According to the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine, posture matters in the outcome of your TCM treatments.
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Does knee replacement get you back to golfing?
Does knee replacement surgery actually help you golf again? The latest research isn’t so convincing.
Looking at body problems holistically
Mike Boyle, a training guru, has a fantastic video up that speaks about the way to deal with musculoskeletal injuries and how orthopedic surgery is not an ideal solution to joint problems. Check it out!
Anti-inflammatories slow healing and recovery
Anti-inflammatories (or NSAIDs) are a terrible long-term solution to the aches and pains that athletes experience.
Car seats affect baby breaths
I heard about this story the other day on the radio while driving around town. Infant car safety seats can — and do — save newborns’ lives in traffic accidents. In fact, you can’t leave the hospital without one. However, these seats, which require infants to be placed in an upright position, can also cause [...]
Swearing reduces pain
I wouldn’t call swearing a particularly great way to deal with pain in the long-run, but it’s apparently pretty good in the short term: A study by Keele University researchers found volunteers who cursed at will could endure pain nearly 50% longer than civil-tongued peers. They believe swearing helps us downplay being hurt in favour [...]
The new world of back pain treatment
The United Kingdom’s National Health Service has issued new guidance for the treatment of back pain. In short: X-rays and MRI’s should not be used as they make people think they’re in worse condition than they actually are. Ultrasound treatments and steroid injections are not effective. Manual and exercise therapy are effective and should be [...]
Medical Imaging for Diagnoses: Not all it's cracked up to be
It’s one thing for alternative health practitioners to proclaim that standard medical procedures are no good for your health, but it’s another thing to have medical doctors come right out and say it themselves. A recent study has shown that medical imaging techniques like MRI and X-rays are totally unreliable for helping determine the cause [...]
The importance of stretching in earnest
If you’re like the teeming masses of everyday people who’ve tried their hands at stretching, you know how tough it can be to make progress toward touching your toes or doing the splits. It’s hard work stay motivated with your stretching regimen when nothing seems to be happening. Well, here’s a tip for that next [...]
How can Rolfing affect you emotionally?
People often wonder how structural integrators can claim to elicit emotional change. Structural integrators claim that a sense of well-being can result, that sometimes our work is more effective at getting through emotional blocks than talk-therapy, etc. etc. We make pretty bold claims for some people to believe, so let’s look at the science behind [...]
