CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL A teenage girl suffering from multiple seizures a day spends two weeks in one of the top clinics in the world. There she undergoes about $100,000 worth of testing and is seen by multiple specialists, many of whom witness her having the seizures. However, brain scans and EEG testing [...]
Brain / Functional neurology
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Do you have mysterious health symptoms â such as fatigue, pain, brain fog, unexplained weight gain â that rob you of your quality of life, but lab tests and doctors keep saying nothing is wrong? Or maybe doctors tell you your chronic symptoms are depression and you need an [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL The suicide of BMX legend Dave Mirra this year has forced an uncomfortable topic to surface â many extreme sport athletes, and the adolescents and weekend warriors they inspire, face a higher risk of long term brain disorders due to repetitive crashes and hits to the head. Suicide rates, [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL One of the hallmark signs of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is the avoidance of eye contact with others. This is typically interpreted as social avoidance or indifference. But the truth is, people with autism need social connection just like the rest of us. Itâs just that things such as [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL When something stressful happens, our body goes into âfight or flightâ mode, pumping out stress hormones, raising blood pressure and pulse, and shunting blood away from the organs and towards the limbs. When the stress is over, a healthy body bounces back and returns to normal. Unfortunately, many people [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL When you go for your first functional neurology exam, youâll likely encounter exam procedures and tools not found a conventional doctorâs visit. Although high-tech equipment isnât necessary for a functional neurology exam, it can help the practitioner perform a more thorough evaluation. For the patient, the functional neurology exam [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL You donât have to have to receive a concussion diagnosis to have an injured brain. Small but repeated insults to the brain â falls, crashes, whiplash, being near explosions, landing on your tailbone â damage brain tissue. Even if the head is not directly hit, a blow or jolt [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL It has been a hundred years since a Nobel Prize winner discovered the thin barrier that surrounds and protects brain. Since then, weâve learned this mesh of tightly joined cells, called the blood-brain barrier, is highly selective in a healthy person. It allows the transport of compounds back and [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL If you watch TV, read magazines, or surf the internet, you canât escape the ads for drugs to treat depression and other mood disorders â antidepressants are touted as a magic bullet for the blues. True, these drugs help some of the one in ten people plagued by dark [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Brain cells, or neurons, are similar to muscles in that they are subject to the same basic âuse it or lose itâ principle to stay healthy well into old age. Although genetics play a role in how well our brains age, the brain also responds profoundly to dietary and [...]