How Do I Relieve my Chronic Pain?

How Do I Relieve my Chronic Pain

Chronic pain is something that millions of people all over the world are dealing with on a regular basis. Because of that, it’s important that we know how to deal with chronic pain in a healthy and safe manner. Many people will tell you that there are two places where we deal with our chronic … Read more

Difference between IBD and IBS

Difference between IBD and IBS

Many people believe that inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, is the same exact thing as irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS. However, this is not true at all. The truth is that inflammatory bowel disease, which includes Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis is much different than irritable bowel syndrome. IBS does not result in inflammation, ulcers, … Read more

Can a Massage Trigger a Muscle Spasm?

Can a Massage Trigger a Muscle Spasm

Though it is possible for a muscle spasm to be triggered by a massage therapist that doesn’t know what they are doing, for the most part, muscle spasms are not caused by massage. However, there are many other things that cause muscle spasms, which we will discuss in this article. What is a Muscle Spasm? … Read more

Osteopathy: Effective for Treating Back Pain?

Osteopathy Effective for Treating Back Pain thumb

Before we can talk about whether or not osteopathy is effective for treating back pain, you should know a little more about it. Osteopathy is a holistic treatment used for back pain as well as a host of other joint problems. In this form of treatment, a practitioner of osteopathy will use massage, spinal manipulation, … Read more

10 Ways to Prevent Esophageal Spasms

10 Ways to Prevent Esophageal Spasms

The esophagus stretches from your throat to your stomach and it is responsible for transporting food when you eat and swallow all the way down so that it can be properly digested. This long tube has a number of sphincter muscles all the way down that help push food and water down, but they are … Read more

Amitriptyline Pain Relief and Side Effects

Amitriptyline Side Effects

For those suffering from chronic pain of any sort, new pain medications can be a blessing and a curse. Getting some new medicine that could potentially give you your life back is always a cause for celebration, but the inherent side effects that inevitably come with those new medicines… Not so much. Sometimes the side … Read more

How to Diagnose Fibromyalgia

How to Diagnose Fibromyalgia

How to Find the Source of Your Aches, Pains, and Fatigue You know something is wrong with you because your body is constantly aching, especially in your muscles. Even when you have been able to sleep for most of the night, you often wake up tired with no energy. If you’ve had these symptoms for a … Read more

How to relieve menstrual cramps naturally

How to relieve menstrual cramps naturally

The primary symptoms of menstrual cramps can occur 72 hours before the start of menstruation and continue for 72 hours after it has begun. For most women, the time frame is around 48 hours long which includes some time before the beginning of the flow and into the actual menstruation process. You can learn how … Read more