In Functional Medicine, we reduce reliance on medications by improving the gut microbiome, the key to healthy immunity. Through diet and lifestyle changes, we can improve many conditions which share the same root cause. Having healthy gut bacteria helps our immune system adapt to the daily challenges of inflammation. It turns out that the pelvis …
Primary Care in Fascia Series ~”Diarrhea/Nausea/Vomiting” was the Chief Complaint for 32 year-old CB, my first patient of the day in Urgent Care. He was not dehydrated by his vital signs, and I expected to diagnose gastroenteritis, the “stomach flu,” as I entered the room — but the full story was that he had awoken …
Image Credit: Beth Scupham Fascia in Primary Care Series ~TS was a bright, unassuming patient in her mid-twenties who was unable to open her jaw after accidentally hitting her chin on a counter. The trauma had been forceful enough to cause bruising around her temporomandibular joint (TMJ), located in front of the ear. She had …
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Fascia in Primary Care Series ~Similar to many problems in Primary Care, Plantar Fasciitis is simple yet challenging — easy to identify, yet hard to cure. It is another condition in the Idiopathic category: we do not understand what puts a person at risk for the condition. About ten percent of runners will develop this …
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Fascia in Primary Care Series ~Benign Positional Paroxysmal Vertigo (BPPV) or Vertigo, is both a simple and difficult medical condition. We are taught in medical school how to triage different types of Vertigo — the minority that merits serious evaluation, e.g., due to a stroke or brain tumor, and the “benign” kind, the most common …
Dr. Kim is committed to the safety and health of her patients and community. All patients are screened for a fever and COVID19 symptoms before entering the office space. All surfaces and treatment tools are disinfected between patients and masks and hand sanitizer are utilized per CDC guidelines. Resources for Pandemic Times: Perspective: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/apr/25/stoicism-in-a-time-of-pandemic-coronavirus-marcus-aurelius-the-meditations UCLA …
Fascia in Primary Care Series “Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.” ~Albert Einstein Fascia And Chest Pain “Mr. Thomas, are you okay . . . Sir, are …