Lori Batcheller, MPT, CYT-500
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Adaptive Yoga for the Lower Extremity Amputee: Part Two
Staying active after an amputation is important for an your overall health. Yoga for amputees is a gentle but effective way for you to exercise, and can be done with or without your prosthetics.
Yoga for the Lower Limb Amputee: Breathing Exercises
The increasingly popular practice of yoga offers something for everyone; it can be especially helpful to amputees for reducing stress, becoming comfortable in your body, decreasing back pain (often associated with wearing a prosthesis), improving strength and flexibility, and enhancing your mood and energy levels.
Unlike traditional, or allopathic, medicine, which focuses on illness or specific parts of the body, holistic medicine considers the whole person—body, mind, and spirit.
Diet & Nutrition for Rheumatoid Arthritis
While diet alone cannot cure you of rheumatoid arthritis, noticing how different foods affect your symptoms and overall well-being can guide you towards individualizing your diet and optimizing your health.
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Keeping a food diary or journal will help you and your health practitioner determine which foods may be causing or contributing towards your symptoms.
Parenting with a Traumatic Brain Injury
Kevin Pettit was a happily married man, proud father of a 2-year-old son, and a rising professor in the renowned physics department at Carleton College in Minnesota when a tragic accident changed the course of his life.
Approximately one-third of all cancer deaths may be related to what we eat. Eating well with cancer helps strength and energy levels, enhances mood and self-esteem, and helps to tolerate treatment-related side effects.
