Archive for the ‘tai-chi’ Category

Fibromyalgia and ‘Energy Medicine’: Trying to unlock the puzzling language and belief system

Friday, July 11th, 2008

 “Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please”, Mark Twain

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Fibromyalgia and Activities for Strength/Flexibility/Cardiovascular Health

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it”, Plato 

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Fibromyalgia and helping professionals: Massage therapists? Chiropractors? Physiotherapists? Osteopaths? Who to turn to?

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

“Every person who has mastered a profession is a skeptic concerning it” , George Bernard Shaw 

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Fibromyalgia and the attempt to quantify and describe the pain

Friday, September 21st, 2007

“We also often add to our own pain and suffering by being overly sensitive, over-reacting to minor things, and sometimes taking things too personally”, Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dali Lama quote 

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Fibromyalgia: spasms, restless legs, trapped nerves, exercise and strengthening

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

“Am I alone in my egotism when I say that never does the pale light of dawn filter through the blinds of 52 Tavistock Square but I open my eyes and exclaim “Good God! Here I am again” not always with pleasure, often with pain, sometimes in a spasm”, Virginia Woolf 

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