Natural Healing News

by Don Matesz —  Has life given you a chronic pain in the neck? If so, consider acupuncture for relief. Can you really get relief from neck pain by getting stuck with needles? According to a study published in the prestigious Cochrane Reviews (July 19, 2006), you may indeed be able to. The authors looked […]

by Deanna Melynchuk —  For the last six months to a year, many people have been under a great deal of emotional and mental stress. Losing a job, having to relocate, children leaving home, being unable to provide a college education for your child … all these and more are stressors. As stress builds in […]

by Dr. Paul Stallone —  Are you suffering from arthritis? Has your life become a painful struggle? Would you do almost anything to be free of the hurt? There is an answer, a cutting-edge therapy that will help relieve your arthritis pain at the source. When discussing arthritis treatment choices, you typically have two options: […]

by Nina Laveson —  More and more people are afflicted with the repetitive injury, carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). It is not a disease but a musculoskeletal disorder brought on by overworked muscles in the neck, shoulder, arm, forearm and hand. Individuals at most risk are those using constant repetitive movements, which cause muscles in the […]

by Kim Blankenship —  It is well known that acupuncture relieves pain. The practice has been utilized for this purpose for thousands of years in Asia and for the last few decades here in the United States. But just exactly how acupuncture works so effectively has been a mystery — until now. A recent study […]

by Anna Filipski —  According to a government report, Americans spent $33.9 billion, out-of-pocket, on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in 2007. CAM is a group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices and products such as herbal supplements, massage, yoga, chiropractic and acupuncture that are generally not considered to be part of conventional […]

by Dr. Donald J. Bernard —  There has been a trend in modern health care toward minimally invasive procedures. Nowhere is this trend better exemplified than in the growing popularity of microcurrent electrotherapy. The ampere, or amp, is the common measurement unit of electron movement, or electricity as we know it best. In the past, […]

by Dr. Kenneth F. Muhich —  Twenty years ago, the term fibromyalgia was as misunderstood as it is today. The problem now, as it was then, is that the general public knows little if anything about this condition. What is worse is that most health providers and many supposed part-time nutrition salespeople have jumped on […]

by Dr. Nicholas Warner —  Pain is a significant problem for many people, and the way too many of us deal with it is either by taking medication to temporarily relieve the pain or ignoring it altogether. Foolishly hoping the pain will go away without taking any action is an even bigger problem, often contributing […]

by Deanna Melnychuk —  If you are you living with chronic pain and have not yet done so, it pays to take the time to assess both the origin and source of the pain. Does it stem from an accident, surgery, poor posture, repetitive motions or emotional stress? Where specifically is the pain — is […]

by Dr. Tony Montoya —  Health means being able to move and breathe without discomfort or pain. It does not necessarily mean that we are able to run marathons or become elite athletes. Health, as stated in the dictionary, simply means freedom of disease or ailment. We contract a disease or ailment because our immune […]

by Maria Troia —  All too often, people diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) have surgery, only to find later that their symptoms have not improved. One reason for this is a phenomenon known as pseudo-carpal tunnel syndrome. Another is double crush syndrome. Both are reversible soft tissue imbalances, easily treated with the John Barnes […]

by Chung-Li Wang —  For years, orthopedic surgeons have been warning women about the perils of wearing high heels. Those who wear high heels risk foot injury, muscle imbalance, bone deformities, knee and ankle joint problems, bunions, hammer toes and more. A new study featured in the November 2009 issue of Foot & Ankle International […]