Ed Baalbergen

Ed Baalbergen

Dr Ed Baalbergen is the medical officer at the Vincent Pallotti Rehabilitation Centre (Cape Town) and is a member of the International Spinal Cord Society and the Southern African Neurological Rehabilitation Association. email: ed.baalbergen@lifehealthcare.co.za
26 Articles

The battle for single-use catheters

Medical professionals agree that hydrophilic single-use catheters are the safest option for…

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Hypertension – the silent killer

High blood pressure often goes undetected because of a lack of symptoms,…

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How much do you really know about diabetes?

Millions of South Africans are diagnosed with diabetes, which is often a…

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Dealing with shoulder pain

Most people with an SCI will experience shoulder pain at some point,…

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Tendon transfers

Patients suffering from an SCI that has compromised their upper limbs may…

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Medical cannabis – facts and myths

Much has been said and written about the “legalisation” of cannabis (or…

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Fertility and spinal cord injury

After a spinal cord injury (SCI), most men are unable to ejaculate…

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Not just for frown lines…

Don’t confuse focal spasticity with general spasticity: the two are very different…

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Scourge of the ingrown toe nail

I often see chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) patients in my clinic…

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