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You know that feeling. You might have done a little too much bending and stretching trying to clean up all those autumn leaves falling down in the yard. Or, you decided these beautiful, brisk fall days are perfect to take up running, except, you never ran more than down the block and come to think of it, did you forget to stretch out before you took that exhilarating jog around the park? Even just a power nap on the couch— sleeping in a funny position for a little too long could do it. Whatev

Isn’t our skin truly amazing?  Although it’s literally paper thin, it serves a leading role in offering protection, regulation and sensation for the body. And as soon as there is any kind of break in the skin, our bodies detect that opening as a potential gateway for danger (i.e. bacteria and infection) so all it wants to do is close the gap and seal it up ASAP. But, because our body is so efficient and simply wants to “seal the deal” as quickly as possible, it doesn’t seem to care much

Winter is finally a thing of the past, and after these challenging few months in various stages of lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we are all more than ready to get out and about and soak up those warming rays. We’ve all heard plenty about the potential harm from the sun’s UVA and UVB rays, and have had more than our fair share of education about the need to protect our skin with good quality, broad spectrum sunscreen products. And somehow, despite the awareness and education, and do

Living through a pandemic in today’s world is undoubtedly one of the more stressful experiences that many of us have dealt with thus far in our lifetime. These are truly unprecedented times, with so much uncertainty from day to day, and an overwhelming amount of information available at our fingertips—and quite a lot of that information is inaccurate, vague or unsubstantiated.  You may still be gainfully employed—trying desperately to work a full time job from home while juggling the n

CBD is  NOT Marijuana. Now that we’ve gotten that matter cleared up, we can move on to what CBD IS. CBD (short for cannabidiol) is one of the active ingredients of cannabis (marijuana). While CBD is an inherent part of medical marijuana, it is actually derived from the hemp plant, which is a relative of the marijuana plant. In fact, marijuana contains both THC (short for tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD—and these two elements have dramatically different effects. CBD is only one o