I learned early in my career, from my mentor Dr. Steven Olmos, that “in a chronic pain situation, the site of the pain and the symptom is rarely, if ever, the origin of the problem.” Millions of Americans suffer from […]
We all get headaches. Some are just a pain in the, well, head. Others are debilitating. They may be accompanied by other symptoms, like nausea and neck pain, and hurt so deep it feels like someone is playing the bass […]
If you’ve ever suffered the soul-emptying pain of a migraine, we sympathize. The throbbing pain on one side of your head, the nausea, and the light and sound sensitivity – it makes you wish the world would just go away. […]
What is a migraine? Is it just a bad headache? If you answered yes, you’ve already discovered the first migraine myth! Migraines are different from ordinary headaches both in their disposition and origin. Migraines appear to be neurological disturbances caused […]
Are you suffering from issues in your TM joints, the joints that connect your upper and lower jaw on each side of your head? Are you afflicted with pain in your face and neck, headaches, snoring, sleep breathing disorder, and/or […]
Migraine headaches can be torture. Efforts to stop them once they’ve started don’t a have great track record. Once people begin experiencing a migraine, they mostly just want to retreat to a dark, quiet place. Given that 12 percent of […]
There are literally thousands of theories about what we should eat for a longer, healthier life. But you know what diet theories you never hear? The Processed Food Diet. The Sugary Drink Diet. The Twinkie and Oreo Diet. There is […]
People often ask me why, as a dentist, I am concerned with issues like sleep, breathing problems, acid reflux, back pain and chronic illness. The answer is that all the systems in the body are inter-related. Breaking the body down […]
There is nothing more important than breathing. Sleep apnea is the repeated interruption of breathing during sleep. As you might imagine, it causes loud snoring, fatigue, irritability, sore throat, attention deficit and headaches. It can lead to death if left […]