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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

Do you do a lot of traveling?  I feel like I”m always in my car, and most of the time it’s for long trips.  Last week I drove from Chapel Hill, NC to New York, then to Charleston, SC, and then back to Chapel Hill — over 2000 miles in one week.  Then on Thursday

There was an interesting post on the forum this weekend.  A person posted that he has numbness and pain in his hand while he sleeps. The physical therapist has been working on his neck (probably his scalenes) and it didn’t help. They has just decided that he has Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) and have begun

Hi, On April 21st I wrote an article about TMJ, jaw pain that makes it painful to open your mouth and that causes a clicking where the two bones of your jaw meet at the back of your jaw. I received an email from a client of mine, Louis Bellotti DMD who is a Prosthodontist.

There is a muscle that is located at your temples, just above your ears, called the temporalis. This muscle is fan-shaped and is right where most people press their hands when they have a headache.  And they are right! The temporalis muscle does more than just cause headaches when it is tight, it will also

On Friday I had an Ironman triathlete post a message on one of the forums I moderate. He is having pain in his lower calf that is holding him back from properly training for Ironman NZ, and nothing seems to be helping. He had been stretching, but finally stopped that as it wasn’t working (good