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  1. Clinical Experiences of a Bowen Therapist

    It was the mid-fifties in Victoria, Australia and a research pharmacist had an idea. Given the right resources, the human body had the innate capacity to repair itself – without in...more

  2. Clinical Psychoneuroimmunology - Mind-Body Integrated Health

    This article looks at how psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) can offer sustainable solutions to the many significant health challenges associated with stress. Using cases studies throug...more

  3. Clinical Relief with Use of the FlexxiCore‡ Exerciser

    This article focuses on the value of a class of passive exercise machines which originated in Japan and which allow people of all ages and fitness levels to enjoy a stimulating work...more

  4. Clobbering The Symptom

    Beata Bishop takes a look at how people who suffer from depression are treated by doctors. She talks about the way in which few doctors attempt to uncover the cause of the problem ...more

  5. Coexistence of Body and Mind

    I was stimulated to write this article by Leon Chaitow’s reflections on the body in psychotherapy (Positive Health, Issue 16). Rather than reply to it, I’d like to offer some thoug...more

  6. Cognition and Fibromyalgia: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment

    This article provides a definition for fibromyalgia, based on the list of symptoms provided by the American Centre of Rheumatology in 1990. Plus summaries of research work; effects...more

  7. Colour Boosting for Cancer Patients

    In this article, the author, an Aura-Soma and metamorphic technique practitioner who has trained in many different forms of self-healing, focuses on the energy-boosting properties ...more

  8. Colour Light Therapy

    Light is life. Without light, foods would not grow, flowers would not bloom and the life of animals and man would simply disappear. Sunshine raises our spirits and quite literally ...more

  9. Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) for Patients with Mental Health and Musculoskeletal Problems: a Scoping Study

    This article reports on a study conducted by the University of Bristol and a team of researchers from across the UK. We were funded by National Institute for Health Research -NIHR ...more

  10. Complementary Healing Methods: The GP's Dilemma

    In this article, the author shares the dilemma she faces, as an NHS GP and homeopath, when cancer patients, for one, cling to the hope that conventional medicine will save them no ...more

  11. Complementary Medicine and the Voluntary sector

    This article looks at issues relevant to the future practice of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). This includes the relaxation of constitutional and economic restrictio...more

  12. Complementary Therapies can Help Discourage Women from Choosing Caesarean Section due to Fear of Childbirth

    Often, women perceive CS as the 'easy' option, avoiding labour pain and over-stretching of the perineum (women often referred to as being 'too posh to push'). They do not realize t...more

  13. Complementary Therapies for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    In view of the fact that orthodox medicine is not yet able to provide any really effective therapy for CFS, many sufferers turn to alternative or complementary medicine almost as a...more

  14. Complementary Therapies in Pregnancy: Recognizing and Dealing with Complications

    This paper provides detailed information about the responsibilities of complementary therapists in regard to pregnant women, including the responsibility to do nothing when indicat...more

  15. Complementary Therapies in the Next Decade: The Challenges

    Never before have complementary therapies found so much favour. Patients are choosing and using complementary therapies in greater numbers than ever before. There are examples of a...more

  16. Complementary Therapies within an NHS Clinic

    Warwick House Medical Centre is an NHS Practice consisting of 4 doctors: 2 male, 2 female. It is a non-fundholding practice of 6,000 patients and the workload is shared equally bet...more

  17. Components of a Personalized Detox Programme

    The author focuses on the pressures and demands on our lives today and the effect it is having on our lifestyle and in turn our health, based on the clients she sees at her wellbei...more

  18. Constructive Programme for Repetitive Strain Injury

    The author, a professional Osteopath specialising in soft tissue manipulation, found his career jeopardised by severe symptoms of repetitive strain injury. Anyone whose livelihood ...more

  19. Controlling Diabetes

    Diabetes is on the increase. There are approximately 700,000 people currently being diagnosed yearly in Britain, and in America it is the seventh leading cause of death.more

  20. Conversations between Mind and Body

    The particular Approach I follow is that devised by medical Doctor Milton Trager MD a man that was both interested in mental health, neurological disorders and meditation.more

  21. Cooking with Organic Aromatherapy Essential Oils

    Although the use of essential oils in massage, steam inhalations, baths and beauty products is not new, the authors have taken the concept one step further by exploring the use of ...more

