for patients suffering from S! (Spinal ord !n"ury)
#he struggle to o$ercome paralysis dates bac% all the way to &'(( B.., when the Edwin Smith
)apyrus said that a spinal cord in"ury is *an ailment not to be treated,* leading people to belie$e
that, once damaged, the spine could ne$er be repaired.
+r #orsa%, heading up Better Being Hospital (BBH) in #hailand, is the first outside of ,orth
-merica to perform this ground brea%ing procedure. oupled with Stem ell #reatment and a wide
range of combined treatments ama.ing results ha$e already been achie$ed. /hile not yet a 0cure0
1uality of life is greatly impro$ed.
Epidural stimulation has the potential to be a 1uantum leap forward for the millions li$ing with
spinal cord in"ury (S!), challenging the notion that the spinal cord, once damaged, could ne$er
reco$er or be repaired. )atients, each with a chronic motor complete S!, ha$e changed the way the
scientific community $iews paralysis.
2estored 1uality of life and has enabled people li$ing with S! to reco$er $oluntary mo$ements and
e$en the ability to stand. #hose treated with a chronic motor complete in"ury, meaning they were
completely paraly.ed below the in"ury le$el and li%ely would ne$er reco$er.
Spinal ord stimulation is the application of a continuous electrical current 3 at $arying
fre1uencies and intensities 3 to specific locations on the lower part of the spinal cord. !t in$ol$es
an implanted de$ice o$er the dura (the protecti$e coating of the lower section of the spinal cord) of
the lumbar cord where the central pattern generator ()4) e5ists. #he )4 is li%e a mini6brain
within the spinal cord that is able to interpret sensory information. Epidural stimulation is being
used to acti$ate the ner$e circuits in the spinal cord to pro$ide signals that would normally come
from the brain.
!n simpler terms, a stimulator is placed inside the body and wired to the spinal cord. #he stimulator
is controlled by a remote about the si.e of a smartphone. /hen the stimulator is on, commands such
as *mo$e my right leg* result in mo$ement. !n a way, the electrical pulses are *awa%ening* the
ner$e cells in the spinal cord.
urrently, adult stem cell treatment is being used to help patients reco$er from o$er &7( debilitating
chronic conditions pre$iously thought to be untreatable, including the 8Big #hree9 : Heart +isease,
+iabetes, and Lung +isease 66 as well as -ta5ia, )ar%inson;s, Spinal ord !n"ury, erebral )alsy,
Multiple Sclerosis, -rthritis, and -utism.
Conta%t&
<effery #obin
Leading Edge 'edi%al, Ltd(
&=>, ? Hennessy 2oad
hina Hong @ong #ower
/an hai, Hong @ong, AAA(''
B?7C C&C' (D?=
infoEhealingmed.com
httpFGGwww.healingmed.com