by Andrea Trank | Mar 11, 2024
HRV Is Considered a Critical Factor in Your Healthspan! When you go to a doctor’s office, they read your pulse —usually somewhere between 50 and 80 beats/minute. But, did you know that this is just an average of your heart beats? In fact, your heart rate...
by Andrea Trank | Feb 26, 2024
Have You Come Across the Term “SIBO”? It’s not some extraterrestrial concept or obscure acronym. SIBO stands for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth, and if you’re dealing with autoimmune diseases or gut-related issues, chances are you might...
by Andrea Trank | Feb 11, 2024
Do You Dread Medical Tests? Do you avoid medical testing until you are really sick or injured? I have experienced the White Coat Syndrome. It was strong in me for years. In fact, I remember calling my stepdad, who was a medical doctor so often during my thirties...
by Andrea Trank | Oct 30, 2023
What is chronic pain and how is different from acute pain? The Cleveland Clinic defines chronic pain as pain that lasts longer than six months and continues despite the resolving of the original injury. Acute pain, on the other hand, occurs after a very distinct...
by Andrea Trank | Sep 25, 2023
Time is Not the Only Thing Needed for Healing! It has been a year since Mark and I learned first-hand the destructive force of water. The storm surge was not what we had prepared for and worried about prior to Hurricane Ian. That changed on Sept. 28, 2022. We no...
by Andrea Trank | Jul 28, 2023
What Happens When Healthy Eating Becomes a Big Chore? In all honesty, I have really been struggling with eating my normal healthy meals during the last month. First, we had to keep our house immaculate in Fort Myers while showing it for sale. We just closed on it...