  22. Coordination of Body, Mind and Spirit

    Aaron Hoopes, a long-time student of Eastern philosophy, the martial arts and alternative medicine in the USA, Australia and Japan, explains how it is possible to achieve perfect c...more

  23. Cranial Laser Reflex Technique for Muscle Release and Pain

    This article describes the innovative new development called Cranial Laser Reflex Technique (CLRT), which involves brief laser stimulation of specific cranial reflex points. The au...more

  24. Cranio Sacral Reflexology

    The author writes about the development of Cranio Sacral Therapy, and being qualified in Reflexology as well, has herself developed the application of reflexology principles to Cra...more

  25. Craniosacral Therapy

    The term Craniosacral Therapy was originally coined in the 1970s by American Osteopathic physician Dr John Upledger.more

  26. CranioSacral Therapy 21 years on

    Why are such a variety of healthcare practitioners excited about the tadpole-shaped bag that lines our skulls and spinal columns?more

  27. Craniosacral Therapy For Mother and Baby after Birth

    In the modern world having a baby is as safe as it ever has been. Mother and baby survival is now an expectation rather than a hope. However modern interventions may make the proce...more

  28. Critical Bodywork Advice for Massage Practitioners

    This is a follow-up to the article Gerry Pyves wrote for Positive Health four years ago in which he launched NO HANDS massage. Since then, the technique has become the fastest grow...more

  29. Daoist Diary - Late Summer

    In her Daoist Diary for late summer, Vicki McKenna looks at how we face change in our lives. At these times we often feel vulnerable and deeply uneasy. We create strategies to allo...more

  30. Daoist Diary: Autumn

    To followers of the Dao the seasons can be powerful teachers and through them we learn to flow better with the circumstances of our lives. This is a time of letting go, of withdraw...more

  31. Daoist Diary: Spring

    Outer seasonal changes seem to affect us on an inner level. In Spring, this manifests as a surge of energy and enthusiasm for new projects. This is a very appropriate response, acc...more

  32. Daoist Diary: Summer

    Vicki McKenna continues her Daoist diary from Issue 87 (April '03). According to the Daoist view, summer is the season of the fire element. The changing of seasons gives us the opp...more

  33. Daoist Diary: Winter

    Regular Contributor Vicki McKenna presents the winter entry to her Daoist Diary. She looks at the importance of creating a restful time for ourselves in winter to build healthy imm...more

  34. Daoist Tips for the 21st Century - Transforming Emotions

    Our health suffers when we avoid our emotions. Alcohol and drug abuse, screen time or over eating – there are many ways to suppress our feelings. And when we do this we may find our...more

  35. Deep Massage: A New Step in the Evolution of Bodywork

    The art and science of meeting through touch is what is represented in Deep Massage. It establishes a new clarity in bodywork. Equally as important, like much of the wisdom imbedd...more

  36. Deeper Massage – Zero Balancing The Body’s Energy and Structure

    I had been practicing and then teaching Deep Massage – The Lauterstein Method - for four years when I first met Dr Fritz Smith, the founder of Zero Balancing. At the time, I had tr...more

  37. Detoxification

    With the advent of the detox diet, the author says we have lost sight of the true potential of cleansing as a naturopathic tool and looks at what this involves and if there is a ri...more

  38. Detoxification - Deep Cleanse for a Radiant Smile

    Detoxification is a necessary act of internal purification in today's highly polluted environment, unless one has been living a macrobiotics lifestyle in the higher plains of Tibet...more

  39. Diabetes / Prameha in Ayurveda

    Diabetes Mellitus is a lifestyle driven metabolic disorder that impacts nearly 4 million people in the UK alone. There are two forms of Diabetes - Type I and Type II. Currently aut...more

  40. Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine: Intention - The Art of 'Doing Nothing'

    This column focuses on the importance and power of using Intention when treating patients. Intention can take us from being good technicians into the realm of healing, and result...more

  41. Digestive Disorders: From Acid Reflux, Heartburn, and IBS, to Coeliac and Ulcerative Colitis

    This article takes us on a taster journey through the digestive tract in an attempt to highlight the interconnectedness of all organs of the body, as well as the importance of a co...more

