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Help and Hope for Women With POP

Posted in: Wellness Center & Wellness Side of Life |

When I was first diagnosed with POP, I was one of the huge club of women who had never heard of this health issue. My best friend is my personal physician and we talk medical all the time so I was shocked...

Tags: emotional distress, financial aspects, hectic lifestyle, pelvic organ prolapse, surgical treatment options

Let’s Take Pelvic Organ Prolapse Out of the Closet

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Pelvic organ prolapse. Pessary. Urogynecology. Terms that all women should be familiar with, terms that few women are. Pelvic organ prolapse is an extremely common female health issue that has probably...

Tags: abdominal pain, female health, having babies, pelvic floor muscles, pelvic organ prolapse

Frozen Shoulder Anyone?

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Frozen shoulder can be a very painful situation and unfortunately, it may last for quite some time. The good news is that it may go away eventually and there are things you can do to prevent as well as...

Tags: connective tissue, diabetes, frozen shoulder, painful situation

Restriction or Expansion – Part 2

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In a previous article we discussed the benefits of living a life of expansion.  As you begin moving forward you are bound to have obstacles. There will be people in your life that try to place limitations...

Tags: dreams, fears, obstacles, paralysis, visualization technique

Restriction or Expansion – Part 1

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Are you living a life of restriction or expansion?  Many people go through their lives constantly coming up with reasons on why they cannot do something. Why they should not do something. Is this how...

Tags: different perspective, faith, new goals, possibilities, thoughts and dreams

Wellness and Productivity

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On June 14, 2010, The Charleston Business Journal surveyed businesses and 63% of those who had a wellness program indicated that the wellness program increased morale and productivity.  On March 5th...

Tags: employee health care, raw vegetables, small business owner, wellness program

Six Tips to Aging Gracefully

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1.  Acceptance – Getting older is a fact of life and it is easy to spend your days wishing that you were still young, that you didn’t have as many wrinkles and that your body didn’t have as many...

Tags: baby boomers, finding your purpose, generations, grandchildren, knowledge and wisdom

Tennis or Golfer’s Elbow: How’s Your Swing This Summer?

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The lazy days of summer are in full swing, but what about your swing? Whether you golf, play tennis or none of the above, elbow pain may be getting in the way of your summer fun. Though “tennis elbow”...

Tags: elbow pain, full swing, racquet sport, tennis elbow, tennis player

Boomers: Do You Need a Cardio Workout?

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Getting plenty of cardio in your workouts is important to keeping your body healthy for both men and women.  Men often spend most of their workout pumping weights building up the strength of their muscles....

Tags: calories, cardio workout, exercise routines, heart monitor, medications

Old Man Walking

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We celebrate Father’s Day on the third Sunday in June. My father is gone, but I still wish him a Happy Father’s Day.  He worked hard and provided a good life for me. I am thankful for that. As...

Tags: baby boomers, buttocks, lower back pain, muscles, stretches

Dr. Michael J. Kaye

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Dr. Michael J. Kaye, Boomer-Living Director, is a chiropractic physician and certified life coach practicing in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the American Chiropractic Association, Pennsylvania...

A Green Thumb and a Smart Body

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Part of my responsibility as a doctor is to take a good medical history. My job is to learn the cause of the patient’s pain. Last week I must have dictated the same history of injury for 75% of my patients. These...

Tags: baby boomer, garden chores, medical history, winter blues

The Power of the Second Opinion

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For the last few weeks I have had the opportunity to treat a very pleasant man, a Baby Boomer, who had unfortunately fallen on ice. He complained of pain throughout his lower back, left hip, and knee....

Tags: orthopedic surgeon, second opinion, unnecessary surgery

What Is Happening To My Body?

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  I frequently hear this question from my baby boomer patients.  The males complain that it takes them longer to heal when they exercise too much.  They say they just can’t get rid of their love...

Tags: american heart association, body fatigue, boomers, nutrition awareness

Am I Dizzy with Love?

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“Was I dizzy with love or was it something else”, asked one of my patients. It was last year and my patient was celebrating Valentine’s Day over dinner with his fiancé when he stood up, and experienced...

Tags: low blood sugar, sinus infections, treatment of vertigo, valentine s day

Jump Start Your Health

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The holidays are finally over. Many of us have consumed more calories, fat, sugar, and salt than we had hoped we would. Now we are making the diet and exercise resolutions: “I’m going to start my...

Tags: commercials, healthful tips, home exercise equipment, low calorie foods, treadmill

January—Renewal…Again?

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You can tell when it’s that time again. Somewhere between the bizarre, Euro-styled perfume ads before Xmas and the speed-rap Super Bowl flat screen sales, there’s the flood of dieting ads...

Tags: Allan Hamilton, new year, resolutions, super bowl, whole grain

How Will YOU Manage Osteoporosis?

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In 1993 I moved back to Pennsylvania from California. It was great to be with family and friends again. When I returned to my neighborhood, it was fun to visit with all the old neighbors. One of my neighbors...

Tags: bone density test, excess weight, menopause, preventing osteoporosis, proper nutrition

Snap, Crackle, Pop!

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You certainly wouldn’t be the only one if your knees were sounding a bit more like an instrument rather than smooth, gliding joints. According to a study at the University of North Carolina, half of...

Tags: acupuncture, inflammation, knee problems, lower extremities, tendons ligaments

Take Two and Call Me in the Morning

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As part of a multi-disciplinary medical team, I often see patients who have been taking medications to treat musculo-skeletal disorders (muscle aches, tight muscles, tingling and numbness in the arms or...

Tags: advil, aspirin, generic products, heart problems, motrin

It’s All in the Wrist

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Technology has made life easier, more profitable and opened our world up to seemingly endless possibilities. On the flipside, we’ve also seen how technology can cause some complications such as the “texting-while-driving”...

Tags: debilitation, tunnel syndrome, wrist motion

Managing Your Diabetes so It Doesn’t Manage You!

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The dreaded diagnosis has been made. Type II diabetes. Millions of people suffer from Type II diabetes and moreover, from the complications that it brings when the disease is not properly managed. As difficult...

Getting Your Zzzzz’s When You’re 45 or Older

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Sleep is important at all stages in life, unfortunately, there are many reasons why sleep becomes more difficult the older we get. Life seems to get in the way of a good night’s rest whether we’re...

Tags: brain health, immunity, stages of sleep

Vitamin Overload

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One of my patients told me that every morning he takes his multi-vitamin, a B complex, vitamin C, CO Q 10, some enzymes and then washes down fish oil with a hemp shake. Can you guess his primary complaint? He...

Tags: future health, personal trainer, vitamins and supplements

A Time-Conscious Exercise Program

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In my last article, I discussed how to begin getting in shape for the summer from a nutritional standpoint.In this article, let’s look at how to get in shape with an exercise program that does not cause...

Tags: exercise program, muscle injury