Diabetes Self-Management

4 min. di lettura

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to diabetes treatment, which is why more people are seeking their own treatment pathways. Yet there are so many alternatives available, it can be difficult to know which one to choose. Like with traditional diab

WellBeing

19 min. di lettura

Words SOPHIA AULD If you’ve never had a back problem, count yourself lucky. For Amy McPherson, having a sore back made her feel “old and miserable”, although she was only 21 at the time. Now 37, the writer and business analyst first developed a probl

Best Self Magazine

3 min. di lettura

Photograph by Hadis Safari — Did you know that a third of all Americans have taken to alternative medicines to manage episodes of pain or other health problems? As CNN reports, it’s not at all uncommon for people to return to the basics of the natura

Women's Fitness

1 min. di lettura

If you’ve heard acupuncture can help reduce lower back pain but don’t like the idea of having needles stuck in you, help is (literally) at hand. A recent study in Pain Medicine reports self-administered acupressure, where you apply pressure to acupun

Best Self Magazine

3 min. di lettura

— Scroll through the discovery page of your Instagram feed and you’ll probably see a mashup of TikToks, sunset-soaked vacation photos, savory cheese pull content, and a wide range of social media-endorsed wellness trends. Once such trend has people f

MEGA

3 min. di lettura

The needles made taking a selfie impossible. I had several in my ear, on my face, head, wrists, and ankles. I felt like Pinhead on holiday, which made me want to take a photo of how I looked and share it on social media. But I also didn’t want to ris

ELLE Australia

1 min. di lettura

WHAT IT IS: While acupuncture has been employed in Chinese medicine for centuries, the cosmetic benefits of facial acupuncture are only just beginning to become known. The concept is the same – a practitioner assesses your concerns and then gently ad

Trail Run

4 min. di lettura

There has been a steep rise in the number of Westerners using traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), as they search for cures and ways to improve their health. Acupuncture is a key component of TCM, in which thin needles (typically five to 20 needles) a

Best Self Magazine

6 min. di lettura

— I haven’t a clue how a 15-year-old from the west coast of Ireland first heard about Feng Shui, an ancient energetic art from across the seas in China. However, somehow when the Internet beeped for the first time, I heard it and decided to take the

Women's Health Australia

6 min. di lettura

Not so long ago, most people fell into one of two camps when it came to healthcare: conventional or alternative. You either rolled your eyes at friends who claimed energy healing cured their probs, or you were game to guinea pig anything from rolfing

Da Man

3 min. di lettura

People have apparently been sticking needles into each other as a form of treatment for thousands of years. Acupuncture as we understand it today originated in China then spread first to Korea. The practice was then brought to Vietnam and eventually

Naples Illustrated

1 min. di lettura

“Acupressure is the noninvasive form of acupuncture, and it’s just one of many tools we can use and teach our patients in physical therapy to help manage chronic lower-back pain,” says Michael Willett, director of physical therapy and owner of Fyzica

Travel & Leisure India & South Asia

3 min. di lettura

EAR SEEDING—A FORM of auriculotherapyis believed to have roots in Chinese medicine. While in the acupuncture procedure, different kinds of seeds—natural or metallic—are non-invasively punctured to the exterior of your ear to apply pressure, relieving

The Art of Healing

1 min. di lettura

A recent study finds that acupressure, a traditional Chinese medicine technique, can improve chronic pain symptoms in the lower back. "Acupressure is similar to acupuncture, but instead of needles, pressure is applied with a finger, thumb or device t

STAT

5 min. di lettura

In the quest to turn the tide of the opioid epidemic, how far should states go in embracing new or unproven medical interventions?

Good Health Choices Magazine NZ

3 min. di lettura

Magnetic field therapy involves using magnets to treat specific conditions or boost overall health. The BBC says global sales of therapeutic magnets are estimated to be at least $1 billion a year, and according to a report by New York University’s La

Better Homes and Gardens Australia

2 min. di lettura

Botox blocks signals from the nerves to the muscles so the injected muscle can no longer contract. The result is softer expression lines and a natural looking freshness. Only doctors and registered nurses under the supervision of a doctor are allowed

Beijing Review

4 min. di lettura

Anita Njobvu, who lives in Zambia’s capital Lusaka, was introduced to acupuncture therapy by her husband because her blood pressure was dangerously high. The treatment used to be rare on the African continent, but with growing awareness in countries

Working Mother

2 min. di lettura

Yoga can be a great way to help aid recovery or simply get a great workout. Pexels One of the main reasons that mothers do not want to get into shape is that being extremely sore is something that nobody looks forward to. Avoiding this sore feeling i

The Art of Healing

1 min. di lettura

Master Tam is a writer, poet, acupuncturist and healer. He is the developer of the Tom Tam Healing System which utilises acupuncture, energy healing and tuina for treating conditions which have proven to be difficult to treat by other methods. As par

The Atlantic

12 min. di lettura

Black Panthers and other activists brought the ancient Chinese practice into addiction medicine in New York in the 1970s. Despite a lack of firm evidence, it’s still popular in some communities.

What Doctors Don't Tell You Australia/NZ

1 min. di lettura

Magnetic therapy takes many different forms. For thousands of years, “static” magnetic therapy has been practiced, where different strength magnets (or their forerunners, lodestones) are placed at various points on the body to stimulate healing. In t

Palm Beach Illustrated

1 min. di lettura

While its roots date back to 500 BC, ear seeding is now trending as an alternative health solution. Adriana Goettelmann is a boardcertified licensed acupuncture physician with a National Acupuncture Detoxification Association certification using auri

Boat International

1 min. di lettura

Where is it? On a tropical forest-covered peninsula on the western side of Phuket, the resort’s secluded pavilions feel a million miles away from the bright lights and blaring beats of Patong. Why the hype? The first Aman property to launch back in 1

Creative Nonfiction

16 min. di lettura

The human body: a horse gliding through a field. A monkey skipping between branches. A comet hurtling through the black moors of space. The human body can be these things, or anything, without pain. Sontag famously declared that “everyone who is born

Pick Me Up Special

2 min. di lettura

The ancient Chinese practice of acupressure can provide more help than just relieving us of little annoying health issues like headaches, colds and flu, and fatigue. It can also aid us in our overall wellbeing. The British Acupuncture Council (www.ac

Denver Life Magazine

4 min. di lettura

When I was invited to visit the Garden of the Gods Resort and Club in Colorado Springs, I knew the odds of being pampered were pretty high. What I didn’t know, however, was the type of next-level wellness experience that I would receive. Immediately

Popular Science

5 min. di lettura

Researchers have been debating whether acupuncture has any efficacy for decades. Thunder Child via Flickr Does medicine have a bias against acupuncture? That's the verdict of a paper (and an accompanying commentary) published earlier this week in The

WHO

1 min. di lettura

Let’s be honest, who doesn’t love splashing out on a little bit of jewellery? From fine gems to the cheap and chic, there’s just something about sparkly trinkets that can lift any mood. But did you know there’s a kind of therapy that uses tiny pieces

STAT

1 min. di lettura

The proposal to cover acupuncture for Medicare patients with lower back pain was framed as a step that could safely treat pain without supplying opioids.