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I had the pleasure of co-presenting a Regenerative Medicine lecture at the annual conference of the Academy of Integrative Health & Medicine (AIHM) in San Diego. Together with Dr. Marco Quarta (Stanford University and Rubedo Life Sciences) we demystified the knowns & unknowns behind healing and regeneration, clarified the treatments we have today, reviewed current literature (ex. [read more]

The use of medical marijuana dates >5000 years, with references to the treatments of headaches dating back to the 6th and 7th centuries. Now with 31 of the United States + DC legalizing medical marijuana, cannabis is widely accepted and used. By opening up a dialogue about medical marijuana in my practice, I have come [read more]

This is for people who live with partners/loved ones. To be dealing with pain (physical or emotional) is extra difficult because nobody can see your pain. An emotional pain can even end up being physical and vice versa. You, as the one who is being challenged, may be holding back relaying your emotions, to try [read more]

What exactly is regenerative medicine? There is a lot of hype as well as confusion about platelet rich plasma and stem cell therapies used for musculoskeletal pain. Using them at the correct point during your healing path may be beneficial, while using these therapies incorrectly can be detrimental. Many athletes patients have reported great benefit [read more]

I wrote my first “Letter to the Editor” to Time Magazine in response to “The Opioid Diaries” (http://time.com/james-nachtwey-opioid-addiction-america/). It didn’t get published, so I thought I’d share my thoughts. In short, the media has been very focused on the side effect of death for people who overdose on narcotics, while not shining light on the [read more]