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If you've heard about complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) before, you may have wondered what exactly it is and what it entails. Unfortunately, it can be difficult to define what CAM is in basic terms because the field is incredibly broad and diverse. According to the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, CAM is a "group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not generally considered part of conventional medicine."
Conventional medicine is what is practiced by members of the mainstream medical community: medical doctors, doctors of osteopathic medicine, and other health care professionals. CAM actually encompasses two forms of medicine, where "complementary" refers to medical treatments that are used in conjunction with conventional medicine, and "alternative" refers to treatments that are used in lieu of conventional medicine.
Types of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Because of today's movement toward natural living and whole-body wellness, CAM has become more popular among Americans. People are now more willing to explore one or more types of CAM when it comes to relieving discomfort caused by various health conditions, from neck or back pain, gastrointestinal issues, and others.
Some of the most common types of CAM treatments include:
• Herbal supplements
• Vitamins
• Probiotics
• Hypnotherapy
• Meditation
• Tai chi
• Qi gong
• Reiki
Acupuncture, yoga, massage therapy, and chiropractic spinal manipulation are treatments that fall into the top 10 most used CAM therapies by adult Americans, according to information culled during a 2007 National Health Interview Survey. Let's explore a few of these in more depth.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese treatment that involves the insertion of hair-thin, surgical steel needles into various points of the body to help relieve pain. The Chinese believe that each person has life energy, or qi, that flows throughout the body in channels called meridians. Practitioners of acupuncture maintain that disruptions to the flow of qi are thought to be the root cause of all disease. The needles are inserted to stimulate and release blockages of qi, which is said to relieve pain and restore health.
Yoga
You may have thought yoga was just a form of exercise, but some individuals experience interesting health improvements after practicing it. At its core, yoga involves physical posturing and muscle stretching, combined with controlled breathing and meditation. Studies have shown that regular yoga practice can reduce stress and whole-body chronic inflammation, control high blood pressure, ease neck and back pain, and reduce depression symptoms.
Massage Therapy
Too often, massage is simply viewed as way to unwind or as an occasional treat, but massage is also an effective CAM treatment. Therapeutic massage involves manually manipulating muscles to relieve tension and ease pain, and it can also help release stored toxins and waste that have built up in muscle fibers over time. Individuals with conditions such as neck pain, back pain, fibromyalgia, and even people with the occasional sore muscle every now and then, can benefit from massage.
Spinal Manipulation
Spinal manipulation, or chiropractic adjustment, is performed by chiropractors and involves applying a controlled force to realign the bones and muscles of the spine. Adjustment is used to relieve pain, restore mobility in dysfunctional joints and tissues, and promote overall health. While spinal manipulation rarely causes pain, it can result in pops and cracks, which can be shocking for a patient to hear during an adjustment. These noises simply come from the release of gasses in joints that have been stuck, not from bones cracking.
Before You Try Any CAM Treatments
It's important to always check with your doctor before you begin any complementary and alternative medicine treatment plan. This is especially necessary to avoid potentially dangerous side effects that can develop by mixing medicines, herbs, or other treatments that interact poorly with each other.
About The Author: Taylor Thomas is an experienced writer who has written for a number of notable publications. As a lifestyle expert, Mr. Thomas is able to offer advice and insight on a multitude of topics, including those pertaining to alternative treatments. http://www.laserspinewellness.com/
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Advances in science and surgical technology have allowed spine experts to develop spine procedures that can help many patients with neck and back pain find relief without having to undergo highly invasive open spine surgery.
Minimally invasive spine procedures, also known as endoscopic procedures, use state-of-the-art surgical methods and tools to treat compression of the spinal cord and nerve roots. Compression, or impingement, of spinal nerve structures can occur when one or more anatomical abnormalities – bulging discs, herniated discs, calcified ligaments, bone spurs, etc. – develop within the spine as a result of the natural aging process.
Open Spine Surgeries vs. Endoscopic Procedures
Traditional open spine surgery involves a large incision in the neck or back, the cutting or dissection of spinal muscles and other soft tissues, and the removal of anatomical abnormalities. If the spine is rendered unstable, spinal fusion is also performed.
An endoscopic procedure takes a far less invasive approach and only requires small incisions in the neck or back. Dilating tubes are inserted into the incisions to gradually separate soft tissues down to the spine. An endoscope (camera) and small surgical tools are threaded through the tubes and are used to remove only the portion of an anatomical abnormality that is compressing a neural structure (eg removing the extruded portion of a herniated disc versus the entire disc).
