Finding Mind-Body Balance with Acupuncture and Herbs
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can complement psychotherapy and nutritional counseling in the treatment of eating disorders.
Acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine can complement psychotherapy and nutritional counseling in the treatment of eating disorders.
Our bodies are still designed to thrive on plenty of physical activity and sunlight, social connectivity, diets loaded with omega-3s, and up to ten hours of sleep.
Instead, many of us live on fewer than eight hours of sleep and eat processed foods that lack omega-3s. Most of us are sedentary, work indoors, and may or may not have adequate social interaction.
This mismatch between our paleolithic body and our modern lifestyle facilitates depression. The answer then, points out Ilardi, is to make lifestyle changes that accommodate the age-old needs of our body . . .
What you do and where you focus your attention influence the way your brain is wired. When you repeat an action over and over, the brain circuit linked to that action gets increasingly stronger.
This is true for actions that have positive life consequences such as taking a daily walk and those with negative associations such as repeated hand washing .
Knowledge of this led to the development of a four step method for treating the symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Behind this technique is the idea that once people understand what their urges and thoughts are, they can manage the anxiety and delay their response to an urge . . .
The goal of ACT is to help people live meaningful lives in harmony with their personal values. This is accomplished when people accept their inner experience, including painful feelings, and commit themselves to rethinking anxiety management.
Resisting anxious feelings is like bailing a leaky boat with a teaspoon. The water (anxiety) being spooned out cannot keep up with water rushing in …
To ease the discomfort of osteoarthritis weight loss, exercise, pain relievers such as ibuprofen, and corticosteroid injections have long been recommended. The new-ish kid on the arthritis treatment block, particularly for the knee joint, is viscosupplementation.
The viscosupplementation procedure involves the injection of hyaluronic acid into the patient’s knee joint. Adding hyaluronic acid effectively dulls discomfort in two ways. It acts as a shock absorber against weight-load pressure, and permits bones to move over each other smoothly . . .
May is Mental Health Month and this year Mental Health America is advocating two significant themes. One is Do More for 1 in 4. The second is Healing Trauma’s Invisible Wounds.
Do More for 1 in 4 refers to the one in four adults in the U.S. who have a diagnosable and treatable mental health condition. Healing Trauma’s Invisible Wounds brings attention to the effect of traumatic events on communities and individuals . . .
