Lifestyles

The Art of Sleeping Well: Natural Solutions for Insomnia

We all have suffered from lack of sleep at one point or another in our lives, and we get through it with some extra caffeine or whatever means it takes knowing that we will catch up on sleep later.

However, people can experience prolonged periods of poor quality sleep due to being parents of young children, having a job that requires shift work, having a high stress job, having a health condition or going through a big change in their life that evokes anxiety Read More

How the Hen House Turns

In the spring of 1943 we moved seven miles, from San Leandro. Calif., to an apricot orchard on Madeiros Avenue. It lay on 40 acres of rolling hills just outside the city limits of Hayward.

Those were the days when my mirror was telling me that 6-year-olds have big ears that stick out in front of braids that are never long enough. The horrid mirror also was saying that 6-year-olds have knobby knees that wiggle and frown beneath skirts that pull up too short or hang down to long on one side or the other.

Of course, Read More

Help! I Turned To Get The Toast And My Back Went Out

We have all heard this story in one form or another, or if we have experienced this phenomenon we know that this condition can literally take you out of commission for a week or more. What really happened and what can we do about it? Enter the world of myofascial trigger points and how they can be treated.

Myofascial trigger points are the discovery of two brilliant MD’s named Dr. Janet Travell and Dr. David Simmons. Their seminal discoveries in chronic and acute pain took decades of research. Currently, Read More