  42. Discoveries of a Chi Healer

    As a child, I was very intrigued by the Art of Healing and Martial Arts. My father, Chin Ket Leong, was a Chinese Medical Practitioner and a Martial Arts Master. At home, my brothe...more

  43. Diverse Clinical Applications of Essential Oils

    The author, qualified in Aromatherapy and Massage, also teaches geography at a secondary school three days per week. She recently attended a seminar at Barbara Payne's College of A...more

  44. Do I Really Need a Degree?

    This article focuses on one woman who has recognized the importance of excellent credentials in the world of complementary therapies. Liz Jeannet, a Complementary and Alternative M...more

  45. Does Naturopathy have a place in Integrated Medicine?

    In the Integrated Medicine column this month Dr Isbell looks at Naturopathy and what role it might have in the integration of complementary and conventional medicine. Naturopathy i...more

  46. Don't Pick up the Client's Negative Energy: From White Light to Neuroscience

    The author has always followed ‘white light protection’ practices, intended to protect the practitioner from a client’s ‘negativity’, but has had reservations – would these practic...more

  47. Drawing On the Dao: Less Strain, More Gain

    This account of the principles and practice of Hydrotherapy follows a lifetime's study of Naturopathic Techniques after conventional medicine had failed to improve what David calls...more

  48. Drawing On The Dao: Responding To Shock

    In this article the author draws on the Dao philosophy to treat those in shock. According to the Daoist classics during shock there is no home for the Shen, the Chinese name given ...more

  49. Drawing on the Dao: Taking Action, Moving Forward

    Towards the end of a busy day, the author began to feel stressed, fuzzy-headed and anxious. As a practitioner of the art of Daoist acupuncture, she says she knew it was a message f...more

  50. Drawing on the Dao: Tied up in Knots

    The author draws on the philosophy of Daoism to explain and treat Liver Chi stagnation - a blockage of life energy with symptoms ranging from a sense of oppression in the chest wit...more

  51. Dru Yoga for Healing

    The gap between modern medicine, quantum physics and ancient forms of health care, is closing fast. The science of Dru Yoga plays an essential part in this journey of discovery, as...more

  52. Dub Leigh

    Dub Leigh was interviewed at his hotel during his recent visit to the UK by Dione Hills, a researcher/bodyworkermore

  53. Dynamic Bodyuse in Massage

    Massage is about movement, both within the client but also on the part of the practitioner. Effective movement and bodyuse by the massage therapist can be a key to good treatment, ...more

  54. Dynamic Healing - Working at the Interface of Subtle Energy Healing and Psychotherapy

    In this article the author focuses on hands-on energy healing and psychotherapy, specifically Dynamic Healing, a method she developed for working with individual clients as well as...more

  55. Dysfunctional Hormones

    Hormones are minute chemical messengers that circulate in the bloodstream. A tiny alteration can affect us physically and emotionally. Environmental chemicals can cause hormonal di...more

  56. Eastern Approaches to Clinical Therapy

    This article illustrates the value of Eastern approaches to treatment in cases where individuals have acted as 'gatekeepers' to restoring their own health through making informed c...more

  57. Eating Right for Your Climate

    This column looks into the Diet Therapy offered by Chinese Medicine practitioners. The author also provides a brief description of the climatic conditions suffered by people living...more

  58. Editorial Issue 100

    How should we practise medicine? At first glance, this might seem as daft a question as How long is a piece of string? Or How do I love thee, let me count the ways. You might imagi...more

  59. Editorial Issue 104

    Since reading Vaccination: A Guide for Making Personal Choices (reviewed on page 61), I have continued to be impressed by the stunning clarity of this little book. Author Dr Hans-P...more

  60. Editorial Issue 126

    A longitudinal investigation of 143,325 individuals, initiated in 1992 by the American Cancer Society and followed up in 1997, 1999 and 2001, examined whether people exposed to pes...more

  61. Editorial Issue 139

    Today it is more difficult than ever to be fully informed regarding medical, lifestyle and scientific matters unless you are permanently hooked up with the electronic equivalent of...more

  62. Editorial Issue 140

    The extent to which all endeavours have now been reduced to an Accountant-like bottom line mentality is breathtaking and despicable.more

