How To: Stress-Less!

This month, our "Half-Hour to Health" was on "Freedom From Stress" and we have the following tips to help you cope with stress naturally:

What causes stress to the body & why are we talking about it?

1) Environment- Pollution, weather, toxins from the genetically modified foods, chemicals in foods/products

2) Social- Finances, jobs, demands for your time and attention, loss of loved ones

3) Physiological- Aging, lack of exercise, poor nutrition, inadequate sleep

4) Thoughts- Your brain interprets changes in your environment/body and determines when to turn on the “EMERGENCY” response. Your thoughts determine your reality! Change your thoughts change your world!

The great news is Chiropractic helps to switch off the stress response and allows relaxation to occur! As soon as the interference is gone the brain stops sending those emergency messages to your nervous system.  3 minutes after you shut off these signals the fight or flight response burns out.  All of these functions will return to normal levels.

We came up with THE BEST TECHNIQUE of managing stress!

B – Breathing – Deep breathing kicks in the healing part of the Nervous System (parasympathetic)

The 5 second breathing technique – breathe in through the nose for five sec, hold for five sec, out through the mouth for five sec, hold the breath out for five and repeat process 2-3x.

E- Exercise – One of the simplest most effective stress reducers is exercise.  Studies show that exercise alone helps reduce stress – Goal: walk 20 minutes a day three to five days a week.

S-Sleep – Most Americans do not get enough sleep, compounding stress in the body – this means going to bed before 10 pm and stopping the use of all electronics before bedtime. One of the most common themes that we have seen with our practice members today is not getting good restful peaceful sleep.  Example – “The nothing box.”  Tips for improving sleep include: Dark rooms, as quiet as possible and eight or more hours when possible. 

T – Talk – Self talk is huge when it comes to stress.  Most people talk worse to themselves then they would ever let anyone talk to them.  Having the right kind of self-talk is important – we create our world by our words.  In every situation look for the positive that can come out of it and don’t jump to the conclusion that it is bad or negative. For example Car mechanic – Someone comes in after they had their brakes repaired and says that they still don’t work – The mechanic can jump to conclusions like they don’t like me or I am a bad mechanic and neither of those may be true. 

T- Time – All processes take time – small changes today result in large changes over time , Your problem is not your problem it is your attitude about your problem that’s the problem.  If there are stressors in your life identify them and do not sweep them under the rug because over time they can get worse if they are not addressed.  Once you have identified the stressor come up with several ways in order to deal with the issue.  Not having a plan is a plan to fail.

Action Steps: 1) Get Adjusted 2) Practice the BEST technique 3) Share this with as many people as possible so that everyone can have the freedom!

Here is our video recap, enjoy!

Dr. Bob's "ABC" Salad

Three of the foods Dr. Bob recommends that you eat each day include a half-red apple, one-third cup of beet fiber, and one medium carrot. In this recipe, Dr. Bob combines all three for an "ABC" salad that is perfect for a summer potluck. For more recipes from Dr. Bob, please go here, you'll be glad you did!

Farmer's Market Visits

Summer in Northeast Ohio is one of the best for local produce. Over the past few years, we have seen an increase in farmer's markets and Dr. Bob is with one of his favorite vendors, Al, who we have had a guest on our television program. Find out what's in season below and go here for farmer's markets available in the Cleveland region. 

Vitamin B: Facebook Live Recap

Last night was our monthly live event on Facebook, which vitamin B was our focus. If you have any further questions after watching the video, please email us at info@druglessdrs.com, so we can help you towards achieving optimal health.

TDD: Hormones

In this episode of The Drugless Doctor, we are discussing something important for each and every one of us: Hormones. Yes, in this program we are touching on both male and female hormones. If you have general health questions after watching this video, please email askdrbob@druglessdoctor.com, and we will have Dr. Bob answer it in a future #AskDrBob. 

If you would like to come and visit us after watching this video, please email info@druglessdrs.com and we will be able to assist you. Thanks for watching and make sure to pass this along to anyone you know can benefit.

#NoMeds Story: Overally Health Improvement

We love that we are able to help many individuals restore optimal health function every day without the need to prescribe medication. And this week, we have one practice member who shares how we have been able to help her:

I did not realize how physically bad I felt until I started feeling better. Dr. Anthony, Dr. Casen and Dr. Bob have made a huge difference in my overall health. By taking a holistic approach focused on diet, exercise and adjustments, my lower back and leg pain has significantly diminished. I am able to be more active, which has helped me lose weight, increase my energy level and live more fully.

