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The two terms often used in the context of health care are treatment and healing (rehabilitation). How are they similar and yet profoundly different?

Let us look at an integrative medicine practice, namely the author's rehabilitation center in Chicago.

The word “integrative” comes from the verb “to integrate”, to unite, to form a single whole

Bone deformations result from calcification in the areas of chronic inflammation caused by either acute or chronic trauma or muscle spasms.

Spinal stenosis was first described in 1803 by Antoine Portal. In 1954

A person may sometimes be commended for being unbending and unyielding; with knees, this is definitely not the case.

The former condition is caused by the same herpes zoster virus responsible for chickenpox in children and shingles (a painful skin rash with blisters) in adults.

Incredible as it may sound, radiation and stress have a lot in common. Radiation damages biological macromolecules (proteins and DNA), which upsets the operation of cells, causes mutations, cancer, and death.

Why do you sometimes toss and turn for hours, trying to adjust the pillow to make your neck feel more comfortable, but the coveted sleep just refuses to come

You can do away with the numbness and pain in your hands for good – just use the right mixture of your own efforts and professional help.

Suppose you have swallowed a dreadful poison that can ruin your brain, heart, and kidneys. The doctor offers you an antidote with some minor side effects. Would you refuse because “it’s not very good for the liver?”

As anyone knows, when a person experiences dizziness or vertigo, it simply means that he momentarily loses the ground under his feet.