Finally – Headache Free!
January 26, 2012
Photo by Debbie C.
Did you know that headaches are one of the top three reasons people seek chiropractic care? According to the American Chiropractic Association, nine out of 10 Americans experience headaches, and anyone who has suffered through chronic headaches can tell you that there’s no such thing as “just” a headache. Headaches can severely impact quality of life, limiting your enjoyment of daily activities and sapping your energy. Painkillers – both prescription and over-the-counter – have unwanted side effects, so patients are often faced with a choice of dealing with the pain or dealing with a drug-induced fog. Drugs can also lead to “rebound” headaches.
Chiropractic care is a natural remedy to help you deal with the root causes of headaches. Many headaches are caused by muscle tension, joint irritation and vascular constriction – all conditions that can be managed by your chiropractor.
Here are a few tips to help you avoid triggering a headache:
- Get up from the computer to stretch every hour, if not more frequently. Sitting in a fixed position stresses your body.
- Make exercise a daily habit to help relieve stress that may contribute to tension headaches.
- See your chiropractor to alleviate subluxation.
- Steer clear of known headache triggers like bright light, strong fragrances and red wine, if you know that they affect you.
- Stay hydrated! Drink at least eight glasses of water each day; more if you are exercising or consume caffeinated beverages or alcohol.
Don’t suffer – let us help! To learn more about how we can help free you from headaches, all Kristina at 408-979-9999.
A Little Indulgence Goes a Long Way
December 22, 2011
Between office parties, neighborhood open houses and big family dinners, the holiday season can feel like a diet disaster just waiting to happen. It’s tempting to just give up on healthy habits until January rolls around – or to hide out at home where we won’t have to deal with temptation at all! But with just a little bit of discipline it is possible to indulge and enjoy the holiday festivities without going overboard. Here are a few tips to help you stay on track:
- Drink lots of water throughout the day. Staying well-hydrated helps to give you a full feeling before meals.
- Load up on vegetables. Look for appetizers with lots of vegetables and fill your dinner plate with vegetable dishes. Volunteer to bring a vegetable dish so that you’re sure to find something you enjoy.
- For every glass of wine or cocktail you have, alternate with a big glass of water in between.
- Maintain a regular sleep schedule. It may be hard, with late nights the norm at this time of year, but try to get adequate rest as often as you can.
- Go easy on yourself! I practice the 95 percent – 5 percent rule. If I am eating well 95 percent of the time, I allow myself to eat what I choose the other 5 percent of the time. The stress that results from worrying about everything that goes into your mouth is worse than eating the food.
- Stay active. An active lifestyle can make up for a multitude of diet mishaps. Remember to keep up with (or increase) your usual activity level. Exercise is even more important during this busy, stressful time of year.
Don’t forget that regular chiropractic care will keep you feeling your best this holiday season and beyond. To inquire about Lifestyle care at Rozenhart Family Chiropractic, call Kristina at 408-979-9999.
The Healing Power Within You
December 6, 2011
If you are in pain or suffering from a health problem this holiday season, then the greatest gift you can receive is to discover and release the healing power within you. This healing power is the same vitalistic energy that grew you from one cell at the moment of conception to over 80 quadrillion cells that are perfectly placed, organized and orchestrated in you as an adult.
Chiropractic works with this innate healing power, your Innate Intelligence, to help you recover quickly from injuries and enjoy the quality lifestyle you deserve throughout your life.
How does this happen?
Your nervous system is the master control system of your body and healing energy flows over this network. With over 45 miles of nerves delivering over 3 million messages per second between your brain and every one of your cells, this pathway between your brain and body must be healthy for you to function properly. This pathway must also be clear for you to heal if you have been injured or you are sick.
Unfortunately, this communication pathway can experience interference. Nerve Interference that occurs in the spine is called a vertebral subluxation. Research out of the University of Colorado has shown that the weight of a dime can reduce nerve transmission. “Only five to ten millimeters of pressure can interfere with the nutrition of a nerve, starving it of nutrients,” reports the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. “Deterioration can occur within two weeks,” according to Dr. Videman’s research out of Finland.
Lifestyle Interference results from poor health habits such as overeating, poor nutrition, excessive drinking, taking prescription or non-prescription drugs, or sitting too much. Environmental Interference can be caused by toxicity from air, food, water, or chemicals, as well as accidents or natural disasters. All three types of interference can cause pressure in your spine and nervous system and affect your health on every level.
Rather than releasing the healing power within them, too many people treat their symptoms with over the counter and prescription drugs while the underlying cause, the interference, remains in their system and accumulates damage for decades. This has short and long term consequences.
The great thing is that as long as you are alive and breathing, and there is life flowing over your nervous system, this healing power stays within you, just waiting for you to get the interference out of the way. When you do, it goes to work and does its job! With consistency, not only can your body heal to the point where you feel better, your health can stabilize and your body can also regenerate.
