Looking to age well and dance your way to your 70s and 80s? Make sure that your bones, joints, muscles are in good shape! Taking steps towards good lifelong musculoskeletal health should be a priority not only during one’s senior years but across the life span including childhood and young adulthood. Why Prioritize Your Musculoskeletal …
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Written by Laren Rusin, DPT, Functional Nutritionist and Physical Therapist PART 1 What’s an Anti-Inflammatory Diet? We keep hearing about inflammation being the root cause of so many diseases and disorders. From acne to IBS to cancer, uncontrolled inflammation can cause not only pain, but problems on a cellular level, showing up in a wide …
PART 2 These foods have been proven, through years of use in different cultures and cuisines, and scientific study, to help with inflammation. That being said, everyone is unique and some people may not tolerate every food. Sometimes digestive issues can get in the way of absorbing food. Other times, hidden food sensitivities can wreak …
PART 3 Written by Laren Rusin, DPT, Functional Nutritionist and Physical Therapist Let food be thy medicine: I think herbs and spices when I think about the healing powers of foods. Different peoples have been using food, herbs, and spices for centuries to heal and promote health. While there are countless other herbs and spices …
Are you having symptoms that you know aren’t normal? More than 50 million suffer from some kind of autoimmune challenge in their lifetime according to the American Autoimmune Related Disease Association (AARDA). Fortunately, emerging treatments are surfacing in the functional medicine field to combat this alarming statistic. An autoimmune disease is when your immune system …
You’ve done everything to sleep better — from cutting down on your caffeine intake to putting your phone away an hour before bedtime — yet you still end up tossing and turning all night long (or day if you’re on a graveyard shift or simply a night owl!). When you were younger, you could fall …
Blueberries are a superfood! Most of us have heard this delicious fruit is packed with antioxidants. They’re on virtually every nutritionist’s list of Superfoods, rich in nutrients and full of healthful benefits. But did you know they’re also wonderful as a weight-loss food? Blueberries are full of fiber, making them a perfect snack to stop hunger; …
Turmeric has so many wonderful health benefits: Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Cancer, Immune Booster, Anti-Aging, Anti-Depressive, Memory/Brain Booster
