by Ralph Havens -- PT, IMTC & Certified Integrative Manual Therapy | May 7, 2008 | back pain, chronic pain, Health, Health and Wellness, Integrative Manual Therapy, knee pain, Nutrition and Diets, Physical Therapy
With a diagnosis of knee pain there are many things to consider. I?m going to go over some of the more basic things first and expand from there to a more detailed and whole-body assessment in looking at the knee. One of the basic ideas in physical therapy in general...
by Ralph Havens -- PT, IMTC & Certified Integrative Manual Therapy | May 2, 2008 | chronic pain, fibromyalgia, Health, Health and Wellness, Integrative Manual Therapy, Nutrition and Diets, Physical Therapy
Over the 22 years I have been treating people with chronic pain, I have noticed an interesting phenomenon. About 2 years ago I noticed an alarming trend. More and more of our patients were showing signs of gluten sensitivity. Where as in the past some people needed to...
by Ralph Havens -- PT, IMTC & Certified Integrative Manual Therapy | Apr 23, 2008 | chronic pain, fibromyalgia, Health and Wellness, Integrative Manual Therapy, Nutrition and Diets, Physical Therapy
It is my thought that we have a tendency to live life fast. We constantly drive ourselves harder and harder then wonder why we break. If you don’t service a car every so often – get an oil change or tune up, what happens to the car. The body is no...
by Ralph Havens -- PT, IMTC & Certified Integrative Manual Therapy | Apr 18, 2008 | chronic pain, fibromyalgia, Health and Wellness, Integrative Manual Therapy, Nutrition and Diets, Physical Therapy
Hi everyone, I want to write a few thoughts about detox and diet and how we as physical therapists came to be doing so much detox and dietary work with our patients. Over the years, we’ve been able to help chronic pain sufferers actually clear their pains and...
by Ralph Havens -- PT, IMTC & Certified Integrative Manual Therapy | Apr 16, 2008 | Health and Wellness, Integrative Manual Therapy, Nutrition and Diets
Detox, short for detoxification, is the removal of potentially toxic substances from the body. Although detox can be thought of as a treatment for alcohol or drug dependence, the definition I am using refers to the use of diets, supplements, and other methods of...
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