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Qigong and a Tale of Two Back Complaints
Background: Chronic back pain is one of the leading causes of disability and decreased quality of life for people in both their personal and professional lives. In addition to modern medical intervention, many individuals seek relief through complementary and alternative therapies. Design: This stud...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29933549 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines5030060 |
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author | Baumgarden, Joseph Klein, Penelope Picard, George |
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description | Background: Chronic back pain is one of the leading causes of disability and decreased quality of life for people in both their personal and professional lives. In addition to modern medical intervention, many individuals seek relief through complementary and alternative therapies. Design: This study was designed as a retrospective descriptive review presented as two case studies. Methods: Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with two volunteer subjects of convenience who each had a medical diagnosis of chronic back pain. Intervention: Both individuals practiced a daily, standardized regimen of 24-Posture Qigong. Results: Both individuals experienced clinically significant symptomatic relief and functional benefit from their practice of qigong. Conclusion: Positive outcomes are theoretically attributed to relief of inflammation systemically and locally, reversal of sensitization and structural restorative reparation. These results provide justification for further prospective, controlled, long-term investigations. |
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spelling | pubmed-61640942018-10-10 Qigong and a Tale of Two Back Complaints Baumgarden, Joseph Klein, Penelope Picard, George Medicines (Basel) Case Report Background: Chronic back pain is one of the leading causes of disability and decreased quality of life for people in both their personal and professional lives. In addition to modern medical intervention, many individuals seek relief through complementary and alternative therapies. Design: This study was designed as a retrospective descriptive review presented as two case studies. Methods: Data were collected through face-to-face interviews with two volunteer subjects of convenience who each had a medical diagnosis of chronic back pain. Intervention: Both individuals practiced a daily, standardized regimen of 24-Posture Qigong. Results: Both individuals experienced clinically significant symptomatic relief and functional benefit from their practice of qigong. Conclusion: Positive outcomes are theoretically attributed to relief of inflammation systemically and locally, reversal of sensitization and structural restorative reparation. These results provide justification for further prospective, controlled, long-term investigations. MDPI 2018-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6164094/ /pubmed/29933549 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines5030060 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Case Report Baumgarden, Joseph Klein, Penelope Picard, George Qigong and a Tale of Two Back Complaints |
title | Qigong and a Tale of Two Back Complaints |
title_full | Qigong and a Tale of Two Back Complaints |
title_fullStr | Qigong and a Tale of Two Back Complaints |
title_full_unstemmed | Qigong and a Tale of Two Back Complaints |
title_short | Qigong and a Tale of Two Back Complaints |
title_sort | qigong and a tale of two back complaints |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6164094/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29933549 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicines5030060 |
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