Monthly Archives: October 2012

Is Ice Good for Pain?

Remember when you tripped and fell and sprained your ankle? It swelled up painfully, and it hurt to walk on it. You got home, your parents put some ice on it, and what do you know, it felt a little better. This is the basis for cyrotherapy, and it has become renowned for assisting patients […]

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What Is Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI)?

Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI) is a condition wherein the leg veins are not able to pump enough blood back to the heart. It is caused by congenital absence of or damage to venous valves; venous incompetence from thrombi; and thrombi formation that is primarily caused by venous stasis, hypercoagulability, and endothelial trauma, collectively known as […]

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The Body’s “Natural Current” – What Is It?

Candidly I have no idea what is referenced as the body’s “natural current” that is referenced often by those who are able to heal, stop pain, measure moods etc. It is true that our body is a culture with many subcultures of living cells that respond to different electrical frequencies. It is that ability of […]

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