Nearly 300,000 women will get breast cancer this year. With a statistic like that, self-examinations for signs of breast cancer are a must. There’s no better time to start than Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In women, breast cancer is among the two most common types...
The human body has the amazing ability to heal itself after an injury. This is why bruises fade, and a small cut or scrape will usually heal without medical care. However, when the injury is more involved and tissue is damaged; then the body typically needs more help...
Spring is finally here and as the days begin to get longer and warmer many of us to begin to pay more attention to our physical appearance. This might be because we tend to show more skin in the sunny Spring and Summer months. But before you unpack your warm-weather...
The challenges of low back pain are ubiquitous. The reality is that by the time we reach the age of 45, 35% of us will have experienced debilitating low back pain. Back pain severity and chronicity increases significantly with weight gain, history of smoking, having a...
You may have heard Vitamin D being referred to as the “sunshine” vitamin, and there’s a good reason for this. When the skin is exposed to UVB rays from the sun it produces Vitamin D in the body. That’s why in the winter, when the days are shorter and people are...
The rotator cuff is a collection of four muscles and tendons that surround the shoulder joint. The tendons fuse with the ligaments of the joint to form a supportive capsule. The tendon’s location on the joint has been described as baseball pitcher’s fingers on a...
Wintertime brings shorter days, colder temperatures, dry indoor air and for many, dull and dehydrated skin. Skin care routines that seem to work well for us in the summer and fall suddenly seem to stop working. Fine lines may seem more noticeable and skin may feel...