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Fascia-natin’ Rhythm
Photo by Geert Pieters on Unsplash Around the exercise and movement world, connective tissue known as fascia was once scraped aside as unimportant by anatomists studying the more self-explanatory tissues such as muscle and bone. These days fascia is being…
Fear of a Wireless Planet
Photo by ROBIN WORRALL on Unsplash Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Electromagnetic Radiation “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” -Arthur C. Clark Ever since mobile phones found their way into nearly everyone’s pocket, there…
Being in the Zone
Photo by S Migaj on Unsplash Last time we talked about neuroplasticity and how the brain can change itself based on what is demanded of it and how it is used. Among the various restructurings that have been studied are…
Your Brain on Plastic
Photo by Rebe Pascual on Unsplash Not long ago neuroscientists believed that the human brain developed along a predictable timeline and that windows for certain types of growth closed at some point, creating a kind of final draft of the…
Screen Time!
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash Humans spend an awful lot of time staring at screens. You’re probably reading this on a screen. I’m certainly writing it on one, and if you’re actually lucky enough to be holding some good-old…
Finding the Balance
Photo by Pixabay from Pexels Balance is such an important factor in health that the human body evolved several distinct systems to keep itself upright in all kinds of shaky situations. When one or another is compromised, the others kick in more efficiently…
SoHum Health Welcomes Dr. Seth Einterz
SoHum Health is pleased to announce that there is a new Doctor in town! Dr. Seth Einterz will begin serving patients at the Southern Humboldt Community Clinic in Garberville on September 3rd. Dr. Seth, as he likes us to call…
Baby You Can Drive My Car
Photo by Maxwell Ridgeway on Unsplash Driving one’s own car may become a thing of the past within many of our life spans, but until then, spending long periods of time behind the wheel can create some patterns in the…
Humboldt’s Opioid Crisis – Part 2
Photo by Jonathan Rados on Unsplash This is the second part of a three-part feature on how the national opiate crisis is affecting the Southern Humboldt community. Any members of the community who wish to share their accounts and experiences…
Breathe Easy
Photo by Alexandr Podvalny from Pexels What do you do roughly 20,000 times a day but barely realize it’s happening? What is the first thing you do when you are born and the last thing you do before shuffling off this mortal coil?…