by Dr. Margie Navarro | May 7, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Fitness, Pain
In follow-up to my previous post with tips for runners, let’s take a look at other athletes who achieve peak performance levels with acupuncture. The science behind the bulk of the benefits from sports acupuncture can be summed up in another previous post on what...
by Dr. Margie Navarro | Mar 21, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Depression-Anxiety Spectrum, Pain, Prevention
Following up on my previous post including ergonomic best practices, I want to start with discussing one of the more popular current workplace options– the standing-sitting desk. Sitting/standing desks are all the rage now, and for a good reason. Sitting for no...
by Dr. Margie Navarro | Mar 1, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Medical Science, Pain, Prevention
My patients often ask me about what they can do at home or in the workplace to keep the tension and stress that acupuncture alleviated from coming back. In recent years, internet capable devices have become indispensable to modern life yet that comes with certain...
by Dr. Margie Navarro | Feb 1, 2018 | All Blog Posts, Nutrition
In the last few years there has been quite the hype around a buzzword shaping into the #1 food trend in 2018– plant-based. With Patriot’s QB Tom Brady, one of the major league proponents of this diet, heading into his 8th Superbowl let’s take a...
by Dr. Margie Navarro | Jan 25, 2017 | All Blog Posts, Depression-Anxiety Spectrum, Medical Science, Pain
To continue exploring scientific findings on acupuncture, this post will cover its effects on the brain itself and structures of the central nervous system. Primarily through Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) studies, we know that acupuncture activates...
