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Has your primary care physician ever talked to you about low enzyme count? Enzymes are naturally produced proteins that help speed up metabolism and the chemical reactions of the body. Enzymes are found on every cell and aid in bodily functions such as digestion, DNA replication, liver toxin breakdown, cell division and repair, hormone regulation,…

Your kid wakes up one morning with flu-like symptoms, and red, itchy blisters from head to toe. Sounds like chickenpox. No big deal. Send them right up to bed to get rest and drink fluids. Stop them from scratching to prevent scar development. The worst part about chickenpox is what lies within the nervous system…

Do you ever have the sudden urge to go to the bathroom and feel like you are not going to make it? Imagine the people who experience incontinence daily. We’re sure it’s embarrassing to those individuals. If you are reading this and it sounds like you, please keep reading because we can help. In this…

Do you know anyone who has ever had back or neck surgery? Did it work? There is a likely chance that it didn’t. Only 20% of spinal surgeries are successful. That is a risky choice for a procedure that seems likely to fail. Is there a better solution to treat pain? In this week’s blog,…

Most people worldwide have suffered from a headache at some point over their lifetime, but how was it induced? There are hundreds of causes that trigger headaches. We are not going to discuss every single cause because it would simply be endless content, but we will discuss the three most common types of headaches. We…

How long have you been experiencing pain? That is a question every doctor should ask the patient. It gives the doctor a baseline of where the patient is and how much care is required to get them better. In order to do that, we need to distinguish the difference between acute pain and chronic pain,…

Typically, any healthcare provider you go to see will give you a report of findings (ROF) after they have performed an examination on your condition. Sadly, however, some doctors do not provide their patients with a ROF, which could be a bad start to a doctor patient relationship. For today’s blog, we will discuss what…

Bottom Line: If you’ve had neck or back pain that you could pinpoint with your finger, or experienced sharp pains when you move, it may be related to the facet joints of your spine. It’s easy to think of your facet joints like the “knuckles” of your spine. They are small joints and have a…

Bottom Line: The average human head weighs about 8 pounds. Each day we all walk around with a bowling ball (our head) balancing on a toothpick (our neck). We are designed this way to allow for the full range of motion we all know and love. Even under the best circumstances, this places a lot…