Recent studies have found both yoga and tai chi to be effective in treating the symptoms of muscle pain associated with fibromyalgia

The Institute of Medicine now estimates that chronic pain afflicts an estimated 116 million Americans, making it one of the major health problems of our time and one of the biggest reasons people see their doctors or miss work.

Nobody ever taught me how to be healthy, let alone create great health for others. How can we learn to think of ourselves as being well in a system that encourages the opposite? For many the answer lies in looking to the East.

Sometimes the first and most important step in dealing with chronic pain is to drop the assumption that because someone has labeled you with a diagnosis, you must be severely ill or disabled and must be “fixed” immediately by whatever means possible (which usually means powerful medicines or surgery)

Standard medical treatments can certainly help when you are in pain, but if you are not careful, they can also stand in the way of progress.

The cornerstone of managing any chronic disease is making appropriate lifestyle changes, which really means re-examining what you do with your time each day. Taking time out each day to focus on you is critical to developing an effective pain management strategy.