Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS)

Post-Concussion Syndrome (PCS)

There are 3 potential reasons for concussion: Direct impact brain and injury, acceleration-deceleration brain injury, blast brain injury.  1. Direct impact is caused normally by direct trauma to the head, which results in a shake of the brain. Traumatic Brain Injury...
Pros and Cons of Deep Tissue Massage

Pros and Cons of Deep Tissue Massage

In order to be fully objective we will talk not only about positive sides of deep tissue massage, but also about the negative sides.  When you look into a deep tissue massage you will mostly find the positives. Mostly, there is a lot of talk about blood flow...
Types of Scars

Types of Scars

Keloid Scars A keloid scar is a thick raised scar. It can occur wherever you have a skin injury but usually forms on earlobes, shoulders, cheeks or the chest. People, who are prone to developing keloids, get them in more than one place.  Hypertrophic Scars...
History of Osteopathy and Why it Matters

History of Osteopathy and Why it Matters

Andrew Taylor Still said “Disease is a result of a violation of a natural law”. He was a founder of Osteopathy. Andrew started as a medical doctor during an American Civil war. When he came back home at 1864 his wife and three of his children died from spinal...
Placeboes and Noceboes

Placeboes and Noceboes

In his book “The Biology of Belief” Dr Bruce Lipton talks about manifestation of thoughts to become a reality. Many times, the results of positive beliefs are positive and vice versa. The effect of Placeboes is very well known in western medicine. For example, if a...
Post Surgery Treatments

Post Surgery Treatments

1. The effect of a scar.  Pretty much every surgery leaves a scar on the body. There is a visible portion of the scar, which is a cut in the skin and the deeper invisible part of the scar tissue. Many times, surgeons are forced to cut also through the muscle and even...