Managing Chronic Pain with a Mind-Body Physical Activity Program
This article was originally published on Confronting Chronic Pain by Dr. Steven Richeimer. Many people around the country suffer from chronic pain. The good news is that there are also many different ways that people can try to manage that pain. ...
How to Perform a Lymph Node Examination
Lymph Node Examination A lymph node evaluation should be included in all new patients as part of the oral cancer triage. Below is a video showing the proper technique and a written explanation of what is expected from dentists when performing a lymph node and...
New Injection Techniques for Treating Chronic Foot Pain
This article was originally published on Confronting Chronic Pain by Dr. Steven Richeimer. There is a good chance that everyone knows someone who suffers from ongoing foot pain. Millions of people have chronic foot pain, making it difficult for them to enjoy...
How to Plan and Implement a Community Health Program
This is an adapted presentation by Professor Linda Brookman, RDHAP, BSDH, MS for the Community Health Program Planning and Implementation course as part of USC Ostrow’s Community Oral Health program. What is the public health pyramid? The public health pyramid is a...
Noninvasive, Non-Pharmacological Treatments for Chronic Pain
This article was originally published on Confronting Chronic Pain by Dr. Steven Richeimer. There are millions of people who suffer from chronic pain. While many people turn to pharmacological or invasive treatments to seek relief and help manage the condition,...
Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health
This is an adapted presentation by Professor Linda Brookman, RDHAP, BSDH, MS for the Community Health Program Planning and Implementation course as part of USC Ostrow's Community Oral Health program. What is health equity? According to the World Health Organization...
Proposed Mechanism and Treatment of Palatal Myoclonus
Myoclonus is a frequently observed hyperkinetic movement disorder, which is often classified according to its anatomical origin. [1] Palatal myoclonus is characterized by involuntary palatal contractions, causing clicking tinnitus due to the action of soft palate...
Mechanism and Treatment of Orofacial Motor Tics
Rather than a voluntary movement, a tic is a movement which relieves a voluntary urge, and this is the key characteristic which differentiates a tic from another movement disorder. Motor tics of the orofacial area include tongue protrusion, facial grimacing, blinking,...
Distance Education vs. Correspondence Courses
Not all online programs are the same. Let’s look at the definition of a correspondence course versus an eLearning experience. Why is the distinction important? While there has been no payment made by St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, the U.S. Department of Education’s...
Create an Asynchronous eLearning Experience in 4 Easy Steps
Before we cover the four steps for creating an asynchronous eLearning experience, here are three studies that demonstrate the benefits of using interactive video content in eLearning courses. The Effectiveness of Embedded Content as form of Active Learning The best...
How to Motivate Students: EPAs, Badges, and Experience Points
The final installment in the F.I.S.G.R. acronym for effectively teaching online is “R,” which stands for rewards. In general, the principle is that rewards do in fact motivate students. Before explaining badges and experience points, it is important to explain...
Understanding Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a painful condition of nerve malfunction that usually follows an injury to an extremity. The pain exceeds in both magnitude and duration the expected clinical course of the original injury, often resulting in significant impairment of...
How to Use Guided Discovery Questions to Deepen Learning
Guided discovery means that the instructor creates questions and suggests resources for students to research and on which to report. These questions are typically given to students at the end of a lecture or following a patient case problem. The article, Student...
3 Best Practices for Creating an Interactive Course Manual
There are several pieces of circumstantial evidence that exist to support the idea that students don't read textbooks anymore. For example, Pearson, the largest publisher of educational textbooks has said they are phasing out print books and making all learning...
Researchers Find Sleep Quality Can Impact Chronic Pain Response
This article was originally published by Dr. Steven Richeimer on Confronting Chronic Pain. Most people would agree that if you get a good night’s sleep, you are likely better ready to take on challenges that come your way. Researchers set out to see if sleep quality...
How to Increase Student Performance with Active Learning
In this installment of our series on effective online teaching, we will cover the basics of creating a recorded interactive lecture and an interactive course manual. In subsequent articles, we will explore the technology needed to do this. Our goal is to go well...
Flexible Coping Strategies May Help with Chronic Pain & Depression
This article was originally published on Confronting Chronic Pain. One of the most important things that those who have chronic pain can do is to learn about the many different coping strategies that exist. There are many to choose from, and there is science behind...
Teledentistry – Frequently Asked Questions
These FAQs were collected from a recent webinar on Telehealth & COVID-19 presented by the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry with Dr. Glenn Clark, Professor Linda Brookman, Dr. Kamal Aleryani, and Dr. Steven Richeimer. What is Teledentistry in 2020? “Teledentistry”...
How to Teach Online Courses Effectively
I recommend five things that you should consider using if you want to teach interactively: focused lectures, interactive teaching, supplementation, guided and structured discovery, and rewards (F.I.S.G.R.) 1. Focused, Short, Up-to-Date Lectures The first letter is “F”...
Help Others, Help Yourself: Altruistic Behaviors Relieve Chronic Pain
This article was originally published on Confronting Chronic Pain. If you have ever done something nice for someone else, you know that it gives you a great feeling. We all like the feeling that we get when we have taken action to do something for someone in need....
Oral Motor Disorders: Hemi-facial Spasms
Secondary Masticatory Muscle Spasm Occasionally the jaw closers or jaw openers can develop a continuous strong spastic activity which if sustained for a long period of time, will actually produce contracture with substantial shortening of the muscle. Often this...
Understanding Oral Motor Disorders: Synkinesis
Synkinesis A variation of hemi-facial spasm is the motor abnormality called synkinesis. This disorder occurs after a viral or traumatic paralysis of the seventh nerve. The nerve injury produces sprouting and the new motor connections cause inappropriate motor...
RGS4 Protein May Help Play a Role in Chronic Pain Maintenance
This article was originally published on Confronting Chronic Pain. Millions of people suffer from chronic pain around the country. It’s a condition that can be debilitating, keeping people from being able to enjoy the activities they love, as well as impacting their...
USC’s advanced program in orofacial pain endowed and named
Drs. Glenn T. Clark and Roseann Mulligan The investment ensures Ostrow’s first named program, The Dr. Glenn T. Clark Orofacial Pain and Oral Medicine Program, continues educating the profession’s finest for years to come. BY JOHN HOBBS MA ’14 USC’s advanced program in...