Dr. Gabe Ariciu

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Vote for Phillip Guison to be featured in Muscle & Fitness! I overcame stage 4 cancer at 39 yrs. old by finding true health with nutrition and exercise. I later competed in my first bodybuilding show!

Low back pain rarely starts in the low back.
The thoracolumbar fascia governs how load moves through the spine—and when glide fails, pain follows.

Thoracolumbar Fascia and Low Back Pain Low back pain often reflects thoracolumbar fascia load failure, not spinal damage. Here’s how structure really breaks.

The body isn’t stacked like bricks — it’s suspended by tension.
Biotensegrity helps explain why pain appears far from damage and why restoring global load matters more than chasing symptoms.

Biotensegrity, Fascia, and Glide: Why Structure Fails Away from the Pain - Dr. Gabe - Functional Medicine and Applied Kinesiology Optimizing health by supporting natural healing through functional medicine.

Finally.

Under President Trump’s leadership, common sense, scientific integrity, and accountability have been restored to federal food and health policy.

For decades, the Dietary Guidelines favored corporate interests over common-sense, science-driven advice to improve the health of Americans.

That ends today.

The new Dietary Guidelines call for prioritizing high-quality protein, healthy fats, fruits, vegetables, and whole grains—and avoiding highly processed foods and refined carbohydrates.

https://realfood.gov/

Thank you, Mr. President, for standing up for children's health, gold standard science, and common sense.

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Practical Health, Personal Design Using a holistic approach to wellness, Dr. Gabriel Ariciu is passionate about bringing relief to his patients through applied kinesiology.

Fascia doesn’t just hold things together—it’s how force actually moves through the body.
When tension, injury, or poor mechanics disrupt that web, symptoms show up far from the source.
Structure matters. Force matters. And fascia is the conversation between them.

Fascia and Force Transmission in Chronic Structural Pain Fascia governs force transfer and load sharing. Learn how fascial dysfunction drives chronic structural pain even when imaging is normal.

Most sports injuries aren’t from “tight” muscles—they’re from a confused brain. Proprioception drives stability, power, and recovery. When the brain loses clarity, the body compensates and injuries repeat. This is why restoring neurologic control matters more than stretching.

Sports Injuries and the Brain: Proprioception Over Flexibility Sports injuries often stem from poor proprioception, not tight muscles. Learn how the brain drives movement, stability, and recurring pain.

Estrogen dominance isn’t always “too much estrogen.” It’s often a bottleneck in how the liver clears it.
When glucuronidation slows, sulfation is starved of sulfur donors, or bile flow becomes sluggish, estrogen builds up and symptoms follow.
The estrobolome (gut microbes that reactivate estrogen) can add another layer of recirculation.
New article live now.

Estrogen Dominance and the Liver: Why Glucuronidation and Sulfation Are the Hidden Bottlenecks - Dr. Gabe - Functional Medicine and Applied Kinesiology Optimizing health by supporting natural healing through functional medicine.

Chronic fatigue in ME/CFS isn’t a lack of willpower — it’s a metabolic shutdown.
Mitochondria slow ATP output, the vagus nerve loses its brake pedal, and the neuroimmune system amplifies every stress input.
That’s why even small efforts trigger PEM and days-long recovery.
This isn’t “just fatigue.” It’s a whole-body traffic jam.

Why Chronic Fatigue in ME/CFS Is a Mitochondrial–Neuroimmune Traffic Jam - Dr. Gabe - Functional Medicine and Applied Kinesiology Optimizing health by supporting natural healing through functional medicine.

Alpha-gal Syndrome isn’t your typical “meat allergy.”
Tick bites can trigger IgE reactions to a sugar found in red meat, but the symptoms show up hours later—often as gut issues, inflammation, fatigue, or skin flares.

Delayed reactions, mast cell activity, gut-immune signaling, and stress physiology all shape how unpredictable this condition feels.

If you suspect AGS, understanding the immune pattern behind it is the real key.

Alpha-gal Syndrome: The Hidden Immune Pattern Alpha-gal Syndrome is more than a meat allergy. See how tick bites, gut-immune stress, and delayed IgE reactions create confusing symptoms.