For the week of 2/8 through 2/14, altMD identified 20,503 tweets that contained one or more of the wellness-related keywords we track. That is a 112% increase over the 18,273 posts we identified the previous week. View our previous blog post on how altMD tracks wellness statistics on Twitter.

Below is a snapshot of the number of tweets by keyword for the week of 2/8/08 through 2/14/08.

Keyword	# Tweets 2/8 - 2/14	# Tweets 2/1 - 2/17
Yoga	6,470	14,545
Massage & Bodywork	4,199	8,721
Meditation	1,447	3,193
Pilates	1,148	2,553
Herbal Medicine	871	1,875
Chiropractic	802	1,704
Emotional Freedom Techniques	604	1,342
Acupuncture	475	1,100
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)	450	1,062
Reiki	426	954
Physical Therapy	388	845
Midwifery/Doula	351	682
Astrology	307	672
Tai Chi Chuan	307	603
Feng Shui	292	592
Aromatherapy	225	495
Chakra Balancing	140	255
Occupational Therapy	112	226
Ayurvedic Medicine	106	251
Homeopathy	96	224
Cupping	90	199
Reflexology	70	171
Psychotherapy	63	152
Bioidentical Hormone Therapy	60	225
Colonic Hydrotherapy/Irrigation	57	114
Hypnotherapy	56	142
Qi Gong	38	74
Ashrams	30	70
Osteopathy	22	42
Biofeedback	22	60
Music Therapy	21	62
Energy Medicine	21	39
Alexander Technique	20	55
Kinesiology	18	49
Audiology	18	34
Acupressure	17	44
Integrative Medicine	16	31
Rolfing & Structural Integration	14	31
Naturopathy	13	31
Craniosacral Therapy	12	20
Hand Therapy	10	14
Breathwork	9	13
Hydrotherapy	8	32
Guided Imagery Meditation	7	25
Laser Therapy	7	17
Speech Pathology	6	15
Ear Candling	6	15
Myofascial Release	6	14
Oxygen Therapy	5	22
Moxibustion	3	6
Crystal Healing	2	7
Iridology	1	6
Myotherapy	0	0
Flower Therapy	0	1
Apitherapy	0	0
Rapid Eye Technology (RET)	0	0

Below is a snapshot of the number of tweets by Twitter user for the week of 2/8/08 through 2/14/08. Note: these stats only include tweets that match one or more of the target keywords that altMD tracks and do not reflect every tweet by every Twitter user.

Twitter User	# Tweets 2/8 - 2/14	# Tweets 2/1 - 2/17
chiropractic	211	476
BabyBlogger	109	259
TCManiacs	101	157
ReikiAwakening	62	131
leaming	55	148
yoga_peace	51	131
GetOccTheraJobs	44	109
disability	41	64
YogaHeals	35	70
triviacompanion	29	65
prosperitygal	27	53
sagitarius42	26	37
SerendipityJane	25	45
jvaughn_yoga_mt	24	40
jobs_sf_beauty	23	33
pbk_online	23	38
goacupuncture	22	70
IHCI	22	53
BeccaSeitzLAc	22	44
MiraclesGoddess	22	43
gassho	21	59
EleanoreDuyndam	21	26
yogawiz	21	44
lyndalippin	21	34
GerryCDC	21	26
yogisan	20	39
consciousone	20	30
altMD	20	45
littlefoxy	20	28
OnlineDrLeZ	19	28
truesprit	19	60
eftpraxis	19	53
MeditationHelp	19	34
poweryoga	19	43
3034health	19	49
ChipEFT	18	30
jobs_NY_beauty	18	27
savvydoula	17	38
vacatures_15	17	43
commodityonline	17	31
JanetHilts	16	46
yogatag	16	24
juliesaint	16	29
MoneyMakeover2	16	37
cheapestbargain	16	19
pieshopgirl	15	24
EFT_Pat	15	24
Gypsy_Yogini	14	31
c4chaos	14	22
1L	14	18
presentjoyoga	14	30
eftmama	14	40
TappyBear	14	29
lotuspad	14	32
illstreet	14	27
oceanthoughts	13	39
CreativeEFT	13	22
AstrologerMaria	13	21
Aaron111	13	29
arkjmv	13	23
gypsydust	13	15
skplings	13	32
cancer_news	13	35
wildlings	13	16
SAJW	13	13
heathergreaves	12	22
AlanGibsonPsych	12	23
bowpier	12	13
tamaradorris	12	28
eftwithlinda	12	30
twitterbo	12	32
atlsat	12	34
jobs_DC_beauty	11	15
carlotta17	11	27
communicated	11	11
jobs_sat_beauty	11	21
CafeYogi	11	20
satpurushakaur	11	13
sariantra	11	13
PassionParent	11	22
shambhala_med	11	25
Jeracah	11	14
debweb0	11	31
Aneez	11	25
robertbrook	11	17
Anddh	11	11
YogaDiaries	11	16
binaural_beats	11	23
RASHARDGILLARD	11	11
pablowright	10	27
RichmondJobNet	10	10
usesof	10	22
holisticmamma	10	23
empoweredandfit	10	16
gaileee	10	15
rainaterror	10	15
swamibaby	10	12
ColleenLilly	10	11
bck2action	10	11
EFTSejual	10	19