Barring any serious underlying condition a conventional home care program is usually the first course of treatment for sciatica and other back pain conditions in Cleveland. The program’s aims are to improve function and relieve swelling. This entails moments or movement and rest, gentle exercises, the use of NSAIDs or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and heat and ice therapies. Assessment of work ergonomics can also … Continue reading
The term infertility itself infers that the singular symptom of infertility is the person’s inability to produce a child. Most couples only find out about their infertility problems after trying for months or even years to conceive. To properly diagnose infertility, the doctor may do a number of exams and tests on you and carefully observe the symptoms associated with this problem. A woman trying … Continue reading
When a person’s joints and its surrounding areas become damaged that his body cannot repair, then he is likely to experience osteoarthritis signs and symptoms. The real underlying reason why osteoarthritis happens is still unanswered by science although there may be many factors that are suspected of increasing your likelihood of acquiring this condition.
Each person is exposed to factors that slowly cause the joints … Continue reading
Chiropractic adjustment is the application of mild pressure to the bone to loosen it from its improper position. This adjustment helps restore bones to their correct position and make the spinal and neural systems function optimally. The chiropractor’s responsibility is to adjust the spine so that any abnormal movement of the vertebrae is rectified and vertebral subluxation reduced. Subluxation is a wrong positioning of a … Continue reading
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) emphasizes that nature follows certain principles. Nature has a dualistic nature seen in the interaction of opposing forces to produce energy and harmony. In electricity, there is a negative and positive force interacting with each other to produce power. In the elements, fire is contained by water and water can be contained by fire. We can see that this interaction makes … Continue reading
In the body there are numerous channels and pathways that go through the body and attend to certain organs, called meridians. Acupuncture is all about finding where there is stagnation in these channels, and helps the body to release the blocked pathways. Where there is pain and stagnation there is no “flow” – no movement, energy, or blood flow. There can also be nodules, or … Continue reading
There has been a growing public interest in Chinese medicine as more people experience relief from their illnesses using acupuncture and Chinese herbs. This article describes in detail of exactly how and why the Chinese medicine works, including:
- A brief history of Chinese medicine
- Diseases which can be treated using Chinese medicine
- An explanation of Qi, or energy flow, throughout the body
- How the
A needle or even just a toothpick prick of the back in the right areas, combined with traditional medical treatments, may be a more effective treatment for back pain. For those with back pain, many days are spent in agony and medication alone doesn’t always do the trick. However, there seems to be other ways to help deal with back pain, including acupuncture or what … Continue reading
Extremely fine needles are inserted into specific points in the body. The needles are left in place for a short time – from a few minutes to half an hour. Because the needles are so fine that, if properly inserted by a professional, they cannot be felt once inserted. During the insertion of the needles, there may be a little pain or no pain at … Continue reading
More and more parents are turning to an ancient healing practice such as Jacksonville acupuncture to treat their children and infants. Shonishin is a specialized form of acupuncture based on Chinese medical texts written over 2,000 years ago. The technique was refined by Japanese master practitioners and today is used all over the world.
According to Chinese medicine, acupuncture points are located on meridians along … Continue reading