A frequent argument among clinicians treating muscle and joint pain is over which is better, heat or cold therapy. I find this behavior common in many areas of life. People want to know what is the best thing to do in each situation. If we lived in a digital world of just ones and […]
When I see a patient in my office for pain relief, what is the one most common finding I hope is not there? The answer is compression. Typically musculoskeletal back pain comes from some sort of muscle spasm or imbalance. Each of the joints in the spine, of which there are 48, can be […]
A couple of weeks ago I noticed a bit of tenderness in my left low back. Initially, I ignored it, but it didn’t go away. I had not done anything that would cause an issue in that region, yet it was a bit uncomfortable. Finally, I checked the low back with muscle testing, much […]
Last week I spent 12 hours in front of my computer taking a continuing education class on muscle rehabilitation. Zoom is a wonderful thing in small doses, but 12 hours is a bit longer than my posterior appreciates. The essence of the class revolved around a physiologic fact that I have appreciated in the […]
A patient called the office the other day asking if I had anything for memory. I told Sherry to say yes, but the answer to that question is like saying yes I have something to improve health. Memory support is a huge subject because so many different things affect memory. There is no magic pill […]
I took a neurology seminar via Zoom last week because it looked interesting and I could get 6 relicensing hour credits without having to go to some hotel in the Bay Area like I used to have to do. The class turned out to be even more interesting than I thought because most of the […]
Sometimes life wants me to pay attention to something, so it repeats itself in different ways. For instance last week I read an article on a breathing study done on a giraffe. That sounds strange I know, but the idea is that no one has been able to figure out how a giraffe is able […]