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    autoimmune response to a slow acting or latent viral infection. There is also reason to consider environmental or even genetic factors. Multiple Sclerosis follows a pattern of destruction slightly similar in nature‚ although much more devastating‚ to Fibromyalgia‚ Rhuematoid arthritis‚ and other autoimmune diseases. Early symptoms can be mild appearing as other ailments and‚ therefore‚ years may elapse between onset and diagnosis. In MS‚ axon demylination and nerve fiber loss occurs in patches throughout

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    Chronic Pain vs. Acute Pain There are two types of pain: acute and chronic. Acute pain is a pain that comes on quickly‚ it can be severe‚ but it lasts a relatively short time as opposed to chronic pain. All chronic pain patients were once acute pain patients. Each pain presents different psychological profiles because chronic pain often carries an overlay of psychological distress which complicates diagnosis and treatment. Acute pain doesn’t last long and usually goes away as your body heals

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    because of the bright screen and radiation. Computer may decrease your physical activities‚ making someone unhealthy‚ may caused chronic injury syndrome with pain in the fingers of the hand/radiating pain in the forearm and arm. Shoulder pain – fibromyalgia in shoulder muscles‚ elbow pain – tennis elbow‚ golfers elbow‚ wrist pain – deQuervains disease‚ ulnar styloiditis. Finger joint pains – usually linked to tenosynovitis‚ trigger fingers. May cause bad posture and skeletal problems. Children have

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    The Perspiration Workout Unit of the ‘Passive Anaerobic and Aerobic Exercise Assist System for the Inactive and Sedentary Population’ is essentially an infrared dry sauna‚ the heaters produce infrared rays that superficially heat skin and other exposed surfaces but not the air.[7]‚ which is absorbed by the surface of the skin.[1] A study of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis showed a reduction in pain‚ stiffness and fatigue during infrared sauna therapy. [2] According to

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    system‚ and digestive system among others. Despite the lack of proven efficacy at this time‚ this technique is used for a variety of conditions‚ including trauma management‚ headaches‚ temporomandibular joint dysfunction‚ chronic fatigue syndrome‚ fibromyalgia‚ sports injuries‚ menstrual pain‚ pregnancy-related problems‚ and for increased well-being and positive health. It is contraindicated‚ however‚ in cases of aneurysm‚ intracranial hemorrhage‚ and other conditions where altering intracranial fluid

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    crippling lower back pain and some have chronic migraine headaches. Some people live with chronic neck‚ back and knee pain and some have chronic leg pain. Then there are those who have chronic widespread pain like the type of pain experienced with Fibromyalgia. There are many causes of chronic pain‚ including diseases‚ injuries and even stress. Some types of pain are more tolerable than others. For more debilitating pain‚ people often cope by using painkillers and by utilizing different types of bodywork

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    desperately looking for answers to their medical problems and want health-care practitioners who can sit down with them and provide the answers and recommend the solutions. They are ready and HUNGRY for real answers to chronic diseases such as fibromyalgia‚ heart disease‚ cancer‚ arthritis‚ anxiety‚ depression‚ auto-immune diseases‚ obesity‚ fatigue‚ diabetes‚ migraines etc.. The truth is allopathic medicine HAS NO ANSWER for the thousands and thousands of people suffering with these diseases. They

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    Central Sensitisation Syndromes Central sensitisation is a term that is being used more frequently across all medical professions‚ osteopaths‚ physio’s‚ psychotherapists and consultants alike but was first coined by the neuroscientist Clifford Woolf in 1983. CS‚ as I will call it for the rest of this blog‚ is linked with disproportionate musculoskeletal and other kinds of pain and more specifically is thought to be a discrepancy between the pain the patient is experiencing and whatever is causing

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    Often times anxiety is caused by a medical condition. "Certain medicines have side effects that can cause or make anxiety worse" (HealthWise Staff). Medications for blood pressure‚ thyroid‚ or asthma are known as only some to possibly cause anxiety symptoms. There could also be a problem with your brain chemistry. With Generalized Anxiety Disorder‚ some patients were found to have abnormal neurotransmitter levels in their brains which were causing the excessive anxiety. "When neurotransmitters are

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    Attachment theory is not considered a theory of psychotherapy‚ but a developmental psychodynamic theory‚ in that a child’s early development of attachment to a caregiver unconsciously impacts that child in forming adult attachments. Insecure attachment has been shown to negatively impact generations as a child with an insecure attachment may become a parent‚ who parents with an insecure attachment‚ this is said to be intergenerational transmission (Berzoff‚ Melano Flanagan‚ & Hertz‚ 2016). This

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