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Whole Medical Systems: An Overview

Whole medical systems involve complete systems of theory and practice that have evolved independently from or parallel to allopathic (conventional)...

Health Benefits of Yoga

Yoga is a great way to work on your flexibility and strength. Some styles of yoga, such as ashtanga and power yoga, are very physical. Yoga also he...

Causes of Stress

Work stress tops the list, according to surveys.

What is Ayurveda?

Ayurvedic medicine (“Ayurveda” for short) is one of the world's oldest holistic (“whole-body”) healing systems. These combine in the human body to ...

Give Your Body a Boost -- with Laughter

But while we don't know for sure that laughter helps people feel better, it certainly isn't hurting. People who believe in the benefits of laughter...

Can Prayer Heal?

Roy was part of a pilot study looking at the effects of 'distant prayer' on the outcome of patients undergoing high-risk procedures. Could the pray...

Back Pain: what You Need to Know

It houses and protects your spinal cord, the network of nerves that transmit feeling and control movement throughout your entire body. One of the m...

Is Your SI Joint Giving You Back Pain?

If you stand up from your chair and feel a pain in your lower back, it could be your SI joint acting up. About 15%-30% of people who hurt like this...

Spinal Stenosis

Spinal stenosis is a condition, mostly in adults 50 and older, in which your spinal canal starts to narrow. The tightness can pinch the spinal cord...

Management of Back Pain

For patients who continue to have severe pain and disability despite these treatments, there are options such as decompressive laminectomy, a proce...

Back Pain Diagnosis and Treatment

When you have back pain, the goals of treatment are to make you feel better and to get you moving freely and easily again. If you feel sore or stif...

What is Degenerative Disk Disease?

Degenerative disk disease is when normal changes that take place in the disks of your spine cause pain. Any tears near the nerves can become painfu...