5 Steps to Easing Pain With Guided Imagery

Have you forgotten how to tap into your imagination? As we mature and become adults, society may make us feel that we no longer need our imaginations. Some may believe that we only need to focus on behaving realistically and not bother wasting our time dreaming about things that seem unlikely or far-fetched. For those […]

Got Joint Pain? Why Dairy Makes Me Hurt

Most of us have been raised to believe that we need milk and other dairy products in order to have a healthy body, not only when we are young, but also as we age. But what if we have been led astray? Have you ever considered that we were not meant to consume the milk […]

7 Nutrient Deficiencies Linked to Aches and Pains

Would it surprise you to know that poor nutrition can be a cause of your pain? The Standard American Diet (SAD) causes numerous nutrient deficiencies, which has implications for chronic diseases, including pain. (1) Heart disease, autoimmune disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, arthritis, fibromyalgia, and even obesity are all related to nutritional deficiencies. The cause? Most […]

Blood Sugar and Joint Pain

Sugar, in its many forms, is a menace. In 1988, the forward-thinking Nancy Appleton wrote a book entitled Lick the Sugar Habit, implicating sugar in 141 diseases. Today we understand that too much sugar – hiding under many names in endless combinations of glucose and fructose – causes a host of health problems, including PAIN. People […]

Eat Fat, Heal Pain- How Healthy Fats Modulate Pain

Do you avoid fat like the plague? Traditional nutritional dogma would have you believe that fat makes you fat. In fact, the exact opposite is true and science backs this truth up. Not only does fat help you to burn fat and drop excess weight, but fat actually plays a key role in reducing pain […]

Foods That Fight Pain

As a physical therapist pain and inflammation is something I deal with daily. Inflammation can be caused by both mechanical and chemical factors.