The largest joint in your body can move you, diagnose the nervous system and pass gas. That’s right, your knees can do all this and more! The knee joint is one of the strongest and most important joints in the human body. It allows the lower leg to move below the thigh while supporting the […]
Energy therapy is a term used to refer to a variety of alternative and complementary treatments based on the use, modification, or manipulation of energy fields. According to Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Nobel laureate in Medicine: “In every culture and in every medical tradition before ours, healing was accomplished by moving energy.” The language of energy is one […]
I got a massage recently. It was glorious! A massage always makes me feel better and function at my best. And like many of you, I was overdue. Everyone has experienced the benefits of massage…even you! When you wake up in the morning, you rub your eyes to see more clearly. When you are cold, […]
A food preservative is a substance added to foods to make them last longer; to “preserve” them. Preservatives are added to foods that go bad quickly and have found themselves in all kinds of products in our grocery stores. Preservatives work to preserve food in a few different ways. Some prevent the growth of bacteria […]
The door to my office flew open and I jumped with a start. When I looked up he had a sheepish grin on his face and apologized for startling me. He headed through my office and into the house for lunch. Even though his regular interruptions through my office disrupted my own work, I couldn’t […]
Mother nature provides some of the simplest and best remedies. One of those remedies is castor oil. Known by the botanical name Ricinus communis, castor oil is extracted from the seed of the plant. Castor bean plants have large leaves, growing up to 2 ½ feet across, and bright red flowers, all of which are […]
Mother nature provides some of the simplest and best remedies. One of those remedies is castor oil. Known by the botanical name Ricinus communis, castor oil is extracted from the seed of the plant. Castor bean plants have large leaves, growing up to 2 ½ feet across, and bright red flowers, all of which are […]
Thanks to much of what we hear in the media, cleansing has earned a reputation for being unhealthy and even unsafe. When you hear the word “cleanse,” do you immediately think of all-liquid diets, expensive supplements and short-term deprivation for short-term gains? The truth is, a cleanse doesn’t have to involve any of the above—and […]
Hippocrates said, “All disease begins in the gut.” And while this may not be 100% true for every disease in every person, more and more research shows that our gut (digestive system) has a bigger role in many diseases than we used to think. And we’re not just talking about heartburn, constipation, diarrhea, IBS, IBD, […]
If you have ever gone to the doctor you have probably been sent off for some sort of medical scan. Maybe a simple x-ray or a noisy MRI. But do you know what the scan is and why the doctor chose that one? Below are 5 common medical scans and their uses: X-Ray: In 1895, […]
Time seems to both drag and speed by when you are waiting for test results. Most tests have some amount of anxiety associated with them because they are after all a test. But waiting for health test results does especially weird things with time. Tom’s appointment is at 10:00am. We’ve done the trip so many […]
Dawn was just beginning to break as I got out of bed. Sleep had been scarce, and I needed a shower to get me going. I took a deep breath to help calm my thoughts. It has been 40 days since Tom’s last doctor appointment. I hadn’t really counted until today. Today he gets a […]