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The shoulders are designed to carry the arms with not a lot of support. There are tendons, muscle and cartilage holding the joint in a ball and socket arrangement. Unlike the hips and legs, the shoulder is easier moved in an all manner of different ways. This puts great stress on the joint which can cause shoulder pain.

The muscles which hold the shoulder are fairly small and stretched in comparison to other joints, therefore they can be more susceptible to dislocating and causing pain. This is the reason the shoulder is one of the most oft injured areas.

Delve deeper into shoulder problems and patients may not even remember the accident which caused the pain. It could be a very difficult trauma such as a car accident or sports injury. Sometimes it is inappropriate ergonomics or repetitive microtrauma.

A chiropractor can evaluate and look for signs in mobility of the shoulder and neck to identify the problem. Although the arms are used so many times per day, the shoulder can become frozen or cause problems with just a slight movement. A common problem is the rotator cuff, as this can cause major pain and needs to be properly addressed.

As the shoulders are in close relation to the neck, which in turn is part of the spinal column, shoulder pain may be a secondary problem of spinal alignment. Using one of our chiropractic methods, we can assess, align and maintain a common balance for your well being. If the vertebrae or alignment is out of kilter, then this can have the knock on effect which can cause neck and shoulder pains. Headaches are also common with patients who are out of alignment.

Many GP’s and physicians refer patients towards medicine or surgery. Unless there is a tear, this invasive practice or putting unnatural tablets into your body can further upset the balance. There are so many risks with surgery, which occasionally go wrong and medication only masks the pain. Chiropractors use experience and specific equipment to find the root cause of the problem and create a thorough plan to help the body mend.

At The Spinal Correction & Wellness Center, we have many trained massage therapists and chiropractors who can help not only with the pain but create a balance for the body. Correct spinal alignment can control a myriad of problems ranging from joint pain, muscular pain and internal function problems. Our patients are advised on correct dietary needs and are given a stepping stone to wellness.

Shoulder pain is often overlooked and not treated. If left for extended periods of time, muscle or ligaments can tear and cause even bigger problems. Using medication to hide the pain, is only effective for a few hours before the next pill is needed. A chiropractor can assess the problem, help correct the alignment of a patient and massage the region back in to good health. Shoulder pain is sometimes a secondary effect of a different problem. It could turn out the neck or vertebrae are at fault but the symptom is felt more in the shoulder itself. It is important to find out what problem has been done and use a chiropractor to help fix it.

Silver Spring Chiropractor Dr. Steve Wander and his staff including massage therapists have help take away your shoulder painwith over 25 years experience. Call 301 770 1818 to see if you are a candidate or click the blue words for more information.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a flu-like condition that can drain your energy and sometimes last for years. People previously healthy and full of energy make experience a variety of symptoms.

People recover from flu in days or weeks. But with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) recovery is rare. The symptoms are similar to flu, and a tiredness that never improves no matter how much sleep a person gets. It can worsen with mental or physical exercise. Sometimes the symptoms come and go with no regular pattern.

People who have this disease are often prevented from working and wind up on welfare. It is however, a treatable illness, although formerly not recognized as a medical condition. The Center for Disease Control studies have determines between one and four million Americans have this condition.

CFS begins in several ways. It can just gradually increase in severity, brought on by no noted cause. Or sometimes a person may have the condition after a viral infection, cold or severe mental stress. It affects many more women than men.

The conventional approach to handling CFS is psychological counseling (It’s all in your head type approach), rehabilitation with physical therapy and exercise. Other professionals like a sleep therapist or dietitian can also be called in. The patient usually has to learn to just live with it once all else has failed to relieve the misery of CFS.

However, there are ways to handle this disease that can actually bring about results. You don’t have to learn to live with it. The pain, fatigue and depression are not all in your head. They have an underlying cause and a medical doctor trained in this discipline can help you identify and treat CFS. Your condition can be reversed and your energy and vitality restored.

If you suffer from fibromyalgia or CFS, your diet can make your condition worse or better. Eating a lot of refined carbohydrates will make the condition worse, whereas eating slow-burning carbs (rich in fiber) will provide your body with more energy. If you consume a lot of saturated fats and refined vegetable oils, the pain will worsen. If you consume foods high in omega-3 fatty acids (like fish and flaxseed oil) your pain will lessen. Diet is very important.

