Tweet Mind-Body-Spirit News: To tap into additional clients, mind-body fitness and wellness professionals may want to offer services to organizations that support cancer survivors. More than 60% of cancer survivors use complementary medicine, including mind-body practices, according to a recent study by the American Cancer Society. The most widely used form of complementary medicine is… [Continue Reading]

Tweet How many of your clients have mild hypertension? Are any of them wondering if a mind-body exercise program could help? In a study published in the advance online edition of Journal of Human Hypertension (May 19, 2005, pp. 1–8), University of Hong Kong researchers observed 88 patients with mild hypertension over a 16-week period… [Continue Reading]

Tweet The American Occupational Therapy Association [AOTA] has joined the growing number of healthcare professionals who support the use of complementary and alternative medical practices that include mind-body interventions. The AOTA recently issued a Position Paper asserting that occupational therapists and occupational therapy (OT) assistants may use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) as part of… [Continue Reading]

Tweet The ancient Chinese practice of walking barefoot on paths made of river stones is good for health in more ways than one. Researchers from Oregon Research Institute, motivated to identify low-cost forms of exercise to improve functioning in older adults, found that cobblestone mat walking not only improved balance and mobility but also reduced… [Continue Reading]

Tweet Mind-Body-Spirit News:If the genetic cards are stacked against you, do not give up hope. Intensive lifestyle changes may be able to influence powerful genetic factors, according to recent studies. Dean Ornish, MD, president of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute and a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, led a… [Continue Reading]

Tweet Mind-Body-Spirit News: To tap into additional clients, mind-body fitness and wellness professionals may want to offer services to organizations that support cancer survivors. More than 60% of cancer survivors use complementary medicine, including mind-body practices, according to a recent study by the American Cancer Society. The most widely used form of complementary medicine is… [Continue Reading]

Tweet The ancient Chinese practice of walking barefoot on paths made of river stones is good for health in more ways than one. Researchers from Oregon Research Institute, motivated to identify low-cost forms of exercise to improve functioning in older adults, found that cobblestone mat walking not only improved balance and mobility but also reduced… [Continue Reading]