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Just because it’s Labor Day weekend doesn’t mean you can’t double-down on your health and wellness efforts. After all, this time of year marks the 4th quarter of 2020. It’s a good idea to take a look at where you’re at currently with your health and wellness goals.

When it comes to Labor Day weekend, there’s a lot you can do to optimize your health and wellness.

First, get your mind right. Use this holiday weekend to start building your meditation practice, if you haven’t already. Meditation brings gifts like patience, inner peace, and tranquility. It’s a great way to let the dust settle in your mind — we recommend doing it right when you wake up in the morning for 10-20 minutes.

Yoga is another great practice to build and grow during this holiday weekend. Yoga is a fantastic way to relieve the tension in your body from your daily/weekly grind.

Get outdoors if you’re able — try to hit up a secluded spot instead of the most popular nature hike in the area, which will surely be packed over Labor Day weekend.

If you’re feeling any aches and pains from an active Labor Day weekend, contact Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center today to schedule your consultation. We have a long track record of treating injuries and daily pains and aches alike.

When eating healthy it’s quite easy to simply resort to routine, eating the same dishes week in and week out. Lack of variety is actually one of the top reasons people revert back to dining out and shopping in the wrong aisles of the grocery store.

Below, Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center goes over a few healthy Fall meal options. By focusing on the season and changing the foods you eat according to seasonal shifts, you’ll be less likely to hit the diet doldrums.

Autumn Quinoa Salad

Make some nice quinoa, which is a healthy alternative to processed foods like pasta, and use that as your base, throwing in kale, spinach, and other healthy greens, not to mention baked yams, almonds, pecans, walnuts, or whatever other healthy ingredients you like. Toss this creation in a nice honey dijon dressing. If you want to stay on the extra healthy path, toss in balsamic vinegar and extra virgin olive oil, if your diet agrees with this.

Soupe Du Jour! 

Get into making soups during the Fall and Winter seasons. For Fall, focus on pumpkin soups and include ingredients like broccoli and cauliflower for an extra health kick. Invest in a crockpot to make the whole process easy on yourself. You’ll be on stew street in no time!

A Chiropractor Who Stresses Healthy Living

Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center stresses incorporating a healthy diet and fitness routine into our patients’ daily lives. Contact us today to learn about how our treatments help make daily life better in numerous ways.

When it comes to nutrition, many of us eat well for a short period of time, then fall back to our old habits of eating out or eating on-the-go, which, unfortunately, usually entails eating copious amounts of junk food.

However, having and keeping a good diet are not as elusive as you might think. Below, Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center goes over a few ways to tweak your diet for the better, not to mention a few habits to build that will help you keep your diet.

First, make it a priority to, no matter what, get a healthy dose of veggies throughout your day. Kale, broccoli, spinach, red pepper, cucumber, celery, wheatgrass, and even powder veggie supplements should be daily staples in your new healthy diet. You’ll be amazed at how much better and lighter you feel throughout the day!

Second, make sure you’re getting good, clean protein, whether it comes from meat, veggies, or supplements. There are a ton of options for those of you who are vegetarian and vegan. Vegetarian and vegan food, by and large, tends to be over-seasoned, which is something you’ll want to avoid.

Hydrating properly is also essential for a healthy diet. Drinking half your body weight in ounces of water each day is a fantastic start.

Changing your habits in the morning, in the evening, and at work is also a great place to fine-tune your diet. Eat light in the morning — get those veggies in why don’t you? Maybe pack a healthy pre-made lunch and healthy quick-grab options to snack on throughout your work day. Commit to eating a nice big salad with some type of clean healthy protein over the top. If you’re going to do dessert, try to opt for dark chocolate and organic peanut butter, almond butter, or even cashew butter.

We hope some of this helps. We’re also here to provide treatments that provide drug-free pain relief, not to mention a plethora of hidden health benefits that you have to unlock to believe. Contact Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center to learn more!

As August comes to an end this means that 2020 is about 2/3 finished, which means that the year’s third quarter has almost come to a completion. Below, Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center goes over a few ways you can get over any plateaus and possibly get a little more out of yourself than you set out to.

Eat Healthy and Make Sure to Hydrate!

First, make sure your diet is fueling you throughout your day. Eating plenty of greens, limiting your portions when you eat, and eating smaller meals at a higher frequency will all make a big difference in boosting your health and energy levels. Drinking plenty of water each day will ensure your body works at optimum capacity. Dehydration can lead to joint pain, headaches, fatigue, lack of mental focus, or even worse.

Exercise Regularly

Sure, maybe some of your goals might have to do with exercising, but exercising regularly will help boost your vitality and energy, helping you achieve those other more business-related or family-related goals on your slate. When you exercise regularly, it’s more than likely that you’ll also have a more positive outlook and experience less anxiety throughout the course of your day.

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Getting a chiropractic adjustment is just what the doctor ordered when it comes to optimizing your health and wellness. One simple chiropractic adjustment can give you a better night of sleep, improve your mood, provide drug-free pain relief, and much, much more. Contact Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center today to schedule your visit with us.

When we get busy, generally, the first things we put on the backburner are our own wellness practices. Whether it’s that yoga class we can’t quite get to once the end of the workday comes or that meditation practice we’ve been slacking on because our mornings our so packed that we’re convinced we don’t have time.

However, the truth is we’re responsible for keeping our own health and wellness practices up to scratch, and nobody is going to do it for us.

Creating your own space to do those healthy things that keep you alive and well isn’t as hard as it might appear either.

Getting Up Earlier

For example, if you’re interested in building a meditation practice, that’s a good thing to do first thing in the morning, which will help you set the tone for your day. Take 10-20 minutes to let your mind settle, before any agenda gets put on you, whether it’s your own or someone else’s. You’ll be surprised how much of a difference such a simple thing makes.