  63. Editorial Issue 143

    I am reminded again and again that the terms which we all use frequently to delineate ourselves from orthodox medicine, are wholly inadequate. These include the alphabet soup compr...more

  64. Editorial Issue 145

    When I look at the Research Updates in this issue of Positive Health (PH) (please see pages 30-33), I see the tremendous progress made in the quality and nature of research investi...more

  65. Editorial Issue 147

    In all the years since Positive Health (PH) has been established, one key area which has never ceased to astonish me has been the vastly differing areas of perception regarding div...more

  66. Editorial Issue 15

    There is an incredible diversity of professional opinion and approach even amongst practitioners of the same complementary therapies. This applies across virtually all disciplines....more

  67. Editorial Issue 152

    These are exceedingly frustrating times for those of us, and that includes most PH readers, who yearn for an integrated approach to healthcare which embraces the best of all discip...more

  68. Editorial Issue 154

    During this transition period around the New Year 2009, the contents of the PH Online Jan Issue 154 provide us with substantive yet contemplative material upon which to reflect.more

  69. Editorial Issue 157

    Most PH readers are familiar with the wide variety of expert shades of opinion which prevails within just about every health discipline. This includes fields as diverse as Healin...more

  70. Editorial Issue 159

    Just as we are publishing this June 2009 Issue 159 of PH Online, the death of Dr Abram Hoffer at age 92, has been reported. Dr Hoffer was one of the great pioneers of Orthomolecula...more

  71. Editorial Issue 16

    There are a staggering array of therapies under the wide umbrella of complementary medicine and it is difficult, if not impossible for any one person to know, understand, or even r...more

  72. Editorial Issue 160

    Many people, myself included, are a patchwork of being both mind (left brain)-oriented (live in their heads), as well as emotionally perceptive, sensitive and prone to mood swings....more

  73. Editorial Issue 166

    Just as we are finalizing this Jan 2010 issue of PH Online, comes the incredible circulated news of the alleged kidnap of Alpha Omega Laboratory owner Greg Caton from Ecuador to ...more

  74. Editorial Issue 167

    As controversy swirls, not for the first time, around President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms in the USA, we publish a review in this Feb 2010 Issue 167 of Death by Medicine[...more

  75. Editorial Issue 171

    The politics and political status of Complementary / Alternative / Integrated Medicine have been central features throughout the past 16 years since Positive Health PH Online has...more

  76. Editorial Issue 172

    Being a Writer or Editor, at least for myself, generally means being attached to a desk, computer and telephone / email, not going out and conversing with the great and the good....more

  77. Editorial Issue 182

    I recently listened to the very inspiring Inheritance Tracks of Peter Tatchell on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live who selected We Shall Overcome by Joan Baez and Imagine by John Lennon...more

  78. Editorial Issue 187

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  79. Editorial Issue 197

    The longer I work in the field of publishing medical health information - both natural and conventional treatment approaches, the more I feel as though I live in a warped universe....more

  80. Editorial Issue 20

    Dreams, Visions, Goals. These are the stuff which inspire and motivate us, fire our passion and spirit and, through our conscious and unconscious actions, ultimately determine and ...more

  81. Editorial Issue 201

    No matter how many years I have been Editor of Positive Health PH Online - about 19 years and 201 issues - there is nothing that brings home more clearly the stark reality of illnes...more

  82. Editorial Issue 207

    Positive Health PH Online readers appreciate how, in healthcare as in all other endeavours, our treatment approaches are influenced by our worldview - our education, training, beli...more

  83. Editorial Issue 213

    In this 20th anniversary year of Positive Health PH Online, the political climate appears to be heating up, although I don’t suppose that there was never any heat - just perhaps tha...more

  84. Editorial Issue 216

    I have been reflecting about how often during my life I have made ‘wrong’ decisions which have resulted in me pursuing the wrong course / career path, living in the wrong country, ...more

  85. Editorial Issue 220

    I co-launched Positive Health PH Online some 20+years ago to help bring together - integrate - the disparate treatment approaches / world views of so-called orthodox allopathic and ...more

  86. Editorial Issue 224

    It has never been a secret that one of the principal objectives of Positive Health PH Online was to attempt to bridge the gap between orthodox/allopathic and alternative/complement...more

