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Massage| Pain| Complications

Who does not enjoy a relaxing massage? Massage is used in many cultures across the world in many types of painful and non-painful body conditions associated muscle tightness. It has been used in individuals with neck and low back pain, chronic fatigue, anxiety, and depression.

The National Center for Complementary and [...]

tennis|left handedness

Time for tennis talk.  Let’s consider the hand dominance in playing tennis and that is what I found on this subject.
 
As compared with their prevalence in the general population, left-handers are overrepresented in the expert domain of many interactive sports. This study examined to what extent this is due to negative perceptual frequency effects–that is, whether the [...]

muscle strength| exercise| alzheimers

Have been busy lately and expect to be more busy but hope to keep up with the blogs again.
Those who exercise regularly, even just walking as an aerobic exercise tend to maintain their muscle strength.   Exercise is important not only for cardiovascular effects and preventing osteoporosis but now recent reserach has found that those who do [...]

Itch | Pain

Monday, September 28, 2009
Itching is defined as an unpleasant cutaneous sensation leading to the desire to scratch. It serves as a physiological self-protective mechanism as do other cutaneous sensations like pain, touch, vibration, cold, and heat to help defend the skin against harmful external agents.
Itching can be evoked in the skin directly [...]