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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A minor outbreak of infantile paralysis (in Arkansas) may demonstrate something that doctors and parents everywhere very much want to know—how well the Kenny treatment of poliomyelitis works out in an ...

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 ...