Because endoscopic procedures leave the spine's soft tissues largely intact, patients are able to recover faster and with less post-operative pain than they would following an open spine surgery. Additionally, patients who undergo minimally invasive procedures may also have a reduced risk for infection and bleeding.
Some of the most common minimally invasive spine procedures include:
• Laminotomy – removal of vertebral lamina bone to relieve spinal cord compression
• Foraminotomy – removal of vertebral bone that forms a foramen to relieve spinal nerve root compression
• Discectomy – removal of a portion of a bulging or herniated disc
• Facet thermal ablation – cauterization of facet joint nerves that are damaged or irritated as a result of facet joint disease
Additional Procedures
In addition to the procedures mentioned previously, some endoscopic spine surgery centers may offer other minimally invasive options to certain candidates. In some cases, these procedures could involve the use of a patient's own adult stem cells – those culled from a patient's own body fat or bone marrow – to help repair and heal the spine.
For example, one of these procedures focuses on disc regeneration. You've probably heard that cartilage, once it's deteriorated from the jointed areas of your body, cannot regenerate. But, with adult stem cell treatment, it's now possible to delay the degeneration process in a disc, reduce inflammation, and encourage healing and repair of damaged disc tissues. This procedure typically involves collecting a patient's own stems cells, performing low-level decompression of an affected disc and any other minimally invasive spine procedure that may be required, and injecting the patient's stem cells into the affected disc.
Another innovative, minimally invasive procedure that some surgery centers may offer is minimally invasive stabilization (MIS). This procedure gives many previously ineligible patients requiring spinal fusions an opportunity to find relief from neck and back pain via state-of-the-art, endoscopic spine stabilization procedures. Traditional spinal fusion is traditionally performed as a highly invasive open spine surgery, along with insertion of bulky hardware and bone grafts to promote vertebral fusion. Recovery from these surgeries is often lengthy and quite difficult for the patient.
An MIS procedure, on the other hand, is performed as an outpatient procedure, requires only small incisions and involves no muscle dissection. Decompression of neural structures and insertion of small, titanium hardware is completed via endoscopic means. The far less invasive nature of an MIS procedure allows a patient to go home within several hours following surgery and enjoy a less painful recovery that may take only weeks versus several months or longer following open spine surgery.
About The Author: Taylor Thomas is an experienced writer who has written for a number of notable publications and is able to offer advice and insight on a multitude of topics, including minimally invasive surgery and alternatives to open back procedures. http://www.lsiscottsdale.com/
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Spine surgery can sound intimidating, and it very well may be at first. However, one thing you can do to turn those feelings of intimidation into ones of confidence is to educate yourself on the varying types of spine procedures. Not all spine surgeries are the same, and, in fact, there are many different types of common spine surgeries performed on individuals everywhere in today's world. Each specific type of surgery is designed to treat a different condition, and below we will explore some of the more common types of spine surgery in greater detail.
Discectomies
A discectomy refers to the surgical technique of removing an intervertebral disc from the spine. Discectomies can be either partial or remove an entire disc in the spine. Typically, the spinal abnormalities leading to discectomies being performed are bulging discs and herniated discs. A bulging disc occurs when a portion of an intervertebral disc in the spine has protruded beyond its regular parameters and has entered into the spinal canal. A disc may bulge into a spinal nerve root or the spinal cord itself, causing pain and other symptoms to be felt either locally or into the extremities. A herniated disc is similar to a bulging disc, but is noted by the outer wall of the disc (annulus fibrosus) rupturing and allowing inner gel-like fluid from the inside (nucleus pulposus) to enter the spinal canal, potentially bringing on a similar set of symptoms.
Foramenotomies
A foramenotomy is a surgical procedure aimed at increasing the space of the foramen, or an opening through which a spinal nerve root enters and exits the spinal canal. Foramenotomies may be required to treat conditions in which the spinal cord or a spinal nerve root is compressed by something other than an intervertebral disc. More commonly, an excess growth of bone, or bone spur, may form upon a vertebra and push into the spinal cord or a nerve root and cause symptoms to be felt. The foramenotomy procedure seeks to remove whatever happens to be compressing the spinal cord or nerve root.
