Kristie Bray, LPCC
Music to my Ears - Binaural Beats
By: Kristie Bray, LPCC Over the past year I have been having patients with anxiety and a few other disorders try binaural beats. Let's...
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Kristie Bray, LPCC
- Jun 22
- 2 min
Physical Symptoms of Anxiety
Headaches…Stomach aches…Nausea…Muscle pain…Tension in jaw. All of these can be signs and symptoms of anxiety. Your autonomic nervous...
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drbraydpt
- May 15
- 2 min
TMJ DISORDER SYMPTOMS CAN MIMIC CHRONIC SINUSITIS
Did you know that TMJ disorder and chronic sinusitis share many of the same symptoms? Headaches, jaw and neck pain, facial pressure,...
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drbraydpt
- May 15
- 3 min
A Quick and Easy guide to Temporomandibular Disorders (TMD)
What is TMD? Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are a group of more than 30 conditions that can cause pain and dysfunction in the jaw...
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drbraydpt
- Apr 21
- 6 min
Not talking about coffee grinding here. Bruxism...
Interesting facts about grinding. Bruxism or “teeth grinding” is a complicated phenomena which has a prevalence or 8-31.4% in the general...
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Kristie Bray, LPCC
- Apr 21
- 2 min
A quick guide to Tinnitus
We are frequently asked about tinnitus. What can we do to help and what is causing the issue. Here are some points of interested for...
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drbraydpt
- Feb 21
- 7 min
Squeeze the ringing out!
Assessment and management of benign tinnitus by CRAFTA® specialized therapists Introduction Tinnitus or “ringing in the ears” is a...
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Kristie Bray, LPCC
- Jan 21
- 1 min
Depression and Pain?
By: Kristie Bray, LPCC Depression and pain go together. Depression can cause pain and pain can cause depression. It can be a cycle back...
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Kristie Bray, LPCC
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
Neuroscience of PAIN
Want to learn more about how pain is directed through our body. Watch the this 2-minute neuroscience: Pain video by Neuroscientifically...
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Kristie Bray, LPCC
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
Anxiety and Our Body
By: Kristie Bray, LPCC The brain's limbic system is comprised of the hippocampus, amygdala, and the hypothalamus. It is responsible for...
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drbraydpt
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
“This will be the thousandth time of telling my story.”
A recent evaluation with a new patient made me think of this blog post. As he and I were discussing his history he made a remark that...
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drbraydpt
- Oct 22, 2022
- 1 min
Is that a phone in my ear? Ring ring
Tinnitus Tinnitus or commonly known as ringing in the ears can have a variety of causes. This can range from vascular components all the...
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drbraydpt
- Oct 19, 2022
- 4 min
Pain behind the ear?
There are several causes of headaches behind the ear. With proper medical treatment, these headaches can be relieved. A headache behind...
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drbraydpt
- Oct 15, 2022
- 7 min
Coffee Anyone?
Your daily cup of coffee may be doing more for you than providing that early-morning pick-me-up. The health impact of coffee has long...
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drbraydpt
- Oct 12, 2022
- 3 min
TMD oh no! 5 easy things you can do to help.
TMJ and Daily Life Don’t let TMJ (temporomandibular joint) dysfunction hijack your life. When it comes to managing chronic pain, small...
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drbraydpt
- Oct 7, 2022
- 1 min
Central Sensitization in Brief.
Central Sensitization: A Generator of Pain Hypersensitivity by Central Neural Plasticity Alban Latremoliere and Clifford J. Woolf Neural...
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drbraydpt
- Oct 5, 2022
- 4 min
Why do I still hurt after all these years?
What Is The Cause of Chronic Pain? To answer this question, we need to understand some facts about the nervous system. Whatever its...
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drbraydpt
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
A-ah Choo!
Most of us living in the Ohio Valley are plagued every spring and fall by seasonal allergies. Sometimes these little nuisances come and...
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drbraydpt
- Sep 30, 2022
- 4 min
Do cranial bones move?
One of the components of the cranial concept for practitioners who practice cranial manipulative therapy is that the bones of the head...
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drbraydpt
- Sep 29, 2022
- 2 min
Cranial Compliance and its Role In Chronic Pain
Cranial Compliance and its Role In Chronic Pain Since I began my journey into the world of healthcare I was taught very early on that...
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