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Accupuncture May Be The Answer Your Are Looking For
If you are suffering from an illness or injury that won’t relent acupuncture may just solve your problem. Check out the article below to learn more.
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5 Health Conditions Treated with Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a method of both complementary and primary therapy that is used around the world to treat a broad range of health conditions. According to the World Health Organization, acupuncture can be effectively used for the treatment of many health conditions including back pain, knee pain, headaches and various diseases, symptoms and conditions. The therapeutic effects of acupuncture have been shown to alleviate or completely eliminate the symptoms of many health conditions.
Neck Pain
Acupuncture is a proven effective solution to neck pain and shoulder tension. Many patients who regularly work at a computer and sit at a desk for extended periods of time suffer from a lack of circulation in the tissues surround the neck. Stiffness and muscle tension are both common with this type of activity. One of the most significant acupuncture points known as fuchi is located just below the hairline at the top of the neck. This point is a common acupuncture starting point for the treatment of headaches, insomnia and neck pain associated with sitting in front of a computer for an extended period of time.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Many Miami acupuncture patients cite chronic fatigue as their primary reason for seeking treatment. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or CFS varies from patient to patient but often is characterized by extreme tiredness, sensitivity to light & sound, depression, headaches, muscle and joint pain, panic attacks and irritability. Acupuncture has been proven effective at helping patients who suffer from CFS to reset the biological clock and therefore reduce symptoms of fatigue.
Dysmenorrhea
Acupuncture has been use for the treatment of female gynecological disorders for thousands of years. Studies have found a direct correlation between the reduction of primary dysmenorrhea related pain and uterine blood flow when certain acupuncture points are treated. In a study that followed women who received acupuncture on a weekly basis for three menstrual cycles versus a control group, the women who received actual acupuncture had a 90% rate of improvement in symptoms. (read the entire study here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3540764?dopt=Citation )
Anxiety & Depression
It is not uncommon for patients to suffer from both anxiety and depression at the same time. Acupuncture can be used with other holistic or integrative medicine techniques to treat anxiety or depression that is associated with a disruption of the circadian rhythm. An acupuncturist can often use specific acupressure points to treat twitching or restlessness, nausea, and dizziness while promoting relaxation for a better night’s sleep.
Headaches & Migraines
There are various types of headaches which can be treated using acupuncture. Miami acupuncturist & integrative medicine cardiologist Dr. Jorge Bordenave often treats chronic headaches and migraines using acupuncture rather than prescribing potentially dangerous or addictive pain medications. In many cases, acupuncture is not only more effective for the treatment of headaches, it actually reduces the number and severity of future headaches making it a safe & more effective choice for patients who suffer from tension-type headaches as well as migraine headaches.
Talk with a healthcare provider or acupuncturist about these additional symptoms, diseases and health conditions that are also commonly treated using acupuncture:
- Cervical pain
- Lower back pain
- Sciatica
- Peptic ulcer
- Acute gastritis
- Chronic gastritis
- Allergies
- Sinus problems
- Shoulder pain
- Hip pain
- Insomnia
- Arthritis
- Bladder control or bladder infection problems
- Obesity
- Infertility
- Sports injuries
- facial pain
- jaw pain
- tennis elbow or Golfer’s elbow
- stress
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Incorporating Breathing Exercises with Your Integrative Medicine Treatment
As Integrative Medicine incorporates a full body approach to well-being, exercise is another effective and necessary piece of the complete “prescription.” Learning how to manage stress, anxiety and all of the worries of life is essential to maintaining well-being. Take some time after reading this article to digest and fully understand why and how to apply breath exercises to your Integrative Medicine treatment.
Using breathing exercises is essential to maintaining your health effectively and without potentially toxic medications. Since everyone has stress from their job, their personal commitments and from day to day stressors, finding a way to manage and diffuse it is essential to maintain optimal health. If left unchecked, stress over time can have negative effects. Experiencing symptoms of anxiety, which include an elevated pulse rate, tightened muscles, and increased stress hormones levels, among others, keeps your body’s immune system from functioning optimally. Over time, your body’s reactions to daily stressors from life, leads to diminished levels of energy and potentially an emotionally burnout and total exhaustion. Therefore, it is essential to know how to moderate your daily stress levels.
The first exercise to do is to quiet your body and mind. People who have recurring anxiety and nervous tension are filled with negative thoughts and “self-talk.” These people are always thinking, talking and fantasizing about their problems – this “mental movie” of one’s problems and worries is emotionally and physically draining. This constant stress and the racing mind must first be quieted.