How many holidays have you or your loved ones spent where you are waiting, hoping and praying for health problems to go away. Rather than receive another superficial gift and continue to suffer, why not ask your family and friends to deliver a gift that releases the healing power within you? Better yet, take responsibility and give that healthy gift to yourself.
Everyone deserves to be healthy and express their full potential from the time they are born through their last breath of life. This includes you. Release the healing power within you and make this holiday season the one you remember for a lifetime.
Reprinted with permission from The Family Practice
Six Tips for Healthy Holiday Travel
December 1, 2011
The holidays are stressful enough – but you can double that stress when you throw holiday travel into the mix! Add that stress to the usual challenges to your immune system at this time of year and you have a recipe for illness. Luckily, we have a few tried-and-true tips to keep you feeling strong and well when you’re on the road this year so you can enjoy your holiday gatherings in good health!
- Stay well hydrated. Every cell in your body needs water to function at its best, but airports, planes and hotel rooms dry us out, so drink up! An added bonus: if you’re drinking enough water you’ll be up and going to the bathroom regularly, and our bodies love motion!
- Visualize positive family encounters! Stress about family time can have a negative impact on our health. Visualize things going well with family members and prepare yourself as best you can for those encounters.
- Get moving. Build in exercise whenever and wherever you can. Take a stroll through the airport on layovers, do some triceps dips while waiting to board or do some calf raises while waiting in line. And don’t forget to stretch!
- Bring healthy snacks. You know the food choices on the airplane will be limited at best (and full of fat and sodium), so pack your carry-on bag with fruit, nuts and veggies. They are all easy to pack and full of nutrients.
- Relieve neck strain. Try this easy stretch: bring one ear over to one shoulder, hold for 20 seconds. For a deeper stretch, bring that ear over and provide resistance from the opposite hand while bringing your head back to original position. Repeat 3 times on each side.
- Relieve back irritation. To avoid and relieve back stress, get up from your seat frequently and move around. There are no magical stretches to relieve hours of sitting, we must get up and move for our spines to be happy and healthy!
All of us at Rozenhart Family Chiropractic wish you safe, happy and healthy travels this holiday season!
Our Holiday Gift for You!!
November 25, 2011
Have you had a chance to enjoy a massage by our wonderful massage therapist Dionne? If not, what are you waiting for? As our holiday gift to you were are offering 30-40% off of 1 hour massages. You can’t beat that!
This offer expires December 23rd, so don’t wait. Purchase yours now!
You will receive 30% off for an hour of massage. That is $45.50 each for up to 4 massages. When you purchase 5 or more you receive 40% off!!! That makes each massage only $39!!!
These are transferable and make great gifts for the holidays! Let us know if you want us to mail you the certificates or if you would prefer to pick them up at the office.
The fine print:
Certificates expire June 23rd, 2012
Must be used at 4620-B Meridian Ave, San Jose, CA, 95124
May purchase a maximum of 10 certificates
Transferable
Gratitude: It’s Good for You!
November 23, 2011
Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.
- Eileen Caddy
Thanksgiving is a natural time to reflect on all we’re thankful for. But it’s good for you to embrace gratitude the other 364 days of the year, too. Recent studies have shown that people who feel grateful are healthier than others, sleep better, and suffer less from anxiety and depression. They are more likely to take care of themselves by eating right and getting regular exercise. People who adopt gratitude as a permanent mindset are better able to manage stress, and low stress levels mean better overall health. Here are a few ways to cultivate a grateful mindset:
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Keep a “gratitude journal” to help focus on the good things in your life. Try to write at least one thing you are grateful for in the journal each day.
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Share your feelings – tell the people in your life when you appreciate something they’ve done. A heartfelt “thank you” can mean a lot. Before you know it, everyone in your house will be expressing gratitude!
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Take a second look at the things in your life that you might be taking for granted. Your health, home and family are all things to be cherished and appreciated.
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Try to turn negative thoughts around. If you are feeling stressed at work, flip the situation and think about the things you like about your job.
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Make gratitude a family tradition. Create a “gratitude book” for each family member to write in each year at Thanksgiving. You’ll have fun reading through it over the years.
For more ideas on making gratitude part of your daily life, here are 40 more suggestions.
6 Healthy Habits for a Strong Immune System
November 10, 2011
It’s the time of year when viruses are making the rounds through offices and schools, but coming down with the cold that’s going around isn’t inevitable! Making healthy choices a habit leads to a strong immune system that can fight off even the nastiest germs. Why suffer and resort to treating symptoms with medication when you can stay healthy the first place? Here are a few tips to help you feel your best this winter – and all year round!
- Schedule regular adjustments. Regular chiropractic care contributes to your overall wellness and removes spinal interference that can impair your immune response.
