Myths as Health Belief Systems: The Language of Salves, Sorcery, and Science - Health Communication - Volume 6, Issue 2. Belief systems about diseases are conceptualized as being myth-like in terms of explaining the etiology of and cure for many human diseases. In this empirical study we examined the responses of 366 adults to 139 attitude items that are a part of the cultural folk wisdom about illness, wellness, and cures. Many of these items may be called myths, quackery, home remedies, or alternative medical practices, depending on perspective. Analyses indicated that health belief systems are organized in three orthogonal factors: salves for maladies, sorcery-based explanations of illness, and scientific explanations of disease.
Ethnicity, gender, and other sociodemographic variables are discussed as predictors of acceptance of communication explaining the cause of diseases, advocating steps to cure ailments, and/or simply treating illness as some sort of spiritual intervention. Related articles View all related articles. The Illusion of Disease Audio Program. How does this work? When you purchase this program, you are granted 24/7 access to all the content of the entire program, viewable/playable from any Mac, PC, iPad or iPhone device without limit. There is NO physical deliverable like a DVD, CD, or paper book. Before purchasing, review the content included in this program which can consist of a combination of video or audio streams and/or related documents. The author may include downloadable audio files at his/her discretion but check the included content below in the green box. As you purchase more than one program from Webseed, your library of Webseed content grows. You may log in to Webseed.com from any computer, at any time, and watch any selections of content in your library.
Content programs remain available in your Webseed library for as long as the content owner remains a Webseed member, plus one additional year. Stays in your library forever. Watch the content on any computer or internet device 24/7. Failed back syndrome. Failed back syndrome or post-laminectomy syndrome is a condition characterized by persistent pain following back surgeries. Common symptoms associated with FBS include diffuse, dull and aching pain involving the back and/or legs. Abnormal sensibility may include sharp, pricking, and stabbing pain in the extremities. The term "post-laminectomy syndrome" is used by some doctors to indicate the same condition as failed back syndrome. The treatments of post-laminectomy syndrome include physical therapy, Microcurrent electrical neuromuscular stimulator,[4]minor nerve blocks, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), behavioral medicine, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID) medications, membrane stabilizers, antidepressants, spinal cord stimulation, and intrathecal morphine pump.
The number of spinal surgeries varies around the world. Cause[edit] Spinal surgeons operating on a back. The second group includes patients who had incomplete or inadequate operations. Smoking[edit] The Linguistic Journey and Pain | noijam. ”It’s bone on bone at L4, mate”If you have your brain thinking in a neuromatrix and neuroplasticity mode you could probably see that a limp output that is making someone hobble around is not much different to a language output such as “it’s bone on bone in my back”. Both are made by the brain, both are repeated innumerably, and both exist in widely distributed brain neurosignatures with probable overlap. There is no doubt that a limp would be a therapeutic target for any reasonable therapist.
Get your patient to see what is happening in a mirror, stretch this bit and strengthen that bit etc. etc. And you could expect that better gait could decrease pain through a combination of altered limp circuitry in the brain, and healthier and more appropriate use of the body structures. Metaphors in a diagnostic sense ‘Pain in the arse’ to ‘it’s totally stuffed’ Yet others are prognostic.
So what? Lakoff, G, Johnson M. (1980) Metaphors We Live By, Chicago, University of Chicago Press. David Butler. Language of pain.