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- Obesity is About Changing your Lifestyle and Not about Trying to Lose Weight - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2010 from Gail McGonigalIf you are constantly obsessed with food, by depriving yourself of what you enjoy; then the changes are that you will actually never win the battle of trying to lose weight. Every time I said to myself “Right I am going on a Diet! I would suddenly have this strong desire to have something ...
Views: 1701(2 votes) - Opening the Door to Effective Pain Management for Millions of Americans - Acupuncture from a Neuro-Physiological Perspective - by Submitted on Jul 19, 2009 from Brendan ArmmOne in four U.S. adults has complained of suffering a day-long bout of pain in the past month, and one in ten declared the pain had lasted over a year, according to the U.S. government’s annual, comprehensive report on Americans’ health: Health, United States, 2006, released by the National ...
Views: 2509(6 votes) - Rehabilitation of Peripheral Nerve Injuries - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2016 from accessible Physical TherapyIt May Be Necessary To Encounter The Defeats, So You Can Know Who You Are, What You Can Rise From, How You Can Still Come Out Of It !!! Proper management of peripheral nerve injuries requires an understanding of the distribution and function of nerves, the mechanisms of nerve injury, and an ...
Views: 964(1 vote) - Simplest Way to Overcome a Stiff Neck - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2016 from Harshad JethraWe have all been bothered by conditions like a stiff neck at one time or the other. In most cases, the pain is likely to go away by itself in some time, but if the pain is iterative, it can be an issue of bother. Many of us are not aware that conditions like headaches, shooting pain in the ...
Views: 1200(1 vote) - Stress Reduction for 12 Subjects after using the Infra Red Negative Ions Amethyst Bio Mat over 3 months - by Submitted on Mar 05, 2011 from Prof. George GrantAbstract: 12 subjects were tested before and after using the Bio Mat for one hour daily over 3 months period using 3 different biofeedback devices and blood cortisol levels to measure stress reduction. Far Infra Red/Negative Ions Amethyst Bio Mat reduces Stress by 78% as validated by Pre ...
Views: 3020(2 votes) - Testimonial: Facial Fitness Systems and Patricia Goroway - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2010 from PATRICIA GOROWAYAS A BIOLOGICAL dentist who focuses on head and neck pain and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, nothing is more gratifying than patients who ultimately become pain-free, and who embrace healthy habits that ensure they remain pain-free. I have found that recommending exercises as ...
Views: 6191(5 votes) - The Herbal Treatment of Pain - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2010 from Karen VaughanPain is a huge topic. Pain can come from trauma, pressure on nerves, from the wear and tear of osteoarthritis, inflammation due to allergens or pollutants that can set off autoimmune reactions, low Vitamin D status, expanding cartilage under weak bones (osteomalacia), retained placentas, ...
Views: 3900(2 votes) - The Love List – A Powerful Healing Tool - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Abigail SteidleyI’ve been giving myself a fun assignment lately, and it’s working so well I want to share it with all of you. It has had a profound effect on my state of energy, which is truly the source of all health – life force energy, chi, prana – whatever you want to call it. A few weeks ago I found ...
Views: 1303(1 vote) - Three Quick Cures To Internal Bleeding Hemorrhoids That Really Work Fast - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2011 from Jake BremerDetermining if you have got internal bleeding with hemorrhoids can sometimes take a long time or sometimes you can discover it very quickly. Many people find that they have a protruding bit of tissue near their rectums while there are other people who have blood in the toilet bowl as their first ...
Views: 2445(1 vote) - Three Simple Tricks To Ease Neck and Back Pain - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2019 from Sam VisnicThe hectic lifestyle of today’s world has us spending the majority of our awake hours hunched in front of a computer or smart phone. Unfortunately, the pattern of being stuck in a forward head position and cervical flexion for long periods creates significant work for the muscles that extend the ...
Views: 807(2 votes) - Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2009 from Arif RahimHypertension is extremely common in people with type 2 diabetes, affecting approximately 20-60% of all patients, depending on age, ethnicity, and body weight. The causes of this type of high-blood pressure are unknown, but are likely to be a complex combination of genetic, environmental, and ...
Views: 1549(2 votes) - When you experience pain: what needs to be done - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2013 from Mike GordonPain is an afflictive sensation conditioned by impact on the nervus fibers in bodily parenchyma or stroma that has been damaged or is being damaged. With this in mind, it is understood that the sense of pain is to forewarn about threat to the brainstem and cause the removal from the cause of ...
