Today I was doing a massage for a client and she was telling me how she always has sinus congestion and headaches when Spring rolls around.  I can’t explain the “why” of the treatment I’m going to describe, all I can tell you is that it works great. Put your three middle fingers (both hands) […]

Where I live in Chapel Hill, NC, there is a free magazine called Natural Awakenings that had an interesting article I wanted to share with you.  I’m going to write it exactly as it was printed in the magazine. With cold season in full swing, it’s good to know that we don’t have to rush to the

Last week I seemed to have a run on questions about hamstring pain on all of the forums that I moderate.  The questions varied from a 30ish baseball player who was running like he was in high school, to someone who had severe pain at the base of his butt when he would stand up. 

This past week I was watching my local PBS station and there was a show on called The  Road to Perfect Health with Brenda Watson. It seemed pretty interesting even though it was about a subject that I am completely unfamiliar with…probiotics.  It was a fund-raising show so it took several very long sales interruptions (well worth

Hi Everyone, I guess it’s the time of the year, but I’ve had four messages today (on the various forums I moderate) that have to do with chronic calf pain in runners.  With so many people all in one day complaining about the same thing, I figured I should share the answer with everyone. Here’s

Hi Everyone, I’m visiting my family in NY and watching my grandson’s leave for school, carrying backpacks that weigh more than they do!  That made me remember an article that I wrote back in 2008 after watching my other grandchildren doing the same thing. It upset me then, and it upsets me now. I’m copying

It’s funny how things seem to come in batches. Yesterday I was speaking to two different friends, both had issues with bone spurs.  I may not hear about bone spurs for weeks, and then two in one day.  So, I decided that I should write about it to help anyone else who is experiencing bone

Last week, while I was doing a presentation in New York City, I had three people in the group come up to me afterward and ask me how to self-treat for TMJ.  If you have clicking where your back teeth meet, or if your jaw slips over to the side when you open your mouth

Hi Everyone, I’ve been traveling this whole past week, driving over 1500 miles. It really prevented me from getting onto the computer very often so I didn’t get to write on the blog. However, I found an interesting article that I want to share with you.  It’s pretty long so I’m going to break it

…continuing from yesterday’s posting of the article I’m reading, here are more foods that fight pain: Turmeric Turmeric (Curcuma longa), the yellow spice commonly used in Indian curries, is well known for its anti-inflammatory properties and for suppressing pain without harmful side effects. Its main therapeutic ingredient is curcumin. Research from institutions such as the