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How to treat your neck pain?
How to treat your neck pain Neck pain is a very common complaint. We don't realise how much we rely on our neck and our spine until we develop neck pain or back pain. Neck pain can really get you down – and many of th...read more
Hurting heels
When walking, your heels repeatedly hit the ground with considerable force. They have to be able to absorb the impact and provide a firm support for the weight of the body. When pain develops...read more
Is aloe vera an effective medicine ?
Aloe vera is a very useful plant. It is very often used as a medicine to treat skin conditions such as burns and eczema, where it can help to stop the pain and reduce swelling. It is also ver...read more
Joint pains
A lifetime of wear and tear on the joints often leads to degeneration of the joint structures, especially the cartilage. The most common victims are the weight-bearing joints, such as the kne...read more
Knee pain
The largest joint in the body, the knee is made up of the lower end of the thigh bone (femur), which rotates on the upper end of the shin bone (tibia), and the knee cap (patellae), which slides in a groove on...read more
Know your muscles
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) is a condition affecting the shoulder, arm and hand characterized by pain, weakness and numbness in the these areas. TOSread moreMigraines and what to do about them
What is a migraine headache? A migraine headache is a severe pain felt on one, and sometimes, both sides of the head. The pain is mostly in the front around the temples or behind one eye or ...read more
No pain, no gain
What is pain? Surely pain is a warning. Pain is your body suffering damage. In tai chi you do not ignore your body and impose force. If you are in pain, you are doing something incorrectly. If you damage yo...read more
Osteoporosis: calcium and vitamin D are key ingredients
People in the United States consume more dairy products and other foods high in calcium than the citizens of any other two nations on earth put together. Why is it then, that the U.S. has the world's highest rate of o...read more
Pain and stress relief by touch therapies
A great many illnesses are a result of the stresses and strains of daily life. Touch therapies such as Reflexology and Massage have been used for centuries to help soothe ten...read more
Pay attention to bladder cancer's warning signs
People need to pay attention to the early warning signs of bladder cancer and get prompt medical help, says a University of Michigan Health System bladder cancer expert. "It's very important for patients...read more
Queries about menstruation
What kinds of problems do women have with their periods? Women can have various kinds of problems with their periods, including pain, heavy bleeding, and skipped periods. Amenorrhearead moreRelieving your aching joints and arthritis: are there options?
The Baby Boomer generation or those approaching fifty to sixty-five years of age is the fastest growing segment of the US population. Although these maturing adults are expected to live longer than their predecessors, many co...read more
Repairing your hernia
Over 75% of all hernias occur in the groin, of which the vast majority are primary inguinal hernias. Primary inguinal hernia repair remains one of the most frequently perfor...read more
Self injury as a result of being powerless
Most of us act at some time in a way that is harmful to our body whether it be by drinking, smoking or other excesses. This leaflet is about the need to inflict injury on oneself in a more deliberate way such...read more
Shoulder pain
Although the shoulder is the most flexible joint in the body, it can be unstable because of its wide range of motion. Also, because the ball of the upper arm is larger than the socket of the shoulder, this ar...read more
Signs and symptoms of ms
When a person with multiple sclerosis (MS) experiences new symptoms, or has a recurrence of old ones lasting more than 24 hours, he or she is experiencing an exacerbation, or attack. These symptoms vary from ...read more
Smoking and menstruation
Menstrual problems can be difficult to describe and study, and there is no generally accepted definition of menstrual problems. Nevertheless, a limited number of studies have suggested that smoking may affect...read more
Some information about knee pain
Description The largest joint in the body, the knee is made up of the lower end of the thigh bone (femur), which rotates on the upper end of the shin bone (tibia), and the <...read more
Symptoms of bowel cancer
The most common symptoms of bowel cancer are: a persistent change in bowel habit, especially needing to go to the toilet more often or having diarrhoea for several weeks bleeding from the back passage or blood...read more
Traditional chinese medical acupuncture
Acupuncture is an ancient system of healing developed over thousands of years as part of the traditional medicine of China. Here in the West acupuncture is usually publicised as only be...read more
Treatment of golfer's elbow
The Response of Modern Medicine Typical modern medical treatment for elbow pain, especially if it is the result of sports or athletic activities, involves RICE treatment (Rest, Ice, Compress...read more
Treatment of knee pain
The Response of Modern Medicine Modern medicine continues to search for drugs, devices and surgical procedures to eliminate chronic pain such as chronic knee pain. Anti-inflammatory ...read more
Types of migraine
Migraine without Aura The most common symptoms are: Intense throbbing headache, usually on one side of the head, worsened by movement and lasting from 4-72 hours. Nausea, s...read more
Types of pain assoiciated with multiple sclerosis
Trigeminal neuralgia xcruciating, sharp, shock-like pain in cheek and forehead that can be triggered by speaking, touch, or facial movements, usually lasting seconds to several minutes but sometimes repeated...read more
What is frozen shoulder?
Doctor's first recognised frozen shoulder in the late 1800's when they realised that it was a different condition from arthritis of the shoulder. Let me repeat this for emphasis:Frozen shoulder read moreWhat osteopathy can do for you
Osteopathy is a safe and natural approach to health care, treating individuals for health problems from the trauma of birth to arthritis of the elderly, from cradle to rocking chair. The ost...read more
What we need to learn about Pain
Pain is not the cause of our suffering.Pain is an opportunity to learn, to grow.When a child burns it’s hand on a hot stove, it is in terrible pain. We rally around to soothe the pain and to comfort the...read more
What's the proof that prolotherapy is working?
This is a common question asked by people just about to receive Prolotherapy for the first time. Typically there are several variables that are looked at to make sure the Prolotherapy is achieving the results...read more
When using your elbows hurts
Injuries in general, such as recreational activities, work-related tasks, work or projects around the home and falls, but especially sports injuries, are the most common cause of elbow pain. Since most blows ...read more
Whiplash injury symptoms and contributing factors
Each year, about two million people in the United States sustain a head injury. About 85 percent are considered to be "minor" in nature. However, many of these minor head injuries have significant...read more
Whiplash: an introduction
When the soft tissue of the neck gets injured, it is known commonly as whiplash. It is also called neck strain. According to American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, it is endured by one in five motorists in...read more
Who gets panic attacks?
Controllers The most likely people to develop the panic habit are, in my experience, those who believe in being 'strong' in the sense of being good at controlling their emotions.Controlling or suppressing or...read more
Wrist pain
Wrist pain can be due to any one of a number of causes, including carpal tunnel syndrome, a broken bone, a sprain or strain, tendonitis or bursitis. Close to nine percent of all athletic injuries may be injur...read more
Yoga eases low-grade back pain
The next time your balky back acts up, maybe you should give the Warrior a try. Or the Cobra. Or perhaps the Supine Butterfly. A new study of 101 adults with chronic lower back pain compared ...read more
Your tests say abnormality, but is that te cause of pain?
There is an epidemic of people suffering from chronic pain. We believe part of the reason is incorrect diagnosis. For instance, very seldom do we find that arthritis itself, is the cause of the pain in sufferers. It is estima...read more
