Most people don’t need another lecture about exercise. They already know they should exercise. They’ve heard it from their doctor, their family, television, and every health website they’ve ever visited. The problem isn’t knowledge. The problem is getting started. If you’ve spent decades living a relatively sedentary life, suddenly being told to exercise 30–45 minutes […]
We have all heard that exercise is important. The problem is that telling someone to exercise and getting someone to exercise are two completely different things. This is especially true for people who have spent decades being relatively inactive. For some people, the idea of going to a gym is almost enough to guarantee that […]
When we think about healthy aging, we often think about cholesterol, blood pressure, blood sugar, and body weight. There is another factor that deserves much more attention: How much muscle do you have, and how well does it work? Muscle is not simply something that helps us lift things and climb stairs. It is one […]
If you’re noticing a bump forming at the base of your big toe, or you’ve had a bunion for years and want to slow it down, there’s a lot you can do at home. Bunions (called hallux valgus by clinicians) usually develop over many years, from a mix of genetics, joint structure, and how your foot handles […]
If you’ve ever had a stubborn knot of tissue after an injury or surgery that just won’t loosen up — or noticed your skin isn’t as firm as it used to be — you’ve met the same cell doing two very different jobs. Understanding that connection is the key to understanding which treatments actually make […]
Hi, here is an Amazon link to an inexpensive Hypochlorous acid generator. If you don’t add the vinegar or citric acid to the water, it will generate sodium hypochlorite – a weak bleach solution – not what you want for use on the body. https://amzn.to/4g7n6ly
A new health toy I have been playing with recently is a portable USB Hypochlorous Acid Generator. I have a fondness for making my own medicines at home, which enables me to avoid relying on pharmaceutical agents. Though sometimes necessary, they are a last resort for me. I first came across this stuff as a dental mouthwash […]
The last three newsletters were about a kind of false alarm — the body bracing for a loss that isn’t actually coming, treating an ordinary disagreement as if it were the end of a relationship. Most of the time, that’s exactly what it is: a false alarm, worth talking your nervous system down from. […]
Your Body Is Talking Before You Say a Word In the last newsletter, I gave you a piece of advice for hard conversations: say the bond out loud before you say the disagreement. Tell the person plainly that this isn’t going to change how you feel about them, before you tell them the thing they might […]
Last week I wrote about a pattern I see constantly in patients: a lot of the emotional tension they carry in their shoulders, jaw, low back, and gut isn’t really about disagreement itself. It’s about the fear underneath it — that if you don’t come around to someone else’s way of seeing things, they’ll pull […]