Vijay Patel, D.C.

Relax and Rejuvenate on Mother’s Day

Dr Vijay — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:49:04 +0000

From Dr. Samantha Weiss, wishing all the mothers and wonderful Mother’s Day! Mothers are always busy and often it is difficult to find ways to relax and take care of yourself, even on Mother’s Day. This Mother’s Day, spend a few minutes doing something for yourself, to make you feel good. Spend a few minutes [...]

Weekly Food Challenge: Exercise Your Way to Better Eating

Dr Vijay — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:25:20 +0000

In my last blog post, I talked about the importance of simple changes to your daily routine. Each week I will post powerful, simple and easy to implement ways to help you change the way you and your family eats…and thereby improve your health. Yes they are simple, but taken together they can have a [...]

You Are What You Eat!

Dr Vijay — Thu, 03 May 2012 21:20:21 +0000

The foods that we consume on a daily basis, form the basis of our health. It makes intuitive sense, that if we are not putting healthy food in, our bodies will weaker and not as effective at fighting disease as those bodies that are eating a diet filled with healthy food. Americans are consumed by [...]

Warmer Weather and Sun Protection.

Dr Vijay — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:30:25 +0000

Another post by Dr. Samantha Weiss, who is clearly ready for the warmer weather of summer! School is almost over and when that school bell rings for dismissal in mid-June children will start engaging in either sports or summer camp as well as numerous outdoor activities. We encourage children to engage in outdoor activities and [...]

Kinesio Tape – An Effective Drug Free Alternative to Healing Injury

Dr Vijay — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:43:50 +0000

Kinesio Tape is an effective drug-free treatment for a wide variety of muscular ailments designed to reduce pain and speed healing. Kinesio tape is a latex-free cotton fiber tape that may be stretched over an injured area. When musculature is damaged, the body often responds with swelling. This swelling, while intended as [...]