12 of the Best Anti-Inflammatory Foods You Can Eat

Last month, in part 1, I listed the top inflammation causing foods to avoid, and this month as promised is a list of some of the top Anti-Inflammatory foods you can add to your diet.  (Most of this information was written by Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE on...

Is it a Cold or Allergy?

I am writing this blog to help clear the confusion between a cold and an allergy. Many of my patients have been coming in recently feeling “under the weather” and many ask me if I think they have allergies or if it might be a cold.  My first response to them is...

How Nutrition Can Change Your Life

Most of us ask ourselves why nutrition is important. Some of our patients take a “ton” of supplements. Some take none. Some people (and I’ve heard this on many occasions) tell me that they haven’t  even opened them and that they are sitting on the counter. In our...

Six Surprising Health Benefits of Sweet Potatoes

So here we are just finishing another great holiday meal and once again my favorite dish were the sweet potatoes.  I have always known that sweet potatoes are super healthy and I wanted to forward a really good article that I just read last month in Healthline by...

The Scalene Muscles and Why They Are So Important 

Every new patient’s first appointment at Performance Health Center includes a comprehensive functional examination. During our assessment, we always check for nerve entrapments. The most commonly entrapped nerves are those coming from the neck (the brachial plexus)...