The patient: “Serena,” a 49-year-old marketing manager.

Why she came to see me: Serena came to my health center because of joint pain. Her knees and hips often ached when she woke up, but it was her hands and fingers that were troubling her the most. What started as occasional discomfort in her hand joints progressed to the point that she found daily tasks such as typing, cooking, and carrying bags of groceries painful. She wanted to get to the bottom of her discomfort—and to find out if there was anything she could do to treat it naturally.

How I evaluated her: I began my evaluation of Serena with an in-depth discussion about her medical and personal history… Read on…

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