I was bending over the tub this morning preparing to give Ellen her bath when I noticed a tender soreness across my low back on both sides. Now I don’t normally have back pain, so I pay immediate attention to any pain signals I get. I learned to do this the hard way. Several […]
A patient came in the other day saying that he had found a new miracle drug for inflammation – boron! He had been taking just a few milligrams a day for a week and his knee pain and restriction had completely gone away. That sounded pretty impressive to me. I knew of the importance […]
It is summer again and with Sacramento summers come lots of heat. We have been having a record-breaking heatwave this year all up and down the west coast. Glitches in the Jet Stream high up in the upper atmosphere have created a stagnant high-pressure system that stalled over the west coast for far too long. Crazy temperatures […]
You are laying in bed asleep. It is about 2 in the morning and all of a sudden you are awoken by a sharp stabbing pain in your thigh or foot or maybe even in your forearm and hand. The muscles in the stabbing area are tight as can be and nothing you do seems […]
What is the number one biggest nutritional deficiency in America? As you might guess from the title of this article, the correct answer is magnesium. It is estimated that 60% of Americans are deficient in magnesium. Magnesium is essential for normal muscle and nerve function, immune function, heart rhythm, and building bones. We need about […]
What is the most commonly deficient nutrient in the American diet? As you might guess from the title of the article, it is magnesium. As a rule Americans get most of the vitamins and minerals they need to prevent actual deficiency diseases like scurvy or beriberi due to the enrichment of common foods like flour, […]
Over the last couple weeks I have had several patients come in complaining of muscle cramps. The locations were varied, the hand, calf, top of the thigh, arch of the foot, and of course back muscle cramps. This upturn in muscle cramping fits our current weather here in Sacramento right now – hot. We have […]
I just spent the last Saturday and Sunday at a seminar on Brain Trauma. Although the focus was on such things as concussion, whiplash, and stroke, they also spent a lot of time looking at Alzheimer’s and other brain degeneration problems. This was because the basic biology for all of these issues is the same. […]
I don’t know about you, but I have a boatload of supplements at my house. They are all over the kitchen counter. They have entire cupboards for themselves. They have even spread into the dining room. That of course does not count the entire bedroom that has been converted to powdered herbal extract formulations. Obviously I […]
It has been two or three years since I have written on the current information on osteoporosis. Since 26% of women will get severe bone loss leading to fractures, it is an important topic. While much of the basic physiology remains the same, the recommendations for preventing bone loss have changed. What is osteoporosis? Osteoporosis […]