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Article by Melanie Steeden LOWER BACK MUSCLE PAIN – THE TCM PERSPECTIVE In Chinese Medicine, pain occurs when there is obstruction in the flow of Qi and Blood through the channels, organs and tissues. Pain is most often a subjective ailment involving physiological, emotional and psychological issues and can thus be quite difficult to treat, [...]

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Everyone gets injuries, aches and pains, regardless of whether they train or not.  For those of us active people who get them, it’s usually due to training too hard and not resting enough, and for the more lazy people out there, it’s generally because their muscles and joints are weak, and underused. So you’re probably [...]

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These include: low back pain, sacroiliac pain, sciatica, disc problems, spondylolysis, scoliosis, hip degeneration, knee pain, menstruation pain, infertility, and digestive problems. The list can also include biomechanical problems like pelvic tilt, leg length discrepancies, kyphosis, and lumbar lordosis. What is the psoas? The psoas (pronounced “so – oz”) primarily flexes the hip and the [...]

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