Quieting the mind is quite an easy process and has many immediate and long-term beneficial effects. Pick anything of personal intrinsic value – it can be a piece of jewelry, a picture, a plant, etc. The next step is to inhale and exhale slowly for two minutes while looking at your chosen focusing piece. If you feel any anxiety or feelings of nervousness, re-focus on the object. This might not work the first time, the second time or even the third time. If you keep doing this, eventually your mind will become relaxed and not let competing and racing thoughts cloud your psyche.
The next exercise is to meditate. Meditation helps you feel organized and centered. Many people who experience anxiety, no matter the level, often feel disorganized and ungrounded. Meditating, preferably before starting your day, or anytime, enables you to focus your energy and be more efficient in completing work and personal obligations. Meditation begins by sitting or lying in a comfortable position. Close your eyes and begin to breathe deeply and rhythmically. Block out all thoughts and sensations except for your breathing. Sometimes there is an audio coach, a live coach or your inner conscious guiding you to focus on your breathing and your breathing only. Repeat until you feel very relaxed.
Along with the main type of meditation, there are variations of meditating to center one-self. The next method of relaxing is to release muscle tension. This can be accomplished by lying on your back, letting your arms rest naturally. Similar to meditating, develop and maintain a steady breathing cadence. Clench your fists, tighter and tighter, for 15 seconds. During this process, let the rest of your body relax and visualize your fists becoming tighter and tighter. After the 15 seconds, let go and let your body relax for 30 seconds. Do this same exercise with other tense parts of your body for 15 seconds on and 30 seconds off. Doing this, along with visualizing your relaxation will help you let go of tension naturally and effectively.
Performing these exercises will enable you to manage your stress and anxiety effectively, efficiently and without traditional prescription medication. Over time, your body will be more accustom to manage stress and anxiety better and you will be able to diffuse it better in the future.
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AXIOM CORPORATE INFORMATION 69 Appaloosa Lane, Bldg C, Ste. 201 Ormond Beach, Florida 32174 Phone/Fax: 800-888-6348 Website: www.axiomadminserv.com Integrated Healthcare Marketing ServicesA stress reduction program using Transcendental Meditation significantly reduced mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in African-American patients with coronary heart disease, researchers reported.
A stress reduction program using Transcendental Meditation significantly reduced mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in African-American patients with coronary heart disease, researchers reported.
Those practicing TM had a 48% reduction in these outcomes according to Robert H. Schneider, MD, of Maharishi University of Management in Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa, and colleagues.
The TM group also had a change of −4.9 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure as reported online in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
“Reduction in systolic BP may be a physiological mechanism for reduced clinical events in this trial since this magnitude of reduction has been associated with 15% reduction in cardiovascular clinical events,” Schneider and colleagues wrote.
African Americans are disproportionately afflicted with cardiovascular disease, at least in part possibly because of environmental and psychosocial stresses.
The TM program involves daily periods during which individuals sit quietly allowing the mind to drift into a “wakeful hypometabolic state,” which is characterized by physiologic changes typical of decreased stress.
Previous studies of stress reduction using TM have shown benefits for risk factors and various clinical endpoints in the general population.
Schneider and colleagues enrolled 201 black patients who had at least one coronary artery with 50% blockage.
In the study, they assigned participants to learn the meditation technique and practice it twice a day for 20 minutes, or to health education on cardiovascular health with instructions to engage in heart-healthy behaviors each day at home.
The study took place between 1998 and 2007, in two phases separated by a period of loss of funding in 2003 and 2004.
The primary endpoint was a composite of nonfatal stroke or myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality, while secondary endpoints included cardiovascular mortality, revascularization, and hospitalization for coronary heart disease or heart failure
More than half of the patients were men, and mean age was 59. About 60% were taking lipid-lowering medications, 44% were taking ACE inhibitors, and 35% were on calcium channel blockers
“In conclusion, this randomized controlled trial found that a selected mind-body intervention, the Transcendental Meditation program, significantly reduced risk for mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in African-American men and women with coronary heart disease. These changes were associated with reductions in BP and psychosocial distress,” Schneider and colleagues wrote
Limitations of the study included sample sizes that were not large enough to explore single endpoints, and varying duration for time spent in the study for some participants
The study also did not attempt to assess the potential benefits of other types of mind-body programs, so additional research will be needed.
Dr. Jorge Bordenave practices Integrative, Preventive & Clinical Cardiology.
He is NOAA / UHMS Certified Dive Medical Examiner, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, FIU Medical College and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University.
Dr. Bordenave’s practice is located at:
4908 SW 8 street, Coral Gables, Fl. 33134.
They are open Monday thru Friday 9am to 5pm.
