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Sleep – a new angle of repose

By Shari Cheves on November 4th, 2012%

Earlier this year we reviewed how breathing improves sleep and overall health. Armed with this information, I experienced the best sleep of my life, forcing air through my nose by taping my mouth shut with gentle 3M Micropore surgical tape. But it gets better. Since late August my sleep quality has got another lift with . . . → Read More: Sleep – a new angle of repose

Dissecting tennis elbow

By Shari Cheves on April 8th, 2011%

OK, tennis elbow is driving me crazy. Three months now of periodic pain and swelling. Three weeks without a match and I’m losing it – playing air guitar with the vacuum cleaner and testing the limits of milk chocolate raisin consumption. While there is some relief in having a condition that my friends and relatives . . . → Read More: Dissecting tennis elbow

Calcification – the bones of disease?

By Shari Cheves on March 15th, 2011%

Pain is a language we barely understand. Aches and pains affect our vitality, daily decisions, and outlook on life. We brush them off as old age, stubborn strains or inherited arthritis. Our medicine cabinets feature a smorgasbord of creams and ointments that promise relief, albeit temporary. To reduce or prevent pain in the first place, . . . → Read More: Calcification – the bones of disease?

A new chapter in health

By Shari Cheves on February 19th, 2011%

It has been almost two years now since I got my life back. Instead of getting angry at aches or blemishes, I am now grateful for any opportunity to study how the body works. I call myself completely healed after years of terrible tailbone pain, fatigue, weight gain, skin inflammation and hormonal imbalances. But there . . . → Read More: A new chapter in health