Posts Tagged ‘sleep’

Season Allergies and Back Pain are Topics of the Holistic Health Show

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

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Dr Carl O. Helvie, Host, the Holistic Health Show completed a series on back pain and started a new series on seasonal allergies yesterday on BBS Radio. Dr Steven Y. Park (left) spoke on seasonal allergies and Mr Lou Paradise (right) and Ms Kathi Casey (lower right) spoke on back pain.
Dr Park is an otolaryngologist, surgeon and author of the book Sleep Interrupted: A Physician Reveals The Number 1 Reason Why So Many Are Sick and Tired. More information was presented earlier on this site or can be found at www.sleepinterrupted.com

Mr Lou Paradise is founder, CEO and Chief of Research for Topical Biomedics. a successful company producing natural solutions for pain management. More information was presented earlier on this site and can be found at: www.topicalbiomedics.com

Ms Kathi Casey is known as the “Healthy Boomer Body Expert” and is a registered hatha yoga teacher, certified acu-yoga teacher, certified pilates teacher, and certified in ayervedic physical healing. More information was presented earlier on this site or can be found at: www.healthyboomerbody.com

A DVD Titled Get Rid of Sciatica Pain for Good by Kathi Casey is still available to the first person who contacts me with a name and address for mailing. Your name will appear in the next issue of Healthy Holistic Aging and also on this site.

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Cognitive Therapy Useful in Chronic Pain

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

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Current research published in the journal Sleep Medicine concluded that cognitive therapy can significantly improve sleep for patients with chronic neck and back pain and relieve pain so they can perform more normal daily activities. This included patients who were on medications but did not want to take more for an sleep disturbances.

A nurse therapist delivered eight weeks of cognitive -behavioral therapy including sleep restrictions, stimulus control, sleep hygiene, and a discussion of catastropic thoughts about the consequence of insomnia. They talked about habits such as the use of caffeine or alcohol, and the use of the bed only for sleeping or sex. A user-friendly manual describing each step was developed that can be used to train other therapists.

Twenty- eight patients participated in the study. They kept sleep diaries, reported on pain and mood standardized tests, and were followed for 6 months after the in intervention. Further research is ongoing to determine the duration of the effects of treatment.

Natural Solutions for Arthritis and Fibromyalgia Discussed on the Holistic Health Show

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

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Dr Jacob Teitelbaum (left) and Dr David Russell were interviewed by Dr Carl O. Helvie on the Holistic Health Show last night. Dr Teitelbaum, a Board Certified Internist and Medical Director of a National Chain of Fibromyalgia and Fatigue Centers (www.fibroandfatigue.com)suffered from and overcome these diseases. He is senior author of landmark studies in these areas and author of the best seller From Fatigue to Fantasy and also author of additional books mentioned earlier on this website. More information is available on www.Vitality101.com

My second guest, Dr Davids Russell, holds a doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine and is competing another Doctorate of Divinity and is the Founder and Director of the non-profit organization Caritas Traditionalis whose goal is to create a self-sustainable medical presence in economically depressed communities. He has studied classical medicine around the world including Europe, Nepal and the Middle East. More information can be found on an earlier blog here.

Their interviews follow. I hope they are informative for you.

 
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