by Priscilla Kerr | Apr 13, 2016 | Meditation, Mental Illness, Pain, Sleep Disorders
Fibromyalgia and Acupuncture According to the American College of Rheumatology, fibromyalgia affects three to six million Americans, or about 2 percent of the population. What is Fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia is a syndrome, a recognizable constellation of symptoms of...
by Priscilla Kerr | Apr 11, 2016 | Pain
Tendinitis can be helped by Acupuncture and others alternative medicines Guide Complementary and Alternative Medicine Guide Introduction Tendinitis happens when a tendon — which attaches muscle to bone — gets inflamed. You feel pain and tenderness right...
by Priscilla Kerr | Apr 11, 2016 | Pain
Acupuncture for Malignant Pain Problems (Dept. of Anesthetics, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, England). International Medical Acupuncture Conference, London, England, May 4-8, 1986. The effect of acupuncture was assessed in 183 patients attending the Pain Clinic in a...
by Priscilla Kerr | Apr 8, 2016 | Neurological disorders, Pain, Priscilla Kerr on the News
Headache/Migraine In my last 15 years of experience, during which I have seen over a 1000 cases of migraine and headaches I know how far that Western medicine can go with medications. Medication works but not in every case. I had patients that took their migraine...
by Priscilla Kerr | Mar 27, 2016 | Pain
Acupuncture in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome: A randomized controlled trial. Yang CP, Hsieh CL, Wang NH, Li TC, Hwang KL, Yu SC, Chang MH. Department of Neurology, Kuang Tien General Hospital , Taiwan . OBJECTIVES: To investigate the efficacy of acupuncture...
by Priscilla Kerr | Mar 27, 2016 | Depression, Mental Illness, Neurological disorders, Pain, Sleep Disorders
Anxiety Most people experience feelings of anxiety before an important event such as a big exam, business presentation, or first date. Anxiety disorders, however, are illnesses that fill people’s lives with overwhelming anxiety and fear that are chronic,...