Easy and Proven: Nutritional Tips for Fibromyalgia Backed by Science

Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic, widespread pain, with no specific cause. It is a complex condition that affects each patient differently. However, an individualized plan of simple dietary changes may help you improve your symptoms. So, what to eat and what to avoid? Those with fibromyalgia often experience symptoms such as sleep problems, decreased attention, […]

5 Ways to Balance the Microbiome

Do your joints and muscles continually ache throughout the day preventing you from enjoying the mobility you may have had before?  Does your stomach feel like it is in knots after every meal due to gastrointestinal pain?  You may receive prescription medications that help mask the pain you experience, but it seems like nothing you […]

Treating Tendon Pain and Busting Myths

No one is immune to muscle pain, whatever your personal level of activity you’re vulnerable to it. Basketball players, ballet dancers and even office workers can all develop tendon injuries causing pain in their daily life. If you live a very active life, you’re no stranger to this risk and you might have faced it […]

The Myth of the All-Powerful Painkiller

If you suffer from chronic pain of any kind you probably remember when your doctor diagnosed you with it. You may have many questions about the diagnosis and prognosis and wondered how you’d get your life back. You or your practitioner (or both of you) probably discussed painkillers. Maybe you’ve had someone else in your […]

Natural Options for Managing Chronic Pain Without Opioids

Are you one of the millions who currently rely on opioids for pain relief? Chronic pain affects millions in the United States and both patients and practitioners often believe the only viable treatment is medication such as opioid painkillers. There are alternatives. What you may not realize is the effect that your thoughts play on […]

The Unseen Burden of Chronic Pain on Intimate Relationships

For better or for worse, in sickness and in health. When you fell in love and recited your vows did you imagine chronic pain would injure your relationship? Chronic pain affects 1 in 4 Americans. That means you may know someone who suffers from it. It could be your friend, your parent or your partner. […]