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1). Get outside: amongst all therapies that have ever been studied (including during the Spanish flu pandemia) and the one that nobody disputes is the importance of fresh air and Vitamin D. Go for a bike-ride (my dad bought one for himself at age 72!), for a run, or find a distant forest and get […]

Are you blaming your pain and poor health on your bed, work chair, or picking up your kids? You didn’t sleep funny! Every week in our office, I will hear one of our patients say something like,” I must have slept funny last night.” When someone says this, it’s most likely because they went to […]

As the holiday season rolls around, ideas of jingle bells, presents, and perfectly-decorated trees might be dancing in your head. But, if you’re like many Americans this holiday season, anxiety and stress over the holiday season might be filling your mind instead. And if you’re dealing with holiday stress, trying to shop for everyone on […]

Why read this blog? If you are new to this blog, here is my pitch to get you to read the rest of it and take a golden nugget or two. My kids are 9,7, and 4 (20 years of parenting) and not once have we needed to give them a drug for any ailment […]

Recently I was sitting at my favorite smoothie joint, Real Juice on Southport, and I recognized someone I knew sitting with her friend and her friend’s newborn and toddler.  After introductions, my friend told her friend she should talk to me about her 3 years olds multiple ear infections.  She replied, “So, THAT REALLY is […]

What if I told you that there is “spa-like” experience you could provide your children that would make ALL their (and yours) stress melt away? What if I told you that this experience would boost your childs mental, physical and emotional wellbeing as proven numerous times in scientific studies? What if I promised you that […]

Are you blaming your pain and poor health on your bed, work chair, or picking up your kids? You did not sleep funny! Every week in our office, I will hear one of our patients say something like,”I must have slept funny last night.” When someone says this, it’s most likely because they went to […]

Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 50 mins Serves: 3-4 Ingredients 2 tablespoons cooking fat (butter, olive oil, coconut oil, etc.) 2 garlic cloves, minced 1lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed in small pieces (or chicken thighs, if you prefer) ½ yellow onion, chopped 1 cup button mushrooms, roughly chopped 12-15 […]

This past week we have had two great success stories on the war against vertigo. Vertigo by definition is dizziness characterized by a sensation of whirling motion, either of oneself or of external objects. Vertigo is often caused by damage or disease in the inner ear. We had a young girl who has been experiencing […]

Oh, IT JUST COMES and GOES doctor. One of the most common phrases I hear from new patients is that their problem or pain just comes and goes, so it’s not that big of a deal.  These people are what I call “MINIMIZER”.  Another example would be, “Oh, I just take advil for my migraines […]