Tag: chronic pain

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Understanding Cold Laser Therapy and Its Benefits

Cold laser therapy is a new procedure with seemingly lots of advantages. It is non-invasive, which means that no surgery is required. There isn’t any kind of a prolonged recovery time you have to worry about, like you would with a traditional surgery. You don’t have to take any medications, and lots of patients would […]

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The Chronic Pain Lie

Are you still in pain? Have you been diagnosed with chronic pain of any kind? Have you ever been prescribed opioids for your pain? If you answered yes to any of these, then you are a victim of the biggest medical lie that keeps you in pain! Why Is This A Lie? Because the medical […]

Chronic pain – Natural solutions revealed

The National Institutes of Health report that chronic pain – the most common cause of long-term disability in America – affects more people than heart disease, diabetes and cancer combined. In fact, according to Dr. Gerald H. Smith, dental distortions – which cause a barrage of faulty neurologic input into the nervous system – are […]

Acupuncture ‘safe and effective’ for chronic pain in children

Study leader Angela Johnson, practitioner of Chinese medicine at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, IL, and colleagues publish their findings in the journal Alternative and Complementary Therapies. Chronic pain is defined as any pain that lasts at least 12 weeks. It is estimated that around 20-35% of children and teenagers across the globe have […]

Acupuncture reduces hot flashes, night sweats in menopause

The study, from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, is published in the journal Menopause. Lead author Nancy Avis, professor of public health sciences, says: “Although acupuncture does not work for every woman, our study showed that, on average, acupuncture effectively reduced the frequency of hot flashes and results were maintained for 6 […]

Yoga, acupuncture effective for chronic pain management

Lead author Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and colleagues publish their findings in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In any given year, around 100 million adults in the United States experience chronic pain – pain that persists for at […]

Get better quality sleep with daily yoga and meditation

Do you have trouble sleeping, or do you sleep poorly? You might go a long way to fixing these problems simply by implementing a daily yoga and meditation practice. Trouble sleeping or poor sleep can be caused by many lifestyle factors, which are the first thing that should be addressed. For example, consumption of alcohol […]

What is degenerative disc disease?

What is degenerative disc disease? Degenerative disc disease is a “disease of aging”, an age related disease. Over the years and decades, the repeated daily stresses on the spine and occasional minor, unnoticed injuries, as well as major ones, begin to take their toll. For most people the gradual degeneration of the discs is not […]

Yoga, acupuncture effective for chronic pain management

Lead author Richard L. Nahin, Ph.D., of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and colleagues publish their findings in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. In any given year, around 100 million adults in the United States experience chronic pain – pain that persists for at […]

Fight Chronic Pain, Top 6 Foods for Optimal Joint Health

People in their 40s and 50s are not the only ones who suffer from chronic pain and other problems affecting the joints. There are several causes of this problem – arthritis being one of them. Arthritis actually covers over a hundred conditions triggering stiff, painful and inflamed joints. Based on a survey conducted by Centers […]