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Homeopathic medicine recognizes that different types of headaches require different types of treatment. There are a dozen or more homeopathic remedies that treat different types of headaches and different personalities.
Low back pain (LBP) is a common complaint—second only to cold and flu as a reason why patients seek care from their family doctor. It may be a limited musculoskeletal symptom or caused by a van....
Integrative Medicine, which combines Western allopathic treatments with complementary therapies, provides a way for the patient to maximize therapeutic results when managing arthritis.
Massage can help for chronic pain by loosing tight muscles, increasing blood flow, promoting relaxation, and helping to relieve emotional stress that contributes to chronic pain.
Here is a list of frequently asked questions about Alexander Technique.
Naturopathic Medicine regards hearing loss as a condition that results from deficiencies or imbalances in the body that can be treated by a variety of natural materials and methods.
Massage is believed to support healing, boost energy, reduce recovery time after an injury, ease pain, and enhance relaxation, mood, and well-being. When used for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, massage may lead to a significant reduction in pain and symptoms, as well as improved grip strength.
The Alexander Technique is at heart a teaching process and so, as with any other educational method, successful learning depends on the teacher’s skill and on the student’s interest, willingness and ability to apply him or her self to the project.
The Kelley-Gonzalez diet consists of large amounts of raw fruits, juices, raw and steamed vegetables, cereals, and nuts. When combined with massive quantities of dietary supplements and freeze-dried s....
Pain is an unpleasant feeling that is conveyed to the brain by sensory neurons. The discomfort signals actual or potential injury to the body. However, pain is more than a sensation, or the physical n....
Holistic pet care treats the entire animal—whether it’s a cat, dog, horse, bird, or reptile — as more than merely a physical being. This awareness of the mind-body-environment relationship differs from the allopathic view typical of western medicine, which generally seeks to treat the symptoms of disease but which often neglects to address its underlying cause.
Somatics, from , a Greek word for living body, is a movement therapy that employs mind-body training to manage muscular pain and spasticity, improve balance and posture, and increase ease of motion. y....
Practicing yoga can provide unique benefits for the asthma sufferer and avoid the potential side effects often associated with pharmaceutical drugs.
Osteopathy is a "whole person" philosophy of medicine, where doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs) endorse an approach that treats the entire person, rather than a specific complaint. Ae....
A heel spur is a bony projection on the sole (bottom) of the heel bone. This condition may accompany or result from severe cases of inflammation to the structure called . The plantar fascia is a fibrs....
Myotherapy is a method for relieving pain based on the application of pressure at trigger points throughout the body. Trigger points are defined as hypersensitive locations in the muscles that cause n....
Applied Kinesiology (AK) can be useful to help an individual identify and avoid potentially harmful food substances that can cause severe allergic reactions (food allergies).
Bursitis is the painful inflammation of one or more bursae, which are padlike sacs found in parts of the body that are subject to friction. Bursae cushion the movements between the bones, tendons andy....
Pilates offers a complementary or alternative approach to relieving some of the most troubling symptoms of fibromyalgia.
Epididymitis is the inflammation or infection of the epididymis, the long coiled tube that attaches to the upper part of each testicle. The epididymis functions as a storage, transport, and maturation....