A number of complementary and alternative treatments are used to relieve back pain. Complementary means it is used together with conventional medicine. Alternative means it is done in place of conventional medicine.
Acupuncture is now a common alternative treatment for certain kinds of pain. It involves inserting small needles or exerting pressure on certain "energy" points in the body. When the pins have been placed successfully, the patient is supposed to experience...
Read moreMS pain can be excruciating, frequent, inconvenient or heavy unending dullness. There are many traditional treatments that help to... Read more »
My name is Doug Haberstroh and this is the story of my wife Keri. Keri was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. Keri was only 25 years... Read more »
The National Alliance on Mental Illness peer support model suggests that the experience of mental illness is traumatic in and of itself,... Read more »
A great gift idea for someone you care about is a journal-a healing journal. Journals come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. Journals can... Read more »
There is pain in MS. This series of articles has discussed that pain -- Neuropathic, Musculoskeletal, Tertiary, and MS Plus. Once the fact... Read more »
Current research is confirming what biblical wisdom told us centuries ago – that laughter is good for us. Proverbs 17:22 observed, “A cheerful... Read more »
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In this article, surgeons from the University of Washington (Seattle, WA) review femoral nonunion fractures. They define nonunion and explain the... Read more »
Sexual Healing Sexual health care must deal directly with issues of sexual pleasure if there is going to be total sexual healing. Men need... Read more »
CHICAGO (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- Gary Bennett is lucky to be back on his bike after spending almost a year in severe pain. A rare disease called... Read more »
Living with chronic pain often requires trade-offs such as losing social time to gain rest or dulling the senses to ease pain with medications. But... Read more »