Low Back/Sciatic Pain and Chinese Medicine
From a biomedical perspective, low back or sciatic pain almost always involves something structural – a disc issue, misalignment or inflammation of the vertebrae or sacroiliac joint, or muscle spasm in the low back or buttocks. Any and all of these things can cause irritation to the sciatic nerve which exits the spine in the […]
TCM & Winter
BY: DR. LISA J. LUNDY As the warmth of Summer and Fall drift behind us we find ourselves in the depth of Winter; the darkness, the cold, the damp and the often sore aching backs, and bones, endless fatigue and sometimes heightened anxiety or insecurity. Welcome the Water Element in Chinese Medicine, and all that […]