Life Force Physical Therapy

10/18/2024

Do you or someone you know suffer from chronic pain?

Inflammation is the major cause of chronic pain and illness. When you have an injury, your body goes through the acute inflammatory process which is normal and appropriate. This process should be less than 3 months.

Ways to decrease inflammation in your body are:

1. Nutrition- eliminate processed and ultra processed food
2. Sleep- go to bed and wake up at the same time every day to regulate your circadian rhythm to boost your immune system.
3. Movement- any movement for any length of time is better than no movement at all.
4. Cold plunges- I will post more about this
5. Decrease/ Manage stress- meditation, non-sleep deep rest, breathing exercises, journaling, exercise, regulating your circadian rhythms.

10/03/2024

This is a dermatome chart. It shows the nerve distribution from the vertebral levels to the body and extremities.

Sometimes people have radicular or radiating pain. This is pain that may start in or near the spine and moves down an arm or leg in certain pattern. Radiating pain may also be isolated in your arm or leg but the source is the spine.

The nerves coming from each vertebral level send signals to the corresponding muscles to move. They also carry pain signals.

05/15/2024

These steps helped me get and stay in ketosis. Once my body made its first ketone I knew I could do this. It took me 4 weeks for my body to become fat adapted and make a ketone. With fat adaption came metabolic flexibility. Metabolic flexibility is the ability to burn fat and burn glucose for fuel. It helps create glucose homeostasis which in turn regulates insulin.

05/09/2024

04/24/2024

After struggling with metabolic disease for over a decade with little relief, I reached out to a health coach who helped me understand and reverse my metabolic syndrome. I am now helping others do the same thing. Please reach out with any questions!!