90% Of Doctor Visits Caused By Effects Of Stress Researchers estimate that approximately 90% of visits to doctors are caused by the effects of stress! It is certainly not uncommon for people to present to my office with stress related pain. During periods of stress, the body’s adrenal glands produce hormones, such as adrenaline, which…
Don’t Overlook A Good Stretching Routine Stretching is the one aspect of basic fitness that is most often overlooked by people. A good stretching routine improves your flexibility, which can decrease your risk for injury, reduce muscle tension and improve your athletic performance. Do you have back pain? Did you know that back pain is…
9 Rules To Live To Be 100 By now, some of you may have read or heard of Dan Buettner, a writer for National Geographic, who assembled a team of researchers to seek out “hotspots of human health and vitality,â€Â which he calls Blue Zones, to figure out what they do that helps them live so long. In these…
The Brain Is The Most Important Organ In The Body? For those of you who said your Heart, thank your 9th grade biology teacher and be glad I’m not sitting next to you. Although the heart is a vital organ and essential for health, the most important organ in the body is of course your brain,…
Heat or Ice For Injury: How To Properly Care For Your Injury Do I put ice or heat on it? This is definitely one of the most common questions I’ve gotten in my 23 years of practice. Someone hurts their back lifting or playing sports, and though the body part and/or mechanism of injury may…
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