Phone: 305.446.2444
Website: www.miamiintegrativemedicine.com
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Primary source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes
Source reference:
Schneider R, et al “Stress reduction in the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease: a randomized controlled trial of Transcendental Meditation and health education in African Americans” Circ Cardiovasc Quality Outcomes 2012; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.112.967406.
How Nutrition Is the Cornerstone of Health in Integrative Medicine
Since Integrative Medicine takes a holistic approach to improving and maintaining health for the mind, body and soul, it would be appropriate to explore the role of nutrition in the whole body approach. Learning how to eat and for what types of health conditions nutrition can treat, it is essential to make the most of an Integrative Medicine approach to becoming and staying well. No matter what you are using Integrative Medicine to treat your body for your overall health, to manage inflammation, to support your body’s ability to manage its diabetes, to maintain heart health, and to promote a stable mood, through an Integrative Medicine approach, can have real results.
Eating for your overall health, perhaps the most important principle of Integrative Medicine, can be accomplished quite easily with some easy to follow principles. No matter what type of fruits and vegetables you eat, make sure they are in season, fresh and are grown without pesticides, antibiotics, hormones and other industrial agents. Eating as many colors and types of fruits and vegetables will ensure you are well protected against acute and chronic diseases. Whether fruits and vegetable are fresh or frozen, as long as you eat 8 to 10 servings per day, you will be served well.[i]
According to research, inflammation is becoming more widespread and is the culprit that causes many chronic and debilitating diseases. However, Integrative Medicine can help people reduce and manage their levels of inflammation, thereby reducing their chances of developing such serious diseases. Eating a balanced diet of protein, carbohydrates and fats is recommended. Variety really is the spice in your diet and is great to manage inflammation. Along with eating a wide variety of naturally colored fruits and vegetables and minimizing exposure to processed foods and toxins on and in foods, eating oily fish or taking fish oil supplements helps combat inflammation.[ii]
Integrative medicine, through its holistic approach, has a nutritional approach, along with medication, to help your body naturally manage its diabetes. With a 40-30-30 ratio of non-starch vegetables, lean protein and high fiber fruits and low-glycemic fruits respectively, the Integrative Medicine approach to supporting and not-stressing out your body while have a condition such as diabetes is very effective.[iii]
Eating to maintain your heart’s health is very essential because it provides blood which provides oxygen and nutrients to the rest of your body. Along with the theme of eating naturally through fruits, vegetables, fish, meat, nuts and oil (organic, when always possible), it is essential to make healthier choices when it comes to drinks, snacks and basic staples. Some examples of replacing poor heart healthy choices for better food choices includes: using flavorful herbs and spices instead of salt; replacing beer and spirits with red wine (in moderation of course); and replacing white bread and bagels with pita or sprouted bread.[iv]
Along with eating properly to maintain and support one’s organs and cardiovascular system, Integrative Medicine has not left out nutrition when it comes to supporting ideal mental health. Building on eating well through natural, organic and minimally processed foods, there are some specific recommendations to promote an even and healthy mood through nutrition. Specific suggestions include not skipping meals, eating foods to stabilize and minimize swings of blood sugar levels, increase consumption of omega-3 fatty acids, stay away from caffeine, minimize or avoid alcohol and ensure you have normal levels of necessary vitamins and minerals.[v]
As you can see, nutrition in the Integrative Medicine approach, is very integral to supporting both the physical body and the mind. Taking a serious approach to your nutrition will enable you to support your overall health. With advice from your Integrative Medicine practitioner, you will be able to maximize your health by becoming and staying well.
Dr. Jorge Bordenave practices Integrative, Preventive & Clinical Cardiology.
He is NOAA / UHMS Certified Dive Medical Examiner, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, FIU Medical College and Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Nova Southeastern University.
Dr. Bordenave’s practice is located at:
4908 SW 8 street, Coral Gables, Fl. 33134.
They are open Monday thru Friday 9am to 5pm.
Phone: 305.446.2444
Website: www.miamiintegrativemedicine.com
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[i] The University of Arizona. Resources: Top Ten Tips For a Healthy Diet. http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/resources.html Accessed November 15, 2012.
[ii] The University of Arizona. Resources: Anti-inflammatory Diet. http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/resources.html Accessed November 15, 2012.
[iii] The University of Arizona. Resources: Healthy Meals for Diabetics. http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/resources.html Accessed November 15, 2012.
[iv] The University of Arizona. Resources: Choosing Foods for Heart Health. http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/resources.html Accessed November 15, 2012.
[v] The University of Arizona. Resources: Dietary Tips for Better Mental Health. http://integrativemedicine.arizona.edu/resources.html Accessed November 15, 2012.