Alternative Medicine

dkrainwater wrote an interesting post today on
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Deep tissue massage is focused on the muscle fibers in particular. It utilizes compression and friction moving along the muscles’ grain. It loosens the muscles’ fibers, relieves tension, and removes toxins.
Myotherapy is a modality the Bonnie Prudden invented in 1976. It works on trigger points in the body; they are knotted muscles that are associated with pain in other parts of the body. This knotting of a muscle is called hyper contracted. Emotional and physical stress causes a trigger point that causes muscle spasms.  Trigger Point therapy is supposed to be done with accompanying massage such as Swedish massage.
 
Sports Massage is a specialized kind of massage aimed at aesthetes; the purpose is to decrease fatigue, prevent injuries, reduce swelling, and reduce muscle tension. It isn’t exactly a modality because it utilizes different kinds of massage, though it is a specialization in massage. The massage therapist performing sports massage may use […]

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dkrainwater wrote an interesting post today on
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Massage modalities are massage techniques. Swedish massage is the most well-known massage technique and is considered traditional massage. Dr. Per Henrik Ling invented the initial method of massage in modern times during the 1820’s. He studied physiology, gymnastics, and older forms of massage. It employs gliding stroke called effleurage and kneading, friction, percussive, and vibrations strokes. By stimulating the skin it affects nerves, muscles, glands, and circulation.
Lymphatic massage is a modality that emphasizes massaging the areas of the body where the lymph nodes are located. It is also called lymph drainage massage because it increases the lymph flow, thus toxic substances are flushed from the body faster, and therefore, the immune system is improved. This massage is good for people that have a lowered immune system, people with low energy, when someone suffers from edema or a sports injury. Edema is tissue fluid; tissue fluids are reduced with lymphatic drainage. […]

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How do some of the benefits of massage therapy help—exactly what do they do? When a person’s blood circulation is increases this promotes fastest healing of wounds and injuries. The blood transports nutrients and oxygen to every cell in the body. Good circulation also increases the removal of carbon dioxide and other waste from the cells.
Massage realigns the tissues, which alleviates pain. The relief of tension from massage promotes health in many ways as a lot of diseases are partially caused by stress. Massage actually works the muscles in a manner that slightly reduces the need for exercise; it is a type of exercise for the muscles.

Don Rainwater has written many articles on alternative medicine, vitamins, supplements, and natural healing. To visit his site and to find vitamins, supplements, and health books that will help you find self cure through non-conventional medicine please visit http://www.vitaminvoltage.com
 

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dkrainwater wrote an interesting post today on
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One of the complaints heard frequently is that physicians don’t touch their patients any more. Touch just isn’t there. Years ago massage was a big part of nursing. There was so much care, so much touch, so much goodness conveyed through massage. Now nurses for the most part are as busy as physicians. They’re writing charts, dealing with insurance notes, they’re doing procedures and often there is no room for massage any more.
I believe massage therapy is absolutely key in the healing process not only in the hospital environment but because it relieves stress, it is obviously foundational in the healing process any time and anywhere.” (Brooks 1999)
Dr. Borysenko studied at Harvard Medical School, has authored fourteen books, and is one of the founders and the director of the Claritas Institute Spiritual Mentor Training Program.
Since massage is so beneficial to good health its sad that it isn’t a bigger part […]

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admin wrote an interesting post today on
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I’m fairly (understatement of the month) critical of alternative medicine and discuss it often but I don’t troll blogs of those who practice or believe in it (including a few people on my blogroll, at least one of whom is a reiki practitioner but who has always shown me respect, and likewise) telling them that they could be SAVED by SCIENCE.
Homeopathy and most forms of alternative medicine have not been proven effective beyond the placebo effect.  The reason that I make these statements is because I’ve read so much about these types of treatments.
Please stop e-mailing me and signing me up to mailings lists over and over again.  I am not interested. Your fervour is only making me more suspicious of you and what you believe in.  Your helpful veneer does not disguise your revolting opportunism. (Christ!  She’s got mental illness and medication hasn’t cured her! I have an idea)
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Pole to Polar: The Secret Life of a Manic Depressive wrote an interesting post today on
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In lieu of of this huge Health Chapter (Health-ish, Health-ish 2-ish Phase One, Two and Three and Spinal Tapped) of Podcast: Free Your Mind we decided to take a look at herbal alternatives. I’ve been speaking with Herbalist/Doctor Slavica Tomasevic B. Sc. It an audio interview that can only be heard here on the F.Y.M. Blog…
CLICK THE LINK BELOW to listen.
\”Purple Pills\” (Part One)

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sashok wrote an interesting post today on
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E=mc2 proven right! - It only took 103 years for Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity to be corroborated. that E=mc1!
Name a little piece of history - You know those annoying commercials you’ve been seeing lately trying to sell you a bunch of useless crap with Obama’s likeness on it like a special minted $1 coin usually selling for $30 but for a limited time you can buy it for $10. . .and “own a piece of history.” Fuck that! Here’s a change to NAME A PIECE OF HISTORY! NASA is giving school children 18 or under the opportunity to name the next Mars rover. That is awesome. Damn I wish I could get in on this.
History’s Greatest Conspiracy Theories - I’m with Phil Plait on the chemtrails thing. That made the list? Really? Chemtrails and fluoridation conspiracies have to be the single dumbest conspiracy theories ever. Okay, maybe the “Paul […]

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mjr256 wrote an interesting post today on
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It was an innocent mistake.

Susan Cope had scoured through the ingredients list for her pre-cooked holiday ham, making sure it contained none of the things to which her young son, Kenny, is allergic.

What Cope didn’t know was that the clerk accidentally gave her the ingredients list for a turkey, not the ham. Because the ham contained wheat, it left Kenny ill in the bathroom for the rest of the night.

”It’s very terrible as a mother to have fed that to your child and watch them be sick all night long,” said Cope of Dover, Fla.

The Copes’ experience two years ago is just one example of the many pitfalls people with food allergies or intolerances face on a daily basis, not just during the holidays.

But as the holiday eating season rapidly approaches, complete with its parties and sit-down dinners, those who can have severe reactions to food must be even more […]

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Yesterday, Curious J was diagnosed with an ear infection, the first one in her 13.5 month long life.  After consulting with her homeopath, I started her on a homeopathic remedy regimen.  In just 12 hours, she was MUCH better!  She was acting like her usual self, she looked like her usual self, she ate and slept like her usual self.  What a change!
The only thing that didn’t change much was her temperature.  She still ran a 101 degree fever most of the day.  However, it didn’t seem to bother her one bit, whereas the last few days her 102 degree fever really did her in.  I asked the homeopath about it tonight, and she said that how Curious J was acting was more important than the number on the thermometer.  She also said that J’s body is still fighting off the infection, and her fever should be back to normal by […]

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Emily wrote an interesting post today on
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The prostate is part of the male reproductive system. It helps produce semen, the thick, whitish fluid that transports sperm. It’s roughly doughnut-shaped and about the size of a walnut. Located just below the bladder and in front of the rectum, the prostate surrounds the first inch or so of the urethra, the tube that carries urine from the bladder (see accompanying diagram).
Prostate function and growth depend on the male hormone testosterone, which is produced in the testes. With advancing age–for reasons that are not entirely clear–the prostate in most, but not all, men will grow to a size that puts pressure on the urethra. At first there may be no symptoms. But, as the urethra becomes more and more compressed, urination fails to completely empty the bladder. It refills rapidly, giving rise to the need for frequent urination. More serious complications can follow. Urine remaining in the bladder for […]

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