Your diet can affect how you feel when you have a chronic condition such as fibromyalgia. While some foods can help you feel better and reduce your symptoms, others can cause flare-ups of the pain in your joints and muscles. Finding out which foods are best for your condition is important for sufferers of this … Read more
One of the most common complaints that people have when they visit their primary care doctor is lower back pain. Lower back pain complaints may range from annoying muscle strains to medical conditions that causes debilitating pain that affects every aspect of a patient’s life. Lower back pain is the leading cause of disability and … Read more
The pain of fibromyalgia is difficult for sufferers to live with as the aches and pains of this chronic condition often affect their quality of life. Nearly five million Americans suffer from fibromyalgia, which causes widespread pain in their muscles and joints, curtails activities and often causes depression that exacerbates their condition. While a general … Read more
That time of the month: dreaded, but yet a wonderful sign that your body is functioning within its normal parameters (and that you will be able to get pregnant if you want to). Menstruation is nothing to joke about with the more than 15% of women in the United States who claim their menstrual cramps … Read more
Knee joint pain can occur for many reasons – from over working the joint, impact or load bearing – plus it can occur as a result of immunological difficulties such as rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia. Ayurvedic treatment for knee joint pain can help you to identify the root cause of the pain, not just to … Read more
Homeopathy is a combination of the art and science of healing through gentle, natural, and safe methods. The term “homeopathy” stems from two Greek words: “homois,” which means similar and “pathos,” which means suffering. Therefore, homeopathy means “similar suffering.” Homeopathy works on the “Law of Similars,” which is the principle that “like cures like,” meaning … Read more
Ayurvedic treatment has started to become more popular in a number of venues, and because of that, questions have come up about what it can help and how it can help certain people with certain diseases and symptoms. This article is going to focus on the Ayurvedic treatment of sciatica and how it can help … Read more
According to the National Headache Foundation, around 28 million Americans have migraine headaches. Women are affected more than men. A quarter of those women affected by migraines have four or more each month. Thirty-five percent have one to four severe migraines in a month and forty percent have only one severe migraine each month. A … Read more
Though they both involve basically the same thing: muscle tissue involuntarily contracting- muscle spasms and muscle twitches are two completely different conditions. Since they are different conditions, they have different causes. Muscle twitches, called fasciculations in the medical world, typically only affect one single muscle. The contractions are inside of the muscle and stem from … Read more
When a person has Hypermobility Syndrome, their joints move beyond the normal range of motion. This increased flexibility is not welcome as it creates pain in the joints and makes the person prone to injury. With the state of constant inflammation in the joint, the person can also experience immune disorders as their immune system … Read more