March 13, 2012
How does acupuncture work?
RMIT University academic Dr Zhen Zheng explains how acupuncture works.
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November 25, 2010
Do you really need your over-the-counter pain-reliever today?
Exercise
If we simply think of it as ‘getting up and doing something’, we inevitably want to do it more and more often.
It’s free, it can make us laugh out loud, it’s entertaining, and it doesn’t come with a long list of potential medication-induced, life-threatening side-effects.
What are you doing after you read this?
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Cautions & Care: This article and video do not replace medical assessment and care. If you have a health concern, or have persisiting pain, visit an appropriately qualified health professional. The activities shown in this video may not be suitable for everybody. Please use your commonsense, or seek the guidance of a specialist exercise professional.
September 27, 2010
Pain and prescription medication
Tonight the ABC’s Four Corners program is screening this program The Hidden Epidemic of Prescription Drugs.
Without yet seeing the program, my comment is that chronic pain is a multi-factorial condition which requires an holistic approach on the part of a team of health practitioners who specialise in caring for people who are living with chronic pain.
That there are too many people living with poorly managed pain – with or without the added distress and stigma of medication-related concerns – is because the medical paradigm in this country doesn’t “do” chronic pain very well, and essentially leaves thousands of people floundering and struggling with pain, distress and disability.
Adequate pain relief is a basic human right. No one should have to live with chronic, poorly managed pain or medically induced substance abuse.
It’s time to re-visit a recent post here about chronic pain.
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July 7, 2010
How do you feel today?
Have you reached a crossroads in your life, and need to take charge of your health?
To arrange your complimentary telelephone appraisal. Go here
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Image: Abstract Hand Chakra Elena Ray, sourced at BigStock™
Poll content: ©Margi Macdonald
April 24, 2009
“Bad Heart Linked to Depression”
So stated The Courier Mail last week.
Hmmm
What is a ‘bad heart’ anyway?
What makes a heart go ‘bad’?
Cholesterol?
Adiposity in excess?
Love gone wrong?
Existential crisis?
Being bitter?
Check back in a day or so for a Traditional Chinese Medicine, Care of the Soul, and Tarot-based interpretation of this important issue.
Today, and any other day, if you feel something is amiss with your heart, your mind, your body or emotions, please see an appropriately qualified and experienced health professional.
Margi Macdonald
A note about ownership of today’s image: the Three of Swords from the Tarot.
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