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Wednesday
Jun262013

Hot Yoga is the Bees Knees - for osteoarthritis, torn meniscus and your medical bills 

Your knees may be aching but why should you take a painful hit to your budget?

According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, arthroscopic knee surgery for osteoarthritis, torn meniscus and more knee ailments constitutes one of costliest and most unnecessary surgeries ...because it works no better than placebo surgery.

Recent research about knee surgery might just bring you to your knees...or to hot yoga.

A double blind placebo study (Harvard’s Mass General hospital) published in one of the most well-respected medical journals, the New England Journal of Medicine - over 10 years ago!- proved that knee surgery and placebo surgery had equal results.

But don't just take the word of one study; another seven studies note that physical therapy/movement for knee problems offer the same results as that costly and slow-to-recover-from knee surgery:

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