You’ve felt them before. You’re lying on your bed, checked out for the night when suddenly there’s a searing pain in the back of your lower leg. It involuntarily cramps and spasms, so you move your foot and leg around, or perhaps even get up to walk it off. …

As I sit here staring out my kitchen window, the sun is still shining through a thin layer of overcast, but the next few days are ominous. A blizzard is coming, and it’s going to be a gnarly one. One that will dump around two feet of snow in a…

Grief has seeds for you to plant — Grief is an inevitable part of our soul’s journey in this life. …

Are mind and body separate entities, or are they inherently interconnected in ways that run deeper than we previously thought possible? — Studying cadavers, or human dissection, for science brought the medical field a great deal of knowledge for hundreds of years, albeit with its everlasting controversy. …

1. Babying your pain When you break your leg, avoiding certain movements is necessary… You can’t put weight on it, meaning you’ll need crutches to get around. Without the ability to walk normally, most other physical activity is off the table for the weeks or months your doctor tells you it’ll take to heal…

Our bodies are full of innate wisdom as they carry our souls through life in the physical world. They tell us when we are hungry, tired, sore, or energized. Our five physical senses let us explore the world, appreciating things like the taste of a decadent dessert, the smell of…

Back pain is as much mind as body. Pain is such a mystery. It affects everybody differently and is a complex thing for neuroscientists to study. Something that may be debilitating to one person may hardly phase another. Generally, pain is a sign, not a symptom. It is a sign your body needs your attention. The need your…

“I carry my stress in my neck and shoulders,” says everybody coming into my office. I practice neuromuscular therapy, a massage technique aimed at unwinding tense and damaged muscles to relieve muscle and nervous system problems, such as poor circulation, bad posture, nerve compression, or issues from old, new, or…

Burnout sucks, but I probably don’t have to tell you that. I’ve experienced it many times in my life. I’d work myself under the table at a ski resort, teaching kids to pizza and french fry by day and getting their parents drunk from behind a bar at night. This…