Dr. Tobias Pintar

General Practitioner, LNB Pain Therapy, Acupuncture

8 spooky facts about food

8 spooky facts about food

Things you don’t/might want to know about One The sight of food makes us hungry. Experiments showed, that we get hungry from watching food. Two We make 66% of decisions during grocery shopping spontaneously. Three Experiments have shown, that we would eat more of...
Fibromyalgia? What the heck is fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia? What the heck is fibromyalgia?

Giving multiple pain a name is curse and blessing at the same time. Finally being able to give the devil a name and being able to say ‘that’s what I am suffering from’, can be a relief. On the other hand the diagnosis of fibromyalgia seems so definite, that it can...
Lower back pain or the curse of sitting

Lower back pain or the curse of sitting

People in the Western world suffer a growing problem. It’s called lower back pain (LBP). According to Wikipedia approximately 9 to 12% of people (632 million) have LBP at any given point in time. Nearly 25% report having it at some point over any one-month period....
Osteoarthritis is reversible

Osteoarthritis is reversible

Osteoarthritis is widely seen as a destructive process of the joints cartilage, caused by wear and tear as people age. Addit genes are blamed as well. Yet a study published by researchers from Utrecht puts a different perspective on this illness. An illness that is...