Two of the most important strategies that integrative medicine uses to combat persistent pain are: A wide perspective to see the problem in its entity A large pain-treatment toolbox Equally important, is understanding the connection between mind and body. There’s an old adage that…
Acute and persistent pain are very different clinical conditions. Acute pain is a result of tissue injury or inflammation, and serves the vital purpose of alerting you that there is an injury or disease in part of your body that you should attend to…
Why Physiatry is my career choice? This unique field is a perfect match for what I love most in medicine. I love anatomy and I love how the brain and mind work. I have a confession to make: ‘I am an anatomy brainiac.’ My…
At times you may think of yourself as a party-of-one but, in fact, you are never really alone. At any given time, you have over 100 trillion microbial cells living in your gut. This bacterial community is called the gut microbiota and contains ten…
Many research studies discuss how inflammation can impair your health. High levels of inflammatory chemicals in our bodies have been linked to conditions like osteoporosis, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease, heart disease, periodontal disease, type II diabetes and certain cancers to name a few. Research studies…