Posted in chronic pain on February 7th, 2008 No Comments »
When the news came out the other day that Lyrica is the new drug to treat fibromyalgia, I thought I should say something about that. Jenny, over at Healing Pain Naturally beat me to it. As someone who beat chronic pain with natural healing methods, she is perhaps more qualified to comment than I [...]
Posted in acupuncture, arthritis, chronic pain, pain on April 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Drug companies and other companies that have something to gain, are good at twisting research to make you believe what they want you to believe. If they can do it, so can I!
First a study on acupuncture from 2004. It was a very large and rigorous study that showed acupuncture is effective in treating osteoarthritis [...]
Posted in Mind/Body, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, headache, pain, relaxation on February 19th, 2007 1 Comment »
One thing I have learned, especially with pain, but also other symptoms, is to not fight the symptom. If you are experiencing pain, tensing up against it, does not help, it only makes it worse. If you can completely allow the pain, accept it with your whole being, not only will you feel better, but [...]
Posted in book review, chronic pain, exercise, pain, posture on February 9th, 2007 2 Comments »
I became interested in Pete Egoscue’s work when a number of people I knew started benefiting from therapists trained by him. When I started reading his book, Pain Free, I realized he came from the same assumption that I come from, in treating pain. If the body’s structure is out of alignment, eventually there will [...]
Posted in chronic pain, exercise, posture on January 13th, 2007 3 Comments »
One of the healing modalities I practice is postural alignment therapy. After a thorough evaluation of my clients posture and structural alignment, I design an exercise program to correct the misalignments. When the body is properly aligned, pain and other symptoms often go away. But when the pain is too great for even the gentle [...]