If you are on the fence, jump off (carefully) and come and visit us! We promise, you will be glad you did!

Summer Recipes

We are excited to share with you some brand new recipes that Dr. Anthony and Dr. Casen have personally prepared when they are at home. Please watch our "Half-Hour to Health" episode below that includes a special guest!

Dr. Anthony’s Sautéed Quinoa with Vegetables:

Ingredients: 1 cup quinoa, ½ cup chopped carrots, ½ cup chopped celery, 1 diced onion, 1 package chopped button mushrooms, ¼ tablespoon organic butter, ½ tablespoon olive oil, Celtic sea salt (you can add what you want to taste).

Recipe: In a pot bring 1 cup quinoa and 2 cups of water to a boil, once boiling let quinoa simmer for 15 minutes.  Put a frying pan on medium heat.  Add the butter and olive oil to the pan, add all the chopped veggies and let them sauté for 10-15 minutes.  Add the quinoa to the batch of vegetables and serve warm or place in the refrigerator to serve cold.

Apple and Onion Chicken Meatballs:

Ingredients: Two pounds of ground chicken, 1 diced apple, 1 diced onion, 1/3 cup buckwheat flour, 1 egg, Celtic Sea Salt (add what you would like to your taste).

Recipe:  Mix the ground chicken in a bowl with the apples, onions, buckwheat flour, egg, and salt. Once the meat has been thoroughly mixed make small circles in your hand with the meat.  Place on a baking sheet in the oven @350 degrees for 30 minutes.   Serve warm or double/triple the batch in order to freeze.

How to cook wild caught fish on the grill:

Ingredients: Wild caught organic fish of your choice, parchment paper, dill, and Celtic sea salt.

Recipe:  Heat up the grill to medium heat, somewhere between 300-400 degrees, place the parchment paper on the grill and place the fish on the paper skin side down. Apply dill and Celtic Sea Salt to the fish and close the grill. Keep an eye on the fish until the color changes all the way through, be careful not to over-cook the fish as it can become rubbery.

 Zucchini SURPRISE Salad with Turkey Bacon and Farm Fresh Kale:

Ingredients: 3 medium to large zucchini, 1 package of green kale, 1 package of turkey bacon, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, Celtic Sea Salt, cumin, and dill.

Recipe: Bring a frying pan to medium heat and add 1 package of turkey bacon.  Cook for 5 -10 minutes until done.  Chop the turkey bacon into smaller pieces.  Prep the kale by pulling the leaves off of the stalk and chopping the leaves up. Cut the zucchini up into smaller cubes. Mix the turkey bacon, kale, and zucchini into the original frying pan and sautéed together for 5- 10 minutes with olive oil.  Add cumin, dill, and a pinch of Celtic Sea Salt. Serve warm or place in refrigerator to serve cold.

Drugless Doctors Apple, Beet, and Carrot Salad:

Ingredients: 3 red apples, 1 beet, 6 medium carrots, Celtic Sea Salt, ½ cup walnuts or pecans, and ¼ cup rice wine vinegar.

Recipe: Shred 3 apples on the grater at the greatest setting, chop up 1 large beet into smaller cubes, cut carrots up into tiny circles or quarter circles.  Add all the cut up items to a bowl and lightly toss with the rice wine vinegar, add the salt and nuts in order to achieve a nice crunch.

Kickin’ Kohlrabi and Sautéed Onions:                 

Ingredients: 3 Kohlrabi, 2 onions,  ¼ cup organic butter, Celtic sea salt, and rosemary salt.

Recipe: Peel the outer covering of the kohlrabi, cut the kohlrabi up into small even pieces, dice the 2 onions.  Bring a frying pan up to medium heat and add the butter.  Place the kohlrabi and the onion in the pan to mix around.  Saute these two items together with Celtic Sea Salt and Rosemary salt. The kohlrabi is done when it is soft versus being tough.  Carmelization of the onions will help this dish to add a burst of flavor!

TDD: Posture

This month we have looked at ways to improve your posture, which you can see here. We also recently taped one of our new "The Drugless Doctor" episodes on the subject below. If you are looking to improve your posture naturally, please consider us and schedule an appointment, you will be glad you did!

Blood Sugar Stress Recap

This past Wednesday was Dr. Bob's monthly live event and this time we did it live on our Facebook page. We discussed blood sugar and how to help stabilize in order for you to prevent diabetes and other conditions. If you have blood sugar stress, we would love to help you. Please contact us to make an appointment!

Our 10 Tips to Help Improve Posture

Do you ever notice how you are standing? Do you stand straight up, or are you hunched over? We have a list of ten tips that will help improve your posture, including chiropractic adjustments.

