Barefoot Doctor's Journal

Take control of your health with this guide to natural health and healing. Get expert advice to help you alleviate pain and live healthy naturally. Access to tools, information and opportunities.

Take control of your health

For 5000 years Traditional Chinese Medicine has help people to relieve pain and achieve a healthy longevity naturally.

A comprehensive guide to natural health and healing, the Barefoot Doctor’s Journal seeks to empower it's readers to take control of their own health, find their own inspiration, help create healthier communities and share the adventure with whoever is interested. Internationally recognized experts in the fields of healthy aging and Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Living Younger Longer Institute has helped hundreds of people each year to live healthy naturally.

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Providing members with the latest scientific research on the ancient healing secrets of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Get information, access to tools, and enjoyable opportunities for a lifetime of active adventure!

November 10, 2019
Joe Brady

Life’s Third Act

Jane Fonda wants us to re-imagine the extra 30 years we have added to our life expectancy. When you reach 60, Chinese tradition calls you “An Immortal” ~ or as Jane calls it, your “Third Act.” Aging can be done better ~ because these years can be more than a footnote.

Participate in the discussion and more!

Park Hill OLLI at DU Fall Session ends this week and Buddy Day (a chance to try a class for free) in “Squaring the Curve ~ Living Younger Longer” is Tuesday, November 12th, 9:30-11:30 am. We will watch two wonderful TedX Talk videos, a discussion will follow, and after a short coffee break, Jacqui Shumway (with a little Joe) will show you how to activate 5-10 practical points in acupressure that keep you feeling younger, vital and… wiser.

The address is 5209 Montview Blvd, Denver, 80207 (Park Hill UMC/Temple Micah. Park in the Glencoe Street parking lot or on the street. Enter the door off the parking lot.

Watch the Video here

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November 9, 2019
Joe Brady

Military Veterans are in Pain

Pain is the most common medical condition requiring treatment for military personnel almost two-thirds of U.S. military veterans are in pain, and 9 percent are in severe pain.

Opioids are often prescribed for pain but, nearly 218,000 Americans died from overdoses related to prescription opioids between 1999 and 2017. Increasingly the military is looking for alternatives such as acupuncture meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, spinal manipulation, and other practices—to provide veterans with alternative strategies for pain management. 

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November 4, 2019
Joe Brady

Ancient Herbs Have Modern Uses

Herbs have been used by humans since prehistoric times and form the origin of much of modern medicine. The pharmaceutical companies have found that these ancient herbs have modern uses, the development of drugs from plants is big business, with drug companies engaged in large-scale research into the effects of herbs. However, we can also use herbs to improve health and many can be found in our own kitchen

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October 27, 2019
Joe Brady

Caring for our Military: Nondrug Therapies for Pain

Nowhere is controlling pain a more pressing issue than in the military. Since time immemorial soldiers have suffered chronic pain long after the battle is over. Many times the pain lingers for the rest of their lives. In traditional Chinese medicine, martial artists tended to be specialists in pain. Both in inflicting it and also in relieving it. Currently, the U.S. military after long relying on deadly opioids to deal with pain is beginning to look for nondrug therapies for pain. Read on to find out more about the militaries use of acupuncture and the science behind it.

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October 20, 2019
Joe Brady

New Physical Activity Resources

In one of the largest studies ever done on physical activity and aging, researchers analyzed the physical activity of 36,383 older adults in Britain, the U.S., and Europe. Reporting in the British Medical Journal the researchers found that every little bit of physical activity we get can make a big difference in the risk of dying at any age. Any activity, no matter how modest, can improve function and reduce health risks. The greatest gains were seen in people that went from being sedentary to getting off the couch for at least one hour per day. These findings provide clear scientific evidence that higher levels of total physical activity, regardless of intensity level, and reducing sedentary time are associated with a lower risk for premature death, and it’s dose-related, the more you do the better you get with the biggest benefits going to those who at least get started doing something. Read on to get more information on the latest recommendations for exercising properly with particular health concerns.

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