The realities of leg cramps

Most of us have experienced it at some point; that crazy charley horse that wakes you out of a dead sleep with excruciating pain in your leg or foot. According to the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, about …

Obstructive sleep apnea and driving

A simulation study by Dr. Akshay Dwarakanath, Dr. Mark Elliott, and colleagues at St. James’ University Hospital in Leeds, U.K., to show the risk for people with untreated obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) was recently…

Nutritional craziness: Kitchen transitions

To live in this day and time of nutrition is crazy making! What ever happened to the days of simplicity? You ate what you grew or raised, exchanged some food with neighbors, cooked it at home, and that was about it…

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The things we learn from wine

The majority of wine writing is focused on things to learn about wine. How is this vintage versus that vintage, what are the differences between varietals, growing regions and winemaking styles, and what we think a…

Daily habits impact our spine and overall health

Poor posture has become a nationwide epidemic. Our daily habits can have a huge impact on our spine. With our increased time sitting, as well as frequent use of computers, phones and handheld devices, millions of p…

Spotlight on prostate cancer prevention

September is National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men. According to the American Cancer Society, 1 in 7 American men will develop prostat…

Caregivers make the world a better place

Last week one of my incredible, long-term employees came to me and said, "I know what you need to write about next week. You need to write about all of our amazing patients that are caregivers. They need to know th…

Getting back on track with positive thinking

Years ago when I was a young graduate out of physical therapy school I had the opportunity to care for a young veterinarian who worked in the Air Force and who was an avid runner. She had run pretty much every day …

The cost of eating healthy

Many people complain that it costs too much to eat healthy. I know of people that spend crazy amounts of money to eat healthy. I am not one of them. My “bad” nutritional days are better than most people’s “good” nu…

…And so it begins

And away we go! The start of the 2016 wine grape harvest is here. All in all it has been a pretty good growing year across the appellations of the Western U.S. Grape growers and winemakers alike that we have talked…

Obstructive sleep apnea and brain damage

Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) is a chronic condition in which there are repeated blockages in the throat causing pauses in breathing. If there are more than five of these events per hour of sleep, each event lastin…

Obstructive sleep apnea and glaucoma

Hokkaido University in Japan has a group of scientists who have studied the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and glaucoma, and they have found that there can be damage to the optic nerve in patien…

The awesome power of the subconscious mind

To become familiar with the miracle of the human mind and the human body is be acquire awesome power. This power is magical because it literally allows us to create new bodies. One that is more flexible, more fluid…

Chiropractic for weekend warriors

Everyone knows that they need to exercise. The problem in our modern society is that we do not always take the proper time to fit exercise into our daily routine. Being inconsistent with our physical activity can l…