Chanukah is almost over. Who doesn’t love Chanukah? Gathering around the chanukiah to light up the night. Sharing yummy fried food together. The songs. Family time. As Chanukah comes to an end I want to highlight one truly remarkable thing about Chanukah that is important to appreciate. That is the idea of miracles. What is a …
Last week I wrote about radiating pain, trigger points and dermatomes and the importance of treating pain at its root. From my experience it is also important to treat acute pain that doesn’t seem to be healing to prevent it from becoming chronic pain. You might be wondering – what situations make it …
A few weeks ago my back started hurting. Nothing terrible. A few needles and it was gone. But it reminded me of my terrible back pain during the winter when I suffered for almost a week. And it got me thinking about pain. Where did it come from? What was wrong with my body? How …
Chanuka is upon us. Who doesn’t love Chanukah? Gathering around the chanukiah to light up the night. Sharing yummy fried food together. The songs. Family time. This year Chanukah came early – and perhaps it’s a bit difficult to truly enjoy the lights when it’s warm and sunny outside. But one thing about Chanukah that …
We all know that chronic pain and inflammation is complex and that there are no easy answers. Like most things in life there is no magic bullet that will instantly solve this problem. A great strategy to reduce chronic pain is to work on reducing inflammation in the body. And the good news here is …
As we’ve discussed in the past, the key to treating chronic pain is to understand and reduce the underlying inflammation that is causing the pain. (to read that email click here ) The real question is – how can you reduce chronic inflammation and reduce your pain? Chronic inflammation is complex and can be recalcitrant. Unfortunately, there …
Most of us have some aches and pains every now and again. But some people suffer from chronic pain. Pain in their lower back, pain in their hips, pain in their neck, pain in their shoulders, pain in their head, knees, elbows – well you get the point. Some people have pain in all their …
