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James McKinney, Blue Mountain Wellness 124 E. Main Street, Main Street, PA (2026)

06/23/2026

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐲𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭.

𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐭.

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐲𝐦𝐞, 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚, 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞, 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭.

𝐒𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲, 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐝𝐨.

𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐱𝐲𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧.

Learn more here: https://jmckinney.com/

06/23/2026

The CDC finally is recognizing Chronic Lyme, but still won't call it what it is. Make it make sense!

If you're dealing with chronic fatigue, anxiety, joint pain, brain fog and you have tried everything, maybe it's time to get tested for chronic Lyme disease.. or "PTLDS" as the CDC wants to label it.

Western Blot and ELISA tests are the typical tests you'll get at your P*P office and are notoriously inaccurate, especially when Lyme becomes chronic. There's so much misinformation out there on this topic and the number of cases keeps growing.

If you have been suffering for years and have not had advanced testing done, I want to help. Comment Chronic Lyme and we'll connect.

I attached a map per CDC of reported Lyme cases in 2023 and it's only getting worse, check it out.

06/22/2026

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐃𝐂 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤.

𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐋𝐲𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐀 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝟓𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬.

𝐅𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚, 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐲𝐦𝐞-𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚, 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐃𝐂 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎% 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐤-𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐋𝐲𝐦𝐞.

𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥.

𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝. 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐋𝐲𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐨-𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥. 𝐓𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜.

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫.

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝.

𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑠: 1. 𝐶𝐷𝐶 — 𝐿𝑦𝑚𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑣𝑒𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 476,000 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒 (2022) 2. 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑟 𝑅.𝐵. 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝐿. — 𝐿𝑦𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒: 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 "𝑀𝑎𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡" 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐, 𝑃𝐿𝑂𝑆 𝑃𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑠 (2014) 3. 𝑅𝑒𝑏𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐴.𝑊. 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. — 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐿𝑦𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑒 (2017) 4. 𝐶𝐷𝐶 — 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡-𝑇𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐿𝑦𝑚𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑆𝑦𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡, 10 𝑡𝑜 20% 𝑐ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑖𝑐 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 (2022) 5. 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑃. 𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑙. — 𝑇𝑤𝑜-𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑎 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑔𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖 𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠, 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦 (2005)

Learn more here: https://jmckinney.com/

06/20/2026

Lower back pain does not need one solution. It needs the right combination of them.

This is the Tri-Core 4 lower back protocol at Blue Mountain Wellness. A complete approach that addresses spinal misalignment, reduces inflammation at the tissue level, and creates the conditions for real lasting relief.

Instrument assisted adjustment to target specific joints under stress. Manual adjustment to restore proper spinal alignment.

Class 4 laser therapy to pe*****te deep into inflamed tissue and accelerate healing from the inside out. Spinal decompression to gently open the joint space and take pressure off the nerve.

Not one of these therapies alone. All of them working together for a result that actually sticks.

If your lower back has been limiting you and nothing has fully resolved it, this is worth a conversation.

06/19/2026

If you have been dealing with pain or tightness between your neck and your lower back, try this.

Wall angels. One of the simplest and most effective exercises for the thoracic spine.

Heels against the wall. Butt against the wall. Head against the wall. Arms up and slowly slide them down and back up. That is it. The movement stretches the mid back, opens the thoracic spine, and helps restore the mobility that sitting and desk work quietly takes away.

If you have an office job and tension keeps building between your shoulder blades throughout the day, stand up and do this right now.

But here is the important part. If you cannot keep everything flat against the wall through the full motion, that is your body telling you something structural is limiting what should move freely. That is worth finding out about.

Come in and let us see what the root of that is.

06/18/2026

That pain shooting down your leg is not coming from your leg.

It is pressure on the sciatic nerve. Nerves exit the spine and travel all the way down through the leg. When something compresses them at the source, you feel it everywhere along that path. The tight calf. The aching low back. The burning, numbness, and tingling that follows you through the day.

Stretching helps temporarily. The compression does not go away on its own.

One of the best tools we have ever brought into Blue Mountain Wellness for sciatic pain is spinal decompression. You sit in the chair, it lays you back, gently stretches and opens the joint space, and takes the pressure directly off the nerve.

