May is National Mental Health Awareness Month, and anxiety is one of the more common mental health disorders. According to National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) stats, up to 19% of adults dealt with some form of anxiety disorder in the last year in the...
Getting older and “adulting” in general often means developing aches and pains that become part of your day-to-day existence. Many people come to accept their sore back, aching knee, painful hip, etc as part of the background noise that they tune out while going about...
Since May is Mental Health Awareness month, it's a good time to learn about aspects of mental health you might otherwise not know (or think) about. For instance, according to the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) did you know that suicide is one of...
May is National Running Month – which is great news if you're a runner and want to celebrate by signing up for a race or buying yourself some new socks (or something else). Yet for every person who talks endlessly about the race s/he's training...
May is national Mental Health Awareness Month. Since mental health isn't visible, the way a limp from an injured knee, or the way a sling after surgery would be, it can often seem mysterious. Becoming more aware could help you or a loved one: mental...
Many of you may have experienced an occurrence of dizziness, perhaps after performing yoga or exercising, or maybe you know someone that has been diagnosed with positional vertigo. There are always lots of questions as to what causes this problem or how can it be...
From time to time I step back and listen to myself talk to patients. Mostly I cringe, sometimes I’m proud, and at times I just laugh at what comes out of my mouth. What I am most aware of, not only from myself and from...
A person's fight with cancer can be long, grueling, and taxing – and can leave lasting physical challenges. While we might hear “cancer survivor” and think that the worst is behind, in fact it may take even more work to truly return to a sense...
When you think about all the joints in your body, from the very largest to the smallest, you've probably wondered what the most important joint is – luckily, we settled that in this article. The short answer is that the most important joint is whatever...
When coming off a holiday weekend filled with big family dinners and sugary treats, it's easy to let your weekend indulgence spill into your week. How do you balance out enjoying life with staying healthy? It isn't as easy or as complicated as it may...