Views: 998(1 vote) - Yoga Inspired Exercises to Help Alleviate Neck Pain - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2013 from Leon ReyfmanHave you been spending too much time at the computer? Maybe you were reading and couldn't put the book down until you finished. Lugging that enormous work bag on your travel can throw your whole upper back out of whack. Whatever the cause may be, now you have a stiff, achy neck and want the pain ...
Views: 1587(1 vote) - ***Unspoken Words - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Daniel BenorUnspoken words are rarely silent in their effects. They may influence us quite powerfully in many ways. Unexpressed emotions that fester We may hesitate to say something that could lead to hurt or anger, often when we are experiencing these same feelings ourselves. If my boss is asking me to ...
Views: 1645(4 votes) - Acupuncture Sucessfully Treats Migraines and Headaches!7 Good Reasons to Try it! - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Dr. Kathleen AlbertsonHEADACHE AND MIGRAINE SUFFERERS --RELIEF IS POSSBLE WITH TCM! 7 Good Reasons to try it!! Pain from headaches and migraines debilitates and affects 45 million Americans. Are you one of them? How many people do you know who are? Help is here! Western medicine offers strong drugs to mask and ...
Views: 2319(4 votes) - Creating a Migraine-Friendly Home Environment - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2009 from Megan OltmanWhen I was a kid one of the games my brother and sister and I used to love to play on a Saturday was the Farm Game. It involved the Encyclopedia, and a pad and pen. We designed an imaginary farm for the three of us to live on and run, and we would draw it and plan it, and use the Encyclopedia to ...
Views: 1442(4 votes) - *** In Wholistic Healing, the Journey is the Destination - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Daniel BenorHealth and healing are not what we have been led to believe they are. Modern Western medicine and science tell us that disease is a scourge and that the primary goal of treatment is to cure it. In order to achieve cures, we fight illnesses with drugs; remove diseased parts; replace worn out ...
Views: 1105(3 votes) - Gi’ Me Head Peace… - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2009 from Liam O'SullivanIsn’t it great to be alive? There are two main causes of headaches – dehydration and stress or tension. The most obvious occasion when we suffer dehydration is with a Hangover, but it can just as easily occur on a hot day, or working/living in a central heated room. Stress often causes muscular ...
Views: 1363(3 votes) - How to Fix a Herniated Disc - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2010 from Jesse CannoneFixing a bulging or herniated disc means different things to different people. Usually it either means a) help me stop my back pain, or b) help me fix the herniated disc. The end result may be the same but the perspective is critical. If you simply want to mask the back pain you could take ...
Views: 2119(3 votes) - Move a Muscle, Change a Thought - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2009 from Megan OltmanMove a Muscle, Change a Thought. I first heard that in a self-help program many years ago. It's easy to stay stuck in a certain way of thinking, to stay down and confused and immobilized when we stay in the same place, looking at the same things. Get up, move, do something different, move a ...
Views: 5627(3 votes) - No, You're not Crazy, You just Have Migraines - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2009 from Megan OltmanOn last month's Managing Life with Migraines Teleconference with Dr. Roger Cady one of the things we discussed was living with the hyper-sensitive nervous system we have as Migraineurs. Dr. Cady helped us recognize that in caring for ourselves and our emotional helath, we need to nurture the ...
Views: 1203(3 votes) - Traditional Treatments for Tinnitus - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2010 from sarah labdarTinnitus can be a persistent, annoying sound in your ear that no one else can hear. There is no discernable cure for tinnitus. Most treatments lessen or mask the symptoms of tinnitus. However, most physicians recommend preventing tinnitus by protecting the body, ears and brain. In some cases ...
Views: 1868(3 votes) - My Lower Back is Killing me! - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Butch PhelpsLow back pain is the #1 reason for doctor visits in America. Did you know that according the Journal of the AMA that most back surgeries are deemed a failure. Not a very high success rate. Most low back pain comes from the muscles in your hips, not your back. Chiropractic may not help because, ...
Views: 17998(10 votes) - Plagued by Negative Sensations? Be in Your Body First - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsYou can't heal your body unless you're in it. Sounds reasonable, right? Then how come the instant most of us get sick we check out, the sooner the better? We feel pain or discomfort, we get scared, we withdraw. We're out of our bodies so fast, the last thing on our minds is to rally every iota ...
Views: 994(7 votes) - ***Humor is Healing... Or Part Way to Healing - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Daniel BenorThe Can of Peaches (Email passalong): An 80 year old woman was arrested for shop lifting. When she went before the judge in Cincinnati he asked her, "What did you steal?" She replied, "A can of peaches." The judge then asked her why she had stolen the can of peaches, and she ...
