Posts by PMIR
Cupping Therapy and Chronic Pain
Cupping therapy is an ancient Chinese healing tradition, dating back to 1000 BC and potentially even earlier than that. Many years later… cupping garnered attention thanks to celebrities and professional athletes—including Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Aniston and Olympic swimmer Wang Qun—showing off their post-cupping bruises in public. Yet, despite the buzz, cupping remains a mystery to…
Read MoreCAM Profile: Music Therapy
If you have been following our blog, you will remember a post from a few weeks ago about art therapy. The short piece talked about art’s unique ability to transcend physical healing and address the multi-dimensional experience of chronic pain, specifically the emotional and psychological components. Music therapy is similar to art therapy in this…
Read MoreAnimal-Assisted Healing and Pain Management
Animals, especially domestic companions such as dogs and cats, bring people happiness. But could animals actually make us healthier, too? Is it time to start considering animal-assisted therapy a viable complementary and alternative healing practice for those living with chronic pain? Scientists think so, and studies have been conducted to try and quantify the health…
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