Emergent Healing Blog

Why do I have Chronic Pain? What’s chronic pain? As defined in this article, chronic pain is defined as pain that persists for 12 weeks or longer regardless of medication. Typical areas of chronic pain Neck pain Back pain Hip pain Knee pain Ankle/foot pain Headaches/migraines So what are the causes? Excluding results of trauma...

“Researchers analyzed the workout patterns and health of 3,175 black and white men and women aged 18 to 30 over a span of 25 years. The subjects were participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study, in which they self-reported their health and exercise in eight follow-up examinations over a quarter of...

A simple and easy to understand explanation of Medicaid and the health of the nation...

Stretching vs Rolling There is a lot of confusion when it comes to the difference between rolling and stretching: how to do them, how long, how often, etc.  First the definitions: Stretching is a form of physical exercise in which a specific muscle or tendon (or muscle group) is deliberately flexed or stretched in order...

Chronic muscle pain is an epidemic. A lot of interventions plateau or just stop working all together. So where does it all come from?...

New Guidelines For Lower Back Pain “The new guidelines said that doctors should avoid prescribing opioid painkillers for relief of back pain and suggested that before patients try anti-inflammatories or muscle relaxants, they should try alternative therapies like exercise, acupuncture, massage therapy or yoga. Doctors should reassure their patients that they will get better no...

Gabe Mirkin M.D.- a sports medicine doctor coined the acronym R.I.C.E.. as a way to deal with any muscle/ligament related injury. However, he has since recanted his support for the regimen...

Western Medicine’s Caution to Opioids Dr. Anna Lembke’s take on the issue with over prescription of pain meds in the US. Some highlights from her interview discussing her book, Drug Dealer M.D., on NPR’s Fresh Air. Why we are in this predicament: “Starting in the 1980s, doctors started to be told that opioids were effective...