Imagine having the power to reduce your own pain levels! A study written about in Scientific American shows Buddhist Monks well practiced in meditation are actually able to control the intensity of pain they feel. This ability to control your own mind’s responses is in your hands (and you don’t need to travel to the wilderness or don robes to do it). There is a growing body of evidence that poi…
Melbourne scientists have found a way to return mobility to paralysed limbs. The futuristic technology is known by the term, bionic spine.Â
The bionic spine is a small electrode device used to interpret electrical signals from the brain compelling an exoskeleton encasing the limbs, to walk. What sets this technology apart from predecessors isn’t the amazing capability to move artificial limb…
Modern remedies for treating back and joint pain have come a long way since the ancient practice of ingesting brewed concoctions of barks, roots, leaves and berries for their healing properties. These days, it is more common to take pills with condensed doses of the active ingredients found within the natural world or synthetic versions of these powerful molecules.
A Short History of the Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
Accounts of spinal cord injuries and their treatment date back to ancient times, even though there was little chance of recovery from such a devastating injury. The earliest is found in an Egyptian manuscript written in approximately 1700 B.C. that describes two spinal cord injuries involving fracture or dislocation of the neck vertebrae…
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You know your kids should be active, but often they can be found lazing around in front of the TV, video game or computer while the sun shines outside. It’s a scene parents everywhere have lamented. The solution is pretty simple: Get them active by making exercise fun.
In fact, don’t even call it “exercise.” Call it “play” and give them lots of opportunities to do it. If you gently suggest a…
On average humans tend to get about eight hours of sleep a night. It’s estimated that over the course of our lives, we spend about a third of our lives sleeping.
So can your sleep posture affect your back, and overall health and well-being? The answer is an emphatic ‘yes’!
That’s because getting enough good quality sleep gives your body time to recuperate, repair and detoxify. This in tur…
If you are one of the millions of people who suffer with a ‘bad back’, you must first obtain an accurate diagnosis from your chosen practitioner. Your pain may be the result of injury, arthritis, or simply due to the ageing process, whereby joint function may become impaired when cartilage begins to break down.
The discs in our spine contain fibro cartilage, which acts as a shock absorber be…
Back pain may be the result of learning to run before we could walk, in evolutionary terms, according to a new study which has linked a common cause of back pain to our ape ancestry. The study suggests that rapid evolution from walking on all fours to upright on two legs, leaving people with vertebrae similar to chimpanzees susceptible to back pain.
The Healthy Communities Research Centre at UQ Ipswich is calling for a national focus on “health literacy” following the release of findings which reveal that most Australians don’t have the basic knowledge to keep themselves healthy.
The recently-released findings are based on the 2006 Adult Literacy and Life Skills survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Healthy Communi…
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