I know that my patients get tired of hearing me say “Knowledge is power!” Well, IT IS! Educating yourself about your health, disease, your mental well being, etc is gratifying because you can make educated decisions. I must say that I have some of the most intelligent patients in the world! Sometimes they just…
Many of my patients are quite baffled that I continue to look for the underlying cause of WHY they came to me well after they feel ok. I don’t want my patients to just feel ok… I want them to feel GREAT! You can’t feel GREAT if there is an obstacle in your path to…
Did you know? *NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE WEEK IS OCTOBER 6-12* FAST FACTS The United States Senate passed a resolution with bipartisan support, officially designating Oct 6-12 as Naturopathic Medicine Week and urging Americans to learn more about this form of treatment. Naturopathic medicine encompasses many time-honored medical practices including nutrition and lifestyle counseling, stress management, botanical…
The theme of the week is EUREKA (meaning: I have found it!). Throughout the week I will blog on a letter or more from the word, so today is “E” and it will signify EMPOWERED PATIENTS One of my favorite principles of Naturopathic Medicine is Docere– To teach the principles of healthy living and preventative medicine. Patients…
A QUIET HEALTH CARE REVOLUTION It’s just becoming audible, but the stirrings are significant. A grassroots transformation in health is underway. It’s driven, largely, by these stark facts: nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese…tens of millions are afflicted by chronic conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes…and 70% of us report…
RICH IN HISTORY Stemming from modern hydrotherapy treatments that originated in Europe, the constitutional hydrotherapy treatment was developed and perfected by a naturopathic physician, Dr. O.G. Carroll (1879-1962). Dr. Carroll was the “the busiest health practitioner of any persuasion in the United States in the 1930’s and 1940’s” and his practice centered around this…
Well ok… maybe we should start by, do you even know your blood type? Many people don’t! Most people know that: 1. Blood type matters if they need to get a transfusion in some life threatening emergency. 2. Blood type of the mom matters as to whether she will have to get…