Food allergies are often missed as a cause of CFS and fibromyalgia. A competent doctor can evaluate for food allergies.

Depression can accompany CFS and figromyalgia. Low levels of a neuro-transmitter, serotonin if often a cause, because this substance in the brain regulates sleep and contributes to the persons mood. Lack of it increases pain. There are supplements that can be prescribed to alleviate pain, regulate mood and ward off depression – such as St. John’s wort, SAMe, natural replacement seratonin and 5-HTP. Whereas Prozac and other prescription drugs merely mask symptoms and come with dangerous side effects, natural remedies do not. Many happier patients will attest to this fact.

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“I wish I’d researched the alternatives first, Dawson!” moaned my peppy red-haired friend Bill, holding his head despairingly in his hands. “But we just plunged right into surgery and radiation when Janice was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She became feeble. Her immune system is weak. The treatment almost killed her. It’s been almost two years since she’s been able to eat solid food.”

It broke my friend’s heart to see his wife’s health take a dive headfirst. I could hear it in his voice, and see it in his body language. Just talking about it, brought him to tears.

I sat listening to Bill in silence. I remembered gently suggesting to him two years ago when Janice was first diagnosed that they look at every available treatment option. I warned him the surgery at the very least would constrict his wife’s throat and destroy her sense of taste. I told him that they should research alternative therapies before committing to surgery.

If only Bill knew the power of alternative medicine and therapies, he would never have blindly rushed his wife into the operating room. The Power of Alternative Medicine and Therapy

According to a new survey, seventy-five percent of Americans now believe that alternative medicine is more effective for certain conditions than conventional medicine.

This belief is based on more than faith. Millions have experienced the power of integrative medicine to treat conditions for which conventional treatments can do little, such as depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, back pain, fibromyalgia, and migraine headaches. And athletes, educators and business executives are discovering that it improves their performance level.

It turns out that your head contains a pharmacopeia of thousands of drugs. Your beliefs, your emotions, your thoughts, your prayers, your visualizations, and your spiritual practice all play a huge role in maintaining your health and wellness.

When you think healthy thoughts and cultivate healthy feelings, your body chemistry changes to support health.

In my book, Soul Medicine (coauthored with neurosurgeon Norm Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.), I list the treatments that trigger positive physical and psychological changes. They are comparatively cheap, and sometimes free. They are often easy and quick, and usually painless.Here Are My Top 3 Alternative Medicine Treatments to Keep You Physically & Mentally Healthy:

“I wish I’d researched the alternatives first, Dawson!” moaned my peppy red-haired friend Bill, holding his head despairingly in his hands. “But we just plunged right into surgery and radiation when Janice was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She became feeble. Her immune system is weak. The treatment almost killed her. It’s been almost two years since she’s been able to eat solid food.”

It broke my friend’s heart to see his wife’s health take a dive headfirst. I could hear it in his voice, and see it in his body language. Just talking about it, brought him to tears.

I sat listening to Bill in silence. I remembered gently suggesting to him two years ago when Janice was first diagnosed that they look at every available treatment option. I warned him the surgery at the very least would constrict his wife’s throat and destroy her sense of taste. I told him that they should research alternative therapies before committing to surgery.

If only Bill knew the power of alternative medicine and therapies, he would never have blindly rushed his wife into the operating room. The Power of Alternative Medicine and Therapy

According to a new survey, seventy-five percent of Americans now believe that alternative medicine is more effective for certain conditions than conventional medicine.

This belief is based on more than faith. Millions have experienced the power of integrative medicine to treat conditions for which conventional treatments can do little, such as depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, back pain, fibromyalgia, and migraine headaches. And athletes, educators and business executives are discovering that it improves their performance level.

It turns out that your head contains a pharmacopeia of thousands of drugs. Your beliefs, your emotions, your thoughts, your prayers, your visualizations, and your spiritual practice all play a huge role in maintaining your health and wellness.

When you think healthy thoughts and cultivate healthy feelings, your body chemistry changes to support health.

