CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Back pain complaints are often met with instruction to build up your core strength, and indeed this is important for better stability and protection for your back. But building core strength helps in another important way â it activates areas of the brain that can enhance stability, reduce pain, [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL You donât have to receive a blow to the head to suffer from brain injury. In fact, you can even injure your brain while wearing a helmet. This is because brain tissue is very delicate â the consistency of soft butter or egg white â and floats inside a [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Although brain injury symptoms may subside enough for you to return to daily life, trauma to the brain can continue to subtly wreak havoc on how your body functions and feels for month and even years later. For instance, many people notice their hormone function isnât the same after [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Weâve long been pitched canolaâs health benefits. After all, Whole Foods uses it in all their prepared foods and many vegetarian and vegan products proudly promote it as a feature ingredient. But when scientists, who had shown the brain benefits of olive oil in mice, decided to run the [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL The first case of CTE, or chronic traumatic encephalopathy, was identified in NFL player Fred McNeill and confirmed after his death in 2015. However, CTE, which causes brain degeneration and dementia, is not confined just to football players. Anyone whose body receives repeated blows is at risk. This includes [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL A recent study showed what functional neurologists have long since observed â obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is linked to brain inflammation. Imaging showed brain inflammation was more than 30 percent higher in subjects with OCD compared to the control group. The study also found the greater the inflammation the [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL People feel shame and guilt about their smartphone and digital addictions, but the truth is we are simply at the mercy of how profoundly technology shapes the human brain. Itâs understandable why digital dementiaâ â the loss of cognitive function due to excessive digital use, and âdigital ADDâ are [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL From the moment a newborn is placed on its motherâs stomach, feels the touch of its parents, and roots and suckles to nurse, the stimulation to the brain from this physical contact is laying the foundation for future brain health and function. In other words, the human brain needs [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Two people are hospitalized for injuries. After about a month on opiate painkillers, one patient recovers from their injuries, stops taking the painkillers, and goes back to normal life. The other patient recovers from their injuries but canât stop taking painkillers. Life is never normal again as a full-blown [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to researchers for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms that control circadian rhythm, our biological âclock.â This sleep-wake cycle helps us move between sleepiness and alertness at regular intervals, and regulates important functions such as: Behavior Sleep Mood Immunity Brain [...]