Laminectomies
A laminectomy is a procedure that removes a portion of the spine's lamina, or the arched section of vertebra (bone) that covers the spinal cord. More specifically, these procedures are performed to eliminate compression of the spinal cord itself by the lamina. Most commonly, a laminectomy is performed in the instance of spondylolisthesis. Spondylolisthesis is condition in which one vertebra has protruded, either anteriorly or posteriorly, from the vertebra directly below it. Spondylolisthesis occurs in different grades of slippage, with higher grades of slippage often requiring a larger section of bone to be removed. Laminectomies may be performed as part of a spinal fusion (discussed below) to prevent future instances of vertebral slippage at the site.
Spinal Fusions
Spinal fusion is a surgical procedure that involves fusing one vertebra (spine bone) with another. This type of surgery was brought into the public spotlight in 2011 after it was performed on quarterback Peyton Manning to relieve pain from an ailing spinal abnormality located in his neck. Spinal fusions used to be – and still largely are – considered to "be-all, end-all" surgeries used as a last resort when other surgeries could not provide the desired relief from pain and other symptoms. In this procedure, two vertebrae are fused together to eliminate movement between them. A spinal fusion may accompany the aforementioned discectomy as a form of combined procedure. Spinal fusions, though they can permanently limit mobility at a particular region in the neck or back, can be extremely beneficial, and help to minimize pain, numbness, tingling, and other symptoms once and for all. However, it cannot be stressed enough that other types of procedures should be considered before spinal fusions.
About The Author: Taylor Thomas is an experienced writer who has written for a number of notable publications. As a lifestyle expert, Ms. Thomas is able to offer advice and insight on a multitude of topics, including those pertaining to spinal treatments. http://www.lsiphilly.com/
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We all know that being healthy is a good thing, but how to go about being healthy can sometimes be perplexing. We all hear that in the course of each day we should have so many servings of fruit, so many servings of vegetables, receive X amount of sunlight, and exercise for Y amount of time. When we think about it, it is nearly impossible to get everything exact and do everything that we should in a day. While we may not be able to do everything we are told we should each day by doctors, nutritionists, and other health professionals, there are little things we can all do to improve or maintain our respective health. Below, you'll find more detailed explanations about these little things that you can begin doing today.
Staying in Shape
There's more to staying in shape than waking up in the morning, looking in the mirror, and complimenting yourself on how good you look before going about your day. Being in shape may be accompanied by aesthetic benefits, but what is truly important is the health of your body. You don't need to spend hours on end exercising to the point where it takes over your life, but it can be beneficial to incorporate a fitness regimen into your daily routine. Walking is a great place to start. Try walking a mile or two after dinner or at lunch. Also, light stretching can help to improve your physique. And, if you're up for it, try an occasional jog, lifting some weights, or participating in recreational sports.
Eating Right
Truth be told, you can work out all the time and run until your legs fall off, but it can be all for naught if you aren't eating a healthy diet. That's right, those 10 miles you run and 100 push-ups you crank out can be negated by cheeseburgers, chili dogs, and pitchers of beer. So what should you eat? The answer is different for every individual, but a good place to start is to reduce your intake of foods with high calories, sugars, and sodium, while increasing intake of foods with protein and essential vitamins and nutrients. You might find it beneficial to pay a visit to a nutritionist for an analysis of your body type and a recommendation for a diet that will help you to be healthier.
Facing Depression
Depression, to some degree, affects us all. If you are currently depressed, it can help to know that you aren't the only person in the world who feels alone or saddened. Staying in touch with friends and family can help to cheer you up at times and keep you motivated in life.
By the same token, if you have feelings of depression for extended periods of time, you should seek out medical help. There is no shame at all in seeing a psychologist or psychiatrist to cope with your depression; that is precisely why they exist. Clinical depression can happen to anyone, but it is up to you to seek out the help you need, if you need it.
Visiting Your Primary Doctor and Dentist Regularly
If you haven't seen your primary care physician (PCP) or dentist recently, it could behoove you to pay him or her a visit. Doing this will help you to foster a strong professional relationship with both individuals, but more importantly, it can help you to maintain proper overall and oral health while spotting problems before they become too serious. So, if it's been a while since you've seen the MD or the DMD, schedule an appointment today.
About The Author: Taylor Thomas is an experienced writer who has written for a number of notable publications. As a lifestyle expert, Ms. Thomas is able to offer advice and insight on a multitude of topics, including those pertaining to wellness. http://www.laserspinewellness.com/
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