05/22/10 by dr.rob | Body, Nutrition | No Comments »
There is an estimated 100 trillion cells in the human body. All of which have individual and collective roles that make you, you. These cells require energy to do what each particular cell was designed to do. Where do they get this energy?
These 100 trillion cells that make up your body get their energy from the foods that you eat! Now let’s think about that for a minute or two. So why do we need to eat? Because we get hungry? Right? Well, the feeling of hunger is a signal from the hypothalamus in brain telling you that your body requires nutrients! That means that those 100 trillion cells in your body require the nutrients that give them energy and allow each one of these cells in return to also create energy that makes your body do the things you want to do. If you do not consume the nutrients that your body requires for all the collective cellular functions to take place, then your body will not perform effieciently or even worse be subjected to the many various forms of disease, attacks from inside the body and from the outside environment.
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04/19/10 by dr.rob | Body | No Comments »
This morning I already visited with a patient who stated, “Doc I’m working out, but I don’t seem to be getting anywhere?“ My question to him and to you is, “Are you employing all the elements to ignite your metabolic fire?”
When you build a fire you need all the elements to create that fire. You need kindling material-twigs, burning material-wood, and an ignition source or spark. If you are missing one of these materials you are going to have difficulty starting and maintaining your fire.
Building a Better Body is not that different than building a fire. You need to use all the elements and the right materials to build a metabolic fire to help you maintain a stronger, leaner, healthier body. Eating a healthy diet is the kindling material to keep that fire always burning. Exercise is the wood. There are many ways to design your fire. You can arrange the wood in a pyramid, tepee, lean-to, star, cross ditch or log cabin. You choose. There are many forms of exercise. Now water is the spark. Water helps to cushion the organs of the body, enables the diffusion of gases, elimination of toxins, cools the body, and allows all the transport and reactive mechanisms to take place in all the body tissues. Without water, the spark, you can not have a fire.
When you combine all the necessary elements; healthy eating, regular exercise and water, you create a metabolic fire inside your body. Then you will get the results that you desire! Leave one or more of them out, and you will not achieve the desired result.
04/16/10 by admin | Body | 2 Comments »
An astute DO utilizing enhanced palpatory skill and direct testing can accurately diagnose sacroiliitis and apply multiple treatment options
By Robert A. Kominiarek, DO, FACOFP
Inflammation of the sacroiliac (SI) joint, called sacroiliitis, is a common disorder seen by primary care physicians.1 Sacroiliitis can be the primary pain generator in up to 20 percent of patients with low back pain.2 Sacroiliac pain comes from the joint in the lower part of the back made up of the articulation between the sacrum and the iliac portion of the coxal bones. The sacroiliac joint’s main function is to provide shock absorption for the spine by a gliding type motion and to support great weight. Ligaments around the joint hold these bones together.3
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04/15/10 by dr.rob | Body | No Comments »
This can be one painful condition of the foot. Plantar fasciitis is inflammation of the bottom of the foot between the ball of the foot and the heel. There are several causes of plantar fasciitis, including; wearing high heels, gaining weight, overtraining, excessive running, standing, abnormally high arches, changes in workout routines, or trauma. Plantar fasciitis happens when the tough tendonous tissue of the bottom of your foot can become shorter, this layer is called the fascia. Pain occurs when you stretch fascia that has been shortened. Like when you first get out of your bed in the morning.
The main symptom of plantar faciitis is heel/foot pain when you walk. Generally, as the day progresses the pain will lessen as the fascia stretches. Plantar faciitis is easily diagnosed by your health care professional by clinical examination and possibly an x-ray. I have found in many of my patients with plantar faciitis that they also have multiple tenderpoints in their calf muscles called the gastrocnemius, soleus and plantaris tendon. Treating these tenderpoints in these muscles is critical to healing plantar fasciitis completely. If you are exercising regularly or are participating in athletic events daily streching and therapy of these muscles helps to prevent the precipitation of plantar fasciitis and improve overall athleticism.
Treament of plantar fasciitis is accomplished by streching the plantar fascia by utilizing various stretching techniques; towel stretch, standing calf stretch, static and dynamic balance exercises, and tennis ball roll. I have in my experience as a treating physician and triathlete found a superior product by www.tptherapy.com called the performance foot and lower leg kit that enables you to treat your condition in the comfort of your own home daily.
The goal of effective rehabilitation of injuries is to return you to your activity as soon as it is safely possible. I have found that by using products from www.tptherapy.com I have been able to quickly recover my patients and my own body so I can return to the sports I enjoy.
How do you know you can safely return to your activity of choice? When you have full range of motion of the injuried foot. When you can jog straight ahead without pain. When you can jump on both feet without pain. When you can do figures-of-eight without pain.
The best way to prevent plantar fasciitis is to wear proper fitting, comfortable shoes, avoid repeated heel trauma, maintain a healthy weight, drink plenty of water, perform dynamic and static stretching exercises daily, eat healthy and take supplementation.
