For the last two months, except on Sundays I have been attending a physiotherapy course for the lumbar disc prolapse at my L5/S. The treatment is an automated physiotherapy machine, where my body will be stretched and bring back to normal position repeatedly for 10 minutes. My evenings are booked by my back!
One of the major problem as a foreigner I faced was the language to communicate my condition. I knew only one word in Japan that ‘Itai desu’ meaning I have pain. My exact condition on the first weeks of June was the numbness in left leg. From Tabe-san I learned the equivalent word for numbness in the leg as ‘shibireru’. That helped me to a good extent to effectively convey the exact condition and pain I was suffering. The sciatic pain which happens due to disc pro-lapse was severe in my case too.
I have always been communicating through this blog about the helping mentality of Japanese people. From the day one of my landing in Japan, starting from my boss (I could not ask his permission to mention his name here), I have been experiencing that helping mentality. When I told to my friend at office that I have this sciatic pain and want to consult doctor, my friend Aoki-san came with me all the way to Toyo-cho to communicate for me. My surprise ! This is the real altruism ! She could convey to doctor exactly in what situation I was. This reinforced my feeling that Japanese people have a kind of empathetic feeling. It is not sympathy or simply helping somebody for charity. They feel that the person is in real need of help and before we ask, they guess and offer their help. Remarkable character of Japanese people.
Doctors are called as ‘sensei’ in Japanese, means ‘master’ with great respect. Japanese people have strong faith and respect in doctors and teachers and both are called as ‘sensei’ The hospital I am going is SUGIMOTO ORTHOPAEDICS in Toyo-cho. It is near to a public park. I like this park which is with full of flowers and children playing on the ground and is on the road side.
Japan has a national health insurance system to ensure that anyone can receive necessary medical treatment. Under this system, every citizen belongs to a public medical insurance system, such as an employees' health insurance or a national health insurance. I have also received one such insurance card and am effectively using it for my daily physiotherapy treatement.
This medical care system is highly regarded internationally because, along with improvements in the living environment and better nutrition, it has contributed to Japan achieving the highest life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in the world, as well as a high standard of healthcare. Currently, reform of the whole system is being undertaken in order to sustain this medical insurance system in the future.
My orthopedic doctor is also mastered in Accupuncture as the certificate displayed at the entrance of the clinic. Traditional Chinese medicine was introduced to Japan with other elements of Chinese culture during the 5th to 9th century. Since around 1900, Chinese-style herbalists have been required to be licensed medical doctors. professionalized and, except for East Asian healers, was based on a biomedical model of disease.
Japan has near to 10,000 general hospitals. Health is taken extremely serious in Japan, as the high status of doctors in society would hint it. Most often, even minor ailments like colds are treated with care.
Statistics Bureau, Director General for Policy Planning & Statistical Research and Training institue
I have always been communicating through this blog about the helping mentality of Japanese people. From the day one of my landing in Japan, starting from my boss (I could not ask his permission to mention his name here), I have been experiencing that helping mentality. When I told to my friend at office that I have this sciatic pain and want to consult doctor, my friend Aoki-san came with me all the way to Toyo-cho to communicate for me. My surprise ! This is the real altruism ! She could convey to doctor exactly in what situation I was. This reinforced my feeling that Japanese people have a kind of empathetic feeling. It is not sympathy or simply helping somebody for charity. They feel that the person is in real need of help and before we ask, they guess and offer their help. Remarkable character of Japanese people.
Doctors are called as ‘sensei’ in Japanese, means ‘master’ with great respect. Japanese people have strong faith and respect in doctors and teachers and both are called as ‘sensei’ The hospital I am going is SUGIMOTO ORTHOPAEDICS in Toyo-cho. It is near to a public park. I like this park which is with full of flowers and children playing on the ground and is on the road side.
Japan has a national health insurance system to ensure that anyone can receive necessary medical treatment. Under this system, every citizen belongs to a public medical insurance system, such as an employees' health insurance or a national health insurance. I have also received one such insurance card and am effectively using it for my daily physiotherapy treatement.
This medical care system is highly regarded internationally because, along with improvements in the living environment and better nutrition, it has contributed to Japan achieving the highest life expectancy and healthy life expectancy in the world, as well as a high standard of healthcare. Currently, reform of the whole system is being undertaken in order to sustain this medical insurance system in the future.
My orthopedic doctor is also mastered in Accupuncture as the certificate displayed at the entrance of the clinic. Traditional Chinese medicine was introduced to Japan with other elements of Chinese culture during the 5th to 9th century. Since around 1900, Chinese-style herbalists have been required to be licensed medical doctors. professionalized and, except for East Asian healers, was based on a biomedical model of disease.
Japan has near to 10,000 general hospitals. Health is taken extremely serious in Japan, as the high status of doctors in society would hint it. Most often, even minor ailments like colds are treated with care.
Statistics Bureau, Director General for Policy Planning & Statistical Research and Training institue
Nice article. Since I am selling health insurance with life insurance in Canada and our system is broadly discussed these days, I am always glad to find news from the other parts of the world. I knew Japan has excellent outcomes, when talking about health system, on the other hand I think they have extremely low birth rate. What precautions are they making in health system?
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