CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL When something stressful happens, our body goes into âfight or flightâ mode, pumping out stress hormones, raising blood pressure and pulse, and shunting blood away from the organs and towards the limbs. When the stress is over, a healthy body bounces back and returns to normal. Unfortunately, many people [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL When you go for your first functional neurology exam, youâll likely encounter exam procedures and tools not found a conventional doctorâs visit. Although high-tech equipment isnât necessary for a functional neurology exam, it can help the practitioner perform a more thorough evaluation. For the patient, the functional neurology exam [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL You donât have to have to receive a concussion diagnosis to have an injured brain. Small but repeated insults to the brain â falls, crashes, whiplash, being near explosions, landing on your tailbone â damage brain tissue. Even if the head is not directly hit, a blow or jolt [...]
It has been a hundred years since a Nobel Prize winner discovered the thin barrier that surrounds and protects brain. Since then, weâve learned this mesh of tightly joined cells, called the blood-brain barrier, is highly selective in a healthy person. It allows the transport of compounds back and forth through an intricate transport system [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL If you watch TV, read magazines, or surf the internet, you canât escape the ads for drugs to treat depression and other mood disorders â antidepressants are touted as a magic bullet for the blues. True, these drugs help some of the one in ten people plagued by dark [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Brain cells, or neurons, are similar to muscles in that they are subject to the same basic âuse it or lose itâ principle to stay healthy well into old age. Although genetics play a role in how well our brains age, the brain also responds profoundly to dietary and [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Most people worry about high blood pressure, and with good reason as it portends numerous health risks. However, low blood pressure brings a different set of problems, such as reduced brain function and increased mortality risk. If the upper or lower number deviates by more than 10 from 120/80, [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Although most people worry about skull fractures and brain damage when they sustain a head injury, the inner ear, or vestibular system, also is frequently damaged and causes long-term problems if neglected. Vestibular injury frequently goes undiagnosed and underestimated despite causing symptoms such as dizziness, anxiety, depression, moodiness, tinnitus, [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Youâve heard of leaky gut, but have you heard of leaky brain? If you have symptoms of leaky gut, or intestinal permeability, you most likely also have leaky brain, or âblood-brain barrier permeability.â How do you know? You can perform a simple test with store-bought supplements to find out. [...]
CLICK HERE FOR A FREE CALL Fish oil supplements tout their ratios of DHA and EPA. But how do you know how much EPA or DHA you need? If youâre looking to support and optimize brain health, go for the highest ratio of DHA to EPA you can find. While EPA tames inflammation, DHA is [...]
