Regular exercise is one of the best prescriptions I can give. For anyone with chronic pain, depression, or any chronic disease, here’s one of the most effective ways to heal: get sweaty.
Exercise is a miracle treatment. Almost nothing else has so many pluses. It helps you look good, boosts your cardiovascular health, […]
Pain is complex. We don’t fully understand what causes pain. We do know, however, that inflammation is a large factor and can impact every cell type and organ system. Inflammation is how our body reacts to harmful substances like bacteria, viruses, and damaged cells and is responsible for most of the damaging effects we […]
If chronic pain were a club, most of us would be unhappy members of it.
The statistics of chronic pain and health in America are frightening. In 2004, we spent $16.6 billion to relieve pain, most of it to purchase over-the-counter or prescription drugs. Almost half of us seek care for pain each […]
I’m often asked by my patients for the ‘trick’ to losing weight, or the ‘secret’ to good health. Many of these tricks are simpler than we imagine. For example, drink more water. Here’s 5 huge reasons why we should all drink more water every day.
Give […]
We sit a lot. We drive to work, sit at our desks, and watch TV after dinner. Most of us spend more than half of our day sitting and this sitting is making us sick.
The effects of sitting are scary. We’ve found that sitting leads to a huge jump […]
Here’s a guide to better health, more energy, a clearer mind, better skin, less chronic illness and yes the all-mighty, holy grail of weight loss? It may seem too good to be true, but Dr. Mark Hyman’s book 10 Day Detox delivers. What’s more, the book is easy to follow and lays out […]
The numbers of obese people is steadily rising in North America. Part of the problem is that people do not know what food is—real food—the kind that has not been processed, but grown and cooked (at home, from scratch).
