Healthy Community
What's happening in our healthy community? For information and details regarding daily lifestyle, see our articles below.
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Peripheral neuropathy (PN) is a condition characterized by damage to the peripheral nerves, often manifesting as n…
Spring finds
We have had a great run of tasting new wine over the last couple of months, with many visits from winemakers, importers, and other wine professionals. We have found new favorites and rediscovered some “old friends,…
Brain power training
Lake City Physical Therapy and the Hayden CrossFit crew got together last Thursday night for a night of education and hands-on learning. The topic was pelvic health and the athletic woman. Crossfitters are an incre…
What happens when you snore?
The first thing that happens is that your bed partner, if you still have one, is irritated all the time due to sleep loss — usually one to two hours each night. The noise level can reach 80-100 decibels, which is t…
How immobilization affects your body
The negative effects of immobilization (lack of proper motion) begin as soon as four hours after an injury! These negative effects are not just a problem for the muscles and joints, but they also affect your heart,…
The abs have it
Last week we talked about "Belly after Baby" and how to know if you have a Recti Diastasis Abdominis (DRA) and what exercises you should not do. (If you did not see that article it is posted on our Lake City Physic…
Bad breath
Everybody worries about their breath from time to time — like after a meal filled with plenty of onions and garlic. But for some people, though, the worry never goes away. They buy mouthwash by the gallon and pop b…
Osteoporosis: The quality of the stick
The quality of our bones has been a subject of concern for several decades now. Our focus seems to always be on bone density. What seems to be ignored is bone quality. I like to compare it to a stick: a green stick…
The expanding reach of northwest wines
Back in the late 1970s, when the California wine industry was in its infancy, there was a wine competition held in France where wines from California were tasted blind and judged versus a lineup of French Premier a…
An alternative for 'CPAP' users
Mayo Clinic lists 10 of the problems that people commonly have with CPAP. But none of the problems listed by the Mayo Clinic address the big problem, the power source! What do you do when there is no place to plug …
Dairy and alternative milks - a look inside
More and more people have been switching out their cow’s milk for non-dairy alternatives. It used to be that soy milk was the only non-dairy alternative to cow’s milk. With many more alternative milks on the market…
Improving bone health
As we are realizing the deterioration of bone health is reaching epidemic levels in the US, we must look at what factors are involved that are within our control.
Belly after baby
Cyndy would have never thought that her belly could stretch and a baby could grow that big over 38 weeks. She was amazed what her body did, and with such brilliance that a beautiful baby was born. What she couldn't…
Is your immune system ready for allergy season?
If you're a seasonal allergy sufferer, you know that few things can drain the joy out of warmer weather like the misery of red, itchy eyes, continuous sneezing and postnasal drip. At least one out of every five Ame…
Washington's wine is growing up
Every appellation has gone through it. The best go through it sooner rather than later and also go through it multiple times revisiting the issue of terroir driven winemaking. Oregon has yet to go through it as the…
Step three: What are your legal options?
Now that you found the right lawyer and had your initial consultation — now what? During your initial consult with your lawyer, you should have discussed all the options available to you. In family law (divorce, pa…