It seems that when your back aches, nothing else matters. It’s a condition that can stop your life in its tracks. Here’s another way that you are able to help reduce your back pain using natural techniques.

What Is Kinesiology?

Kinesiology is a new branch of medicine that was developed by chiropractors, acupuncturists, and medical doctors. It involves finding the source of back pain and correcting it. It seems like a miracle to a lot who have suffered from back pain for so long that the answer is that easy, but not …

CINNAMON BARK (Cinnamomum zeylanicum)- A powerful antiseptic oil with a strong pungent, spicy aroma and reddish brown color. Cinnamon has a long tradition of use, having been produced in Sri Lanka for more than 2,000 years.

Research shows that virus, bacteria, and fungus cannot survive in the presence of cinnamon oil. Cinnamon bark oil has even stronger antiseptic properties than Cinnamon Leaf and readily kills bacterial and fungal infections.

Historically Cinnamon has been used in the Middle East and the Orient for combating viruses and infectious diseases. It has been used as …

Backaches, generally described as mild to severe pain or discomfort occurring in the lower back or lumbar area, are very common and afflict about 80% of Americans at some point in their lives. Pain usually results from an accident, injury, or degenerative changes and may be temporary or chronic.

The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) controls bodily functions not under our conscious control such as the beating of our hearts and the fluctuation of hormones. It is divided into two systems, the sympathetic and the parasympathetic.

The Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) can be seen as the Yang or active energy. In a threatening situation, the sympathetic nervous system triggers the release of the hormones adrenaline and cortisol. Our heart rate increases, our brain becomes instantly conscious and aware and our digestion diverts blood to its large muscles. This is our …

What is Sciatica?

Sciatica refers to pain experienced along the path of the sciatic nerve – the longest nerve in the body, which runs from the lower back through the pelvis and buttock area, right down to the back of the lower leg. Sciatica is a fairly common form of lower back and leg pain and is due to the sciatic nerve being irritated or compressed. The pain of sciatica varies from an infrequent discomfort to a continuous, excruciating and debilitating pain.

Sciatica is usually experienced as pain that radiates from your …

What is endometriosis?

The endometrium is a special type of tissue that usually lines the inner walls of a woman’s uterus. Sometimes endometrium migrates and becomes implanted in other areas within the pelvis. In women with endometriosis there may be endometrial tissue on the fallopian tubes, the ovaries or anywhere else on the lining of the pelvis- these are all places endometrial tissue is not meant to be.

During a woman’s normal menstrual cycle the endometrium within the uterus becomes thickened and prepared for the possibility of conception and pregnancy. This occurs …

Alternative medicine has become more popular over the last few decades. Why do you suppose that is? What is the attraction of alternative medicine to consumers?

Do you suppose it is because they have encountered failure on the part of conventional medicine to heal what ails them?

Is it because alternative medicine methods involve no drugs or surgery and so many people are becoming disillusioned with drugs and the many harmful side effects and they refuse to think that cutting into their body is the only way to feel better?

What other reasons …

What is JointEase?

JointEase means FREEDOM! Those who suffer from arthritis will yearn for freedom from pain and freedom to walk and move with ease.

JointEase contains 100% pure Harpagophytum Procumbens, also known as ‘Sengaparile’ , ‘Devil’s Claw’ or ‘Duiwelsklou’, because of the claw-like shape of its fruit.

For thousands of years, the Khoisan people of the Kalahari Desert (in Southern Africa) have used Devil’s Claw to treat painful joint conditions and other health problems.

Use JointEase if you:

Need relief from painful joint conditions, or lower back ache
Suffer from any form of arthritis, …

One of the popular techniques that come from traditional Chinese medicine that is considered to be a bodywork technique and is gaining popularity in America is acupressure. It is very much like acupuncture in that it involves different points of the surface of the body but unlike using needles as is done in acupuncture, acupressure uses physical pressure done by the hand or elbow or various devices to different points on the surface of the body. This pressure brings about relief from the symptoms.

There are 14 primary meridian or channels …

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Sciatica occurs when a person experiences pain because the sciatic nerve has some sort of pressure on it.

The sciatic nerve is the longest in the human body running from the lower back down to each leg. It is responsible for controlling all the muscles that surround it.

When one of the roots of this nerve becomes compressed or irritated the result is pain in the lower back, feet, buttocks or legs. It can range from being a minor annoyance to causing excruciating pain. It might also cause numbness or …