What do You Have to Lose?
by Rhonda Zonoozi and Tracy Garrett Year after year, shedding pounds and getting fit top the list of New Year’s resolutions. Sadly, they also top the list of failed resolutions. As the joke goes, “If losing weight was as easy as losing your keys, your cellphone, your temper or your mind, we’d all be skinny.” […]
7 Back Pain Myths Busted
Experts explain why these common pieces of advice are wrong Guest Post by Linda Melone for Next Avenue Approximately 80 percent of Americans can expect to experience back pain at some point in their lifetimes. If you find yourself hurting and decide to search online for “back pain solutions” you’ll find reams of information — […]
Eleven Ways to Increase Your Energy
Vitality doesn’t come in pills; you have to change your daily habits Guest post by Jonny Bowden, Ph.D. for Next Avenue In the commencement address he gave to graduates of Kenyon College in 2005, award-winning novelist David Foster Wallace talked about fish. “Two young fish are swimming along when they happen to meet an older fish […]
Relieve Your Chronic Pain With Acupuncture
Struggling with chronic pain? Acupuncture just might be the answer. Unlike common misunderstandings around what it feels like, sensations from the needles range from nothing at all to a slight pricking sensation, and tingling or warmth during treatment. It can help, with results substantiated by the more than three million Americans who receive acupuncture treatments […]
Acupuncture – What’s the Point?
by Julie Sandschafer It is quite common these days to hear about people turning to acupuncture for relief from chronic health problems. The World Health Organization endorses acupuncture as a valid treatment for a host of ailments. But how does it work, and what is a treatment like? For more than 2,000 years, acupuncturists have […]
