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Creating a Positive Mindset and Managing Stress
With this whirlwind of stressors and uncertainties, I thought now would be an appropriate time to post on the importance of having a positive mindset. With businesses shutting their doors and my wife and I litterally just closing on the... Read More
TCM Stages and Herbal Treatments for Coronavirus Infection
There are two main schools in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) (Cold Damage and Warm Disease) that explain the stages of invasion of an external factor, which in Western parlance includes colds, flus, and the current progressions seen in the COVID-19... Read More
Benefits of Infrared Sauna
As we are still taking those extra steps to avoid the seasonal cold and flu (and now Coronavirus), reducing stress, improving sleep, increasing hydration, and focusing on gut health and a low inflammatory diet are still really the best things... Read More
Chiropractor Offering Pain Management During Coronavirus in Bend Oregon
During the current Coronavirus outbreak, Wellness Doctor will continue to provide care for chronic and acute injury management in Bend Oregon including neck and back pain, strains and sprains, sports injury and auto injury care, as well as neurological and/or... Read More
Gluten and Our Nation's Declining Health
I started piecing the gluten conundrum together early in my chiropractic practice in Bend Oregon around 2006 back before going gluten-free was a thing. Although Sports Medicine was my focus at the time, I just could not turn the other... Read More
Simple Tricks for Boosting Immune Function
As this Coronavirus global pandemic continues to raise awareness on what we can do to stay safe and stop the spread, I'm going to link a prior column I did for Paleo Magazine regarding "Simple Tricks to Boost Immune Function".... Read More
Traditional Chinese Medicine treating Coronavirus
With the outbreak of coronavirus taking up the news, it is important to understand what it is, how it is spread, and what you can do to protect yourself. In China, new infections have been decreasing, and they have been... Read More
What's the Point?! He Gu, LI4
The point today is He Gu, the fourth point on the Large Intestine channel (LI4). First things first: this point induces labor and is contraindicated during pregnancy! If you have a headache during pregnancy, do not use this point please! He... Read More
Chinese New Year: Year of the Metal Rat
This weekend ushered in the year of the Metal Rat with the Chinese New Year. The Rat is the first symbol of the Chinese Zodiac and represents the rise of a new day. This year should be good for all zodiac... Read More
The Changing Seasons: Autumn
The Changing Seasons: Autumn In Chinese Medicine, we talk about the functional energy in the body; this energy is called Qi. It is the motive force to produce change and movement within the body. The theories and philosophy that went into... Read More
