I recently had the pleasure of chatting with Dr. Nima Rahmany. Nima is a Vancouver-based chiropractor who has morphed his practice and life mission into helping others to overcome deep-rooted problems and achieve optimal health and happiness. Dr. Nima is the founder of The Overview Method and The Trigger Proof Virtual Workshop. We discussed how emotions can drive the body…
Injuries are part of the human experience…and so is healing. In this PT Basics episode, I offer up some useful information about the mechanisms of healing. Some tissues like bone and skin are capable of regeneration. Others, like muscle and tendon, primarily utilize the repair process. The ultimate outcome of injury recovery is high-level, pain-free function. This usually depends upon…
I recently had the outstanding opportunity to visit with Darren Schmidt, D.C., who is the director of the Nutritional Healing Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Darren emphasizes nutrition as the most powerful tool in health restoration and maintenance. Here are some of the highlights of what turned out to be an empowering and inspiring conversation: Health and healing are dependent…
Acute injuries are those accidental or inadvertent challenges that can surprise, temporarily disable, and frustrate us. Understanding the mechanisms of healing, and what you can do to facilitate recovery, can be very helpful. In this episode we discuss the phases of tissue healing and also the proper sequence of injury management.