Views: 1330(2 votes) - A Limited Belief System Restricts Healing Potential - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2010 from Annabel FisherA few weeks ago, when I was using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) working with a telephone client, ‘Anna’, she stated, “Bad things happen to good people: it’s always the good people who get sick”. Now, I have no way of either refuting or proving this, but she believed it and I accepted her ...
Views: 2339(4 votes) - Do Inversion Therapy Tables Relieve Back Pain? - by Submitted on Sep 01, 2009 from OneTouch MassageIf you suffer from chronic back pain, you're not alone. Millions of adults in the U.S. suffer from it every day. The search for a natural form of relief has led many of these sufferers to turn to gravity inversion therapy for help. This popular treatment involves the reversal of gravitational ...
Views: 3837(2 votes) - Freedom From Chronic Pain - EFT Identifies and Dissolves the Root Causes - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2010 from Annabel FisherChronic pain is the body's way of informing us that it is not at peace; it is diseased. It is also a guaranteed way of getting our attention. An enormously effective, safe and non-intrusive way we can respond to pain is by applying Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). In fact, one of the ...
Views: 3859(6 votes) - How Do You Relax? Are You Triggering the Relaxation Response, or More Migraines? - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2009 from Megan OltmanRecently I was in the waiting room at my physical therapist’s office, reading The Relaxation Response, by Herbert Benson, M.D. The receptionist asked me about the book and I told her how Dr. Benson discovered that our nervous systems need both some stress, building the tone of the nervous ...
Views: 1136(2 votes) - Kinesio Taping the miricle cure for knee pain and other injuries. - by Submitted on Nov 20, 2009 from Suzanne NewmanI've worked on at least 10 people with knee problems ranging from people waiting for a knee replacement, dancers, soccer players and people with general knee problems. Every person that I worked on, once the tape was on an in-place when they got up off my table they were out of pain and felt ...
Views: 6554(4 votes) - Modifying Inflammation with Magnetic Fields - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2018 from Dr. William PawlukPulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs) have been used to treat almost every conceivable human illness or malady, including many inflammatory diseases such as arthritis or psoriasis. PEMF therapy has been associated with pain reduction, and accelerated healing. PEMFs exert these effects by ...
Views: 11108(2 votes) - Pain, Pain Go Away! - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2009 from Corey SondrupBy far, the number one reason patients seek out care from their health care provider is PAIN. What most people don't realize is that pain, whether it is neck, back, joint, head, menstrual, or digestive, pain has its roots in simple areas of our life that are commonly overlooked. As a healthcare ...
Views: 1099(2 votes) - Scoliosis & Chiropractic - by Submitted on Oct 14, 2009 from Dr. Steve EdelsonDr. Steve Edelson (813) 831-8321 of Tampa, Florida has been practicing chiropractic for over 14 years. As a south Tampa chiropractor, he has had the opportunity to help people with a variety of issues. He is an expert at helping people to eliminate the cause of most pain. He is also an expert at ...
Views: 1782(2 votes) - Self Care for Low Back and Neck Pain - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Milica BarjaktarovicThe whole body is interconnected. Neck and sacrum are related. If one is in pain, the other one is too, and vice versa. If one gets better, the other one gets better too. So, we can work on one to help another. This, of course, helps the whole body. Then we are happy! So let's see how we get ...
Views: 1596(2 votes) - Show Your Pain Who's Boss - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2009 from Diane NeumanIt is natural to tense against pain, or even the anticipation of pain. When we are hit with the shock and surprise of pain, our primitive fight-or-flight defense kicks in, but we are often in a situation where it is impossible either to fight or to run. Unfortunately, that physical tension ...
Views: 1309(2 votes) - Tapentadol 100mg: An overview - by Submitted on Mar 25, 2021 from sheldon cooperTapentadol 100mg is the pain medication used to relieve severe body pain. It helps to block down the pain sensation occurring from long-term body pain. Tapentadol 100mg is an effective pain med for severe body pain. It is mostly used to relieve severe body pain. Tapentadol 100mg is the pain ...
Views: 626(2 votes) - Ten Guaranteed Ways to Stop Pain from Stopping You - by Submitted on Sep 09, 2011 from Maggie PhillipsIn spite of all our efforts to get out of pain, when it persists, with it comes with feelings of despair, helplessness and hopelessness. Why try anymore when nothing seems to work? But there is hope. These ten proven ways can stop pain before it stops you. Those who have used these skills, ...
