If you inject papain (a protein enzyme found in papaya) into your knee, your knee will develop arthritis. You would never do that, of course. But researchers do it to rats all the time. That’s what happened for a 2017 study. The researchers induced arthritis in the rats’ knees, then treated them with one of Read more…
Photobiomodulation for Arthritis
Prioritize Wellness in 2021
What a disaster the year 2020 has been for public health. Millions of people have sickened with Covid-19, and hundreds of thousands have died. But it has even been hard on those who haven’t caught the virus. Largely trapped in our homes and unable to be with friends and family, many of us have “fought” Read more…
Photobiomodulation for Low Testosterone
Is photobiomodulation good for low testosterone? The answer is clearly yes if you’re a rat and a qualified yes if you’re a human being. I last wrote about photobiomodulation (PBM) and testosterone in August 2018. At that time, I had found a study that showed regular PBM treatments increased blood levels of testosterone in rats. Read more…
Massage for Neck Pain
According to The Idioms, the phrase “pain in the neck” originated as a less vulgar way to say “pain in the ass.” I guess one is more polite than the other. But I’ve had pains in both places, and I think a pain in the neck, all things being equal, is worse than a pain Read more…
Cryoskin for Cellulite
To research cryoskin for cellulite, I consulted the most authoritative health organizations I know. Neither the World Health Organization nor the Center for Disease Control and Prevention offer any web pages that even mention cellulite. In other words, the WHO and the CDC consider cellulite to be such a trivial health consideration that they don’t Read more…
Infrared Sauna for Asthma
I recently did a web search on “health benefits of infrared sauna.” Most of the initial hits were lists of benefits that are well known and fairly well documented: blood pressure, cardiovascular health, tension relief, weight control, pain relief, and so on. I worked my way through nine of these web pages, and I’m pleased Read more…
Float Pod for Writing Skills
Yes, you read that title correctly: “Float Pod for Writing Skills.” No, it doesn’t mean you have to take a notebook and pen with you into your float pod sessions. You’d never be able to keep the pages dry. And it’s pretty dark in there for writing, anyway. This is more about float pod as Read more…
Cryotherapy for Fibromyalgia
Last week I wrote about infrared sauna for fibromyalgia. Sauna’s ability to relieve pain and fight chronic inflammation should make it helpful in managing the condition. But infrared sauna is only one of the services we provide for pain and inflammation relief. I thought this week would be a good time to look at whole-body Read more…
Infrared Sauna for Fibromyalgia
I last wrote about infrared sauna for fibromyalgia a year and a half ago. At that time, I pointed out that infrared sauna can relieve pain, and that should make it a good fit for fibromyalgia sufferers. Nothing has happened to change my mind about that, but there is a lot of fibromyalgia research going Read more…
Photobiomodulation for Dementia
We all lose neurons as we age. But when the loss is so great as to cause cognitive or memory problems and to interfere substantially with daily living, we say the patient is ill with dementia. Dementia is more common among the elderly than among younger people, but it is not an inevitable result of Read more…