In my book, Soul Medicine (coauthored with neurosurgeon Norm Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.), I list the treatments that trigger positive physical and psychological changes. They are comparatively cheap, and sometimes free. They are often easy and quick, and usually painless.Here Are My Top 3 Alternative Medicine Treatments to Keep You Physically & Mentally Healthy:

“I wish I’d researched the alternatives first, Dawson!” moaned my peppy red-haired friend Bill, holding his head despairingly in his hands. “But we just plunged right into surgery and radiation when Janice was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She became feeble. Her immune system is weak. The treatment almost killed her. It’s been almost two years since she’s been able to eat solid food.”

It broke my friend’s heart to see his wife’s health take a dive headfirst. I could hear it in his voice, and see it in his body language. Just talking about it, brought him to tears.

I sat listening to Bill in silence. I remembered gently suggesting to him two years ago when Janice was first diagnosed that they look at every available treatment option. I warned him the surgery at the very least would constrict his wife’s throat and destroy her sense of taste. I told him that they should research alternative therapies before committing to surgery.

If only Bill knew the power of alternative medicine and therapies, he would never have blindly rushed his wife into the operating room. The Power of Alternative Medicine and Therapy

According to a new survey, seventy-five percent of Americans now believe that alternative medicine is more effective for certain conditions than conventional medicine.

This belief is based on more than faith. Millions have experienced the power of integrative medicine to treat conditions for which conventional treatments can do little, such as depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, back pain, fibromyalgia, and migraine headaches. And athletes, educators and business executives are discovering that it improves their performance level.

It turns out that your head contains a pharmacopeia of thousands of drugs. Your beliefs, your emotions, your thoughts, your prayers, your visualizations, and your spiritual practice all play a huge role in maintaining your health and wellness.

When you think healthy thoughts and cultivate healthy feelings, your body chemistry changes to support health.

In my book, Soul Medicine (coauthored with neurosurgeon Norm Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.), I list the treatments that trigger positive physical and psychological changes. They are comparatively cheap, and sometimes free. They are often easy and quick, and usually painless.Here Are My Top 3 Alternative Medicine Treatments to Keep You Physically & Mentally Healthy:

“I wish I’d researched the alternatives first, Dawson!” moaned my peppy red-haired friend Bill, holding his head despairingly in his hands. “But we just plunged right into surgery and radiation when Janice was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She became feeble. Her immune system is weak. The treatment almost killed her. It’s been almost two years since she’s been able to eat solid food.”

It broke my friend’s heart to see his wife’s health take a dive headfirst. I could hear it in his voice, and see it in his body language. Just talking about it, brought him to tears.

I sat listening to Bill in silence. I remembered gently suggesting to him two years ago when Janice was first diagnosed that they look at every available treatment option. I warned him the surgery at the very least would constrict his wife’s throat and destroy her sense of taste. I told him that they should research alternative therapies before committing to surgery.

If only Bill knew the power of alternative medicine and therapies, he would never have blindly rushed his wife into the operating room. The Power of Alternative Medicine and Therapy

According to a new survey, seventy-five percent of Americans now believe that alternative medicine is more effective for certain conditions than conventional medicine.

This belief is based on more than faith. Millions have experienced the power of integrative medicine to treat conditions for which conventional treatments can do little, such as depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, back pain, fibromyalgia, and migraine headaches. And athletes, educators and business executives are discovering that it improves their performance level.

It turns out that your head contains a pharmacopeia of thousands of drugs. Your beliefs, your emotions, your thoughts, your prayers, your visualizations, and your spiritual practice all play a huge role in maintaining your health and wellness.

When you think healthy thoughts and cultivate healthy feelings, your body chemistry changes to support health.

In my book, Soul Medicine (coauthored with neurosurgeon Norm Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.), I list the treatments that trigger positive physical and psychological changes. They are comparatively cheap, and sometimes free. They are often easy and quick, and usually painless.Here Are My Top 3 Alternative Medicine Treatments to Keep You Physically & Mentally Healthy:

“I wish I’d researched the alternatives first, Dawson!” moaned my peppy red-haired friend Bill, holding his head despairingly in his hands. “But we just plunged right into surgery and radiation when Janice was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She became feeble. Her immune system is weak. The treatment almost killed her. It’s been almost two years since she’s been able to eat solid food.”

