By S.D.L.

Is the Heat Getting to You?

If you are suffering from what you think is a flare up in your Sciatica this may not be the case. 

 
Many people come into the office with their “self-diagnosis” already in hand. They have pain in the low back, often longstanding, and now some pain radiating into the gluteal region and back of the leg. We’ve all heard so much about disc herniations and sciatica that immediately we fear the worst. But in many cases these symptoms are NOT representing a TRUE sciatica (caused by disc herniation, stenosis of the spinal canal, spondylolisthesis etc) and, although the pain can be very severe, the patients prognosis is for an easier and faster recovery.

Dr. J. Alf Barajas, a local naturopathic physician tells of his experience of his first home delivery in Playa del Carmen.

Rodrigo is a carpenter; he makes those cool rustic looking signs on 5th avenue. His brother-in-law owns a candle shop on 1st South, and his brother is an upholsterer. All of Rodrigo’s family is from Uruguay. His wife Andrea was pregnant and had about a month to go when they visited us at our home. They explained that Andrea’s due date was the 20th of June. Almost “Summer Solstice” I mentioned. We were friends and had met about six months before when he and his family were our neighbors in El Colosio. He was a great neighbor and we often helped each other out when there was a need. He had known that we were starting an Alternative Medical Clinic here in Playa del Carmen, and that I was a Physician.

Hospiten Riviera Maya, located on the Federal Carretera at the second entrance to Playacar in Playa del Carmen, was officially inaugurated June 15.

Hospiten Riviera Maya is the second hospital (after Hospiten Cancun) that the private health care group, Hospiten has in Mexico. The opening ceremonies were attended by Felix Gonzalez Canto, Governor of Quintana Roo and Carlos Joaquin Gonzalez, Municipal President of the Solidaridad City Hall, as well as other important figures from the worlds of politics, business and culture.

Why do I have these knots in my back?

That’s what our new patient, Anabel, asked me on her first visit to the Center of Alternative Health NICTEHA. She was looking to chiropractic for relief of her pain and tension between the shoulder blades and lower neck. She estimated that the pain had begun three months earlier and had been steadily worsening in spite of the two Tylenol and various “sport crèmes and menthol salves” that she applied DAILY! What finally brought her to us were the strong headaches and “torticollis” rigidity in the neck that had begun one week ago.