Last month, we talked about how to undo your tech neck – the forward head carriage that’s so common today. Largely the result of looking at phones and computers, it speeds up the aging of the neck and can produce headaches, arm or...
Hopefully you’ve seen this poster at the office (and if you haven’t – where ya been??) and it provoked some thinking about your own posture. When it comes to posture, we all have room for improvement. I generally see people for...
As we enter month six of all things COVID-19, it’s time for an important check in: how’s your mental health? We’ve all experienced forced isolation, forced togetherness, financial stress, lack of travel, canceled plans and...
Effective 7/1/20, the Town of Mount Pleasant has mandated required face masks for all Mount Pleasant businesses. Please ensure you are wearing one upon entrance. If you do not have one, we will have single use masks available for use...
The Fasting Mimicking Diet is a 5 day program that “tricks” your body into thinking it’s fasting, thereby bestowing all the benefits of fasting, without the hunger, mental discipline and associated discomfort of a water only...
Regardless of your stance on current isolation protocols, I think we all can agree that strengthening your immune system is still the best way to protect your overall health and well being (not to mention – one you can actually control)...
How long can you live without food? Roughly 30-45 days. Without water? 3 days, give or take (me personally: 45 minutes). Without breath? Mere minutes. Our breath is one of the most integral aspects of our survival, yet we rarely consider it...
What is Medical Thermography? Medical Thermography uses an infrared camera that creates an image by converting heat energy that radiates from the body into a signal which can then be viewed on a monitor and printed. Using no radiation and no...
Happy 2020! I hope you had a peaceful and restorative holiday. And if you didn’t – that’s OK; we’re here to help you rebound, recover and gently press reset. Whether you want to dial back in your nutrition, lose the 5-7...
It’s a kitschy and bossy tagline by Higher Dose, makers of the infrared sauna blanket that’s just too good to keep to myself. I’ve appreciated the benefits of infrared saunas for years, but have been reticent to purchase one for...
While the concept of stool analysis isn’t super sexy, it can provide a TON of information about the function (or dysfunction) of your GI tract. And GI MAP is a DNA based stool test that is simply the most comprehensive tool for quantifying...
This is the first in a blog series taking a deeper dive into some of the diagnostic tools I use with my Functional Medicine patients. Often these patients have been underserved or lost in the allopathic medical model, or are simply underwhelmed...
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