by Dr. Betty Stasinos | May 12, 2016 | Active Health News, functional-medicine
Our Smartphone Addiction is Playing Havoc with Our Bodies In today’s world, it’s become normal to see everyone around you with a smartphone glued to the side of their head, their eyes fixated on the small screen as if in a trance, or their thumbs typing faster than...
by John Panopoulos | Apr 27, 2016 | Active Health News, functional-medicine
The Benefits of Sunshine With the American Lung Association stating that smoking kills 201,770 women in the U.S. yearly and the Melanoma Foundation, noting that there will be 29,510 invasive melanoma cases reported in females in 2016, it’s hard to believe that...
by John Panopoulos | Jan 28, 2016 | Active Health News, Chiropractic, exercise
Ischemic compression is a therapeutic technique in which pressure is applied to a trigger point in an effort to “turn it off” and relieve muscles from a painful spasm. You may develop one if you have injured a muscle due to overexertion during exercise or...
by Dr. Betty Stasinos | Jan 11, 2016 | Active Health News, exercise
Patients often ask us how “intense” should their workout be to be effective and also safe. Intensity is very subjective and is usually better addressed on an individual basis depending upon your health status. An easy starting tool is what is referred to as the...
by John Panopoulos | Dec 8, 2015 | Active Health News, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, pain-relief
Millions of people deal with chronic pain on a regular basis — chronic pain sufferers outnumber those with cancer, heart disease, and diabetes all combined. Billions of prescriptions for pain medication are written each year, yet chronic pain remains one of the least...
by John Panopoulos | Oct 30, 2015 | Active Health News, Acupuncture, functional-medicine, pain-relief
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), reports that neck pain resulting from whiplash is the most common moving vehicle accident injury. Rear-end vehicle collisions are the most common cause of this type of injury. Several factors help determine how...
