Nov 7, 2023 | Chiropractic, Did you know, Dr. Tom Ball, Health, Performance Health Center
That is the Jeopardy answer to this question: What causes sudden onset of pain in joints with sometimes severe swelling, with no know injury to these joints. This “disease” mimics Gout, but is not Gout as there are no uric acid crystals involved, instead a...
Oct 6, 2021 | Diet, Dr. Tom Ball
The following information is mostly from an article I read by Julie Kendrick of Experience Life. I found her article very interesting and I would like to share this valuable information with you. It is hard not to notice the health headlines over the last few...
Sep 2, 2020 | Dr. Tom Ball, Health
Sleep is incredibly important for your mental and physical health. Did you know that you can survive longer without food than you can without sleep? If you are having trouble sleeping lately you are not alone. This has been an incredibly stressful year and since so...
Oct 4, 2019 | Dr. Tom Ball, General, Sports Medicine
Happy October everyone… I think this is the best weather of the year with cool crisp nights and warm sunny days. With the shorter days and cooler temperatures comes less exposure to UV radiation which is good in some ways (less skin cancer worries) but also less...
Aug 4, 2019 | Dr. Tom Ball, Exercise, Health
Ever since taking a class in graduate school titled “Comparative Anatomy and Physiology” where we compared humans to other mammals, I realized that we humans are actually one of the slowest of all mammals. Try racing a dog, horse or rabbit, you name it, over a short...
Jul 1, 2019 | Dr. Tom Ball, Exercise, Healing
As a Chiropractic Physician at Performance Health Center, I am always thinking of ways that we can assist our patients with their recovery and rehab from injuries, and ways to help them maintain a pain free and active lifestyle. Physicians have long used dynamic...
