Acupuncture

Clinical Question Is citicoline effective in improving the recovery of acute ischemic stroke versus placebo? Evidence-Based Answer Six randomized, placebo-controlled trials have been conducted evaluating the efficacy of citicoline in improving the recovery in patients with acute ischemic stroke. The first study revealed citicoline to be more effective than placebo in patients with moderate to mild ischemic stroke. The following three trials by Clark et al focused on finding an effective dose…

Traditional Healing “Consumer Health, What’s considered an alternative therapy is a moving target. Get the facts about what CAM means and its changing role in health care” By Mayo Clinic Staff, talks about unconventional ways of healing. Today with many diverse medications on the market, people are looking for alternative treatments. Complementary and alternative medicine is what it is called or CAM for short. CAM treatments are classified as: whole medical systems, mind-body medicine,…

Many people suffer from sensitive spots in muscle, often called muscle knots. Knots in our muscles can develop suddenly or over time, last for a few hours or the long term and often leaving us confused on how we got them. We call them "muscle knot" because they feel like our muscles are tied up in-- you guessed it -- tight knots. Unfortunately these knots are extremely common. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who hasn’t experienced a muscle knot at some point. Though they can be…

All About Back Pain As people grow older they discover that activities they performed when they were younger are much more difficult to do. Associated with this difficulty are chronic back conditions. Approximately 7.6 million Americans have reported back or spine issues and most are women. Today, this number is on the incline. One of the more surprising groups to report several back issues are college students. These issues are highly associated with smoking, pregnancy, weight gain, stress,…

of “Iceman” scientists discovered he was about five thousand and three hundred years old. “Iceman's” body was blanketed with tattoos. According to world-renowned tattoo expert, Dr. Lars Krutak, “Eighty- five percent of his tattoos lined up with acupuncture points” (Libassi 1). Upon further examination of “Iceman's” body…

find and treat the disease while the Chinese look at the bigger picture. They think that the human body is in some way connected to the environment. Chinese doctors look at the imbalances and disharmonies of the person’s illness. Practices such as acupuncture and herbal treatments can be found in many health care centers. They believe in energy known as Qi, this energy is believed to travel through major arteries and veins that are connected to internal organs. Qi must be maintained in one's…

My grandfather, who I was very close to, passed away from lung cancer. Watching his struggle with the disease started a lifelong desire to help cure cancer. My grandfather 's tumor was inoperable. Chemotherapy and radiation, meant to save him, only made him sicker and weaker. My family and I could only watch while he was constantly in pain. As part of my volunteering at the pediatric department, I played with pediatric cancer patients who had to stay in the hospital long-term and talked to…

Traditional Chinese medicine and modern Western medicine use distinctive approaches in healing and have distant modes of doctor-patient interaction. Despite their contrasting healing practices and cultures, they share a number of similarities and differences with regard to aspects of doctor-patient relationship or professional authority of doctors. To start with, traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine show both similarities and differences in the degree of formality of doctor-patient…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Problem and its Setting Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) is caused by myofascial trigger points (MFTPs) which are hyperirritable spots in the muscle fibres presenting as taut, ropey bands on palpation. MFTPs may refer pain spontaneously and / or on digital compression. This pain may be associated with paresthesias and / or autonomic phenomena / symptoms within the same region as the pain. These symptoms tend to be peculiar for each muscle (Travell and Simons,…

Introduction I want to thank you and congratulate you for downloading the book, “All About Tennis Elbow: Exercises and Great Resources to Help Relieve Tennis Elbow”. This book contains proven steps and strategies on how to help relieve the pain caused by tennis elbow. Contrary to popular belief, tennis elbow doesn’t affect a certain category of people like tennis players, it can happen to anyone, from the simple cleaner that you see at the office, to the professional golfer. It is a very common…