Joint pain is often associated with arthritis and is noticed more often in the larger joints like the knee and shoulder joints. A joint is where two bones come together, so there are about 360 joints in the body. There are three main types of […]
Boosting your immune system is high on the priority list at the moment for many people. Parents are thinking about kids returning to school in August or September. My son gets to start school August 13th while my daughters preschool is getting pushed back to […]
Hormones affect everything that happens inside our bodies. The body secretes and circulates 50 different hormones. Each hormone has its own job or action to help the body work in perfect harmony. When you have a hormone that is out of whack either not being […]
There are more than 1,000 medications have been identified as being potentially toxic to the liver. But did you know acetaminophen is the #1 cause of liver failure? Taking too much acetaminophen (Tylenol) is the most common cause of acute liver failure in the US. […]
Foot pain is actually quite common. At my office, patients typically say that they have a stabbing pain in their foot that is worse after being immobile for a period of time. Mornings are the worst and they usually have had it for years. 😩 […]
When in the sun, people think they have to apply sunscreen to keep from getting skin cancer. Getting sunburned is bad for your skin, yes, but have you ever thought of what you are putting on your skin? Your skin is the biggest organ in […]
If I had one super power, I would have x-ray vision! Not only do I love the skeletal system and seeing what everyone has “inside them”, x-rays are just interesting! While in chiropractic school, I tested and became an x-ray red badge. Every class had […]
Spring is here! Finally. We now have to get out in our yards and start doing yard work again. (With this quarantine, nobody has an excuse not to beautify their yard!) It’s time to clean up all the fallen leaves off our flower beds, to […]
People are starting to really think about boosting their immune systems due to the COVID-19. There are several ways to go about that. Everyone is aware of washing hands, not touching your face and disinfecting all surfaces that are touched regularly. What about some other […]
Thanks to the media (both news and social) and the internet, COVID-19 has become the number one interest. Is precaution good? Sure. Is freaking out and buying the stores out necessary? NO! Normal buying habits are key to making sure people aren’t having to go […]
