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Golden Capsules
Wellness

Placebo

In cultivating health, I focus on the self-healing mechanisms of my patient’s bodies. What does this mean? One of the best examples of activating the body’s own healing system is found in the placebo effect. A placebo is a pill or treatment with no…

Mood Wellness

Posture Perfect!

This New York Times Well-Blog highlights the importance of posture from many dimensions. Research in embodied cognition shows the mind body connection goes both ways; that our posture can validate negative thoughts or emotions or remedy them. Postures that make our bodies feel smaller…

Pain Treatment - Integrative Pain Management Series
Wellness

Integrative Pain Strategies

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…

Nutrition Wellness

Spring Cleaning: Menu Planning for Pain Relief

Pain arises in many forms – physical, emotional, chronic, intermittent, mild and extreme. While your health care team guides you and supports you in your healing process, you may also wish to explore some self-care options. Spring Cleaning is not just for houses and…

Wellness

Spring Cleaning for Pain Relief using Your Breath

Pain arises in many forms – physical, emotional, chronic, intermittent, mild and extreme. While your health care team guides you and supports you in your healing process, you may also wish to explore some self-care options. Spring Cleaning is not just for houses and…

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