What you need to know about your health.

It is our commitment to our patients that drives us to become one of the leaders in helping prevent healing complications post operatively, prevent bacterial infections and viruses, and even enhance wellness without any adverse complications. Our way to do this is through an innovative technology as a distributor for MonaVie health products in our offices.

- Dr Timm

You are not allowing your body to optimally function, which can lead to increased risk of heart disease, reduced memory capacity, and even hypertension. Here's how you can change this and allow yourself to increase vigor, health, and vitality.

Scientific Overview

NATURE’S SCIENCE UNLOCKED

Dedicated to unlocking, sharing, and protecting the earth’s most unique, health-giving resources, MonaVie combines science and nature to bring you the highest quality products possible.

• Draw upon millions of dollars in clinical research
• Supported by more than 60 independent scientific studies
• 10 published studies in national peer reviewed journals
• 4 U.S. patents

YOUR HEALTH, OUR COMMITMENT

MonaVie’s dedication to your overall health extends far beyond the first sip. Combining the best of science and nature, we draw on millions of dollars of clinical research and more than 50 scientific studies—including eight published in national peer reviewed journals—to develop our premium health products.

By unlocking, sharing, and protecting the most valuable resources our planet has to offer, we are able to deliver powerful health-giving benefits in every bottle. Our rigorous testing standards ensure the highest possible quality products and demonstrate our commitment to science and—most importantly—your health.

 

SCIENCE ESSENTIALS

While it is essential to life, oxygen can also have a detrimental effect on your health. As your body’s cells use oxygen to create energy, they also create a potentially damaging byproduct called free radicals.

 

WHAT ARE FREE RADICALS?

Free radicals are organic atoms or molecules that have an unpaired electron in their outer cellular ring. Since electrons have a tendency to exist in pairs, free radicals become unstable and latch on to electrons from other atoms and molecules in your body. This cycle creates a biological chain reaction that can damage cell membranes, accelerate the aging process, and contribute to certain ailments. Stress, lack of sleep, a poor diet, UV radiation, exercise, and pollution can all contribute to the formation of free radicals.

These unstable atoms can lead to a physiological imbalance in your body called oxidative stress. When this occurs, your body is unable to counter the damaging effects caused by these rogue molecules. This can be demonstrated by cutting an apple in half. As the fruit is exposed to air, it starts to turn brown. On a cellular level, the oxygen in the air is interacting with the cell wall of the apple’s tissues, creating free radicals.

 

WHAT ARE ANTIOXIDANTS?

Antioxidants are molecules capable of preventing free radicals from damaging healthy, functioning cells. By donating an electron to these unstable molecules, antioxidants help terminate this chain reaction before crucial damage occurs. Though your body inherently creates some antioxidants, these life-protecting phytonutrients are generally found in richly pigmented fruits and vegetables. While thousands of antioxidants are found in nature, polyphenols and flavonoids (a class of polyphenols) are two of the most effective.

 

WHAT ARE POLYPHENOLS?

Polyphenols are natural chemicals responsible for the color, flavor, and scent in fruits and vegetables. Deeply pigmented berries such as açai are especially high in these antioxidant compounds. Found mostly in the outer layer of fruits, polyphenols offer protection from harmful bacteria and ultraviolet light. In humans, polyphenols protect your body from oxidative damage and support cardiovascular health.

 

POWERFUL NUTRIENTS FIGHT AGAINST AGING

The MonaVie premier juice blends contain powerful nutrients that aid your body in the fight against aging and other symptoms of oxidative stress. In fact, just four ounces provide you with the antioxidant capacity of approximately 13 servings of common fruits and vegetables.

Big Toe Pain

Seemingly every year around this time we see numerous patients from all over the country with lingering pain and difficulty walking which can be caused by the great toe joint. Some patients may think that bunions are the only thing that can cause this pain, but truly this is only part of the story. Numbers of studies in recent years show the natural progression of arthritis in toe joints which do not seem to have any bunion characteristics, such as prominent bone on the inside of the foot and deviation of the great toe towards the lesser toes, and this can be related in most cases to a distant trauma which occured an unknown time ago.

We offer several pain management modalities to provide nonsurgical relief in this area, ranging from orthotics and cortisone injections, to the new Cold LASER therapy for recurrent pain which can reduce symptoms in chronic pain of arthritis significantly without medications.

Something as trivial as stubbing your toe, or landing abruptly and resultant pain in the bottom of the joint that seems to go away, may eventually return later on as a limitation in joint motion, and pain in the foot which is related to the adaptive and errosive side effects from "hallux rigidus". This is quite prevalent after age 50 and can effect men and women, and can be the major source of a significant amount of discomfort and limitation with walking.

At The Family Foot and Leg Center, we offer numerous conventional and proven treatment protocols for our patients to give you the best chance at pain free ambulation. If you have arthritic changes on a regular xray, and the deformity is not too severe, you may even qualify for the latest implant arthroplasty technique known as "joint resurfacing". This is a relatively advanced joint replacement which allows patients to walk immediately after the surgery, and there are no weight bearing restrictions with a very high success rate both in the short term and long term.

Not everyone is a candidate, but for those who are, you will experience immediate relief. After several weeks post operatively, your range of motion should be close to the other foot, and in most cases significantly increased from before the procedure is done. It is an outpatient procedure, and we have strict criteria prior to undergoing this advanced modality. We offer numerous other therapies for other conditions of the foot and ankle, and I urge you to check out our website regularly as changes are constantly bringing our current and future patients up to date on the latest in the care of your foot and ankle conditions.