Blood cholesterol abnormalities are a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. A risk factor is a condition that increases your chance of getting a disease. Therefore, the higher your total cholesterol, the greater your risk for developing a form of cardiovascular disease (most commonly, heart attack or stroke). Heart disease is the number one killer […]
The Produce Promise
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), almost all of us need to increase our daily consumption of fruits and vegetables. For example, a 40 year old male who is physically active for 30 minutes a day should be consuming 2 cups of fruit and 3.5 cups of vegetables every day . (To calculate […]
Low Back Pain in the Aging Athlete
Low back pain has an incidence between 1% and 30% in athletes. The natural history of low back pain is such that greater than 90% will improve without medical attention. Our treatment algorithm begins by ruling out nonspinal related causes of low back pain including neoplasm, infection, and serious medical conditions. Next cauda equina compression […]