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Introduction: Thrombosis is a medical condition characterized by the formation of a blood clot within a blood vessel, which can obstruct blood flow and lead to serious health complications. It can occur in veins (venous thrombosis) or arteries (arterial …

Deviously Dysfunctional How your everyday life is keeping you in pain and what to do about it By Michael Campi If you are not paying attention to how you move, as you go about the activities of daily life, and that includes most of us, then you are proba…

Transverse Myelitis A Personal Journey of Diagn, Treatment, and Financial Struggles Transverse Myelitis is a rare and complex disease that affects the spinal cord and can cause paralysis. Unfortunately, my mother was one of the few unlucky individuals w…

Transverse Myelitis A Personal Journey of Diagn, Treatment, and Financial Struggles Transverse Myelitis is a rare and complex disease that affects the spinal cord and can cause paralysis. Unfortunately, my mother was one of the few unlucky individuals w…

For everyone who is working at home: How many hours do you spend in your chair a day? Especially with working from home ways are getting shorter. The fridge sometimes is just an arm-length away. No need to get up walking to the subway or walk from the ca…

Currently, VR is considered as a promising method for the formation of new motor opportunities with the integration of virtual limbs into the patient’s body scheme, as well as cognitive and multisensory stimulation of mental processes. The definition of v…

Everyone experiences pain, especially with age. Sometimes these pains may be the signs of more serious problems with your organism. If you also have symptoms such as joint swelling, fever or skin rash, your physician may refer to a rheumatologist. It is a…

Physical therapy helps to restore mobility and make a patient’s life normal after an injury, illness or disability. It involves assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a number of diseases, disabilities and disorders using physical means. Physiotherapy hel…

Do you often feel pain and discomfort in the body, specifically in the tendons? ⠀ This problem could be resolved with the help of a muscle-tendon-meridian massage Tok Sen. ⠀ It is performed with the use of wooden tools that create resonance and vibrat…

Pelvic health helps relieve hip and lower back pain, improve bowel and bladder function, and contributes to sexual pleasure. Pelvic floor muscles hold all our vital organs, support our spine, connecting lower and upper body. Imbalances in pelvic floor hea…

Practitioners have developed and refined Chinese massage, including the tui na and zhi ya traditions, for more than 4,000 years. These styles share similar techniques with Western massage but also take a Chinese medicine approach. You can find Chinese mas…

This past week I’ve been in training: an experiential intensive on Sciatic nerve pinching, otherwise known as Sciatica. It all started on a day that consisted of seven hours of continuous driving. Three days later, another six hours of driving. But trut…

Energy healing uses the hands to cleanse, remove and project healing energy. That can be done face to face, in person or distant or remotely. It has the same results. The hands have a healing power that has been used throughout the centuries. Pain occurs…

Whilst my concert dress has stayed sadly in its wardrobe other than a brief outing in April, I did have one trip of fascination. Just before this second Lockdown I was invited to Sandhurst to teach some Feldenkrais to the British Army, to their Brass Band…

What is Chinese Massage Therapy? In terms of massage therapy techniques, the Chinese have historically been ahead of their time by applying age-old methodology to the human body. Massage – known in Chinese as ‘an mo’ or ‘tui na’ – has been proven itself …

One of my favourite sayings is: “Life doesn’t happen to you, it happens for you” I am sure a lot of the spiritually minded people tuning into the podcast can appreciate that statement, but why do we have a different approach when it comes to our physical…

Have you ever got sick when you go on holidays or take a break? Have you ever had a pain that keeps returning for no reason, or an injury that takes way longer to heal than it should. I discovered German New Medicine (GNM) in 2014 when I was practicin…

Lomi lomi is considered to be a Hawaiian healing massage that gives nurturing and loving touch. Some people find out about more modern types of lomi lomi by watching video clips, which do not provide the full essence and depth of lomi lomi healing. They …

When you hear about massage, you automatically feel your body slowly relaxing. Being rubbed down - even if it’s by your your cat that is kneading on your lap - always feels good. Actually, we should all go to a massage therapist regularly. Recently, ther…

Low back pain is a common disorder, affecting around one-third of the UK adult population each year. It is mostly looked at as a structural only problem and treated with bones and muscles manipulation techniques. What is the root cause of back pain? Sys…

Back pain and osteoarthritis pain affect between 35 and 51 per cent of adults, according to research. However, instead of traditional painkillers, consuming more vitamin D could be a natural way to relieve pain-related conditions, including fibromyalgia a…

Back pain is pretty common. There’s a good chance you or someone you know has experienced low back pain at least once in their lifetime. The most common cause of missed workdays and job-related disability, low back pain accounts for a large proportion of …

Back pain can be caused due to a number of reasons including strained muscles, skeletal problems, sleep disorders, bad mattresses, and body wrong posture. According to the latest survey, about 80% of people experience back pain at some part of their life.…

Pain strength and functional disability decreased considerably among people with chronic nonspecific low back pain after getting either Thai massage treatment or joint mobilization two times per week for four weeks, according to recent study. The study, …