January 1, 2019
Joe Brady
More and more doctors are recommending mind-body therapies like tai chi, meditation, chiropractic, supplements, hypnosis therapy, and even yoga to help you get relief from dozens of painful conditions. Harvard Medical School experts explain the research behind natural and alternative remedies without drugs or surgery. This enlightening report reveals: Mind-body secrets for “turning down the…
November 4, 2018
Joe Brady
More than 72,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2017, including illicit drugs and prescription opioids—a 2-fold increase in a decade. Source: CDC WONDER. Because of this record number of deaths it is time to look at alternatives in medicine. Even the FDA is proposing that doctors learn more about acupuncture for pain management. The…
April 1, 2018
Joe Brady
According to the American Medical Association AMA Annual June 11-15, 2016 Report [Dry Needling Resolution], Physical therapists are not qualified to be performing acupuncture even if they call it dry needling. Medical practitioners should not be performing treatments that they have not been trained for. “Dry Needling is an Invasive Procedure. This resolution asked our AMA to…
March 25, 2018
Joe Brady
The National Center for Health Statistics’ provisional data shows that the state’s opioid drug overdose deaths increased by more than 23 percent from 2016 to 2017. Meanwhile, there are alternatives in the treatment of pain that could save many lives in the U.S. each year. Scientific reviews and randomized clinical trials provide encouraging evidence that…
December 30, 2017
Joe Brady
Complementary Approaches to Pain Can Really Help With over 64,000 deaths attributable to opioid drugs last year drug overdoses of both prescription and non-prescription heroine/opioid-related drugs have become a leading cause of death in the United States. The truly sick thing about this grisly tally is that carefully controlled scientific studies show that natural nondrug methods of pain…
April 2, 2017
Joe Brady
In addition to acupuncture there are many other natural pain relief modalities used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Acupressure and Cupping have also been found to be effective treatments for natural pain relief. Traditional Chinese Medicine uses many other modalities besides acupuncture. One review of 75 studies covering all aspects of TCM in individuals with neck pain or…
February 20, 2017
Joe Brady
A joint position stand of the Living Younger Longer Institute and the Colorado School of Traditional Chinese Medicine This pronouncement was prepared by Joseph Brady M.S.T.C.M. Dipl. O.M. of the Living Younger Longer Institute and reviewed by Britney Chowning, Vladimir DiBrigida L. Ac., Mark Manton L.Ac. Dipl. Ac& OM, Jeannette Hoyt Rationale With increasing rates…
November 3, 2016
Joe Brady
NIH Review Study Finds Nondrug Approaches such as, Tai Chi, Yoga and Acupuncture Effective For Treatment of Pain Millions of Americans suffer from persistent pain that may not be fully relieved by medications. They often turn to complementary medicine to help, yet primary care providers have lacked good evidence to guide recommendations. This new review…