I hear it over and over: "hormones don’t affect weight." This mindset is usually from those who simply believe your weight issues are only about what you are taking in, and sweating out. Below I have laid out 10 different hormones that can effect your weight. While each of these hormones could have a blog all their own, I have created a starting point for you by summarizing them below: 1. Insulin Role: Glucose Regulation - Insulin is responsible for how the body uses and s

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Prolotherapy is a treatment that has quickly become a primary option for pain management of chronic conditions such as arthritis,...

You have been working out hard, eating well, sleeping a minimum 7 hours, drinking adequate water….yet you can’t break through your weight plateau. Did you know the reason quite likely is HORMONES? We have many different hormones in the body that can affect a person’s weight, these include but are not limited to cortisol, testosterone, progesterone, and thyroid hormone. One of the biggest culprits though tends to be ESTROGEN. Estrogen is imperative not just for puberty, but a

Neural therapy has been around since 1940, it was founded when a medical doctor first injected a solution into a scar. The therapy...

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Prolotherapy, also referred to as regenerative injection therapy, has been used for over 100 years. U.S. general surgeon George Hackett has been using prolotherapy since the 1950's completing many clinical trials over a 30 year period on its impressive efficacy for pain management. Other clinical literature supports the use of prolotherapy for low back pain, severe tendinopathies and osteoarthritis. Once you damage your joints, it is definitely not the end! Clinical studies o

As spring flowers begin to bloom and the weather warms up, people are pulling their bikes out of storage and lacing up their hiking boots to start tackling the local trails and mountains. Being in close proximity to meadows of tall grass and trees, people need to keep an eye out for not only for bears but the ever hard to see tick. While taking appropriate precautions can help you avoid a tick bite, no system is perfect. This brings us to the question of how should you remov

You have just PR’d Fran or Murph….now what? Well most likely DOMS is next…or delayed onset muscle soreness. So what is exactly happening when DOMS sets in? Many believe it is caused by lactic acid, or that it is a sign of gains. However, recent research has shown this isn’t quite true. In fact that soreness is thought to be micro tears in the muscle. It is important to note that while some soreness can be inevitable, there is a point where muscle soreness becomes counterprodu

Have you thought about your liver lately? Did you know that there is a “liver pandemic” currently occurring? A condition called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, currently affects ONE IN THREE adults. What’s more is that 10% of children are also affected. The concern with this is that majority of these people don't know they are affected because NAFLD symptoms are non-specific and generally asymptomatic. The prevalence of this condition jumps from 30% to 90% in tho