Acupuncture for knee pain

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Acupuncture for knee pain

This week, I came across a new study published in The Clinical Journal of Pain, this study looks at the effect of acupuncture on patients with osteoarthritis, reading through the study I was impressed because the treatment approach is similar to the neurofunctional approach taught by Alejandro Elorriaga. Slowly but surely modern approaches to acupuncture are being evaluated in a scientific manner. This is a good thing, because there is a plethora of anecdotal evidence that acupuncture is effective and a growing body of scientific evidence that patients benefit from evidence based acupuncture treatments.

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How electricity could replace your medications

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How electricity could replace your medications

Tracey has been championing the practice of using electric signals for purposes of neuromodulation, with the ultimate goal of maintaining immunological homeostasis. 

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Acupuncture for neck pain?

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Acupuncture for neck pain?

The reality is this - opioids have side effects are people are looking for alternative pain management strategies.

Opioid-based painkillers are problematic for several reasons. Their efficacy wane over time and they have been linked to addiction and overdose deaths. Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recently advised doctors to seriously restrict their use.

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Free Continuing Education for Massage Therapists

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Free Continuing Education for Massage Therapists

I have spent that last half a year collecting resources for massage therapists and, here is a compilation of open access evidence based resources for massage therapists.  

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What is Cupping?

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What is Cupping?

Cupping is a technique where a vacuum is created in a cup, drawing the skin up into the cup decompressing the layers of the epidermis and subcutaneous superficial fascia. Cupping has been practiced in most cultures in one form or another throughout history but the true origin of cupping therapy remains uncertain. Cupping is a technique where a vacuum is created in a cup, drawing the skin up into the cup decompressing the layers of the epidermis and subcutaneous superficial fascia. Cupping has been practiced in most cultures in one form or another throughout history but the true origin of cupping therapy remains uncertain. Some may not realize the widespread use of the technique, in 1900 John Harvey Kellogg wrote about 'dry cupping' in The Home Handbook of Domestic Hygiene and Rational Medicine stating...

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Running makes you smarter – here’s how

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Running makes you smarter – here’s how

"As far back as the Greeks and Romans, humans have documented the belief that there is a strong link between exercise and intelligence. But in the last two decades, neuroscience has begun to catch up with Thales and Juvenal’s idea that a sound mind flourishes in a healthy body. While the studies unite in telling us that running will makes us smarter, it is only partly true. The process is more complicated and reveals more about the wonderful complexities of both the human body and its evolution. Although the science might be helping us to understand how the mechanisms work, an important question remains: why does running make us smarter?"

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