Often when a patient comes in, I adjust and change their diets by instructing the patient to eliminate grains and gluten. The next visit, usually within a week or two, they bounce into the office listing all the surprising and strange symptoms that brought them into the office initially have gone...
My morning ritual usually starts with either a 5:15 am the alarm for Erin or myself to go to the gym, or a baby monitor going off sometime around 6:30 am.
On the mornings I don’t go to the gym I first make a run for the coffeemaker, get the kids out of bed and usually turn on the Today show...
The simplest answer is yes, and it might even be essential. When I started my practice 11 years ago one of my first patients presented with severe pain in her neck. As a flight attendant, she would only be able to take one trip or so out a month because the pain was just unmanageable.
When the...
Last week Tom Hanks revealed he's been diagnosed with Type II diabetes during an interview with David Letterman.
I know some people were shocked! If you look at Tom Hanks, you wouldn't think he could have the disease. He's not a huge man, not obese (though he has been for some roles), you...
I get asked all the time, "...how is it those little pills that you give, that taste sweet, can make a person feel so much better that quickly and take away so much pain?" Well, those little pills are homeopathic remedies!
They can unlock amazing results in the human body, restore balance to the...
To truly answer a patient's question about thyroid dysfunction I feel requires an explanation of the thyroid's normal function. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland that is positioned in the neck. The thyroid's main function is to control how quickly the body utilizes energy and produces the...
The yearly push for everyone to get the flu vaccine is on! I've had so many people tell me about receiving emails from their medical doctors announcing the availability of the flu vaccine. All the signage at grocery stores and Walgreen's remind us that it's here - as though the flu shot will be...
If you're like me, you’ve probably spent the past two weekends glued to your TV and computer watching football and tracking your fantasy football teams. (And, if you're like me, you've watched your fantasy teams get shellacked two weeks in a row!)
You've probably heard or read about the...
So, it feels like someone is sticking a knife in your shin when you get done with your run or if you have to move quickly to catch the toddler before he falls? You could have shin splints, or, worst case scenario, a stress fracture of one of the bones in your lower leg. I'll discuss stress...
As a parent, business owner, doctor, and lecturer I understand what it's like to be truly sleep deprived. When my kids were still feeding through the night, I remember that tiredness that is just in your bones. The red, burning eyes that feel like they need a fire hose to put out the fire, and...