Art therapy as a solution for stress and chronic pain

Art therapy as a solution for stress and chronic pain

You don’t need to be an artistic or creative person to benefit from art therapy. What can art therapy be useful for? Studies show that art can be an effective outlet for stress and pain relief. Specifically, art therapy can be useful for patients suffering from chronic pain. Chronic pain is defined as a pain…

You Are What You Eat

You Are What You Eat

‘You are what you eat’ can be sourced as far back as 1825 from a French lawyer and politician Anthelme Brillat-Savarin. For centuries we have been studying our digestive tract, figuring out what we can and can’t eat. Cultures have played trial and error with different herbal remedies and the healing properties of plants. What…

Mulvodynia? Vulvar Pain is No Laughing Matter

Mulvodynia? Vulvar Pain is No Laughing Matter

Remember that episode of Seinfeld when Jerry forgot his new girlfriend’s name? All he could remember was that it rhymed with a female body part. Testing out some options, he whispered, “Mulva….” in her direction, but he got no response. What is the Vulva? Mulva, of course, rhymes with vulva. The vulva is really a…

Hip Injuries Can Lead to Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Hip Injuries Can Lead to Pelvic Floor Dysfunction

Sometimes pain and dysfunction are the result of an issue that doesn’t seem directly related to your symptoms at first. But it isn’t uncommon to injure one body part to find another part of the body suffers because of it. Compensation After Injury Think of what happens when you twist an ankle. You walk with a…