April
15
2009

Self treatment with Triggerpoint Therapy


by Bas van Pelt


in self-treatment



One question I get a lot from my patients is: ‘What can I do myself?’ There are many possible answers to that, form dietary advise, exercise or just to take 10 minutes out of every day for Rest and Relaxation. But what we use a lot for all kinds of (sport-)injuries is Triggerpoint Therapy.

We’ve had some amazing results in our practices using Triggerpoint Therapy. In example: Patients with epicondylitis, an injury to the tendons attached to the elbow, who have had physiotherapy for over 3 years, were able to relief the pain almost completely. And in time most of them healed for the full 100 % and were able to take up the sports they had to forfeit for years!
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April
14
2009

Funny acupuncture commercial


by Bas van Pelt


in acupuncture



In the Netherlands this is already an almost ancient commercial. I had to hear this a lot form my patients. The first text that appears translates as: ‘better call the insurance?’

Hope you like it as much as I did, especially the music in the end.

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April
13
2009

Vegetarian Diet better for Diabetes


by Bas van Pelt


in diet



Since we found out that diabetes is related to your diet, all kinds of diet-gurus have arisen to enlighten us towards health. Unfortunately most of those diets have been proven to be not effective or even contra-productive. The good news is that there are some diets that after multiple studies prove to be effective.
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April
9
2009

Why Modern Acupuncture?


by Bas van Pelt


in acupuncture



Wow, a new blog: a clean white sheet of virtual paper in front of me. So, what’s this blog all about? Let me first tell you something about myself. After being a physiotherapist for some years, I found out that there are a lot of patients who I couldn’t help in any way. At first I thought it was just my lack of knowledge as a starting therapist. But all the courses I took and studies I did didn’t give me insight in what the real problem was. So I decided there had to be more. And I found it in acupuncture. Read more »

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