Most people enjoy human touch. A touch can convey comfort, love, awareness and many other sensations. It can also help alleviate aches and pains. All of these are of benefit, especially when you are pregnant. Benefits of Pregnancy Massage include: Tranquil relaxation and reduce stress. Relief from muscle cramps, spasms, and myofascial pain, especially in […]
The University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami Children’s Hospital, Duke University Medical School studied children with mild to moderate juvenile rheumatoid arthritis who were massaged by their parents 15 minutes a day for 30 days (and a control group engaged in relaxation therapy). The children’s anxiety and stress hormone (cortisol) levels were immediately decreased
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(click on any form below to open, read, print and/or fill out) Adult Application (PDF Format) or (Word Format) – Please print, fill out document and bring with you to your first office visit. Dear New Patient, Thank you for scheduling an appointment with me. In this section you will find information to expedite your
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When we recently went to reorder colchicines for IV use we found out that the FDA has taken it off the market. I was very disappointed and frustrated with this action as I have been using it over 20 years successfully in alleviating sciatica and low back pain with no adverse effects. I suspect that
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Last week I came across an interesting study involving mice. The researchers took newborn mice and with half of them put them in cold water and let them swim for their life for 30 minutes. This went of for 2 weeks. The other half of the newborn mice lived a normal life. Once the mice
Fluoride is added to 2/3 of US public water supplies with the expectation that it reduces cavities. Just how little it reduces cavities was revealed by a study done in Australia. In the study 60,000 five- to six-year-olds were studied over a 5 year period. The fluoridated children averaged decay in about one tooth. Non-fluoridated
This winter for the first time that I can remember I came across what the Chinese refer to as the “100 day cough”. In the western world it is known as whooping cough. The cases that I saw were either adults or teenagers. What was unique about the cough other than its longevity was the
Many times when we treat a patient and they do not return you wonder if he just did not get better and went on to try something else or if he was cured and did not need to come back. Last November a patient that I had not seen for 5 years came back with
When a patient sees a dramatic change in their health they, like a new convert to a religion, want to share what made them better with family and friends. Unfortunately, not everyone will be open to embracing new ideas. When this same patient comes back frustrated that their sick friend does not want to try
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Recently there has been some publicity over a study that showed that Glucosamine Chondroitin had little if any benefit in reducing the pain of Osteoarthritis. Personally, I would question the quality of the Glucosamine Chondroitin that was used in the trial as over 50% of my patients that take this do experience less pain. There
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