  87. Editorial Issue 228

    Even after 22 years as Editor of Positive Health PH Online, it doesn’t get easier to tread the tightrope between the separate orbs of conventional and complementary / alternative me...more

  88. Editorial Issue 230

    Regarding the seeming non-progress in my view to an integrated healthcare system, I experience moments of pure despair and frustration. I have been actively engaged for over 30 yea...more

  89. Editorial Issue 24

    This issue of Positive Health carries an extended special feature regarding Nursing in Complementary Medicine, to acknowledge and honour the vanguard role that nurses are playing i...more

  90. Editorial Issue 240

    As scientific and research evidence mounts across a multitude of disciplines, it is increasingly becoming clearer that certain fundamental tenets / paradigms underlying treatment ap...more

  91. Editorial Issue 242

    As production with Positive Health PH Online Issue 242 was underway, it was announced on 2 Oct 2017 by The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet that the 2017 Nobel Prize for Phys...more

  92. Editorial Issue 248

    When Positive Health PH Online Issue 247 was published on 14 June, I got involved with all the usual editorial activities to commence production with Issue 248 published 2 August. W...more

  93. Editorial Issue 249

    In the Editorial for Issue 248 I reported on the shocking, premature death (age 46) of my partner’s youngest daughter Kate on 16 June, within two weeks of diagnosis, admission to UC...more

  94. Editorial Issue 262

    As we publish Positive Health PH Online Issue 262 end of April 2020, the entire world, at various stages of journeying through the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, has been viewing w...more

  95. Editorial Issue 264

    We publish Positive Health PH Online Issue 264, now in its 27th year, with a wide array of editorial features spanning the spectrum of Mind-Body-Spirit.more

  96. Editorial Issue 267

    The editorial features in Issue 267 embody the core, almost sacred Positive Health PH Online values of integrated medicine and explore the true concepts of mind-body-spirit, embraci...more

  97. Editorial Issue 277

    Positive Health PH Online Issue 277 is published live Thursday 10 March 2022, two weeks into what can only be described as the most brutal, utterly destructive, unprovoked, almost i...more

  98. Editorial Issue 287

    Positive Health PH Online June Issue 287 is published 8 June 2023. The worldview appears bleak, with serious conflicts raging in Europe – Russia’s war in Ukraine, Africa – warring S...more

  99. Editorial Issue 295

    Positive Health PH Online June 2024 Issue 295 is published 6 June. The world outlook is definitely not positive – an understatement – with major continuing conflicts afflicting key ...more

  100. Editorial Issue 299

    Positive Health PH Online December 2024 Issue 299 is published 5 December 2024. Noteworthy events have transpired since the publication of PH Online Issue 298: in the 5 November USA...more

  101. Editorial Issue 300

    Positive Health PH Online February 2025 Issue 300  is published 23 January 2025. President-elect Donald Trump has been sworn in at his inauguration as 47th President of the USA. Isr...more

  102. Editorial Issue 36

    What attributes make for a good practitioner, and, perhaps, more importantly, which sort of practitioner is right for you and your particular health problem? These fundamental ques...more

  103. Editorial Issue 39

    Nothing infuriates me more than hearing some "expert" pontificating about the lack of research or lack of proof regarding the therapeutic efficacy of complementary medicine.more

  104. Editorial Issue 42

    Where do you go to sort out your health problems? With such an incredible array of hugely diverse therapeutic approaches – from Healing, Reiki, Homoeopathy, Herbs, Nutrition, to Bo...more

  105. Editorial Issue 56

    In a recent BBC2 documentary exploring the UK's poor cancer survival rate, members of a UK Parliamentary scientific select committee were seen visiting the USA's National Cancer In...more

  106. Editorial Issue 66

    To badly paraphrase former US President Bill Clinton, 'It's the Evidence, Stupid!' Or, should I say, all the massive evidence regarding nutrition and cancer, which is in the public...more

  107. Editorial Issue 67

    How to find a qualified, competent complementary practitioner ought to be a straight forward enough process; however, as you can deduce from Sarah Noble's article of that title (se...more

  108. Editorial Issue 73

    In my review of Petrene Soames' book The Essence of Self-Healing, I quipped that she has more courage than I to predict that serious illnesses such as cancer, stroke and Alzheimer'...more

