Posted in exercise on June 13th, 2008 No Comments »
Exercise for travelers (and anyone short on space or money)
The benefits of exercise, for both mind and body are numerous. It fights cancer, it fights dementia, it fights osteoporosis, and it fights insomnia. Just to name a few. We should not be letting a day go by without it. Yet, there are a million and [...]
Posted in acupuncture, exercise, pain, posture on December 5th, 2007 4 Comments »
Some of these facts most doctors don’t even know!
One fact every surgeon should tell you is that research shows that surgery does not have a better success rate on back pain than other treatment modalities, such as physical therapy or acupuncture.
Here is another juicy one. Usually they don’t even know what is wrong with you. [...]
Posted in exercise on November 12th, 2007 3 Comments »
Well, it’s been a while since my last post, and I have been thinking about this post for a few weeks. Today I have a good story related to the topic, so that is motivating me to finally start writing again. We had a big storm and the power went out for about three hours [...]
Posted in exercise, weight loss on August 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
I read yesterday that researchers believe that 75% of Americans will be overweight by 2015. So I thought I should add some of my thoughts on the weight loss topic.
The first exercise tip for weight loss is, of course, do it. The only way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you consume. [...]
Posted in Mind/Body, exercise, meditation, pain, qi gong, relaxation, stress on May 14th, 2007 7 Comments »
Many people get aches and pains or a feeling of fullness in the lower rib cage. Often they have no obvious organic cause and Western Medicine does not treat them. Even more often the symptoms are so vague that people don’t bother to tell their doctors about it.
Traditional Chinese Medicine recognizes several conditions that could [...]