Functional Medicine News and Articles:
Sleep hygiene involves incorporating healthy habits that help relax our bodies, prepare them for sleep, and promote good quality and optimal quantity of sleep. Here are 5 sleep habits to incorporate into your nightly routine to promote the best sleep possible.
Surgery should be generally speaking our last option, but sometimes it's necessary. No one goes into surgery as a patient, doctor, or surgeon expecting poor outcome/side effects. Unfortunately, they occasionally happen. Maybe there's nerve damage or some degree of post-surgical pain, demanding treatment, and a lot of times conventionally speaking, all that's available are things like painkillers. That's not a viable long-term option for a lot of people. And then furthermore, for things like nerve pain: nerves, regenerate and heal, very slowly. So it can be a lingering and really painful situation for a lot of folks. This is where I turned to low-level laser therapy....Watch for more!
At the beginning of every New Patient Consultation, we ask, “What potential obstacles do you foresee in addressing the lifestyle factors which are undermining your health?” We ask this to better prepare each patient with an individualized treatment plan to help keep them on the road to success. One of the top reasons (or obstacles) they claim to encounter is staying motivated in said lifestyle changes. In Naturopathic Medicine, lifestyle factors play an essential role in your level of success. Without them, it will be nearly impossible to create an effective treatment plan. If you’re struggling to remain consistently motivated, there isn’t much that we can say or do to help you reach or maintain the health goals you’re seeking. Since motivation is a top concern, as well as a vital piece of patient success, we wanted to share some simple guidelines for how to stay motivated in your journey toward better health.