  109. Editorial Issue 74

    The current healthcare system is light years from being integrated, vis à vis Orthodox and Complementary disciplines. This can be exemplified by reading comments from some of the l...more

  110. Editorial Issue 82

    "Have you seen the Breast Cancer Treatment section in this Sunday's The Observer?", my partner asked. As he handed me the 32-page supplement on 29 September, I was hoping to see a ...more

  111. Editorial Issue 87

    Call me simpleminded, but my idea of optimum healthcare has always been that, depending on the severity and nature of the medical problem, the most appropriate treatment(s) should ...more

  112. Education & Training in Complementary Therapies in the UK

    At this time of year, people are reflecting on life and may be considering a new career. Many people decide to train in complementary therapies because they have a passion for helpi...more

  113. Effective Lymphatic Function Part I

    All body tissues are nourished by tissue fluid. Most of this fluid returns to the blood via the lymphatic system. The lymph starts in tiny lymph capillaries and passes through larg...more

  114. Effective Lymphatic Function Part Two

    Energy is usually thought of in terms of muscular or physical energy resulting from adequate sleep and food; these are contributing factors in energetic manifestation and not the or...more

  115. Electromagnetic Therapy

    Everyone who is involved in any of the many branches of Complementary Medicine whether as a practitioner or as a patient, is likely to be involved with some aspect of electromagnet...more

  116. Emotion in the Body - The Vagus Nerve

    In my last article “Physical and Emotional Holding Patterns” I said that I would explore further how emotion manifests in the tissues of the body, particularly the viscera. As a bo...more

  117. Empowering Women: Natural Approaches To Pregnancy And Childbirth

    Denise Tiran looks at the use of complementary therapies during pregnancy and labour. Many women and midwives are now demanding less interventionist maternity care, which will not ...more

  118. Energy & Vibration - A basis for a new paradigm

    The public’s growing demand for complementary practices clearly indicates a dissatisfaction with the traditional allopathic process to the extent that many health centres are surve...more

  119. Energy Flow - The Great Exchange

    Energy is all around us and everything in life exists as an exchange of this energy. Even the ancient theories of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Taoism and Ying and Yang s...more

  120. Energy Medicine Self-Healing Tools

    Throughout history, people have created shapes and designs that can attract and channel energies, like the Great Pyramids of Egypt, beautiful patterned mazes, complex and compellin...more

  121. Esalen Massage: Deep Connections

    Founded in 1962 by Michael Murphy and Richard Price to explore unrealized human potential, the Esalen Institute in California has consistently been at the forefront of new developm...more

  122. Essential Oils from the Tibetan Shangri-La

    My main purpose of this year's visit to India and Nepal was to re-discover and explore in greater depth the area of essential oils, the availability and quality of natural raw mate...more

  123. Explaining the Concept of Cranio Dental & Skeletal Symmetry - How your Jaw Links with your Hip

    I have been researching the subject of Cranio Dental and Skeletal Symmetry (CDSS) ever since I first managed to help a patient suffering from severe migraines, which had hospitalise...more

  124. Exploring Integrative Massage Therapy

    Integrative Massage Therapy (IMT) is a technique that combines elements from different modalities, such as touch and massage, Reichian bodywork/body rhythms, neuro-linguistic progr...more

  125. Extraordinary Healing Art that is Thai Massage

    These days, one of the most popular - but often misunderstood healing modalities - is traditional Thai massage.more

  126. Facing It

    Regular columnist Clare Maxwell-Hudson examines how face massage can be a powerful tool and that there is more to it than beauty. Applying sensitive touch to the face can overcome ...more

  127. Fake Blow to CAM Use for Cancer

    Did you hear that cancer patients who refuse conventional cancer treatment and opt for alternative medicine are twice as likely to die than patients who use only conventional treatm...more

  128. Feeding the Skin

    This article tells the incredibly inspiring story of a woman, her life literally ebbing away following treatment for breast cancer, who 'miraculously' recovers after being given an...more

  129. Fennel, the Roman Candle of Autumn

    Fennel is a fernlike hardy perennial that grows well in UK gardens from early spring to late autumn.more

  130. Fibromyalgia

    In this article, June Butlin discusses the condition of fibromyalgia. She introduces some of the symptoms of fibromyalgia, such as pain and weakness in the muscles, and some of the...more

