Back Pain? What to Do, What to Avoid Do you have back pain? First, I am so sorry – and I hope you are feeling better soon. But don’t feel alone, more than 84% of Americans will at some point experience back pain. Second, here’s the latest evidence on what to do and what to…
Best Care Practices for Low Back Pain Despite established clinical guidelines supporting the early use of physical therapy in best care practices for the management of low back pain, physical therapy referral remains unchanged since 1990. The PT referral rate from a recent 11 year study at Beth Israel Hospital was a low 20%.1 What was startling…
Yoga is one of the top 10 CAM modalities used in the US today, according to the 2009 Health Status Report, “Costs of complementary and alternative (CAM) medicine and frequency of visits to CAM practitioners in the US.” $6 billion alone was spent on yoga and yoga related products in 2008, while the number of…
This week’s blog post is an excerpt from my interview with the Mothers’ Centers Voices Spotlight Series. Read the full interview here. A big thanks goes to the National Association of Mothers Centers for all their hard work in raising awareness about mothers rights in America. We inadvertently become researchers of life and motherhood when we study our own as…
Today’s post is written by journalist and yoga columnist, Virginia Cunningham. Why You Should Do Yoga With Your Kids When most people think of yoga classes, they often think of adults working to build flexibility and strength, while decompressing from a stressful, busy life; however, children’s yoga classes are becoming more and more common, and…
Medical doctor Sarah Buckley discusses the Five Myths of Childbirth. Dr. Buckley discusses myths that surround nutrition, hormonal shifts, fatigue, when to stop working during pregnancy, fear of labor and pain during labor, and the birth experience. I discovered the amazing Dr. Sarah Buckley about midway during my pregnancy with my first son Michael. I poured through more than…
Episiotomy Scar Pain? Perineal Massage May Help Episiotomy rates continue to decline in the US today, but prior to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist’s, episiotomies were common practice. ACOG’s statement included this admission, “The best available data do not support the liberal or routine use of episiotomy. Nonetheless, there is a place for…
Yoga Is Powerful Medicine for Health Care Providers More than yoga can deliver alone, a medical professional is able to evaluate, diagnose, and prescribe yoga as medicine. Licensed medical professionals, for this reason, are ideally suited to deliver yoga as medicine. The PYT Certification Program merges yoga with evidence-based practice in medicine and rehabilitation. The PYT program…
Medical Minimalism Using Yoga (Part Two) In Part One of this blog post, I shared my story of the “aha” moment that led me to use yoga as medicine.The benefits of yoga as a proven medical therapy are numerous and growing. Yoga is my minimalist medicine. I have been using it on myself and my patients for the better…
Why You Need C-section Scar Massage; This week’s featured blog post is by guest author Lynn Schulte-Leech, PT. Visit Lynn at Intuitive Hands PT Much of the recovery process after a c-section birth feels out of your control. Really, other than “taking it easy,” patients are given little information on how they can help avoid painful…
Yoga in Medicine: An Ancient Solution for Modern Illness More than 2000 years old, yoga is just beginning to gain respect in conventional medicine and practice. It is being used in medicine, and is now receiving much attention as a 21st century ‘ancient solution’ for modern illness. The ancient lifestyle practice of yoga predates written…
Why Yogic Breathing & Mindful Meditation are Powerful Rehab Tools (VIDEO) Integration of yoga-based practices, like yogic breathing and meditation, can be effective in the treatment of a broad array of disorders exacerbated by stress, according to researchers at Boston University’s School of Medicine. Two studies support the effectiveness of yoga in correcting parasympathetic nervous…