How the Spine gets injured A herniated, degenerated, prolapsed, ruptured, or slipped disk are all terms referring to a disk that sits between two vertebrae and has been injured. Basically, what has happened, is that some sort of compressive force, injury, or accident has caused two of your vertebrae to slam together forcing the discal [...]
Medical Model Ancient Remedies Growing up in the South, I was steeped in the medical model. The professional hierarchy when you had a problem was to either go to your priest or go to your family doctor. There were very few options available back then and the only expert on healing and health was the [...]
About Complementary and Alternative Medicine Complementary and Alternative Medicine otherwise called CAM is an emerging aspect of modern medicine. CAM combines the use of alternative medicine and therapies alongside the use of modern medicine. The medical industry has begun to recognize the benefits of “alternative” therapies and reports show that nearly 40 percent of adults [...]
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Tian Tan Buddha, Hong Kong Waking-up To Your Life We usually start therapy to address an “issue” or “problem”. A psychotherapist is someone who we hope can help in resolving our issue or fixing our problem. Many times, the reason to enter therapy is because of some uncomfortable level of anxiety, depression or dis-ease. Conventional [...]
Herbs for Healing Tea Traditional Chinese Medicine or TCM has been a healing art form that can be traced back to ancient Asia. It covers a broad range of treatments such as; acupuncture, herbal remedies, homeopathy, massage, and nutrition. While TCM is very common in Asia, even routinely used in hospitals; in the west it [...]