Yoga On-the-Go

If you can’t commit to a yoga class or you miss a class on a certain day, there’s still a lot of opportunity to get your stretch in, whether it’s at your work desk or at home. Keep a yoga mat in the trunk space of your vehicle in case there’s a park on the way home from work — you’d be surprised how much good repair work you can get done in as little as 20 minutes.

Set and Keep Your Appointments with Your Chiropractor

Keeping a close relationship with your local chiropractor is a great way to hold yourself accountable for keeping your body healthy. Newsflash: chiropractic treatment isn’t just for the elderly or those with back pain. Our drug-free treatments help with numerous problems life can throw at you. Contact Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing to learn more about how we can help you feel amazing on a daily basis.

Did you know that it’s a good idea to try to keep great posture for a number of reasons, and it’s not just due to the importance of keeping your spine in line?

Your spine health is of paramount importance! And when we practice anything less than perfect posture we’re not exactly setting ourselves up for success. Below, Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing goes over a few benefits you’ll gain from keeping good posture.

Boosts Spine Health

Practicing good posture will help strengthen and reinforce your back, which acts as a cushion and shock absorber for your spine. Sitting with good posture also engages your core.

Boosts Brain Function

When you practice great posture your mind and body will be communicating at 100% percent quality, especially if you’re getting regular chiropractic adjustments, which have been shown to boost mental cognition.

Improves the Sinuses

Sitting with poor posture can causes disruptions in your passageways, especially your sinuses. This can lead to immune system issues, poor respiratory system quality, or worse.

Contact Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing today to learn more about how our treatments and guidance can help you sit and stand with amazing posture. We’re here to help entire families stay healthy for the long haul.

Some folks might think that a chiropractor is a bonafide quack of sorts, lacking much traditional medical schooling, but that is simply not the case. At Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing we like to be transparent about our treatments as well as what we do. It just so happens that being a chiropractor comes along with extensive educational requirements.

A lion’s share of chiropractors have already taken four years of pre-med undergraduate courses before even considering and applying to chiropractic colleges. Your local chiropractor in Milpitas, CA likely has studied subjects like biology, chemistry, physics, psychology, not to mention extensive lab work.

After a student is accepted into an accredited chiropractic college, this is when the truly arduous workload commences.

Over the course of 4 or 5 academic years beyond undergraduate study, a chiropractor learns the hands-on adjusting techniques they use in their day-to-day practice. A chiropractor’s training must be deep and detailed because the spine is such an integral part of the body that is inextricably connected to your overall wellness.

Most educational curriculums for chiropractors include minimum classroom, lab, not to mention clinical experience (4,200 hours). In short, chiropractors are highly educated and highly skilled. A chiropractic care specialist have to be able to assess very specific health conditions, give sound advice, and, lastly, PROVIDE EFFECTIVE TREATMENT. Otherwise, this chiropractor would have no patients.

If you have any additional questions about who we are and what goes into what we do, contact Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing today to learn more.

If you’re looking to improve your stretch game, there are a few things you can do technique-wise that will make a huge impact on the overall effectiveness of your stretching.

Below, Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center goes over a few ways that you can improve your stretching on a daily basis.

First, make sure that you hold each stretch for a half a minute or more. Make sure that you don’t bounce your stretches, either, and try to control your movement and hold your stretch with intent.

Second, breathe deeply and fully, which will help you deepen your stretch, not to mention provide oxygen to areas of the body that might be in need of it.

Being patient with your body is also hugely important. Try not to get frustrated with yourself if you’re not at the skill level that you think you should be. Instead, just try to get 1% better and 1% more flexible each time you stretch. 

It’s all about building a consistent stretch routine when it all comes down to it. Contact Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center to learn more about how our treatments pair well with an active wellness plan.

Did you know that chiropractic has distinct benefits for those who practice combat sports and martial arts? There’s a reason why many accomplished Muay Thai fighters have close relationships with their local chiropractic care specialist — because these treatments really work!

One simple chiropractic adjustment offers drug-free pain relief for Muay Thai fighters who punish their bodies on a daily basis.

Chiropractic treatment has also been shown to help improve flexibility and increase range of motion, which helps Muay Thai fighters be more effective in sparring and training.

Those who explore chiropractic treatment also get a better night of sleep as a result of treatment, not to mention a GI boost and an immune system boost, which helps Muay Thai participants continue with their training, avoiding sickness and injury as a result. 

Lastly, chiropractic treatment also counts as active recovery, which means that you’re doing a little something extra when you schedule a chiropractic adjustment on your day off. 

After your chiropractic treatment custom-tailored for Muay Thai fighters, you’ll leave the office feeling refreshed and renewed, ready for another session of training. If you have any questions about how our treatments can help take your training to the next level, contact Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center today to schedule your consultation.

When people think of chiropractic treatment they tend to think of pricey procedures that people either have to get when their injured or more advanced in age, or simply treatments available to those of certain means.

However, this is simply not the case. First of all, chiropractic treatments are highly affordable. Our treatments can fit just about any budget at Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center, as a matter of fact.

Not only that, but chiropractic treatment will also help optimize your health and improve your posture, which will help you avoid costly injuries and even help you avoid developing costly (not to mention challenging) health conditions down the road. 

When you utilize chiropractic treatment, you’re making a major investment in your overall health. When you combine chiropractic treatment with exercise and a healthy diet, you’ll find yourself visiting the doctor less and taking less sick days — both of which equal more money in your pocket and/or your savings account. Chiropractic treatment has been shown to boost your immune system, keep your GI tract healthy and functioning at its best, give you better night of sleep, and much much more.

If you have any questions about the ways chiropractic treatment can make your life better, contact Family Chiropractic and Natural Healing Center today to schedule your consultation.