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Pilates is a natural way to ease neck pain by stretching and elongating muscles, aligning posture and improving strength, flexibility and balance.
Rolfing, also known as structural integration,relieves chronic pain and reduces stress during movement by correcting misalignments in the body through manipulation of the fascia.
Myofascial Release (MFR) is a form of bodywork that produces a deep healing effect upon the body tissues, eliminates pain, and restores motion. It has been proven to alleviate pain throughout the body, including the neck.
The popularity of Chiropractic has grown steadily over the last century. Patients come to the chiropractor for the treatment of many ailments, both chronic and acute, and some simply for advice on healthy and holistic living.
Sciatica refers to pain or discomfort associated with the sciatic nerve. This nerve runs from the lower part of the spinal cord down the back and side of the leg to the foot. Injury to or pressure ont....
With Osteopathic Medicine, manipulation techniques can also be used to restore the healthy structure of the musculoskeletal system, reduce pain, and possibly prevent future injury.
Bone spurs are abnormal, bony growths at the end of bones. They are most commonly located in the spine or other weight-bearing joints.Bone spurs may grow on the ends of bones in any part of the body.n....
Many 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. ...
The earliest scientific research on the Alexander Technique was conducted by Dr. Wilfred Barlow, a rheumatoglist at Guy’s Hospital in London in the 1940s. His studies showed that lessons in the Technique could help with a wide variety of physical ailments.
Trigger point therapy is a bodywork technique that involves the application of pressure to tender muscle tissue in order to relieve pain and dysfunction in other parts of the body. It may also be cal (...
Disk herniation is a breakdown of a fibrous cartilage material (annulus fibrosus) that makes up the intervertebral disk. The annulus fibrosus surrounds a soft gel-like substance in the center of the k....
Rhus toxicodendron is the homeopathy remedy commonly known as poison ivy. This plant from the Anacardiaceae family grows in fields and wooded areas in North America. The plant is commonly identified s....
ntegrative medicine is a multidisciplinary approach to medicine that combines mainstream medical treatments with complementary and alternative medicine therapies. Such treatments can be incorporated into pre-natal care to ease many pregnancy symptoms in a safe and natural way.
Ice and heat are both well known for their ability to treat pain by breaking the pain-spasm cycle. So are many rub on treatments which provide a cooling or warming sensation. The problem with most he. ...
Yoga can be an excellent complementary health care practice to manage the uncomfortable symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), including bloating, cramps, fatigue, depression, and irritability.
Studies on the risks of chiropractic are only a small percentage of all research in the field, though they seem to be the ones that make the news. A large and growing body of research has examined the benefits and cost effectiveness of chiropractic treatment in depth.
As part of the overall field of complementary and alternative medicine, chiropractic is a well-established and well-studied member of a group of natural therapies. Chiropractic treatment has mixed well with other therapies to become part of Integrative Medicine.
Fibromyalgia is a increasingly common medical condition that is still not well understood. Often causing pain, weakness, and fatigue, Bowen Technique shows promise in dealing with this chronic health condition.
Chiropractic is from Greek words meaning done by hand. It is grounded in the principal that the body can heal itself when the skeletal system is correctly aligned and the nervous system is functioninly...
Chiropractic is based on the concept that good health arises, in part, from a healthy nervous system and proper skeletal alignment. Misalignment of the skeletal structure interferes with the nervous system, which controls nearly every function in the body.