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Understanding and treating head injuries and concussions By : Danny Tong People with head injuries and concussions often get drown in a vortex of depression and frustration. Besides a triads of the typical treatments of rest, medication and supervision, there are alternative options for people suffering from head injuries and concussions. This article helps you understand the mechanism of head injuries and concussions and the available treatments. Knee cap pain and pain behind the knee during sitting, walking and running By : Danny Tong Knee cap pain and pain in front and back of the knee are common among women. The article provides insights about patellofemoral pain syndrome which will help you make smart and informative decisions. Palm numbness and thumb pain from cell phone holding and texting By : Danny Tong Thanks to twitter and texting on the cell phone, palm numbness and thumb pain are on the rise. This article talks about tendinopathy and treatment options that are available. Neck Pain Explained By : Dr. Ben This article delves into the nuts and bolts of chiropractic care and explains how chiropractic treatment plays a role in neck pain prevention. What You Need to Know About Whiplash By : Dr. Ben This article explains what whiplash is, how to correct it and addresses common myths surrounding whiplash injuries. Constant hand numbness and tingling when sleeping from the T4 syndrome By : Danny Tong It's presumptuous to contribute hand numbness and tingling to carpal tunnel syndrome. But have you heard of the T4 syndrome? This article discusses this unique clinical condition. Benefits of Nopal Juice Supplements in Relieving or Preventing Painful Gout By : BrigittaBlue There has been a lot of talk about a product called Nopalea on tv and the internet lately. One of its most important characteristics is its high concentration of a special form of antioxidants called betalains, which make it a very good natural remedy for many chronic inflammation diseases, such as gouty arthritis. Do you have Acid Reflux and do you want to stop it naturally? By : EcoFriendly Lass Do you know that acid reflux is one of the most easily prevented health problems on the planet? Do you know that it is one hundred per cent, completely and totally, the result of what you eat? If you could easily learn how to eat to avoid acid reflux and achieve good over-all health, would you be interested? Functional Fitness with Suzanne Andrews Complete Guide to Arthritis airs May 12 By : Suzanne Andrews Gain valuable information to help you know what kind of doctor to see, expertise to know whether the side effects of medications are going to be worth the risk, expertise to know what therapeutic exercises are the best to alleviate your pain and expertise to know what treatments are available. It was in the Bread, not my Head By : D Charles Setter, BSc Pain can be increased from food allergies. While normally we can tolerate small amounts of offending foods, injuries or stress can increase minor pain to over-whelming levels. How To Visualize Pain Away By : RoseannaLeaton Pain control is something which we tend to think of in a purely physical sense. But research has shown how simple visualization can greatly assist in soothing pain away. Euthanasia and the Right to Die By : Sam Vaknin As long as non-voluntary and involuntary types of euthanasia are treated as felonies, it seems safe to allow patients to exercise their personal autonomy and grant them the right to die. Legalizing the institution of "advance directive" will go a long way towards regulating the field - as would a new code of medical ethics that will recognize and embrace reality: doctors, patients, and family members collude in their millions to commit numerous acts and omissions of euthanasia every day. It is their way of restoring dignity to the shattered lives and bodies of loved ones. Forearm and elbow pain carrying groceries and holding my baby By : Danny Tong The greater carrying angle in women can increase the risk of developing forearm and elbow pain in women. This article discusses two most common type of elbow and forearm pain. Auto-immune disease – Crohn’s, Colitis, Arthritis, Psoriasis – Could it be what you eat? By : EcoFriendly Lass Is it possible that what we eat causes these conditions and then, could changing what we eat ease these conditions? Autoimmune conditions are perplexing and difficult to cope with and also include rheumatoid arthritis, MS (multiple sclerosis), type 1 diabetes, scleroderma and Graves’ disease. Even though these conditions are vastly different to one another and have a wide variety of devastating symptoms, they are all a result of the same basic process. Custom Foot Orthotics By : Dr. S. Don Kim Do you have pain on your feet, ankle, knee, back, and neck? You may benefit from custom foot orthotics. Are You Giving Your Kids A Headache? By : Kristi Bernard Expert in Tips For Mom I don't know of any parent who hasn't said that their kids can at times give them a headache. Kids often play loud, run, jump, scream and fight with siblings. But what parent do you know that has admitted to giving their child a real headache? Probably not many because no parent would willingly give a child a headache, right? That's correct. But kids do get them and as a parent you might be the cause. Tension Myositis Syndrome: Or The Riddle of Unexplained Back Pain By : Monique LeQuadrillage MD Dr John Sarno and Roy Palmer share the passion of relieving the unexplained back, neck, and shoulder pain suffered by nearly eighty percent of Americans. One says, "talk to your brain about it." The other concurs, but advocates body conditioning as well. Dealing With Health Insurance Company Denials For Service By : bob johnson How to understand and appeal health insurance company decisions to deny based upon the need for "pre approval" or "out of network" denials. ERISA is a very powerful patient advocate body of laws designed to protect and prevent unnecessary denials. The ABC of TMJ Jaw Pain By : Danny