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 […]
The temporomandibular joint and the diseases that affect it, are complex and can lead to chronic craniofacial pain, sleep disorders, neck, back and shoulder pain, trouble chewing, and a locked jaw. The American Academy of Craniofacial Pain estimates that nearly […]
A painful and incapacitating migraine headache can wreck a day. When considering how best to treat a migraine, we must start with this: prevention is the best medicine. Just as the best way to handle a forest fire is to […]
Poor sleep affects nearly everyone, at least occasionally. Forty-five percent of Americans say that poor or insufficient sleep affected their daily activities at least once in the past seven days, according to a study by the National Sleep Foundation. About […]