I grew up mostly outdoors surrounded by plants. Our house sat on a hill covered with blueberry bushes, ...

Inflammation is a case of your body on high alert. It’s sparked by your immune system whenever you ...

If you’ve never had back pain, you’re the exception to the rule. About 80 percent of people in ...

Lately, my sense of smell has been fooling me. I’ve been haunted by a scent that’s not actually ...

Over the years, I’ve treated many patients for a variety of conditions. Some I remember well, others have ...

I used to live in a house that was a block away from a major highway. While I ...

I’m an easy bruiser. If I run into the coffee table, I know that I’m going to have ...

About two years ago, I suffered from a bout of tendinitis in my right elbow. Most of the ...

You’ve heard the old adage that you are what you eat. It makes sense that, like a car, ...

As a practitioner of acupuncture and Chinese medicine, I frequently employ both herbal medicine and Chinese food therapy ...

I hate to be cold.  This is unfortunate because I’m cold most of the time. I’m that person ...

Many years ago, I took a class from a woman who was doing her doctoral thesis on the ...

When my kids were small, I could always tell when they were sick just by looking into their ...

About two months ago, I developed a mild case of heartburn. It wasn’t a huge deal, but over ...

My initial plan was to take a month long road trip out West. I would spend my time ...

Let’s face it: Being in chronic pain is awful. It creeps into every aspect of life. Your sleep ...

Much of my childhood was spent outdoors. It was a time when kids could run freely around the ...

In my upper back, on the left side, halfway between my neck and shoulder, I have a muscle ...

Recently, the time came to dismantle our community garden plot for the year. Our biggest tasks were to ...

About 20 years ago, I had arthroscopic surgery on my knee. I was running a lot, and over ...

When you're having cravings for sweets, it essentially means that you're craving what your body needs to make ...

You have the face you earn.

In Chinese medicine what doesn't make you sick makes you stronger.

While Western medicine focuses mostly on the physical and physiological benefits of activity, Chinese medicine has a slightly ...

Isn't there something easy that you can do? The good news is that there is, and research has ...

There are those people who are exhausted all day long.

This year at Rio, it seems like we're seeing something new, which is a number of athletes that ...