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The Most Valuable Tool in the Garden – Your Spine

Gardening Safely Tigard OR

Gardening season is upon us!  Our gardens lay in wait for the warm weather and our tender care and heavy maintenance after a long and heavy winter.  With the weather getting warmer and the rain bringing great growth, many people will spend more time outside mowing the lawn and pulling weeds. Gardening can provide a...

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Spring Holiday Season is Here!

Leg Pain Tigard OR

Spring Break is near.  The excitement of warm weather and a well needed break from school or work  is upon us.  This Spring as you travel to your get away destination prepare with these simple tips so you may enjoy the most of your holiday. How to Avoid - " I need a vacation to recover...

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Sunny with a Chance of Pain

Chronic Pain Tigard OR

Is your body able to predict the weather better than your local meteorologist? The Human Barometer It's true that many people with back pain, neck pain or other joint complaints are often surprisingly accurate in predicting when storms are approaching, and believe it or not, there is some validity to their weather forecasting abilities. In...

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Sleep Well to Better Health

Sleep Well Tigard OR

Have you ever woken up after a full night’s sleep and felt more exhausted than when you went to bed? Of course you have, but what is the difference between good sleep and bad sleep? The difference is in our sleep cycle and most importantly about the REM our brain was able to experience during...

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Brain Shrinkage: Avoiding Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer's Tigard OR

As the Alzheimer’s disease epidemic continues to expand – some describe it as a ‘health meteor’ that’s going to strike the elderly populations from modern countries around 2025, great information is surfacing about how to avoid Alzheimer’s disease. The Difference: Small Brain Syndrome: People who have Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have ‘shrunken’ brains – i.e. smaller brain volumes;...

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An “App” for Great Posture

Correct Posture Tigard OR

Today children live in the virtual world as much as the real.  Unfortunately their health is not as easily modified as an "app".  Good computer ergonomics – our posture when we sit at our workstations – is important for children as well as for adults. According a New York Times article, over 70% of America's...

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