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Ibuprofen Kills More than Pain, So What Is the Alternative?

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ibuproPain and unhealthy levels of inflammation are fast becoming default bodily states in the industrialized world. While in most cases we can adjust the underlying pro-inflammatory conditions by altering our diet, and reducing stress and environmental chemical exposures, these approaches take time, discipline and energy, and sometimes we just want the pain to stop now. Continue reading →

Why Your Body Changes When You Age-And How to Slow It Down

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ageIt’s easy to get trapped in the mind frame that your health diminishes naturally as you age. You may find yourself getting a little slower, a little softer, and slightly more prone to pain and sickness.

The body goes through changes as you age. Once you hit 45, you start losing muscle mass at a rate of Continue reading →

Can You Heal Just by Being More Aware?

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self-sabotageDoes self-awareness really lead to health and healing?

Self-awareness is touted as a powerful form of healing, yet it often does nothing for us. Being aware that you have a problem doesn’t mean the problem is going to magically vanish, right?

Does this mean increased self-awareness is a waste of time? No.

It means that in order to heal yourself with greater self-awareness, you need to become aware of the right aspect of your problem. Continue reading →

Physical Therapy Better Option than Surgery for Knee Arthritis, Pain

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kneeLasting relief for knee pain without surgery

There’s an old saying that you’re only as old as you feel, but nothing will make you feel older than a creaky, cranky knee. As we get a little longer in the tooth, our knees stop gliding like ducks on a pond, and start moving more like a rusty screen door with a loose hinge. Continue reading →

Natural Breakthrough May Put Brakes on Childhood Allergies

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Studies have shown that there’s no more distressing sound to humans than a baby crying — and I believe it. As a parent, there’s nothing worse than watching our children suffer, particularly when they’re young and unable to communicate what’s ailing them.

But if an exciting new study out of Australia is correct, Continue reading →

Touch Your Ear and Relieve Pain

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Discover the free, 100% safe therapy that unlocks your
body’s own “prescription” to heal itself… and
that can be learned in only minutes

     It may surprise you to know that around the world, medical practitioners and individuals are benefiting from a free, scientifically based and self-administered healing technique that can be learned and used safely at home by anyone.

     This powerful treatment can Continue reading →

A Specific Yoga Can Help Treat Neck Pain

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It’s been widely accepted that yoga can help with lower back pain. But, a new study from Immanuel Hospital in Berlin has indicated that yoga can also help reduce chronic neck pain as well.

There are several different causes of chronic neck pain, including many different structural dysfunctions in the neck, and the results Continue reading →

Advanced Muscle Integration Technique — A Remarkably Effective Treatment for Muscle Injuries and Pain

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  • A novel therapy used by many professional and elite athletes, but useful for many common injuries, focuses on interrelationships between muscle function, range of motion and restriction that contribute to pain
  • This technique, Continue reading →

Proof That Yoga Can Beat This Kind of Pain

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No aspect of ancient systems of alternative medicine has spread through modern society more than yoga. Originating in India’s Ayurvedic medicine, it has become a phenomenally popular activity for exercise and meditating. Here of course we’re interested in studies on health, Continue reading →

A New Way to Help Diabetics Deal with the Pain

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In Traditional Chinese Medicine, there are “acupoints” that are used in acupuncture to help treat an ailing body. These acupoints are the target of an effective therapy that has been found to help diabetics Continue reading →

How Chinese Medicine Practitioners Can Diagnose Based on Touch

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How will a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) practitioner discover precisely what is wrong with your health and how to heal it? They use a special brand of diagnosis. In part three of this series, we look at touch and, in particular, what your pulse reveals.

The practitioner will feel and tap certain areas of the body, on the arms, legs, shoulders, and midsection, to figure out what’s happening in a few specific areas: Continue reading →

Six Safe, Natural Solutions for Getting Rid of Migraine Headache Pain

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 Migraine sufferers are often anxious to rid themselves of the terrible pain characterizing this condition. Health-conscious individuals choose natural treatments to avoid drug side effects. Many migraine sufferers don’t realize the effects certain foods and chemicals may have on their systems, contributing to the development of migraines, or to their resolution. Diet, herbs Continue reading →

Color Toning Heals 400 Diagnosed Disorders

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Did You Know…

… that colored light therapy (a treatment called color “toning”) has been shown to cause a physiologic effect inside the human body, and has been used by many health practitioners to heal 400 diagnosed disorders, including most known health conditions? Continue reading →

Seven Little-known Cures for Stomach Pain

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Stomach or abdominal pain is a common health complaint that can arise from many causes. Pain relief options are numerous, but here we focus on a cool seven remedies from the area of alternative medicine known as homeopathy.

Stomach pain is often discomfort coming from organs such as the gallbladder, pancreas, colon, liver, stomach, or small intestine. Causes range from mild (gas, indigestion) to medium (heartburn, ulcers) to serious (gallstones, appendicitis, inflammatory bowel disease). Continue reading →

Read This Before You Take That Arthritis Drug

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opiodOpioids have been around a long time. The opium poppy has been used for its therapeutic benefits almost as long as humans have been around. Opioids have one special ability: to block pain. They do this by decreasing both the perception of, and our reaction to, pain. Opioids also have the ability to increase pain tolerance.

As many as four million Americans may be taking opioids regularly to manage their pain. Most of these people are suffering from either low back pain or arthritis. Drugs like “Vicodin,” tramadol and “Darvocet” all purport to help ease Continue reading →