Think eating healthy is impossible for you because of the added cost? Turns out its actually cheaper than the alternative.

Have you ever heard your Bikram instructor lauding the benefits of this yoga in relation to your sleep, your thyroid, pancreas, kidneys, large intestines, and even boosting your immune system and sex drive?  For many, this may be hard to believe and scientifically, this is hard to prove, but to negate the potential of these [...]

Patients that have seen me know that I like to use and promote other exercises and sports outside the manual care and basic physiotherapy I give to them.  I like to suggest to my patients these extracurricular activities by getting to know them and matching a “sport or activity” to their goals, health needs, personalities, [...]

Let us work backwards and get to the most common root cause of this issue.  This is the process and sequence in which we have to work with when treating Plantar Fasciitis. 1)       The Tertiary issue is the Plantar Fascia (PF) because that is where you feel the pain.  In essence, it is what took [...]

Thiomersal is a preservative that is added to vaccines to prevent contamination. It contains roughly 49% mercury; the ultimate question is… is it safe?

By far, these are my most frustrating case studies that I have experienced throughout my career.  90% of the patients that get referred to me or find me with plantar fasciitis (PF), get their feet touched, if at all, for less than a minute, by that provider. The most common responses or treatment protocols I [...]

Pain Like No Other – My personal experience with Plantar Fasciitis If you know me, you will know I have suffered from many aches and pains due to old injuries of the past.  I can take a lot of pain, but Plantar Fasciitis (PF) by far was the most excruciating of all.  The simple thought [...]

So now you know that the specter that haunts your body is explained by a sprained ankle.  It’s okay, it happens, but how do you prevent things from getting worse and compensating for the injury (as mentioned in Part 1 of this series)? The answer is actually quite simple, but the details of the process [...]

There is no worse sprain in my eyes than the infamous ankle sprain.  Just the thought of it makes me cringe similarly to when a metal fork screeches across a dinner plate. The ankle is by far the most commonly sprained joint.  Perhaps due to its commonality this injury is not taken seriously enough by [...]

This is what I believe should be the correct approach for most cases of Ilio Tibia Band Syndrome (ITBS).  I hope your treatments are this extensive and detailed.  Each case is different, but this touches upon what I see most commonly and how I typically treat such cases. Let us work backwards and get to [...]

Often times, when we get hurt we immediately look toward getting a band-aid for the pain.  With Ilio Tibial Band Syndrome (ITBS) a band-aid approach is ill-advised and the ramifications of insufficient treatment can be quite debilitating and dangerous.  Following my theory and beliefs in Part 1, when the ITB is highly stressed, major compensations [...]

Many call this issue “runner’s knee,” and more often than not, my patients are runners, but this diagnosis can inflict anyone.  I personally like to call this “marathoner’s knee” because its primary root cause is not from running marathons, but from a “marathon of abuse inflicted over a long period of time.”  Poor treatment protocols [...]

Golf is my favorite game of all time!  It is like a psychologist or a really good friend that will listen to you babble for 4 straight hours and never interrupt your venting, but actually encourage you, until you hit that slice.  The game is non-judgmental, quiet, has its rules, but plays by nature’s laws [...]

Mike Aronoff, owner of Canoe Kayak and Paddle Company (CKAPCO), was one of my very first patients when I started my practice as a chiropractor and acupuncturist and I’ll never forget the expression he gave me when I first met him at a health fair.  I asked him to stick his tongue out at me [...]

What a beautiful way to start a day.  What a beautiful way to start a class.  I call this the “beautiful warm-up” because when we are in our “hidden postures,” aka life outside of class, we may not be breathing.  Acting like a life gauge, this posture resets everything, reminding us where we are.  It [...]

When you walk through the door of the studio, listen intently to the jingling of the door and the soothing background music.   Observe the quiet commotion of other students arriving to check-into peace, to self-realization, to their rehab, to their work-out, to their own personal journey–whatever it might be.  No judgment is passed during this [...]

Once again school looms ahead of us, and it’s time to do the back to school shopping. Most items are of little “health” interest aside of one critical aspect. The Backpack. Backpacks are a neccesity for your child who is soon to go off to our wonderful Loudoun county schools. Luckily, many families are becoming aware [...]

Fond memories and advice from my childhood that I will take from my family and pass on to my next generation is to never skimp on “food and shoes.”  Growing up, I never had the Nintendo’s, video games, gadgets and toys my other friends had. But what I had, that I can appreciate now, is [...]

In 2005, following a medical mission trip to South East Asia, Dr. Eugene Su, the founder of Beyond Wellness returned to his hometown of Reston, VA, where he started his first solo chiropractic, acupuncture, and nutrition practice. He quickly met his goals, but burned himself out in the process with the high demands and needs [...]

Is it really the Egg? There is no arguing that allergies are a fact of the human existence. You are truly beating the odds if you make it to adulthood without an allergy of some sort, be it pollen, dander, food, or chemical. What most people do not realize is that allergens have the potential [...]

For those that personally know Dr. Eugene Su, they will say he can be slightly A.D.D. and impatient.  I always believed it was those two qualities and hard work that got me to where I am today. That would be further from the truth.  I just wonder, as I continue to struggle with those above [...]

Imagine an onion symbolically representing your pain or ailment.  Similar to how an onion has many layers,  pain too, has many layers to its root cause.  To treat the cause of the pain effectively, your doctor must unravel these many layers.  In doing so, an effective solution and treatment plan can be developed. Our general approach and philosophy [...]

I have practiced Bikram Yoga on and off for eight years and counting now and I have always referred to it as the professional yoga of our times.  It is like being in the National Football League (NFL), but as a league made up of yogi’s, anyone can try it out no matter one’s age, [...]

Do you feel that behind your thigh or in your calf? You think you are stretching your hamstrings? Well, you’re not. At least not likely. Why is it necessary to even discuss stretching? Why Flexiblity is Important The ability to move in a full range of motion is important because we use our bodies the [...]