Inflammatory and Allergy Foods

Here is where your food can truly become medicine. Inflammation builds up in us from our food, chemicals, etc. and turns into free radicals that terrorize each blood cell and make them unable to fight disease and lead to early signs of aging. While we cannot completely eliminate inflammatory foods from our nutrition plans, we [...]

Solving the Aches and Pains of Runners

 The Mysterious Causes of Back, Hip, Knee, Foot and Leg Pain for Runners    Do you have aches and pains for no apparent reason from running? You are not alone.   There is a common theme these days I have noticed that combines BAD posture and the yearning to run races of 3-26 miles!   Just imagine running or [...]

How to Change your Posture

The best definition for posture is that it is an ATTITUDE. It is not just some position our physical body assumes. It is a position that our mind and emotions put us in. It is not a coincidence then that study after study shows how optimum digestion and other internal functions are directly related to [...]

Chronic Pain

If you suffer from chronic pain, sometimes improving is as simple as getting a new perspective on the term “chronic.” If you’ve been labeled as chronic, then you know how devastating that can feel. And if you labeled yourself as chronic, then you can also be stuck in a cycle that is perpetuated by that very title, “chronic.” The [...]

Stress Management for Chronic Low Back Pain

In clinics and Dr.’s offices alike, it is all too common to see bouts of low back pain coincide with times of great stress. And this makes sense as stress is well known to increase muscle tension and decreases the body’s ability to handle normal activities, such as slouching, picking up a pencil, taking out [...]

Detrimental Factors to Improving Chronic Pain

If you have certain factors in your life, it is harder to get better. And the more of them that you have in your life, the harder it is. Here are some of the most powerful factors that can impede progress on your way to recovery. You are only in pre or contemplation stage on [...]

Healing Times and Strategies for Injured Muscles, Ligaments, and Nerves

THE HEALING PROCESS  Strain – Also called a pull, partial tear, complete tear, or rupture of the MUSCLE or TENDON.    Grade 1 Strain (mild)   Grade 2 Strain (moderate)   Grade 3 Strain (severe)  ·     Slightly overstretched with no tearing of the muscle or tendon ·     No loss of function ·     Painful ·     2-10 days healing [...]