1. Proper use of Cell Phones- When texting, emailing, or surfing the web on your electronic device of choice make sure to keep your head from looking in the down position. This is one of the biggest culprits when it comes to poor head posture.

2. Desk Ergonomics – When it comes to using computers make sure the screen is at eye level and that your legs and arms are at 90 degrees to the floor.

3. Head Exercises – An exercise that is easy to do involves bringing your head back by tucking your chin in and keeping your eyes level. (it looks as if you are making a double chin)

4. Take side pictures of yourself - This is a great way to monitor changes that are being made to improve posture awareness!

5. Exercise Bands – Get an exercise band and hold your hands out in front of your chest and pull your arms apart while holding on to the exercise band. This exercise will help to strengthen a muscle group called the rhomboids which are important for keeping your head in its normal position.

6. Exercise Ball – One of the very best things to do for improving posture is to lay back and arch your back over an exercise ball. This helps to combat the forces of gravity that we experience every day.

7. Door Jamb – The door jam is an exercise that helps work with the rhomboid muscle group as well. Place your arms on either side of a door post and bring your body forward while bracing between the door posts. It is like doing a standing push up between door posts and helps to strengthen the rhomboids.

8. Proper Sleep Position – The very best position to sleep is on your back with a cervical curve pillow. A cervical curve pillow provides a relaxing position for your spine. It may be uncomfortable at first, but over time your body will thank you. Check Theraputica pillow out if you need a recommendation.

9. Deep Breathing – several times throughout the day make sure to take deep breaths which allow us to be aware of our posture and helps sooth and calm our body systems.

10. Find your local chiropractor in order to help improve posture from the inside out.

#NoMeds Story: Travels 3 Hours One-Way!

In this week's #NoMeds story, we have Carmen, who drives THREE HOURS one-way to come and see us once a month. Here are her words on how we've helped her:

I have been going to The Drugless Doctors for over 2 years, & look forward to my monthly visit & chiropractic adjustment. I live in Indiana & drive 3 hours one way for my appointment each month. It has been a wonderful investment of my time & money! Everyone at their office is extremely friendly & helpful, & I am very impressed with the technology & testing they offer.

I've seen many great improvements to my health, including more energy, less headaches, my monthly cycle pain dramatically reduced, a stronger immune system, & improved thyroid function. Also, I am a violinist, & when I first came to The Drugless Doctors I was having a lot of left shoulder pain & it was affecting my playing. When I started getting chiropractic adjustments, along with improving my diet & nutrition, the shoulder pain disappeared! I'm so grateful for The Drugless Doctors & all of their knowledge! They are truly dedicated to getting to the bottom of every health concern their patients have. Make an appointment with them today - you'll be glad you did! :-)

We would love to help you, too! Come and see us at our chiropractic and wellness practice in Westlake and Elyria, Ohio.

#TBT: Diabetes

We have been involved in chiropractic and drugless principles for nearly forty years, and something we used to day every Wednesday at our old practice location in Elyria was a "Half-Hour to Health". In this "Throwback Thursday", Dr. Bob shares how to prevent diabetes without medication, which is our May focus on druglessdoctor.com.

Enjoy!

#NoMeds: Chiropractic & Exercise

It has been a few months since we have highlighted a practice member, and this week we have Trudy:

This set of chiropractors have been the best decision I have ever made. I am much better off since I have begun to go to this office! I have completed 5 half marathons, one 50K relay, many 5Ks, a 10K, and play women's and co-ed softball all summer because of the care that I have received here. I breathe better, I sleep better, I move better, I have no lower back pain and a much better outlook on life!! These chiropractors care for much more than just our spine, they care about our health and our overall life! Sports has never been so successful for me without the chiropractor care I receive.

Dr. Casen & Megan

We would love to help you, too!

Asthma & Allergy Relief

This month we have focused on helping you stop allergies without medication and we have a handout in this blog we use to help our practice members who have asthma. We have had great success healing asthmatic symptoms with chiropractic adjustments and these nutritional supplements.

You can find Histoplex-AB and Pneuma-Zyme on druglessdoctor.com, or at a Westlake or Elyria offices. 

TDD: Allergies

Does bright light bother your eyes, or do domestic pets cause you to start sneezing and eyes watering? We look at allergies and how chiropractic and natural care can help stop them in their tracks. If you have allergies and take OTC medications to stop them, consider coming to see us, we would love to help you!

