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Recipe of the Month: Mexican Beef and Cheese Bake
Summer is here, and so are many yummy recipes that are good and good for you. Farro is an ancient grain that packs a nutritional punch and is a great substitute for brown rice. Check out the recipe below for a quick and easy summer staple.
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Diabetic Nerve Pain: Symptoms, Causes and How to Make Smart Food Choices to Control It
Understanding how the food and drinks you consume affect your blood sugar level can help you manage one of the most common complications from uncontrolled diabetes: peripheral neuropathy pain. Symptoms include tingling, burning, sensitive to the touch, numbness/weakness or a cold sensation either in the feet or hands, according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA). Check out these tips for better managing diabetic nerve pain in your hands and feet.
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Guilt-Free Grill-Out Recipes
Finally, spring is here, and your friends are having a cookout. But what can you take that won’t cause the crowd to cringe or you to fall off the weight-loss wagon? These Guilt-Free Grill-Out recipes are sure to keep you in check and please even the toughest crowds…
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Mg-Rich Recipe: Everything But the Kitchen Sink Soup
As you learned in our blog post Magnesium: What it is, Why You Need it, and How to Get More of it, Magnesium (Mg) plays a vital role in our body’s function. Making sure you get enough will also help to keep your chronic pain under control. If you want to add more magnesium to your diet, try this tasty Mg-packed recipe for Everything but the Kitchen Sink Soup…
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Magnesium: Why You Need it & How to Get More of it
Magnesium (Mg) is the second most abundant mineral found in our bodies (most abundant in bone and muscle). It is also one that people who suffer from chronic pain should take special note of. This key nutrient plays an important role in many of the body’s key functions, including:
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PMG Welcomes Anesthesiologist, Dr. David E. Fritz
The Pain Management Group is excited to welcome anesthesiologist, Dr. David E. Fritz, to its medical staff. Fritz brings more than nine years of anesthesiology experience to the practice. He received his medical degree from University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa, and completed a general surgery residency at the university’s medical center. He then went on to complete an anesthesiology residency at the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta, where he served as chief resident. He also…
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The Power of Zinc
Zinc is considered at trace mineral, but is very important for many of our bodily functions. Along with many of the other nutrients we get from food like calcium, vitamin D or vitamin B; zinc is also a necessary mineral we must include in our diet.
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How to Stay Hydrated This Summer
Keeping hydrated year-round is an important (and essential) component to staying healthy. On average, water makes up 60 percent of body weight and is involved in flushing toxins out of organs, carrying nutrients into cells, providing a moist environment for the ears, nose and throat and many other metabolic processes…
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Recipe of the Month: Chia Seed Pudding
Chia seeds, an ancient superfood, pack a powerful nutritional punch. Follow this recipe for Chia Seed Pudding for a healthy treat that can both boost energy and reduce inflammation…
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Chia Seeds: The Ancient Superfood
Do you remember Chia Pets? The cut animals that grew fur right before your very eyes. Well, the seeds used to give these cute critters their fur are called Chia Seeds, and recently these tiny little black and white pods have been gaining a lot of popularity.
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Congratulations to Dr. McHugh!
We are proud to congratulate Dr. McHugh for being recognized as one of Nashville’s Top Doctors by Nashville Lifestyles Magazine. He has received Top Doctors recognition several years in the past, along with recognition from U.S. News & World Report and Castle Connolly. He is a board-certified pain management and physical medicine and rehabilitation physician
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Procedure Spotlight: Discography
Back pain is always frustrating. It can be even worse when you don’t know the cause. Fortunately, there’s an interventional procedure that can help diagnose the cause of persistent, severe back pain. Learn more about discography.
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Procedure Spotlight: Epidural Steroid Injection (ESI)
An ESI is a common, minimally invasive procedure that involves the injection of both a local anesthetic and a steroid medication into the lowest portion of the epidural space to help reduce inflammation and relieve pain. Who is a candidate?…
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Procedure Spotlight: Radiofrequency Ablation
Our spotlight procedure for May is the Radiofrequency Ablation. This minimally-invasive procedure is most commonly offered to patients with neck or back pain from facet joint problems like arthritis or injury and reduces or eliminates the pain of damaged facet joints by disrupting the medial branch nerves that carry the pain signals.
