LEmed have added the first Treatment Centre for Spinal Cord Stimulation in Asia

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.
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