Avalon Natural Medicine

11/03/2026

There's me handing out candy along with my elusive husband in the back and my cautious cow-dog monitoring the throngs of kids coming by for Spooky Saturday.

ST. ALBANS CITY – No matter how much candy they buy each Halloween, downtown businesses still feel the crush from Spooky Saturday’s crowds.

11/03/2026

According to my mentor Dr. William Walsh, this is a side effect known to occur in Overmethylators. These are the same group of people who can't/shouldn't take SSRIs because they are most likely to experience the black box warning symptoms. Luckily, I've been doing this work for nearly a decade and can ask the necessary clinical questions to determine if these drugs are a good idea for you.

11/02/2026

Do you need a ride to the polls tomorrow? If so, let me know and I'll either give you a ride myself or I'll direct you to the Amanda Janoo campaign who is organizing rides throughout Vermont!

10/27/2026

Ticks are hanging on for deer (pun!) life right now and I've had three patients in less than a week who found ticks on themselves. Pay attention to your skin after being outdoors or if you have animals who go outdoors. Take off clothes that you were wearing while raking or walking through fallen leaves or tall grasses. Check your animals too.

If you have had a tick bite the CDC recommends at least a single dose of an antibiotic within 72 hours, even with no symptoms. With symptoms, the length of time of treatment increases. I had Acute Lyme symptoms for TWO MONTHS in 2024 after a tick that came in on my dog bit me.

Symptoms also respond best in combination with an integrative approach that includes both herbs and antibiotics. The synergism of these two medicines means that together they work much better than either does individually if you can manage to take both.

I only treat acute Lyme personally, but have a network of Lyme-literate NDs that I refer out to for sub-acute and chronic issues. If you are a patient of Avalon and found a tick on you, give us a call for an acute appointment. If not, call your primary care physician or go to an urgent care center for at least the antibiotic.

10/24/2026

I am a small business owner who provides insurance to my employee and myself so I felt these health care premium increases dramatically. As a healthcare provider, I see how this not only affects my patients who are employees of these organizations, but also how it affects them as taxpayers. As a concerned citizen, I watched the anguish of the school board members in years past having to make hard decisions to increase workload for our educators.

Who we elect to be the next governor could have a substantial impact on all of these things as we have seen with our current governor. It's not just about being a nice guy or following the recommendations of health experts through the pandemic. We need someone who sees the current weaknesses in our systems and has the vision to make progressive changes to improve life for every Vermonter.

I've been Team since early April, which I'm sure everyone who has come to the office has noticed. You can vote in person on November 3rd, or you can drop off your ballot early at your town hall. If you need help locating polling places or town halls, I'll gladly help you out.

10/15/2026

The fingertrap is the best analogy we have for how Fascial Counterstrain works on the extracellular space.

Do you have questions about how FCS works? Write them below!

10/14/2026

Fascial Counterstrain is good for a variety of both acute and chronic conditions that cause either pain or some other dysfunction.

If you have been experiencing a symptom and it continues to bother you despite other treatment, give us a call to schedule at 802-578-3449

10/11/2026

CSF or cerebrospinal fluid is the fluid that surrounds your brain and spinal cord. In that same space are ligaments that hold the thick protective coat outside your brain and spinal cord to the bones of your skull and vertebrae column.

The flow of CSF can get restricted when these ligaments are damaged and that can cause pressure headaches and other tethered cord symptoms. If you've been experiencing these issues, give us a call.

10/09/2026

What is Fascial Counterstrain and why would I want to learn how to do it?

It's a light touch manipulation of various tissues in your body to help release inflammation and get your body back on the road to recovery.

I started my training after many years and multiple Counterstrain practitioners resolved issues that others could not. As a Naturopathic Physician, I have learned and am also open to many modalities and I tried them all without success. Conventional and Alternative.

But with Counterstrain I experienced a chronically subluxing vertebrae go into position and stay there even now years after that one treatment. Nerves that had been damaged and causing loss of sensation for decades suddenly return with normal sensation. Trigeminal neuralgia resolved too. And so many other accumulated aches and pains. All better with FCS.

And now I want the people of Franklin County to experience it too.