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First thing first, Balance Ball is also known in a variety of different names. However, the most common name for Balance Ball is called, the Stability Ball. The Balance Ball has had long-standing success in the world of clinical rehabilitation. However, due to their effectiveness in developing balance and core strength, athletic trainers, coaches, personal trainers and physical education teachers have begun to integrate them into their programs. Now they are the new craze in the world of athletic and functional conditioning. The history of the Balance Ball originates back to the early 1960s. It was made by an Italian toy maker, Aquilino Cosani, and sold primarily in Europe as the Gymnastik. The balance ball is a conservative treatment option for back pain sufferers and is designed to help prevent further episodes of low back pain as part of a rehabilitation program. The exercise ball is effective in rehabilitation of the back because it helps strengthen and develop the core...

Although ionic foot baths have been available for several years, especially in the UK and Europe, it is still relatively unknown in the USA. Our experience with it first originated when my 6 year old granddaughter was diagnosed with lymphoma. To hear the news that a loved one has cancer, especially when it is a child, is devastating to say the least. What were we going to do. Our family has always leaned towards alternative medicine so we decided to research everything we could to see if we could handle this without doing the traditional chemotherapy and radiation. If we couldn t, we would go with the traditional methods. We were very fortunate to have a very dear friend who pointed us in the right direction and hooked us up with a very knowledgeable doctor whose understanding of the human body and the effects of nutrition and environmental pollution, and how it relates to health, was absolute gold for us. The first thing he did for us was change her diet. No sugar, no junk...

One moment you are playing at the peak of your talents in the National Hockey League in front of thousands of fans, and the next you are filing your retirement papers due to a mysterious neurological disorder that has robbed you not only of your ability to play hockey but also the ability to do simple daily tasks such as shaving, driving a car and reading to your children. You ve just put yourself in professional hockey player Rem Murray s shoes. Thirty-three year old Rem suffers from cervical dystonia, a neurological disorder that affects approximately 125,000 Americans and is the third most common movement disorder after Parkinson s disease and tremor. Cervical dystonia is characterized by involuntary spasms of the neck muscles that cause twisting, repetitive movements or abnormal postures of the head. For Rem, his head was forced painfully to his left shoulder where it seemed as if he was looking behind him, over his left shoulder. When I started experiencing symptoms of...