Weight loss is often treated as a simple equation: eat less, move more, reduce calories, and achieve results. Yet, in clinical practice, the reality is far more complex. Many individuals successfully...

What happens when the breath of life becomes the kiss of death? This is a philosophical question that arises from a reality we can all face: trauma. The breath, one of our adaptive responses to...

There is a sentence I hear more often than almost any other in early conversations with clients who come to us. It goes something like this: I still get to work every day. My family is intact. The numbers...

Childhood is a once-in-a-lifetime window for growth, yet by the age of seven, children in the UK get around 60% of their daily calories from ultra-processed foods, raising important questions about the...

Mozart composed masterpieces of music. Picasso composed extraordinary works of art. In a similar way, you are constantly composing a creation of chemical molecules within your body, one that...

“Thank God it’s Friday.” That’s a popular American slogan. We finished our work week with plans for the weekend already established, or with high hopes of arriving at work or school on Monday after a...

Why do some people return from a holiday feeling restored while others remain deeply exhausted? This article explores why burnout is not always caused by workload alone, revealing how prolonged stress and...

Most people think of rare disease patient organisations as established sources of information, support, and advocacy. They often appear professional, well organised, and reassuring, places families turn to after...

This article explores the emotional explosions that happen over something small and what they are actually saying about everything that came before. It happens over something ordinary: a cup left on...

Long before a diagnosis is made, parents may notice subtle changes in a child’s appetite, energy, digestion, or behaviour. Drawing on her experience as both an immunology scientist and a mother, the...

Body insecurity is a pervasive and intricate phenomenon that affects individuals across various demographics and cultures. This essay delves into the multifaceted nature of body insecurity, exploring...

A female patient once came to my clinic with shoulder pain that had persisted for several years. Over time, the limitation had become part of her everyday life. Raising her arm above shoulder level was...

Research has shown that stenosis, bulging discs, and arthritis are not what cause pain. In fact, you can take two people with the same structural abnormalities as shown on an MRI, and one will have pain...

Food choices occur on a daily basis, but how often do you consider your physiology and nutrition in your daily food choices? Perhaps each time you think about food, or perhaps never. Either way, here...

We often think healing comes from finding the perfect words, the right diagnosis, or the ideal solution. But long before solutions exist, something else begins the healing process: being seen. It is...

Have you ever felt the constant weight of the world on your shoulders, as though nothing is ever enough, you can never truly rest, and even quiet moments feel unbearable? You might have called it...

A health system CEO told me recently that he was not worried about private equity. “We employ most of our cardiologists,” he said. “They’re not going anywhere.” I understood the confidence. I also...

For decades, sports science was built around male physiology and then generalized to everyone else. Women were often excluded from research because the menstrual cycle was considered a “complicating variable,"...

Summer has a way of disrupting routines, but that does not mean your progress has to disappear with them. By embracing a more flexible and playful approach to movement, the season can become an opportunity...

Most people assume their inner world is a single, unified self. Yet under pressure, overstimulation, and chronic stress, the psyche naturally divides into different internal parts, each with its own fears...

If you treat OCD or have walked alongside someone who has it, you know the pitch well: group therapy makes treatment more accessible and affordable under managed care. It sounds sensible on paper. In reality, for many...

As practitioners, we never stop learning. Recently, I attended a kinesiology conference where I was introduced to a condition I had never previously encountered: Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, or RED-S.

"What if I told you that you do not need fixing?" Pause for a moment and let that question sink in. How many times have you looked at yourself and thought, "Once I have healed this trauma, once I have...

Success can look complete on the outside while creating emotional distance, nervous system overload, and a quiet loss of connection in a woman’s private life. If you have built a career, managed a household...