Yesterday morning my four-year old woke up and came down stairs crying, because he “couldn’t talk” as he said. He had a slight case of laryngitis and sounded like he was getting a cold. Ugh, just what we need. He was headed to school and me to my office, and I really didn’t want to […]
It all started several weeks ago as I headed out the house for an early morning run (OK it actually started a year ago, but more on that later). I turned around in the front yard and looked back at the house and up on the roof, I saw a big orange & black striped […]
Recent discussions in the scientific literature are focusing on monitoring and possibly improving cardiovascular health in children. There’s been a lot of conversation and a lot of controversy. An article in the Journal of the American Medical Association1 argued that universal screening of children could result in young people being put on cholesterol-lowering drugs such […]
Does a butterfly have a brain? Does a caterpillar have a brain? These are just some of the things that went through my mind the past few weeks, as I participated in this mini adventure. I mean they are living creatures, so certainly they must have a brain, but who tells the caterpillar to turn […]
This past week I had a patient cancel a future appointment with me because I told her one of the things that contributed to her low back pain was the fact that she was overweight (by about 80-100 pounds). Apparently she didn’t like being told this, and told our office she didn’t feel comfortable coming […]
Last month, my son turned four years old…my how time flies! It’s amazing to think of how much he has changed, which I know all parents experience (no matter what the age). I love to think about how healthy he is based on his health challenges the first year of his life, and how far […]
This past weekend I traveled to Boston for a few days in what turned out to be “girls weekend away.” It was initially scheduled as a weekend to go back home with my son, to see my family, but due to my family also going away on the holiday weekend, it turned into a trip […]
Ever had a “normal” headache? It always amuses me when people say they get headaches, you know, “the normal ones.” Well, let me tell you there is nothing normal about a headache. Nothing. Headaches can be caused from a variety of different things, including dehydration, food allergy, environmental toxins, vertebral subluxation, stress, as well as […]
When the alarm went off at 6:15 this morning (on a Sunday), I rolled over, hit snooze, and then got up nine minutes later. Who likes to set the alarm on Sunday mornings? Well I knew it was for a good cause and because of this, almost every Sunday morning I’m getting up early to […]
As someone who has run 10 marathons and more than two dozen half marathons, I participated in last week’s Publix Georgia Half Marathon more of a “run than a race”, something I had never done before. I tried to pace a friend of mine to a sub 2-hour finish; at least that was our goal. […]
