Pain

pain and diet

pain and diet: the essentials http://wb.md/2daUJWX Lecture at the Academy of Integrative Pain Management (AIPM) Robert Bonakdar, MD, a director of pain management told his audience how nutrition can affect pain through many mechanisms. “Diet can influence inflammation, shift the microbiome, modulate the immune system, improve joint function, eliminate pain triggers, and reduce deficiencies. Over 60%

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Physiotherapy for Pain. This evidence further supports its use in reducing pain

Physiotherapy for pain. The increased use and belief in the efficiency of physiotherapy as a pain treatment with no or limited safety concerns has led to physiotherapies being included in several international recommendations on management of major painful diseases such as low back pain and osteoarthritis. The ‘World Confederation of Physical Therapists’ (WCPT) describes physiotherapy

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Which mattress?

Which mattress?  It would seem that it is horses for courses. One mattress type will suit one person well and another not so well. Mattress makers offer a dizzying array of options. There are foam and conventional coil mattresses, combinations of these, and water beds. There are firm, medium, and soft mattresses. Researching mattresses can

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