Tong 25% of the general population experience some sort of TMJ jaw pain and clicking when they talk and chew. This article discusses common causes, prevention and treatment options for TMJ jaw pain. How to Stop Irritable Bowel Syndrome Naturally By : EcoFriendly Lass Do you have irritable bowel syndrome? Have you had it for years and you take the drugs but they do not really help. Have you come to the conclusion that nothing will really help you and you are stuck with it for life? Well – the great news is, if you have irritable bowel syndrome or any other digestive problem, you can be helped, quickly and effectively. Not Tonight, I have a Headache By : Danny Tong Headaches are among the most prevalent neuromuscular disorders affecting many women. Knowing the differences between primary and secondary headaches can save your life. When A Negative Is a Positive - Achieving Pain Relief With A Tens or Interferential Unit By : bob johnson How to use a tens unit or interferential unit for pain relief. Positve and negative charges can be used to reduce swelling and to concentrate the charges in the area(s) of most pain. How to achieve the pain relief effects discussed as relates to polarity. Treating Shingles And Postherpetic Neuralgia Pain By : bob johnson Shingles pain, Varicella-zoster virus, can be controlled effectively with new treatment drugs and herbal type remedies such as L-Lysine, 1000 mgm.. Postherpetic neuralgia occurs in 10-15% of shingles patients and the pain is excruciating. Interferential and tens therapy is effective for postherpetic pain. Diet modifications including no consumption of nuts, or pineapple, consuming L-Lysine tablets also helps. Fibromyalgia Pain Can Be Treated At Home With Ultrasound Therapy As Needed By : bob johnson Fibromyalgia pain is excruciating and for many patients the pain is constant but the treatments, such as ultrasound therapy, is only done in a doctor or clinic office when it could be done on an as needed basis in the comfort of the home. Prevention with self treating devices such as ultrasound units rented or purchased is now a viable option for the fibromyalgia patient. Tendinitis Can Be Treated At Home With Ultrasound Unit - Rent or Purchase Is Determined By The Long By : bob johnson Many patients go back and forth to clinics/offices for ultrasound treatments when they could easily and affordabley rent or purchase a personal ultrasound unit. Clinical grade ultrasound units can be rented and feature many professional grade enhancements or often for tendinitis a small hand held portable ultrasound unit can be purchased. In most situations insurance pays for the rental and/or the purchase of an ultrasound machine. Living With Little League and Muscle Aches By : Peacefulbeing Simple bruises, aches and pains can often be treated with natural essential oils. With so many oils available, some research is needed; read further to learn about some of them and how they help heal damaged issues. When To Use Hot or Cold Therapy For Pain Or Injury By : bob johnson It's difficult for patients to understand when to use heat or when to use cold when dealing with pain and injury. This article explains the how to and whys of choosing which form of thermal therapy to use. Extended logic of using interferential therapy with warm moist heat to aid conduction and extend carryover pain relief. Combining Interferential and Tens Therapy For the Latest Pain Management Breakthrough. By : bob johnson The InFrex Plus combines the most used forms of pain management therapy without drugs outside the clinic, tens, with the most used form of electrotherapy for pain management inside the clinic, interferential. The new breakthrough technology is changing the face of pain management today. Are Tens Units, Pain Machines, Obsolete Today? By : bob johnson Tens units, transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators, have been used for pain management for the past half century. The tens unit modifies the pain signal sent to the brain so the pain is less severe, or in very rare cases not felt at all. The drawback of using a tens unit has been if the unit is turned off the pain immediately returns which necessitates constant use if in pain and purchasing many tens pads, tens electrodes for the constant use. Today interferential therapy is replacing t What Is Happening When I Get An Ultrasound Treatment In The Clinic or Office? What is Ultrasound By : bob johnson Often patients are treated with ultrasound following injury, or to relieve pain, but few understand the dynamics of what ultrasound therapy is and what it is doing. For decades patients have been treated with ultrasound, in many cases, due to resistance from not having the ultrasound head in close contact the unit was not even emitting ultrasonic waves. This article and accompanying video gives a better understanding of ultrasound and options to buy or rent an ultrasound unit for personal use. Portable Interferential Therapy Is Providing Carryover Pain Relief & Eliminating Chronic Pain By : bob johnson Interferential therapy has provided long term carryover pain relief for decades as seen in countless Physical Therapy clinics, Chiropractic offices and Pain clinics around the world. Patient's are treated for 20 minutes and go for days without pain. Today it's not the carryover pain relief that is changing the treatments for chronic pain but the ability to self treat that is changing the underlying causes of pain and extending carryover pain relief or stopping pain for the chronic pain patient What is This Interferential Therapy All About? By : bob johnson Short description and video on what is interferential therapy and how long has it been around. Why is this long founded therapy for pain control only becoming utilized outside the clinic after 60+ years? Article describes other health conditions such as osteoarthritis pain, fecal and urinary incontinency, edema reduction, acceleration of healing that interferential has been used for and how it continues to be a treatment used by physical therapists and chiropractors.