In Good Health Blog

What is dry needling?

Micah Swift, DPT, Outpatient Physical Therapy, St. Agnes Hospital

Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine where a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction.

Yoga is a 5,000-year-old discipline from India as a practice to unite the mind and body. While there are many yoga styles, they all can help balance your body, mind and spirit. But, they achieve this in various ways.

Nearly everyone will experience low back pain at some point in life – it’s one of the top reasons people seek medical treatment. The good news is chronic low back pain is one of the conditions that research suggests integrative medicine may be an effective treatment tool.

Acupuncture improves the body’s functionality and activates the natural self-healing process by stimulating acupuncture points, or acupoints. Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese medical practice with roots that go back thousands of years.

Low back pain

Written by: Daniel B. Garcia PT, DPT, Agnesian Sport & Spine Center

Sometimes when we decide to change our lives, we have grandiose dreams and unrealistic expectations of ourselves. I often hear this when someone wants to set up an exercise program.

Do you ever feel behind your day before it even starts - too busy, too exhausted, too stressed?  Or that your life is a toxic mix of the above making you impatient, irritable or unfocused?

Ayurvedic face massage with oil on the wooden table in traditional style.

Written by: Anne Miller, MD, Psychiatry, Agnesian HealthCare Outpatient Behavioral Health Services