Category: Meditation

Smoking & Chronic Back Pain

Smokers suffer more chronic back pain. This was the result of the analysis of a questionnaire performed by Monique Zimmermann-Stenzel and her colleagues and published in the Deutsches Ärzteblatt International In 2003, the Robert Koch Institute interviewed more than 8000 private persons in the course of a telephone health survey in Germany. This included questions […]

Tuesday September 5th, 2023 in Meditation, Muscles, Survey | No Comments »

Skin Pain, Sensitivity Rises With Migraine

People who have migraines — either chronic or episodic — are more likely to suffer from serious skin pain and sensitivity, new research shows. As many as two-thirds of those affected by migraines may also experience a condition called cutaneous allodynia. Cutaneous allodynia is skin sensitivity and pain so severe that everyday activities like brushing […]

Tuesday September 5th, 2023 in Meditation, Orthopedic, Placebo | No Comments »

How important is research-based practice?

A study published in the  Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics in the February 2007 evaluated the perceptions of research, frequency in use of research findings in practice, and the level of research skills of chiropractors and massage therapists in Canada. The study was conducted by the Health Systems and Workforce Research Unit of the […]

Tuesday September 5th, 2023 in Leg injury, Meditation, TCM | No Comments »