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Back Pain Miracle
Yesterday I received a phone call. The gentleman was dying from pain that he got from putting on his pants wrong as he said. He was...
Chris DiStefano
Apr 122 min read
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Coping with Pain Post-Breast Cancer Reconstruction
Several months ago, a woman in her 50’s came to see me for neck pain. While I was doing her intake and her health history, we discussed...
Chris DiStefano
Dec 20, 20242 min read
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The Key to Unlocking a Frozen Shoulder
Recently I helped out a colleague for a morning, giving coverage in a beautiful multidisciplinary office. It was an interesting change of...
Chris DiStefano
Mar 20, 20242 min read
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Carbo-loading Before a Race.....
Flip the Script and That's Exactly What I did. Â When my sister called me Saturday morning to wish me good luck on my half marathon, I...
Chris DiStefano
Jul 18, 20232 min read
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Plantar Fasciitis Resolved Through Acupuncture
For anyone suffering from plantar fasciitis, or heel spurs you know what it is like and what the limited treatment options are. For...
Chris DiStefano
Jun 19, 20203 min read
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What is Sugar?
It will surprise you to find out sugar is lurking in more than just the candy aisle..... Throughout our lives we have been told the...
Chris DiStefano
Jan 2, 20202 min read
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Treating Shoulder problems with acupuncture and neuromuscular techniques Pt1.
Treating Shoulder problems with acupuncture and neuromuscular techniques Pt1. Frozen shoulder – or adhesive capsulitis – gives multiple...
Chris DiStefano
Nov 3, 20192 min read
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Acupuncture in the treatment of Shingles and Post-herpetic neuralgia
Anyone who has ever had the misfortune of suffering from shingles and postherpetic neuralgia couls explain it is one of the worst most...
Chris DiStefano
Oct 20, 20192 min read
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Addressing Headaches Through Muscles
Addressing headaches through trigger point therapy. Common causes of headaches are tight muscles in the upper back, shoulders and neck....
Chris DiStefano
Oct 6, 20191 min read
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What's the Skinny on Milk?
The cereal you are having in the morning is total junk. We got into that last week when we discussed carbohydrates breaking down into...
Chris DiStefano
Sep 22, 20192 min read
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Why Are Carbs So Complex?
Just this week a patient mentioned they are eating steel cut oats as a way to incorporate more protein into their vegetarian lifestyle....
Chris DiStefano
Sep 10, 20192 min read
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Sugar and Hormones
We are all familiar that sugar has a relationship with hormones, but we may not know that yet. Insulin is a hormone and controls a lot of...
Chris DiStefano
Sep 1, 20192 min read
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