A Safer Way to Manage Pain. Explore non-Opioid Alternatives
Before starting with medications for your pain, consider safer non-opioid options to help you move past the pain, and enjoy living pain-free. Over the years there has been an increase in drug addiction and deaths prompted by the abuse of opioids for pain management. The increase in prescribed opioids is not only increasing the risk […]
Acupuncture
Acupuncture has been a component of Traditional Chinese Medicine that originated over 5000 years ago and is now being offered as a holistic approach to pain management at Natural Medicine & Rehabilitation! Acupuncture can provide drug free pain relief for people with chronic pain and suffering by encouraging the body to promote natural healing. The […]
Day #100. Weight loss goals met! The first 100 Day: A journey to health & wellness
2014 Boston Marathon Volunteer recap: Kristen, a Licensed Massage Therapist stretched and massaged runners after they finished the marathon. Sean, a Registered Nurse cared for runners along the course who could not finish the race. It was our pleasure to lend our skills to the marathon runners and to the […]
Day #90. Finish Strong. The first 100 days: A journey to health & wellness.
Day #90 We did not post an update last week because we realized that somewhere along the way we got 1 week ahead of ourselves (human error). Today Monday April 21, 2014 is in fact day #90. Today we are volunteering our time and skills at the 2014 Boston Marathon. Our assignments […]
Day #82. Beyond diet and exercise. The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness.
Day #82 Beyond diet and exercise. We have and continue to learn about nutrition, exercise and ourselves. We are often asked questions about nutrition and exercise. But in reality, the key to being successful is not merely eating healthy food and exercising frequently. If you want to lose weight and […]
Day #75. The final stretch. The first 100 days: A journey to health & wellness.
Day #75 Progress update. We have completed ¾ of the 100 day project, we are in the final stretch. Last week we made a firm commitment to make exercise a priority! Going forward we will do more of the same. Our nutrition will stay the same and we will continue to make […]
Day #67 Weight loss goal met, now what? The first 100 days: A journey to health & wellness.
Day # 67 Sean: I hit my weight loss goal! I have lost 20 lbs. My weight loss had plateaued for a few weeks and to be honest I was becoming a bit discouraged. Since making a few changes suggested by Dr. Sferra, I have lost weight two […]
Day #60 Progress Update. The first 100 days: A journey to health & wellness
Day #60 On Sunday 3/16/14 (yesterday) we ran the NYC ½ marathon (see pics above). It was an amazing experience! We ran around Central Park (with a dip into Harlem), through Times Square, down the West Side Highway and finished on Wall Street. We both did well, surprisingly well. We give a lot […]
Day #50 (halfway point). What we’ve learned so far. The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness.
Friday 3/7/14 marked our Day #50. We are at the halfway point of our First 100 days: A journey to health and wellness project, but we are just beginning our life long commitment to living a healthy lifestyle. On January 20th 2014 we started Dr. Sferra’s weight management plan offered at Natural Medicine & Rehabilitation because we wanted […]
Week 6 recap, progress update (Day # 38-45) The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness.
Week 6 recap, progress update (Day 38 – 45) Day #45 progress update. We did not post progress pictures because there was not much change from day #30. We will post progress pictures on day #60. We met with Dr. Sferra today to review our progress and make adjustments to our nutrition and exercise routines. Doc is […]
