The Magic of Motion 

The human body is designed to move. Normal spinal motion allows the spine to move in turning, side motion and forward/backward. The movement also allows nerve signals from the brain to successfully travel through the spinal cord to all parts of the body.

Lack of normal motion can cause the brain to lose communication with the body, and the (remove) decrease the brain’s ability to control and coordinate it. A decrease in motion can occur from emotional stress, dietary stress, toxic overload, and physical stress.

Stress causes tension to build up in the muscles and joints of the body. This tension causes alterations in the normal structural alignment of the spine. The tension build-up can actually cause increased irritation and heightened sensitivity of the nervous system, resulting in pain.

Physical loss of motion can occur from traumas, auto accidents, falls, birth trauma, sports injuries, repetitive motion injuries and poor posture. According to the CDC (spell out) the average child, before they enter their teens, has had over 1000 physical traumas, while the average American has seven auto accidents in their lifetime. Auto accidents occur at a rate of 1.2 per second in the U.S. That is more than 103,600 accidents per day.

This loss of motion from trauma results in stress on the body, joints and nervous system. According to the Spine Institute of San Diego the damage from automobile collisions may not show up for days, weeks, months or years. Such symptoms as headaches, decreased mobility, stiffness, and back pain can occur following trauma, while osteoarthritis may not show up for years.

The force transferred to the body from an average rear-end collision, in a normal, mid-sized car, may be as high as five times the force of the actual collision. In a 10 mile-per-hour accident, the transferred force may accelerate the body up to nearly 50 mph. Women are usually hurt more in accidents, because most women have less muscle strength and body mass than men.

Chiropractic is a safe, effective, non-drug approach to reducing the effects of stress on a body. Chiropractors spend years learning to restore normal motion to the spine and joints of the body. Improved motion results in improved brain and nervous system communication, and improved body health and function. Chiropractic as a non-invasive health care option has been validated in numerous studies. 

In a comparative study presented at the International Conference on Spinal Manipulation in Washington, D.C., chiropractic care successfully restored spinal motion to patients with low back pain and walking dysfunction, while those patients receiving conventional care, including physiotherapy had no change in their walking pattern. 

A study in the Journal of Orthopedic Medicine found that 94% of patients with neck pain, restricted movement and neurological symptoms responded positively to chiropractic treatment. In a 2 year study published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, patients who had received chiropractic care for neck and back pain experienced increased mobility and less pain, as well as significantly lower health care costs compared to patients receiving other treatment options. 

Many medical physicians today recognize the role that chiropractic can have in integrative health care. As reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, 50% of the Rheumatologists had referred their patients to alternative health care practitioners, mostly chiropractors.

When chiropractic restores motion to the joints of the body it can be magical. Ability to turn the head, bend over easily, walk and move without pain is often instantaneous after chiropractic treatment. Movement, walking and exercise can become easy again. Even a ten-minute walk becomes doable, which is important. A California State University found that a 10-minute walk is enough to increase energy, alter mood, and affect a positive outlook for up to 2 hours.

To see if chiropractic can increase your mobility call TLC Holistic Wellness at (734) 664 - 0339 to schedule a no charge consultation and free spinal motion evaluation. 

Avoiding Holiday Bloating

Avoiding Holiday Bloating

This holiday season while everyone enjoys family and friends, their digestive system has to survive all the holiday food. The stomach has to successfully digest everything eaten from cookies and cakes to turkey and ham. Give the digestive system the simple nutrition it needs to survive the holiday season. With proper digestive support the holiday season can be a wondrous and joyous time.

Digestive enzymes are helpful to prevent that holiday stuffed and bloated feeling when big meals are eaten. The gas, bloating and indigestion that can occur after large meals can indicate missing digestive enzymes. It is not too much acid that can cause acid reflux, but rather an insufficient amount of digestive acid.

Fermentation of the food will occur when the body fails to make enough digestive enzymes to break down the food that is eaten. It is the fermentation process that produces the gas, bloating and acid reflux. The solution is to make sure that there are sufficient digestive enzymes available in supplemental form. An alternative to taking tablets or pills is to use apple cider vinegar

Apple cider vinegar is a fermentation product of pulverized apples.  The primary active ingredient is “acetic acid”. Apple cider vinegar often helps relieve the symptoms of heartburn and reflux that can be related to insufficient levels of stomach acid. It is most effective when consumed before meals as an aid to digestion.

Having sufficient digestive enzymes enables your body to utilize the nutrients from the food you eat. 
As a Clinically Certified Whole Foods Nutritionist, Dr. Solomon is specially trained to help people with digestive issues using natural foods and raw whole food nutrition. Learn more about her simple non-invasive method to determine which of the many varieties of digestive enzymes or whole or raw foods will work best for you. 

Consult with a Dr. Solomon to end the confusion on what enzymes would be best to help enhance enjoyment of the food you eat this holiday season. Call TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia today (734) 664 - 0339 to take advantage of our initial no charge consultation. 

Avoiding Holiday Blues

All grains, flour and cereals are converted to sugar in the body in the same manner as refined sugar. Eating sugar routinely or even occasionally will ultimately create a vitamin B deficiency. The body uses B vitamins to metabolize any form of sugar that is eaten. Consuming large quantities of sugar and carbohydrates over the holidays can deplete the body of the B complex more rapidly.

A simple solution is to use molasses, which provides all the nutrients that enable the body to metabolize sugar.  Molasses is high in the whole B complex. It is a by-product of sugar production. In sugar cane processing the outer part is discarded when sugar cane is processed to make sugar. Molasses is from the outer part where all the nutrients are that would allow the proper digestion of the sugar.

The other food sources of the whole B complex include dried hot red pepper, sunflower seeds, pecans, sesame seeds, walnuts, almonds, brewers yeast, egg yolk, wheat germ, liver, rice bran, fish, fresh mushrooms and fresh leafy green vegetables.

A century ago the average American consumed less than 2 pounds of sugar. Sugar has become an addictive white powder that has been added to everything from catsup to vitamins. The average American today consumes over 180 pounds of table sugar each year! It only takes 2 tsp. of sugar to decrease immune function by 40%! The high intake of sugar is responsible for many of the unwanted health conditions in Americans.

A few of the symptoms of a B complex deficiency include sugar cravings, fatigue, irritability, depression, acne, insomnia, inability to think clearly, tingling in the hands and feet, dizziness, eye strain, heart issues and more.

If you have any of the above deficiency symptoms, there is help. A review of your diet and lifestyle can easily locate simple changes that could improve your health and reduce the deficiency symptoms. Consult with a knowledgeable holistic wellness health care professional to end the confusion on what products or foods would be best to help enhance enjoyment of the holiday season. Call TLC Holistic Wellness in Livonia today (734) 664 - 0339 to take advantage of our initial no charge consultation.