It broke my friend’s heart to see his wife’s health take a dive headfirst. I could hear it in his voice, and see it in his body language. Just talking about it, brought him to tears.

I sat listening to Bill in silence. I remembered gently suggesting to him two years ago when Janice was first diagnosed that they look at every available treatment option. I warned him the surgery at the very least would constrict his wife’s throat and destroy her sense of taste. I told him that they should research alternative therapies before committing to surgery.

If only Bill knew the power of alternative medicine and therapies, he would never have blindly rushed his wife into the operating room. The Power of Alternative Medicine and Therapy

According to a new survey, seventy-five percent of Americans now believe that alternative medicine is more effective for certain conditions than conventional medicine.

This belief is based on more than faith. Millions have experienced the power of integrative medicine to treat conditions for which conventional treatments can do little, such as depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, back pain, fibromyalgia, and migraine headaches. And athletes, educators and business executives are discovering that it improves their performance level.

It turns out that your head contains a pharmacopeia of thousands of drugs. Your beliefs, your emotions, your thoughts, your prayers, your visualizations, and your spiritual practice all play a huge role in maintaining your health and wellness.

When you think healthy thoughts and cultivate healthy feelings, your body chemistry changes to support health.

In my book, Soul Medicine (coauthored with neurosurgeon Norm Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.), I list the treatments that trigger positive physical and psychological changes. They are comparatively cheap, and sometimes free. They are often easy and quick, and usually painless.Here Are My Top 3 Alternative Medicine Treatments to Keep You Physically & Mentally Healthy:

Copyright (c) 2007 Hailey Harris

If you have always wanted to know more about fatigue and exercise, you are not alone. I mean, doesn’t exercise contribute to fatigue? No! The benefits of exercise to fatigue sufferers are so great, they cannot be ignored. Exercise for fatigue? You bet! If you are not doing exercises for fatigue you may be suffering more than you need to. So where do you start? What kinds of exercise should you be doing with fatigue problems.

There are many new exercise gadgets, videos, and other paraphernalia out there on the market today, and it can be confusing whats good for fatigue sufferers. I mean, just turn the television on and you will see a bun slimmer here or a weight loss machine there, you may even hear of a total fitness machine to help your strength and overall health. All of this is nice but what can help with fatigue and exercise. I mean really what can help relieve the tiredness, suffering, and devastating pain of fatigue sufferers? Well, there is an answer. You can help relieve your fatigue with exercise.

To understand what exercise can greatly benefit fatigue sufferers, its necessary to remind ourselves of two key symptoms of fatigue. The two symptoms I am talking about are pain and tiredness. There is one exercise that that benefits fatigue sufferers more than any other and can provide relief to these two main symptoms. Yoga. Fatigue and exercise can be incorporated in a way like no other to aid in your healing and complete recovery with the Ridfatigue system. Yoga is one of the components.

Yoga is a proven exercise that improves the fatigue sufferers body and psychological state, addressing and aiding in the recovery of the two symptoms pain and tiredness, giving you a sense of well being. It can increase your energy and help you feel revitalized.

With regular yoga, you will realize positive energy, increased flexibility, decreased pain, stimulation to organs and glands, increased blood flow, and more.

Yoga consists of many stretches, poses, and movements which act on joints in your body rarely used. This helps with flexibility in the joints and tendons. When stretching and using muscles to hold poses during Yoga, it helps your bodys posture and tones you up.

Other benefits that Yoga has to fatigue sufferers are: improved sleep, decrease in pain of the joints, increased energy, mental calmness, range of motion increase, strength building, endurance increased, lowers stress hormone, and psychological benefits.

An exercise like Yoga has many benefits to the sufferer of fatigue. Yogas many benefits can be implemented into your life today. Hopefully, you realize the importance of this great exercise in regards to the healing potential of your condition and start implementing it into your life right away.

Feel like you’re just getting old and life is getting you down? Too many aches and pains? Tired all the time? Well, maybe you are getting old, and there’s nothing that can be done about your age, but certainly there is something that can be done to elevate your mood, give you more energy and alleviate those aches and pains.

