Dr. Robert Kachko

Progressive Muscle Relaxation can be a useful tool to accomplish two goals: Helping the muscles of the body to release tension, which can...

We’ve spent much of this series discussing things that are mostly within our control: nutrition, mindset, participation in our healing...

Our bodies and brains are complex, and each of us is impacted by pain in our own unique way. However, we ALL experience pain at two...

When it comes to our experience of pain, as with all things, context matters! If you’ve been following along with previous posts, you...

Mindfulness meditation is all the rage these days. Proposed as a cure-all for everything from anxiety to pain, it’s rare to find someone...

Depression (and anxiety, among a host of other psychosocial factors) contribute to chronic pain. In fact, in one study in the journal...

Thanks to it’s high supply of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, fish oil is one of the best anti-inflammatory substances we have. Given that...

Sleep: the ultimate reset switch. We’ve got tons of research about just how important sleep is to our long-term health and well-being. It...

According to the CDC, 20 Million Americans deal with “high impact” chronic pain on a daily basis. This means it impacts their quality of...

Dealing with chronic pain is a tremendous (and all too common) challenge. Doing so alone is even more difficult. Research shows that a...

Pain can be unlearned. It is meant to serve a crucial but temporary role in our lives: to alert us of danger and to influence appropriate...

Imagine for a moment that your home is on fire and your local fire department arrives to “save the day” by cutting the power to your fire...

Our Dr. Kachko was interviewed by Live Naturally Magazine on the importance of maintaining healthy teeth and gums for an overall...

"Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has the historically unique distinction of being the only common chronic disease with no known prevention or...

The paradox of holding an IBS awareness month (though an undoubtedly important recognition of a common ailment) is that despite years of...

Did you know that getting up early to exercise might actually MAKE you gain weight? Yes, you read that correctly: you may be better off...

Pain can be unlearned. It is meant to serve a crucial but temporary role in our lives: to alert us of danger and to influence appropriate...

Life is full of, or perhaps even defined by, choices and medicine is much the same. We have a certain degree of freedom to choose the way...

The concept of self-love is just as important as love in the classic sense. Science is beginning to catch up to what poets and artists...

Men with low testosterone are at greater risk for a myriad of chronic diseases. In a perfect world, disease would result from dysfunction...