As we head into another presidential election cycle, we’re starting to hear from people who want to bring back civics courses to every school in America. People need to learn about how government works, the rights and responsibilities of citizens, and why these rights and responsibilities are important. We also hear people demand that schools […]

Although nutrigenomic is a relatively new area of scientific study, we’ve already seen tremendous results at Natural Healthcare Center. In the simplest of terms, nutrigenomics tells us how food affects your metabolism and your genes, and how certain nutrients affect gene expression. This allows us to make truly personalized nutritional recommendations based on your genetic […]

If you sprained your ankle, would you jump off a table 15 times in a row? Then why in the name of all that is reasonable would someone with inflammation continue to fill their body with inflammatory foods? I get that the pain you would feel by repeatedly jumping on a sprained ankle would be […]

In the previous post, we discussed the various injuries, diseases and conditions that cause pain in the hip, the strongest joint in the human body. From hip bursitis and osteoarthritis, to car accidents and sports injuries, to herniated discs and gynecological issues, there are dozens of causes of hip pain, some of which aren’t always […]

The knee may be the largest joint in the human body, but the hip is the strongest joint. Unlike the knee, which is a hinge joint designed to move in one direction, the hip is a ball-and-socket joint, capable of moving front to back, side to side, and around in a circle. To enable these […]

Years ago, if you wanted relief from knee pain caused by osteoarthritis, you would get a prescription for medication, cortisone shots, or ointments. Of course, those treatments only mask the pain without fixing the problem. The next step typically would be surgery. In some cases, knee surgery is the only option, especially for severe cases […]

Did you know there are two joints in the knee? Both connect to the femur (thigh bone), the longest bone in the body. One joint connects the femur with the tibia (shin bone), which is the second longest bone in the body. The other joint connects the femur to the patella (kneecap). These bones in […]

In the previous post, I discussed how text neck has become more prevalent as smartphone use has increased, especially among young people. Text neck is a painful condition you experience when you constantly tilt your head forward to stare at your smartphone for texting, emailing, web browsing, gaming or any other activity. Some people chuckle […]

According to eMarketer, adults in our country spent an average of 3 hours, 35 minutes per day on mobile devices in 2018, an increase of more than 11 minutes from 2017. A different survey from Statista found that nearly half of respondents spend at least five hours per day on their smartphones. About one-quarter spend […]

People often make the assumption that the best way to fix their back pain is to do exercises that they think will strengthen those muscles. Maybe they do dead lifts. Maybe they’ll try planks, bridges or stretching. Maybe they’ll do crunches to strengthen their core. None of these exercises are necessarily bad. The problem is, […]