Chronic fatigue syndrome often carries these symptoms, but with conventional medicine there’s not much you can do about it. It’s almost like saying, “Well, you’re just getting old,” or “it’s all in your head.”

The usual method of “handling” chronic fatigue syndrome are not workable. Conventional medicine includes psychological counseling, physical therapy and perhaps a dietitian and sleep therapist.

There are actual physical causes underlying chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic aches and pains and depression. What you eat will make a huge difference in how you feel. A diet high in saturated fats and refined vegetable oils will exacerbate pain, while the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish and flaxseed oil will help alleviate it. Likewise, eating lots of refined carbohydrates will worsen your condition, whereas slow-burning carbohydrates (foods rich in fiber) give your body the sustained source of energy it needs.

Food allergies can also make a huge difference. Sometimes these allergies are not brought on until later in life, so if you have physical difficulties, a doctor should test for such things. Then those particular foods can be avoided. Wheat and dairy products are often culprits.

A low level of neurotransmitter serotonin in the body can also cause symptoms associated with chronic fatigue syndrome and old age. If a person has a low level of this chemical in the body, it can cause the sensation of pain to be heightened. It also plays a crucial role in regulating mood and contributing to depression.

St. John’s Wort, SAMe and 5-HIP are names of natural supplements that increase serotonin and can provide alleviation of pain and depression. They are much safer than psychiatric drugs and unlike psychiatric anti-depressants these natural remedies are backed by solid research. Also they do not have the damaging side effects of prescription anti-depressants.

If you feel like you are becoming a grouchy old man or woman, get yourself some help. A program especially for your body with a good diet and supplements will bring you new energy for life.

Chronic fatigue syndrome is a disorder is which a person is overcome with fatigue. A type of fatigue that is not relieved with rest, instead as time goes on and can impact your ability to perform your daily activities.
Typically to receive the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome the fatigue has to last for more then six months. The fatigue is not the only symptom a person can experience.
Other symptoms that are associated with chronic fatigue syndrome include muscle aches and pains, joint pain, headaches, memory problems, problems sleeping, tender lymph nodes and a sore throat.
Diagnosis of this disease is often difficult, one because we have no idea of what causes it and two because it is a hard diagnosis for people to accept.
The people who suffer the most from chronic fatigue syndrome range in age from their 40s to their 50s and mostly it seems to affect women.
Though it is not known if this is because women are more likely to report it then men, or it is really more dominant in women.
Being diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome leaves many people looking for treatment options to help alleviate the symptoms and treat the condition.
There are more and more people turning to herbal medicines to help them as they strive to live a more holistic life. It is important that you talk with your doctor before beginning any herbal medicine as that they may interact with other medications you could be taking.
Here is a list of herbal medicines that can be taken to help alleviate your symptoms. Keep in mind that this in no way replaces medical advice.
Herbs overall are safe and they are used frequently to strengthen the body and tone the body systems. Herbs can be used as dried extracts in the form of teas, capsules or powders, glycerides and tinctures.
1. Ginseng is an herb that is used by many to help boost energy levels. To get the full benefit of ginseng you will want to consume anywhere from 100-300 mg twice a day.
2. Licorice is an herb that is used to stimulate adrenal glands. You will need about 200 mg possible 400 mg three times day for only 6 weeks. Do not use licorice if you currently suffer from high blood pressure, heart failure or edema.
3. Echinacea is an herb that is used to stimulate the immune system. Taking 200 mg twice a day can help improve immune function.
4. Pau D arco is another herb that is used to strengthen the immune system. This is taken as an extract, using one tsp in a full cup water and you drink it two or three times a day. Again if you are taking any blood thinning medications this includes aspirin then you will only want to use this herbal medicine for 1 week.
5. Astragalus also known as huang qi is another herbal medicine that is used to boost the immune system. Alternating this with Echinacea will help increase the benefits.
You may notice that many of these herbal medicine focus on boosting the immune system. This is because we are not sure if chronic fatigue syndrome is due to a weak immune system, or due to a viral infection.
Therefore increasing the strength of the immune system can help decrease symptoms.