Allergies & Nutritional Supplements

Allergies can be healed naturally with chiropractic care and also changes in lifestyle and the foods you eat. Dr. Anthony also shares one product we use in our practice from Biotics Research Corporation that has proven effective to help our practice members. To view the product, please go here, or come visit us at our chiropractic practice in Westlake, Ohio.

Allergies & Chiropractic

This month at our practice we are looking at allergies. Did you know chiropractic can help allergies naturally? In this video, Dr. Anthony shares how our adjusting techniques relieve allergies, sometimes almost instantly. For additional information on allergies and healing them naturally, click here to view articles authored by Dr. Bob, you'll be glad you did!

The Drugless Doctors is a chiropractic and nutrition-based practice in Westlake and Elyria, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. We can't wait to help you!

Breast Thermography Part II

We recently began Breast Thermography as a service at our practice, the only wellness and health practitioner to offer this treatment in Northeast Ohio. Since we began, we have seen amazing results with the ladies who have sought out this drugless approach. Below is updated information regarding the procedure. Please share with your friends or family who would benefit and contact us to schedule a time that works for you. 

Thermography (DITI) is a clinical test of physiology. It is a valuable procedure for alerting your doctor to changes that can indicate early stage of breast disease. DITI uses Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging technology to record and assess your breast health with no dangerous side effects. The benefits of Thermography (DITI) are that it offers the opportunity of earlier detection of breast disease than through breast self-examination, doctor examination, or mammography alone. It detects the subtle physiologic changes that accompany breast pathology, whether it is cancer or fibrocystic disease. Your doctors can then plan accordingly and lay out a careful program to further diagnose and/or monitor you during after any treatment. A certified Clinical Thermographer will record your history and take thermal images during a 20 minute private and discreet appointment. You will need two sets of imaging done approximately three months apart to establish a baseline of your stable pattern. Your thermograms will be kept on record and compared with your annual return to detect any changes in your pattern that may indicate breast pathology. Your results are reported quickly by certified doctors and include all color images taking during your test. It takes years for a tumor to grow, thus the earliest possible indication of abnormality is important to allow for the earliest possible treatment and intervention. DITI’s role in monitory breast health is to help in early detection and monitoring of abnormal physiology.

Half-Hour to Health: Allergies

Today and tomorrow is our monthly Half-Hour to Health and this month we are focusing on allergies. Here is the video recap of our entire talk that we had, and below are our notes from the talk including in-office product specials and upcoming events. Thank you for watching and letting us help you improve your quality of life without medication!

What frustrates you about allergies?

-Decreases quality of life, can't go outside, itchy eyes, sneezing, coughing, lower immune system

Imagine....

There is even a place on the weather to look at allergies, colds, and flus weather you should go outside?

Drugless Solutions

1. Subluxation

A. Misalignment of the spine changes the messages that the brain sends to the body – getting adjusted clears sinuses

2. Medications-

A. Covers up the symptoms

B. Terrible side effects

3.  Digestion

A. Improper digestion and consumption of the wrong foods are one of the leading causes of allergies

4.  Immune system

A. Subpar immune function can also contribute to allergies

5. Adrenal fatigue

A. Are you tired? Even after sleeping a full night? Does bright light bother your eyes? Do you crave salt?

B. All of these are signs that your adrenals need some help in order to fight off allergies.

6.  Food stressors

A. Food sensitivities by the person that can be causing the challenge

B. Get a food stressor done to evaluate if there are foods that may be contributing to the problem.

Action Steps

1. Get adjusted

2. Get to the root of the issue: nervous system, clean up digestion, support adrenals, address foods

Supplements that help with allergies

1. Histoplex AB – A major help to those suffering with allergies – boosts the bodies inborn way of fighting allergies

2. Intenzyme-Forte – helps to clean up inflammation and digestion in the body

3. Bio-Glycozyme Forte – great multivitamin for blood sugar and adrenal stress.

Specials this Month

1. Food Stressor Test – On special for $25 normally 50, Histoplex AB is on special %10 off.

2. May 4th at Noon – Half Hour to Health on Posture

3. May 5th- Women’s Wellness Event – 12:30 -2 or 6:30 to 8:00 – Great event to bring friends and family. Please RSVP your seat.

4. May 12th – Dr. Bob will be the headline speaker for March Against Monsanto

TDD: Detoxification

Each day at our practice we have individuals wondering what is the best way to cleanse and "detox" their body. In this TDD episode, we share how do to just that. Tomorrow night, we're continuing the conversation at TownHall Restaurant in Cleveland and we'd love it for your to join us. You can RSVP for free by clicking here.