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If only one shoulder keeps getting stiff and sore
It may not be the shoulder, but a problem of the body's balance.
If Your Vision Goes Dark When You Stand Up — Before Anemia
If your blood counts are normal but you feel dizzy, it may be a problem of blood pressure regulation.
If You've Often Been Told It's 'All in Your Head'
Symptoms that tests don't catch may be the real signal of your autonomic nervous system.
Tonic Herbs — Can You Take Them Anytime?
Even the same energy-boosting tonic only works when it fits the current state of your body.
Why You Keep Hurting After a Car Accident Even When the Tests Are Normal
Muscle and ligament injuries don't show up well on X-rays. Treatable through auto insurance.
When It Stiffens Again After Being Released
There's a reason you feel better only during treatment, and then a few days later you're back where you started. Tissue isn't straightened out by force — it releases only when its property changes.
The Same Back Pain, With a Different Cause, Calls for Different Treatment — The Three Branches of Pain
Back and neck pain fall into three branches: muscle and fascia / joint and ligament / nerve pathway. I separate the cause and vary the location and method of treatment accordingly.
If treating the painful spot doesn't cure it
Your calf hurts, so you treat the calf — and it doesn't get better. The body uses other places to endure a problem. I trace that chain back to its source.
When Even a Light Touch Hurts
There is a pain so severe that even the brush of a collar is hard to bear. Tests come back normal, and painkillers barely work. In cases like this, I look not at the spot where it hurts, but at the spot where a nerve is being compressed.
If Your Heart Still Races Even After You Quit Coffee
The cause may not be caffeine, but an autonomic nervous system that has become oversensitive.
Where Did the Idea That Herbal Medicine Is Bad for the Liver Come From?
I often hear that herbal medicine burdens the liver. I neither dismiss this claim nor accept it at face value. It is more honest to pin down exactly what burdens the liver.
How Long It Takes for Pain to Become Chronic
Why do doctors speak of three months, six months? Because during that time it is not the body but the nerves that change. And what has changed can be reversed.