According to the National Institute of Health Statistics, severe headache or migraine pain was the second most common pain complaint among chronic pain patients.(1)    Most experts believe that the majority of headaches are muscle tension-type headaches.  According to Ryszard M. Pluta MD, PHD, “the cause for tension type headaches is still uncertain. These headaches […]

Autoimmune disorders are diseases in which inherent protection systems mount an attack against self-antigens.  In a normally functioning immune system foreign invaders are attacked, destroyed, and eliminated. To do this, the immune system must recognize self from non-self and limit the response to foreign antigens. In diseases such as RA, the immune system fails to […]

What is fascia? There is really no separation at all between muscles and fascia. Fascia is the fibrous fabric that holds everything in our body together. Fascia and muscle fibers join together to form a composite or mixed structure that makes up the muscle system. Fascia weaves in amongst the muscle fibers holding them in […]