Tensegrity Tips | Dr. Chad Edwards

Tensegrity Tip – 2 Ways To Increase Vitamin D

January 10, 2012 By Doc Leave a Comment

Dr. Chad Edwards recommends ensuring adequate Vitamin D levels. Most patients will need some supplementation in order to ensure these appropriate levels. Here are 2 ways to supplement…

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Tensegrity Tip – Gut Health & The Paleo Diet

January 7, 2012 By Doc Leave a Comment

Dr. Chad Edwards is one of the few doctors in Tulsa, Oklahoma practicing Functional Medicine. Functional medicine seeks to identify the source or root cause of the problem and focus efforts on treating that issue. When that issue is fixed then the subsequent problems will take care of themselves. The Tensegrity Tip for today is [...]

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Tensegrity Tips – Glucose Control

December 31, 2011 By Doc Leave a Comment

Dr. Chad Edwards discusses how to keep blood sugar down and minimize insulin at the same time.

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Tensegrity Tip of the Day – Sinus Rinse

December 31, 2011 By Doc Leave a Comment

Congestion is a common problem. Dr. Chad Edwards often recommends this treatment…

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Tensegrity Tip of The Day

December 29, 2011 By Doc Leave a Comment

Dr. Chad Edwards is one of the only places in Tulsa, Oklahoma that performs prolotherapy. Call for an appointment today!

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Paleo? But I LOVE my bread…

The majority of my patients come to me because they are seeking improved health and understand that my approach is through the ‘Healthy Trinity’ consisting of Nutrition, Exercise, and the 3R’s. However, it is still fairly common that, when I mention and describe the Paleo Diet, patients change their expression. “You mean I can’t eat [...]

What Your Hands Can Tell You About Your Food

If you’ve read any of my stuff or hear me talk at all then you know I recommend eliminating (or dramatically reducing) gluten from your diet. I have a lot of patients who ask me if I’ll test them for Celiac disease or gluten intolerance. Yes, I’ll test them but I often recommend against testing [...]

Healthy Gut, Healthy Body

Most of my patients want to improve their overall health. Occasionally I’ll have someone come in with a vague abdominal pain or some other abdominal symptoms. Some of them have been to their OB/GYN, general surgeon, gastroenterologist, family doc, pediatrician, etc and they still don’t have an answer. Sometimes they get surgery to “see what’s [...]

How To Know If You’re Getting Enough Vitamins

If you know me at all then you know that I’m a huge proponent of proper nutrition. It is one of the cornerstones of my ‘Healthy Trinity’ which is the foundation of optimizing health. The Functional Medicine approach to nutrition means that each person has an adequate & functional nutritional status. We have to have [...]

The Mismanaged Thyroid (Gland & Hormones)

I had a patient the other day, I’ll call her Sally, who was a new patient and had been recommended by a friend. She told me that she didn’t fell right. She felt as though “something was wrong” and “I don’t feel like I used to feel.” She told me she had been to several [...]