If you or someone you know has been dealing with sciatic pain and nothing has fully resolved it, reach out.

We will sit down, find out exactly what is going on, and let you know if this is the right option for you.

Learn more here: https://bluemtnwell.com/sciatica

06/17/2026

The mid back is one of the most neglected areas in the body. And it shows.

Stiffness between the shoulder blades. Tension that builds through the day and never fully releases. A thoracic spine that has lost the mobility it needs to support everything above and below it.

Here is one of my go to resistance band stretches for unlocking the mid back. You do not need a bench. You can do this kneeling on the floor or right at your office chair. Put the band behind your mid back, stretch out and pull back, and let the movement do the work.

Done consistently alongside the wall angels and the thoracic mobility exercise from my last video, this combination builds real lasting change in how the mid back moves and feels.

Two minutes. A resistance band. Your spine will thank you.

06/16/2026

Your thoracic spine was built to move. Sitting at a desk all day has other plans.

When the mid back stiffens and the shoulders lose their range of motion the body compensates. The neck takes on extra load. The lower back picks up the slack. What starts as tightness in one area quietly becomes dysfunction across the entire chain.

Here is one of my favorite daily movements for restoring thoracic mobility and freeing up the shoulders. No equipment needed. You can do it on the floor or on a table. Two minutes a day done consistently makes a real difference in how the upper body moves and feels.

Blood flow returns to stiff joints. Lubrication improves. Range of motion comes back gradually and then noticeably.

If you try this and the motion just is not there, that is worth paying attention to. Come in for an exam and X-rays and we will find out exactly what is going on.

06/15/2026

Gabapentin does not heal a nerve. Neither does Lyrica. Neither does Cymbalta.

They quiet the signal. That is the entire mechanism. The nerve is still firing abnormally and the medication intervenes at the point of perception so the brain registers less of what the nerve is actually doing.

For some people that relief is real and meaningful. Burning that was consuming every waking hour becomes manageable. That matters.

But here is what that relief is not doing.

It is not restoring blood flow to tissue that has been starved of circulation. It is not rebuilding the myelin sheath that has been fragmenting around the damaged nerve. It is not reducing the inflammation that is actively creating a hostile environment for nerve repair. It is not addressing the metabolic dysfunction, the toxic accumulation, or the structural compression that started the breakdown in the first place.

The signal has been quieted. The wiring is still failing.

Neuropathy is not a pain condition. It is a communication condition. The burning and tingling and numbness are symptoms of a nervous system that has lost its ability to transmit clearly and completely between the brain and the extremities. Treating the symptom without addressing the communication failure is like turning off the smoke alarm while the fire continues burning in the walls.

The damage progresses quietly. Beneath the surface. Beyond what you feel.

The question that determines everything is not how do we reduce the pain. It is what is driving the nerve damage and what would it take to change that environment.

That is a completely different conversation. And for most neuropathy patients, nobody has ever had it with them.

06/13/2026

Your body runs on electricity.

Not metaphorically. Literally. Every signal your brain sends travels through a network of nerves wrapped in a protective coating called myelin. That coating is what allows the signal to travel cleanly, accurately, and at full speed.

When myelin begins to break down, the signal distorts. And a distorted signal between your brain and your feet does not feel like a wiring problem. It feels like burning. Tingling. Numbness that spreads without explanation. A balance that shifts before you understand why.

This is what neuropathy actually is at the biological level. Not a pain condition. A wiring condition.
Medication quiets the signal. That is all it does. It does not rebuild the insulation. It does not restore the blood flow the nerve needs to survive. It does not reduce the inflammation starving the myelin of what it needs to repair. While the signal is being quieted, the damage continues. Silently. Consistently.

A nerve that is not receiving oxygen, nutrients, and circulation is a nerve that is still deteriorating regardless of how little you feel it.

The path forward is not about managing what you feel. It is about changing the environment the nerve is living in.

Watch the video. I break this down visually so you can see exactly what is happening inside your body and why the approach to fixing it has to go deeper than a prescription.

James McKinney

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