Moogleberry
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Before all of the forum posts got wiped I had posted an article about something called Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) that I've seen used in hospitals to help treat big wounds. A lot of people have asked me to repost the original article and the translation into normal people speak that my friend kindly gave us. Sadly, I cannot find this article anywhere.
But essentially it was a study that tested the vacuum therapy on healthy skin on people's arms. They found that blood flow and stretching of the skin cells (which encourages them to divide) was most effective when pressure was applied at 125mmHg (we still haven't worked out what this is) at intervals of 5-7 minutes on, 2 minutes off.
Hence the 7:2 method was born.
Here's what wikipedia has to say.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative-pressure_wound_therapy
Here's a nursing journal article outlining it's use.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/wound-care/using-negative-pressure-therapy-in-wound-healing/5048877.article
Aaaand, possibly most helpfully is a discussion on the effectiveness of NPWT, which does comment on the 5 minutes on, 2 minutes off interval. And interestingly says that it was effective when used for 2-3 hours daily.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/516862_2
I hope this helps some of you who weren't sure what the 7:2 method was. I hope it's coherent.
But essentially it was a study that tested the vacuum therapy on healthy skin on people's arms. They found that blood flow and stretching of the skin cells (which encourages them to divide) was most effective when pressure was applied at 125mmHg (we still haven't worked out what this is) at intervals of 5-7 minutes on, 2 minutes off.
Hence the 7:2 method was born.
Here's what wikipedia has to say.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative-pressure_wound_therapy
Here's a nursing journal article outlining it's use.
http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/wound-care/using-negative-pressure-therapy-in-wound-healing/5048877.article
Aaaand, possibly most helpfully is a discussion on the effectiveness of NPWT, which does comment on the 5 minutes on, 2 minutes off interval. And interestingly says that it was effective when used for 2-3 hours daily.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/516862_2
I hope this helps some of you who weren't sure what the 7:2 method was. I hope it's coherent.