5 Facets of Good Health in Faribault, MN

5 Facets of Good Health:

Nutrition: Eating a well-balanced diet and drinking a healthy amount of water are key to looking and feeling your best.

Low carb, low fat . . . information on what constitutes a proper diet is vast and conflicting.  When it comes to nutrition one thing is true—variety is the spice of life.  That’s not a green light to eat whatever you want whenever you want but merely to eat a variety of food including whole grains, fruits, vegetables and low fat protein while keeping the consumption of refined sugars and processed foods to a minimum.

One easy way to instantly improve your health is to drink more water.  How much water is the right amount?  A good rule of thumb is to take your weight, in pounds, divided by 2 (i.e.: A person weighing 150 pounds needs to drink 75 ounces of water per day.).  High levels of physical activity, medications and drinks high in caffeine may increase your need for water even more.

Exercise: The body needs a good amount of cardiovascular exercise each week to maintain health.  All you need is 3-4 thirty-minute intervals of exercise per week to stay healthy.  Also, stretching should be performed daily to release the tension that builds up in our muscles.

Sleep: Getting enough rest at night is essential for your body to recharge and heal from each day.  Every body requires a different amount of sleep.  On average, the range is between 6-10 hours per night.

Positive Mental Attitude: Maintaining a positive mental attitude is powerful.  It is a state of mind, which influences our thoughts and actions.  The power of a positive mental attitude can help you better manage stress and enable you to achieve goals making your life happier, healthier and more successful.

A Healthy Nervous System: Every cell, tissue, organ and system of the body is controlled and regulated by the nervous system.  A properly functioning nervous system allows for a properly functioning body.

A close relationship exists between the nervous system and the spine.   The nervous system can be negatively affected if proper spinal alignment is altered even slightly between one spinal bone (vertebra) and another.   There are many factors that can cause spinal misalignment.  Trauma from an accident, improper lifting, falls, jolts, or strains are common causes.  Sustained postures, repeated motions, and emotional stress, all common to the workplace can gradually wear down parts of the spine and lead to misalignment.  The result of this misalignment of spinal bones is a nervous system that is not able to work at its optimum level.

Chiropractic’s role in this process is to ensure that your brain is able to send the correct messages via the nervous system to the entire body.  When your nervous system is working well, without interference, overall wellness improves.  Regular chiropractic care is essential to reach optimal health.

We all perform better when we are happy, healthy and motivated.  Improve your health by making healthier lifestyle choices.  Small changes lead to healthy habits.



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True Healthcare Reform in Faribault

Healthcare costs are skyrocketing.  Insurance premiums continue to rise year after year, while insurance coverage for the patient is decreasing.  The healthcare system cannot be sustained at the rate we are going.  It is true that healthcare reform is needed.  This reform needs to be more than just cutting costs and limiting care in the current medical system.  We can’t continue treating diseases and symptoms while ignoring the causes of these problems and expect any real reform to take place.  “Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result“ is the definition of insanity. 

Health comes from inside.  We need to do everything we can to ensure our bodies are working well from the inside out, not the other way around.  Chiropractors recognize this and are poised to be the leaders of the reform that is truly needed.  Statistics of patients who regularly utilize chiropractors as their primary care physicians show it reduces the need for:

·         Hospitalization by 60.2%

·         Hospital days by 59%

·         Pharmaceutical usage by 85%

·         Outpatient surgeries and procedures by 62%

·         Overall global health care cost by 50%[i]

Numbers tell a story and these numbers clearly show chiropractors can and should play a major roll in reforming healthcare and controlling the astronomical costs in the current healthcare system.  Getting adjusted regularly is a win-win. 

You benefit from better health and save money too!

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[i] This according to a clinical and cost utilization study conducted by an independent physician association done over a 7 year period and that included doctors of all licenses.   J.M.P.T Vol 30, Issue 4, pages 263-269, by Dr. Richard Sarnat, M.D.


                                     

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Don’t Let Stress Get You Down! Help in Faribault.

We all experience some level of stress on a daily basis.  Stress, in itself, is not harmful to us.  It becomes a problem when the amount of stress is too great for a person to handle, or when the body cannot adequately adapt to stress.  Dealing with stress starts with knowing its different forms and understanding how it affects the body.

Stress exists in three forms.  Here they are with examples of each:

1.    Physical Stress:  The birth process, sports, accidents, repetitive activities, slips/falls, poor posture, work

2.    Emotional Stress:  Worry, financial woes, hectic schedules, heartbreak, loss of a loved one, divorce, job loss/change of work

3.    Chemical Stress:  Processed foods, fast food, drugs (prescribed and over the counter), cigarettes, alcohol, caffeine

The effects on the body are wide ranging and numerous.  Some of the common long term effects include but are not limited to:

            Allergies                High Blood Pressure           Anxiety                               Skin Problems         Headaches/Migraines          Back Pain                       Muscle Aches and Pains      Digestive disorders             Heart Disease 

            Stroke                  Insomnia / Fatigue             Depression

Everyone is affected differently and can handle different levels of stress.  Here are some tips to fight back against stress:

·         Think in a positive way

·         Eat the right food

·         Exercise on a regular basis

·         Get enough rest and fun (laugh)

·         Get adjusted regularly,  it will help balance your stressed nervous system

At Hoisington Family Chiropractic it is our goal to help our patients understand these different forms of stress and how they affect the body, and to limit the negative effects of stress by keeping the body in balance with state of the art chiropractic care.

In Health,

Dr. Jason Hoisington

 

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