Using the Arts as an Integrative Treatment for Pain (Part 2) – Art Therapy

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Enjoying music, visual arts, certain forms of architecture and other types of artistic expression can provide a role in pain management. In our Fall/Winter 2014 newsletter we shared the benefits of Music therapy as an integrative treatment for pain. In the second part of this series we will consider Art Therapy’s role in Pain Management. […]

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Ezy Tai Chi: A Simpler Practice for Seniors

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As a form of exercise, tai chi increasingly appeals to the growing proportion of older adults that looks for alternative and convenient ways to exercise for health. Originally developed for martial arts purposes in China more than 300 hundred years ago, this practice has been used as a traditional exercise to improve fitness, health and […]

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5 Tips for Maintaining Good Balance & Preventing Falls

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Falling is no laughing matter. Patients with Parkinson’s disease, peripheral neuropathy, lower extremity weakness, sensory loss, and substantial vision loss have a higher risk of falling. Good balance requires reliable sensory input from an individual’s vision, vestibular system (the balance system of the inner ear), and proprioceptors (sensors of position and movement in the feet […]

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Using The Arts As An Integrative Treatment for Pain (Part 1) – Music Therapy

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In this first of a series, we will highlight the benefits of music therapy as an Integrative treatment for pain. There are many ways to classify pain. The most common way is to relate pain to its source or to associate it with a diagnosis. Another way to categorize pain according to its intensity and/or […]

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Managing Diabetes with Exercise: 6 Tips for Nerve Pain

If you have diabetic nerve pain in your feet, legs, arms, or hands, consider this: research published in The Journal of Diabetes Complications showed significant benefits of exercise in controlling peripheral neuropathy. The study showed that for people who took a brisk, one-hour walk on a treadmill four times a week, exercise slowed how quickly their nerve […]

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Want to Live Longer? Try Tai Chi

Dr. Xianglan Chang, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, has just published results of a recent study indicating that Chinese men who practice Tai Chi were less likely to die over a five-year period than men who didn’t exercise at all.  READ MORE Source: Denver Post […]

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Weight-bearing versus Non-weight-bearing Exercise for People with Diabetes and Peripheral Neuropathy

Results of a randomized controlled clinical trial are being published to report on the effects of weight-bearing versus non-weight-bearing exercise for people with diabetic peripheral neuropathy. Participants were recruited from a university-based physical therapy clinic. A relatively small study group had six-minute walk distance and daily step counts measured for 12 weeks, with the weight-bearing […]

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Exercise Plays Key Role in Controlling Diabetes

Statistics from the 2011 National Diabetes Fact Sheet reveal that a total of 25.8 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. One of the complications of diabetes is peripheral neuropathy. Regular exercise is important for most diabetics because it helps regulate blood sugar. There are certain precautions that should be taken when […]

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