Views: 2112(4 votes) - The need to make peace with the past in order to heal - by Submitted on Jun 03, 2010 from Annabel FisherThe majority of chronically ill clients I work with are on some form of medication. Their medical doctors have outlined what they can hope to accomplish, and how their body will respond, if they continue to use the medication; and what to expect if they choose not to take the drugs, or decide to ...
Views: 2031(4 votes) - Understanding Pain and Suffering - How to Overcome It - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2009 from Cindy L. HerbMany of us suffer from pain, either physical or emotional. Usually, we define pain as anything that causes hurt, aching, soreness, or tenderness. Essentially, we associate it with something that is not pleasing. However, what exactly is pain? Furthermore, is there a way to successfully overcome ...
Views: 3904(2 votes) - 20 Pain Relieving Tips For Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2009 from Neelima ReddyCarpal Tunnel Syndrome is a painful progressive condition caused by compression of a key nerve in the wrist. If you have been suffering from tingling or numbness in your hand and wrist for several months, you are probably suffering from CTS. To get effective pain relief from CTS, here are ...
Views: 989(3 votes) - Herniated Disc Alternative Treatments - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2009 from Jesse CannoneMany patients who hear a diagnosis of a herniated disc immediately question whether spinal surgery is in their future. Whether or not surgery is the right option should be discussed with one's doctor. However, most patients can find back pain relief using more conservative treatments. The ...
Views: 1584(4 votes) - What are Crohn’s, IBD and IBS And What Are the Root Causes of the Constipation/Diarrhea Cycle That Lead to So Much Discomfort for Sufferers - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2011 from Emanuel Barling, Jr.Crohn's Disease is a chronic and serious inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract. Crohn's involves all layers of the intestine where healthy sections of bowel exist between patches of diseased bowel. Crohn's includes colitis and diverticulitis. Crohn's is categorized, along with ...
Views: 2382(4 votes) - For all of you who sit for hours at a computer this article is for YOU! - by Submitted on Sep 04, 2009 from Diane WayeIf you're sitting... How's your back? Well for all of you who sit for hours at a computer this article is for YOU! After being seated for a while many people encounter low back pain. Even if you are sitting with good posture, your hip flexors are in a shortened position. Try these ...
Views: 1829(6 votes) - *** Compassion Fatigue (Part 1) - by Submitted on Jul 30, 2009 from Daniel BenorOverview The recent tsunami in Asia and major earthquake in Pakistan have highlighted problems long recognized in the helping professions. Caregivers have known well the potentially draining experiences of compassion fatigue – from experiences of policemen, firefighters, paramedics and other ...
Views: 1524(1 vote) - ***7 Minutes to Natural Pain Release: WHEE for Tapping Your Pain Away - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2009 from Karyn MaierWHEE is an amazing method for releasing pains of all sorts. Users report dramatic improvements with tension headaches, migraines, frozen shoulders, backaches, irritable bowel syndrome, surgery, injuries, arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome and cancer. Example 1: I was out hiking with a friend, ...
Views: 3543(1 vote) - ***Fibromyalgia - by Submitted on Oct 12, 2011 from Susun WeedFibromyalgia by Susun S Weed "Dear woman," Grandmother Growth's voice seems to float in the deepening twilight, echoing, reverberating, ringing in your ears. "Bring me your soreness. Bring me your pain. Bring your aches to me. Bring your burdens. Bring all ...
Views: 1738(1 vote) - ***Hands-On Help - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2009 from Daniel BenorA considerable body of research shows that spiritual healing (as in Therapeutic Touch, Healing Touch, Reiki and Prayer healing) is an effective treatment. This article reports on how healing is finding applications in clinical practice. Anecdotes abound on the benefits of spiritual healing ...
Views: 1317(1 vote) - ***Watch Your Words: They May Come Back to Bite You - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2009 from Karyn MaierThe words we use shape our perceptions and our interactions with the world. Through words we are taught to label the countless stimuli that enter our sensory portals. Our parents, schools, and society at large shape our concepts of who we are, how we experience others, and how we express ...
Views: 1961(1 vote) - 14 Stylish and Luxurious Workstations - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2009 from Neelima ReddyWorkstations are not a new thing to us, but in the recent times, they have succeeded in turning more than a few heads and the demand for comfy, luxurious workstations has increased by leaps and bounds. Have a look at these 14 stylish and Luxurious workstations. 1. Corner V1 Computer ...
Views: 2130(1 vote) - 3 LIfestyle Problems That Cause Back Pain - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2011 from Andrew HunterSome people think that back pain is just part of growing older. They think that is just unavoidable and that everyone is just destined to develop pinched nerves, bulging discs, and sciatica as part of the aging process. But I don’t believe this is the case. There are actually small habits and ...
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