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Acupressure is an ancient Chinese healing method, which involves applying pressure to certain meridian points on the body to relieve pain. The human body has fourteen meridians that carry energy throughout the body. These meridians start at the fingertips and connect to the brain and then connect to the organ associated with the specific meridian. Acupressure is the most effective method for self-treatment of tension-related ailments by using the control and warmth of the human hand.

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By Kerry Mc Donland | Published 12/28/2006 | Arthritis |

Arthritis is among the leading cause of disability; there are about hundred types of arthritis. It is connected with the pain of joints. There is swelling, redness, stiffness and heat in joints. It is a chronic disease, which can cause pain and inflammation that cannot be avoided as body ages. It can be predicted through blood tests and x-ray. The main causes of arthritis can be infection, improper diet, if the routine is not proper, not having proper combination of food like eating papaya with milk that are not good for the body, intake of curd during evenings.

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» Weight Control

By Kerry Mc Donland | Published 12/28/2006 | Arthritis |

Arthritis is a painful disease which causes a severe pain in the joints. It causes stiffness and pain in joints can make a person disabled for life. To avoid or control the intensity of arthritis in the body weight control is a proper way out. Extra weight causes undue pressure and inflammation on the joints and muscles. Arthritis makes the joints and muscles weak, extra weight exaggerates the problem of arthritis by ?pressurizing the weight bearing joints.

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» Walking

By Kerry Mc Donland | Published 12/28/2006 | Arthritis |

For arthritis sufferers, any exercise regimen brings a range of immediate benefits. The problem with arthritis patients is that they may have a tough time deciding what physical exercise regimen to embrace. This is because a majority of arthritis sufferers have to deal with nagging pain and stiffness of joints. In this scenario, walking is a physical activity that can be undertaken with little preparatory thought. Walking does not require peak physical form. And walking is an endurance exercise that brings innumerable benefits.

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By Kerry Mc Donland | Published 12/28/2006 | Arthritis |

The first known reference of arthritis in human dates back to the 4500B.C. they were mainly found in the skeletal remains of the Native Americans also known as the Red Indians, in Tennessee and parts of Kansas. Historical evidences of the willow bark were found in the scriptures of the Pharaohs of Egypt for curing and relieving the aches and pains of arthritis.

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