- Eat well. You know it’s important to include whole grains and a variety of fruits and vegetables in your diet, and that’s especially true during cold and flu season. Look for citrus fruits loaded with vitamin C, and keep eating your greens!
- Avoid stress. Easier said than done, right? But stress is known to weaken immunity, so do what you can to eliminate unnecessary stressors from your life.
- Get adequate rest. Sleep is essential to your body’s well-being, especially when you are trying to stay healthy. Make a habit of going to bed and waking at the same time each day.
- Exercise daily. Go outside and get some fresh air if possible. Research consistently shows that moderate exercise boosts immunity, so be sure to get out for a brisk walk or a bike ride regularly.
- Get a massage. Even just a single massage session has been found to boost immunity, so imagine how healthy you would be if you incorporated massage into your regular healthcare routine!
Take care of yourself this winter so you’re not dragged down by lingering colds and viruses. Schedule an appointment at Rozenhart Family Chiropractic today by calling Kristina at 408-979-9999 or schedule online now!
The Benefits Of Lifestyle Care
September 15, 2011
The benefits of Lifestyle Care are many and well documented. From improving athletic performance, increasing brain function and increasing bone density to strengthening the immune system and preventing deterioration, the results can be dramatic. And as common sense and world renowned chiropractor, Dr. Ernie Landi has stated so eloquently, “If you prevent it, you don’t have to treat it.”
Lifestyle Care is about keeping your spine and nervous system aligned, balanced and functioning to its full potential throughout your lifetime. This allows your brain and your body to communicate efficiently, without interference, so that they can function at their highest level and you can enjoy life to the fullest.
People will frequently ask, “This makes a lot of sense. How often should I come and get my spine and nervous system checked?”
The answer is quite simple and depends a lot on you. The intensity of your Lifestyle Care will depend on the intensity of your lifestyle as well as the underlying condition of your spine and nervous system. People who live stress free lives and have no underlying deterioration in their spine or nervous system require much less Lifestyle Care.
On the other hand, people with moderate amounts of stress and deterioration require more frequent visits and people who are under severe stress or have a lot of severe deterioration in their spine and nervous system require much more frequent visits to keep their body functioning at high levels of health. You and your chiropractor will determine together the frequency that is best for you based on your personal health condition and goals.
As the intensity of your lifestyle changes from month to month or from year to year you may find that the intensity of your Lifestyle Care also needs to change.
For example, if you have found that an adjustment every two weeks has been ideal for you and you change to a more stressful job with a lot of sitting or a long commute you and your chiropractor may find that one adjustment a week works better.
If you are a casual exerciser and decide to start participating in triathlons, the increased intensity of your training might require you to increase the intensity of your visits to multiple times per week. On the other hand, if your life becomes less stressful, you begin meditating three times a day and your underlying spinal conditions have already been corrected, you may find that your Lifestyle Care frequency may decrease in its intensity.
The most important thing for you to understand is that Lifestyle Care is not based on symptoms. Your frequency is not determined by how you feel but instead is determined by whether or not you have a subluxation, a spinal imbalance with nerve pressure, that needs to be adjusted. Since additional research has revealed that nerve compression can exist without pain, waiting until you have symptoms to get checked is not a good idea. Only your chiropractor can determine whether you need an adjustment or not through a chiropractic check-up.
Ask around and you will find that there are millions of people who have been under chiropractic care for decades not just because they have had a problem but because they have experienced the benefits of Lifestyle Care. These people may be some of the healthiest people you meet. Too many people in our society are suffering because they are crisis oriented when it comes to their health. Don’t let this happen to you. It is easier, less expensive and more fun to stay well than it is to have to get well after you become sick or injured. Make Lifestyle Care your top priority.
Nerve Compression Without Pain – M. Hause in Spine
Bone Density –JBSR September 2002
Increased Brain Function – In Touch Volume 4:3 March 2000
Reprinted with permission from The Family Practice.
Win An iPad By Sharing Your Story!
August 11, 2011
Starting August 15th, sharing your story can win you an iPad and other great prizes! Every activity you participate in will get you tickets to win! The contest will run until September15th and there are 4 ways to participate:
1.You can send your friends and family to this page, inviting them to receive our monthly tips to thrive and create a happier healthier community. You will also receive an invitation by email to forward to friends and family. (1 ticket for each email received)
2. You can send us a video testimonial ( Maximum 2 minutes long) or take one in our office on Thursday mornings. (5 tickets )
3. Review us on any of the following sites: ( 2 tickets for each review posted) You must send an email to info@rozenhartchiro.com to show that you have posted so you can get be entered.
4. Refer a friend or family member (15 tickets). When they call and schedule their first visit, please make sure they mention your name! We’ll even throw in their X-rays at no charge!
**MUST be 18 to enter and Medicare subscribers are NOT eligible to participate in this promotion.
**Not valid with any other offer or discount.
20 Years Younger? Really?
May 10, 2011
