In the second part of this series, I’ll explain how to interpret the white blood cell (WBC) markers on a blood test. See Part I of this series to understand red blood cell markers. Measuring WBC are used to assess how the body’s immune system is functioning. And WBC are mainly used to determine an [...]
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How to Interpret Your Blood Tests: Part II
Posted in common conditions on March 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How to Interpret Your Blood Tests: Part I
Posted in common conditions, tagged anemia, blood tests, vitamin B12 on March 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Analyzing blood chemistry can be a very helpful tool in determining what a patient needs to improve their health, and of course why a patient is experiencing certain signs and symptoms. A patient will often bring in their blood work to me and tell me that the doctor who ordered the tests said everything was [...]
Sleeping positions
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions on January 29, 2011 | 3 Comments »
A common question I receive from patients is: “What’s the best position to sleep in?” Although it’s possible there may be an absolute answer to that question; I work with each individual patient to modify the position in which they fall asleep. I may also modify a patient’s sleep position based on a particular musculoskeletal [...]
The problem with high-heeled shoes
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions on July 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A woman from CBS News “the early show” recently interviewed me about women’s footwear. The segment is about a brand of shoes known as Worishofer. Apparently, a new trend is developing and The NY Daily News recently had a piece titled “Worishofer granny sandal shoes are comforting Hollywood stars like Maggie Gyllenhaal”. In the segment, [...]
Compensations of a sprain/strain injury
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions, tagged back pain, lower back pain, pain on May 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Technically speaking a “sprain” and a “strain” are two different types of injuries. A sprain refers to damage of a ligament, while a strain implies damage to a muscle and its tendon. An easy way to remember this is that a strain, has the letter “t” in the word, as does “tendon”. And tendons attach [...]
Understanding Cholesterol
Posted in common conditions, tagged cholesterol, inflammation on April 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Cholesterol is probably the most talked about health concern, and based on my experience with patients (and doctors), the least understood facet of health. Some cholesterol is considered “good”, some is considered “bad”, and by all means, we certainly don’t want high levels of it! Hmmm, is this accurate? Does it make sense that some [...]
Causes of pain
Posted in Applied Kinesiology, chiropractic, common conditions, food, remedies, tagged back pain, chiropractic, lower back pain, pain, symptoms on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Pain is one of the most common reasons that people visit my office for treatment. That said, I thought I’d write a little bit on the topic. Interestingly, pain doesn’t occur where you “feel” it or believe it to exist. In fact, pain really isn’t a “thing”. Pain is a perception triggered by the activation [...]
Stress and joint pain
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged back pain, lower back pain, pain on February 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
It is not uncommon for patients to report that their joint pain becomes exacerbated during stressful times. There are many known, and probably many to be discovered, different reasons for this. For now I’ll focus on one aspect of the stress response which may seem like minutia, however, if it’s your missing link you’ll want [...]
Sinus congestion
Posted in common conditions, food, tagged digestive disorders on February 10, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Sinus congestion a very common condition that patients report to me. Sometimes people are bothered by it along with an infection and/or a sinus headache, although sinus congestion often occurs in isolation. Interestingly though, the root of the problem is rarely located in the actual sinuses where the symptoms are nagging. I’ll explain… Mucous is [...]
Unwanted side effects of (bioidentical) hormone replacement therapy
Posted in common conditions, remedies, tagged female health, hypothyroidism, supplements on February 3, 2010 | 191 Comments »
The use of bioidentical hormones got a lot of press after Suzanne Somers (Three’s Company cast member and promoter of the ThighMaster™) began touting them as an alternative to synthetic hormone replacement. I wholeheartedly agree that bioidentical hormones are preferable to synthetic hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Recall the large experiment on the female population known [...]
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