Maybe it’s an accident, or a disease, or the effect of long term smoking, or eating greasy foods, or not enough sun protection. Whatever the cause, there are some conditions from which we can recover and unfortunately, some from which we cannot. The news from a doctor is heartbreaking, sorry your knee needs to be […]
Take a few minutes to imagine what your life would be like with reduced health
Motion is a fundamental pleasure. The ability to freely come and go, up stairs, to throw a ball, to chase a kid around, to walk through the woods, to dance, to play. All of these things rely on a healthy body. Losing even a small amount of them can lead to less excitement, enjoyment and […]
Think long term, act short term
It’s the big secret to success in health, money, relationships, business, skills and most other endeavors. Make big, long term plans and goals, but taks small, relatively simple actions on a consistent basis to achieve the longer term goals. In health this means doing simple, daily things like stretching for 5 minutes, drinking a glass […]
Proactive Health
Definition: Doing things in your life to avoid health problems. Changing your lifestyle to build your health rather than to diminish it. The benefit of approaching health proactively is you have less problems and overall the ones you have are less serious. I once read a quote from a famous gardner who said “The best […]
Why choose acupuncture over muscle relaxants?
Muscle relaxants have a lot of side effects such as drowsiness, dizzyness, confusion, light headedness and they are habit forming. I recently experienced a rehab patient with some mental side effects of muscle relaxants first hand and it was shocking. In contrast, acupuncture creates an internal, natural response and relaxation. My patients often fall alseep and typically are […]
Permanent Improved health in one hour per day
The big thing is eating better. Imaging a farm where the water supply is slightly imperfect… say acid rain. Any one rain will not do much damage as the following rain will dilute the acid rain remaining in the soil and so on. However, when you have a situation where there is only a mild, […]