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10 Key Principles for Fixing or Preventing Back Pain
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRN7NCsdIXTIdMaFQWGjFcyGj-1OWTyCo Most low back pain is a result of an overreliance on the low back musculature to perform activities of daily living Beware of the diagnosis trap The biggest problem of prolonged sitting is abdominal...
Strengthen your diaphragm
If I were to pick one muscle to get as strong as possible, I would choose the diaphragm. Many trainers may choose the glutes or maybe the abdominals, however, from my clinical experience no muscle is more important for...
It’s All About Breaking Patterns
The human body has amazing ability to self-heal, however, when patients are dealing with chronic health problems this means that they are stuck in a pattern that they cannot break. A patient may be stuck in a pattern of chronic injury, poor digestion, or immune...
A Natural Approach to Seasonal Allergies
Runny nose, blood shot eyes, itching, trouble breathing these are just a few of the symptoms that can occur from seasonal allergies. This time of year can be extremely difficult for many people. The sun is out, they want to get outside but they can’t enjoy...
My Favorite Supplements
In an ideal world, I would not need to supply any nutritional supplements. By following a whole foods based diet (Paleo, Weston A Price, Mediterranean), the need for supplements will be greatly reduced. It was never my intention to be a supplement provider; however,...
Your Daily Movement Vitamin
One of the most underutilized ways to improve your health is to incorporate a daily movement practice. I would like to emphasize movement and not exercise because they are different. A person can definitely burn some calories on a recumbent bike but they have also...
A Natural Approach to Fibromyalgia
Over 5 million Americans know what it is like to suffer from fibromyalgia. This disorder is characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain but often it is accompanied by fatigue, sleep, memory and mood issues. Unfortunately, fibromyalgia is a great example of how...
What are FODMAPs?
Knowing which foods are enhancing your health and which foods are hindering your health can be a very frustrating process. The amount of conflicting information out there with regards to healthiness of different foods will often lead to confusion. By default, my...
How to Improve Your Gut Function
Gut Function is key to overall health and well being, in fact to improve any health condition it is key to address the health of the gut. The following is an article on how to correct digestive complaints. Whether you are diagnosed with IBS, Chron’s, Ulcerative...
How Your Gut Impacts Your Overall Health
All Disease Begins in the Gut. Hippocrates said this more than 2,000 years ago, and now we are finally beginning to realize how right he was. More and more research continues to show how our gut function is implicated in all aspects of health. Many people suffer...
How to Prevent Running Injuries
The rates at which runners are injured is alarming. Many runners who are injured assume that is because of a lack of stretching or poor footwear. However, based on my clinical experience this is not the case. Also, many runners assume that they were injured because...
The Great Imitator – Lyme disease
One of the most controversial topics in medicine today is Lyme disease, particularly Chronic Lyme Disease. It is estimated that there are 300,000 new cases of lyme disease every year, which is truly a staggering number. Especially given the fact that many people...
A Guide to Vitamin D-Do I need to Supplement
Everyday we keep hearing more and more information about the importance of Vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency can contribute to a number of diseases such as Autoimmune disease, Cancer, Gut disorders, and even Alzheimer’s. This is especially relevant to Western New...
Why You Need Grass-fed Butter
There seems to be a growing trend on Facebook and other social media sites touting the use of butter. This is one band wagon that I would jump on whole-heartedly. In my daily clinical practice, I treat a wide variety of conditions from auto-immune diseases, to weight...
Understanding Pain & Inflammation
Pain by definition is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Put simply, pain is your alarm that informs you something is wrong. For as much as we all hate to be in pain, there is a reason why we feel it. ...
Why am I always Tired?
Why am I always tired Fatigue is the most common symptom among patients. It may not be the primary reason why someone is going to see a doctor but it is a common complaint that most people share. There will never be an anti-fatigue pill because there will never be...
Why Can’t I Sleep?
Dysbiosis
Dysbiosis is a condition with microbial imbalances on or inside the body. It is most prominent in the digestive tract or on the skin, but can also occur on any exposed surface or mucous membrane such as the vagina, lungs, mouth, nose, sinuses, ears, nails, or eyes....
Develop Your Aerobic System
Aerobic Training Many of the concepts mentioned below are based on the work of Dr. Phil Maffetone (www.philmaffetone.com) and Dr. Stephen Gangemi (www.sock-doc.com). In this day and age aerobic exercise has come under a lot of criticism. Recent studies have shown...
Carbohydrate Intolerance and The Two Week Test
This is a concept taken from Dr. Phil Maffetone. It is a test for individuals to determine their intolerance to carbohydrates. Most Americans ingest far too many carbohydrates and this is a major cause of many chronic diseases. We were designed to be fat-burning...