  131. Fibromyalgia - Where Should Bodywork Fit Into An Integrated Treatment Picture?

    This column looks into Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS), and its disabling levels of pain and stiffness, largely associated with the head, neck, spine and pelvis, commonly associated wi...more

  132. Five Drugs in Your Medicine Cabinet that May be Making You Sicker

    We've grown accustomed to taking pills when we feel bad - for headaches, insomnia, mild depression, indigestion, and the aches and pains of ageing, to name a few common complaints. ...more

  133. Five Steps to Happiness

    The author, who lives in Zimbabwe, illustrates her thesis that a divine connection, diet and exercise, creativity and humour, how you talk and who you are with can all boost your s...more

  134. Flexxicore Challenger: Alternative Approach to Traditional Exercise for the Elderly and Recovering Patient

    Heavily ingrained in our culture is the need to achieve results. The athlete who goes through extraordinary sacrifices, pushing the body to extreme lengths, is rightly acclaimed fo...more

  135. Flower Essence Therapy = Beauty + Science

    This article presents research data on the effectiveness of flower and vibrational essences therapy as a healing modality.more

  136. Flower Essences in General Practice

    To have a practitioner of Complementary Medicine (CM) as one's partner in General Practice has positive benefits for the entire practice by providing an opportunity for individuals...more

  137. Flowers and Colour as a Healing Tool

    Flowers have been used throughout history for their healing powers and today we still use them in many forms. As more people become disillusioned with the side-effects caused by ma...more

  138. Food toxins, molecular mimicry, leaky gut and the MS connection.

    It has been accepted for a long time that several factors play a major role in MS. In fact, the multi-factorial involvement has contributed to the puzzle of determining the etiolog...more

  139. From Bonesetter to Bowen: Exploration of the Therapy Inspired by Tom Bowen

    I claim that esoteric events brought me into contact with the Bowen world. Plunging in at the deep end, this complete novice to bodyworker was mesmerized by the stupendous depth and...more

  140. From Shiroabhyangam to the Indian Head Massage

    The author explains the meaning of ‘shiroabhyangam’ – ‘Shir’ in Sanscrit means ‘head’, and ‘Abhyangam’ means ‘oil application. more

  141. Future of Medical Cannabis and CBD Products in the UK

    When research first began into the medical benefits of CBD, they were investigating its use in managing and treating those suffering from epilepsy. This research has resulted in the...more

  142. Gary Howells 80 Times Marathon Runner Shares his Secret

    The experienced runner credits active recovery with enabling him to achieve this incredible milestone and complete thousands of miles on foot. Gary first used cryotherapy in Poland ...more

  143. Gentle and Natural Birth Induction Part I

    Part I of this article (with a disclaimer that it is purely for informational purposes and is not intended as a substitute for advice from a physician or other health care professi...more

  144. Gentle and Natural Birth Induction Part II

    This article includes a very in-depth account of the complex role of hormones and neurotransmitters in the course of the birth process. She explains how these are produced, what th...more

  145. Gentle Touch of Reflexology

    Gentle Touch of Reflexology™ (GTR) is an extension of traditional reflexology practice, based on softer, more subtle techniques developed by Patricia Morrell. It works on the princ...more

  146. Giving Birth Away From Home

    In this article, Sophie Dassy talks about her experiences with the health care system in China and Hong Kong, compared with her home in Brussels.more

  147. Golden Re - Healing, Development and Awareness Programme

    Steve Gamblin is a practitioner and teacher of Golden Re Healing, a system of healing developed by Ray Abraham through his observation and understanding of nature and its working i...more

  148. GRACE - in Massage, Music, Art and Life

    Aldous Huxley described three forms of grace: animal grace, human grace, and spiritual grace. We cannot proceed as a society without all these forms of grace. Graceful movement, gra...more

  149. Hands-On Techniques for Common Muscular Problems: Glutes, Hamstrings and Quadriceps

    In this excerpt from Jane Johnson’s book Soft Tissue Therapy for the Lower Limb, you will learn how to help clients with trigger points in the gluteal muscles, hamstrings, and quadr...more

  150. Happiness and the Immune System

    Dr Cohen is an immunologist, scientific consultant, science writer and lecturer who specialises in presenting science for non-scientists. Here she presents the biological evidence ...more

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