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 […]
Pain control has been our major focus for the past few weeks as Ellen’s hip degeneration has progressed. Unlike simple osteoarthritis, she has avascular necrosis, a rapid breakdown of bone due to a loss of the blood supply to the bone. Her surgeon has told her not to use any opioid drugs before surgery as […]
I have been having a lot of patients with knee problems lately. A few of them have had actual knee replacements. These knee replacements are pretty ugly surgeries in terms of recovery. Hip replacement surgeries seem to be a piece of cake by comparison. The knee replacements only seem to work in about half […]
Many years ago a friend and fellow Chiropractor, Dr. Fisher, showed me a new healing technique he had learned called Gau sha. He had been using it on several of his difficult patients and was getting excellent results. The technique seemed very simple and I wondered if maybe I was missing something. How could […]