November 23, 2007

Acupuncture And Chinese Medicine

Today in most western cultures Chinese medicine is considered a “new alternative” medicine. In reality Acupuncture are practiced medical treatments that are over 5,000 years old. Basically, Acupuncture is the insertion of very fine needles, (sometimes in conjunction with electrical stimulus), on the body’s surface, in order to influence physiological functioning of the body. Chinese medicine has been around since the start of time and is more widely used now than ever before. There are many different systems that are included in Chinese medicine and one of the most significant and one of the most popular relationships of all here is the one between alternative acupuncture and Chinese medicine.
When it comes to alternative acupuncture and Chinese medicine, one of the most important things that you need to know is that you need to understand the actual intent of the therapy itself in order to get the best results. The goal of acupuncture therapy is to promote health and to alleviate pain and suffering. It is the technique of inserting thin needles through the skin at certain specific points on the body in order to control pain and other symptoms.Acupuncture can also be used in conjunction with heat produced by burning […]

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November 22, 2007

The Benefits Of Ice-Up Portable Cold Therapy Massage

Cold therapy is an age-old method for treating chronic pain and injuries. Cold therapy treats the affected area by slowing down the blood flow to that area, which in turn, helps to reduce inflammation, muscle spasms, and pain. If you have ever sprained an ankle or suffered a torn muscle, you know how much better a cold compress can make it feel.
Massage therapy, on the other hand, treats injury and helps to relax muscles by working on the tissue itself. Massage can help to relieve psychological stress, improve the mood, manage various levels of pain, relieve a migraine or sinus headache, and improve circulation.
When muscle strain is present, caused by a sports injury or some sort of accident, a combination of both cold therapy and massage can have a lot of benefits to minimizing pain and discomfort. This treatment, called ice massage, adds the benefit of compression to regular cold therapy. This allows the cold therapy to penetrate the muscle more deeply and effectively. Because of this, ice massage therapy sessions are normally only five to ten minutes, rather than the twenty minutes recommended for regular cold therapy.
Ice massage should be applied to the injured area (especially on ligament, tendon, […]

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November 21, 2007

TheraCane Massager with FREE Trigger Point Training Manual

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