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Popularized “fad” diet from Dr. Atkins, a cardiologist, in his 1990s book Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution General Recommendations: known as a “low-carb” diet. Heavy emphasis on meat and fat consumption with avoidance of carbohydrates. 4 total phases with
varying macro breakdown.

The most common cause of shoulder pain is called impingement syndrome. Impingement of the rotator cuff tendons inside the shoulder joint is a problem experienced by people typically when they attempt to reach overhead. Often the symptoms of shoulder pain occur also during the night time. This pain is located in the shoulder but also can radiate down into the shoulder blade, up to the neck and sometimes cause pain that travels down the arm. Shoulder impingement is not a structural problem (meaning surgery is needed) but a functional problem (meaning the body isn’t moving properly due to weakness or stiffness). Now if the shoulder impingement is present for years, it will turn into a structure problem that requires surgery (don’t do that).

Neck Pain and headaches can be a debilitating experience and can make simple things difficult. Often times leading to medications, injections, and surgery. In order to find a natural solution to neck pain we must understand what goes wrong with the neck first. Then we will be able to find a strategy to resolve the dysfunction which is ultimately causing the symptom of pain.

Choosing knee pain treatment isn’t easy. Why? You are bombarded with misleading advertising, confusing claims, and simply bad information from forced referrals to health system providers or surgeons, not to mention unqualified providers and their near worthless methods. So how do you ever find a highly effective knee pain treatment? You start by reading this consumer’s guide

The most common cause of shoulder pain is called impingement syndrome. Impingement of the rotator cuff tendons inside the shoulder joint is a problem experienced by people typically when they attempt to reach overhead. Often the symptoms of shoulder pain occur also during the night time. This pain is located in the shoulder but also can radiate down into the shoulder blade, up to the neck and sometimes cause pain that travels down the arm. Shoulder impingement is not a structural problem (meaning surgery is needed) but a functional problem (meaning the body isn’t moving properly due to weakness or stiffness). Now if the shoulder impingement is present for years, it will turn into a structure problem that requires surgery (don’t do that).

Age-related muscle mass loss.

Also known as sarcopenia, the age-related muscle mass
loss has long been considered a physical issue and having
little impact from diet. Recent studies show diet has a small
impact. The gut biome and inflammation may also play a
role in sarcopenia — which will be discussed more in Course
3

It is very common for knee pain to occur when walking down thes tairs because our ankles do not flex properly. This limited ankle motion creates much more stress on the knees when we walk down the stairs. If you are walking down the stairs and your ankle pops up off the ground quickly or the foot turns to the outside this is a sign the ankles are the problem.

When we walk up the stairs and our knees hurt this is a sign that we might have weakness in the back side of the hip. The force required to lift our body up to the next step is mainly created by the contraction of our glutes. If they are weak the knee will have to much stress placed on them.

The knee joint is composed of two bones, the tibia and femur, and the knee cap or patella. This complex f is designed for movement mainly bending so that we can walk, run, jump, squat, and climb stuff. The knee is often times misunderstood by most health care providers who attempt to isolate the knee and treat it as though it has no friends, especially when the knee is in pain. It is also very common for decisions to be made about the knee as a result of images (x-rays or MRI’s) but we now know that as people age having degeneration in their knee on an image is as normal as having wrinkles on the skin. If we want to truly help a knee be less painful and more functional we must understand that it is stuck in the middle with nowhere to go.