by Jenna Witt | Aug 23, 2025 | Functional Medicine, Pain
Because of my day job in the ER, I see the birth of chronic pain all the time. Car wrecks. Falls. Work accidents. People show up in agony, and yes, they need strong pain meds. Sometimes their injuries are so severe that the meds don’t stop when they leave the ER.... by Jenna Witt | Mar 5, 2024 | Exercise, Pain
If you had a dollar for every time you heard that exercise is the greatest thing since sliced bread (not that sliced bread is healthy—unless it’s just one slice of high-fiber 100% sprouted rye flour), you’d be rich. Maybe not in health, but at least in dollars. I... by Jenna Witt | Aug 3, 2023 | Functional Medicine, Pain
I get it, it’s so easy to just pop pills to manage pain. In my career as a Nurse Practitioner in an often busy AF (as the kids say) ER, I’m guilty as charged. But when someone is in agony, there’s no other choice. Ain’t nobody got time for a 90-minute patient intake...
