Detoxification: Integral to Wellness

You may have heard about the need to cleanse your body of impurities, but why should you bother? Here are three factors that make it such an important process for your long-term wellness:

1. Environmental toxins take their toll. They lurk in the air we breathe, the household products we use, the medications we take and even the water we drink. As these toxins build up they can cause muscle and joint problems (and therefore back pain), mental impairment, fatigue, allergic responses, glandular disorders, headaches and migraines. Unchecked, they can lead to a serious or even life-threatening illness.

2. Your digestive system needs a vacation from your eating habits. Many of us eat too much of the wrong foods, and this habit can overtax the digestive organs. Processed foods in particular tend to provide lots of fats, starches and sugars as opposed to healthy vitamins, minerals and dietary fiber. You can add caffeine and alcohol to the list of chemicals your body can do without. Switching to healthy, nutritious foods in reasonable portions can help reverse this process.

3. Stress makes your body more acidic. Poor eating habits, dehydration, lack of exercise and emotional issues all collaborate to place tremendous stress on your body, which responds by producing excess acids. This change in the body’s pH level can reduce oxygen levels, damaging or even killing cells.

Your Canton Detox Resource

If you could really use help from a Canton chiropractor who can also help you detoxify your tissues and achieve better general health, visit us at the Center for Holistic Medicine. Our “whole-body” approach to health includes chiropractic adjustment, massage, yoga, acupuncture, physical rehabilitation, nutritional counseling and purification techniques that all work together to restore balance to your body. We provide our patients with customized plans formulated for their specific needs -- so let us help you “clean up your act” so you can live longer and feel better!

Did ever feel noticeably worse during a time when you were stressed out or eating unwisely? Share your experience with our readers!

Canton Chiropractors Treat Back Pain
and Provide Prevention Tips

Canton chiropractors Dr. Michael James and Dr. Nathan Sikora have been helping patients overcome back pain through skilled chiropractic adjustment techniques, massage therapy, nutrition, acupuncture, and therapeutic exercises for years. As successful as these methods are, however, the best way to beat a backache is to prevent it altogether.

Avoiding Backache, Discovering Wellness

True wellness comes from within by listening to your body and doing those things that help it to thrive and avoid injury. So try following these four tips designed to help you head off back pain before it starts:

1.Lifting Etiquette—Lift heavy objects with your legs, not your back. Hold the object close to your body, keeping your abdominal muscles tight and your back straight. Not following this advice strains your back muscles, can damage spinal alignment and cause pain.

2.Exercise and Nutrition—Maintaining a healthy weight through exercise and healthy nutrition is critical to back health and overall health. Excess weight strains the back. Exercise disciplines like yoga and Pilates can help you develop core strength in the back and abs that helps you prevent injuries too. Just remember to follow proper form to avoid exercise strains!

3.Work Ergonomically—Whether you stand or sit at work, it is important to set up your work area so that your body maintains optimal form. That means no slouching: stand or sit up straight. Get a chair with lumbar support and keep your feet firmly planted on the floor or a footrest. Talk with us about your work area if your movements are uncomfortable or not keeping your body in proper form as you work.

4.Sleep Right—Sleeping on a mattress that is too firm or too soft can spoil a good night’s sleep and strain your back. Choose a mattress with a level of support that keeps your spine aligned, and a pillow that keeps your neck aligned. Sleeping with a body pillow between your knees can also help.

These are just a few of the ways that you can prevent backaches. What do you do to keep your back healthy?

The Center for Holistic Medicine: Our First Blog

Welcome to the first blog entry for the Center for Holistic Medicine. We are very excited about launching a new blog because it allows our chiropractors, Dr. James and Dr. Sikora to share more about our philosophy of holistic health. Additionally it allows us to explain the benefits of our chiropractic and wellness treatments. We are proud to provide experienced Canton wellness care to patients here at the Center for Holistic Medicine.

What Holistic Care Can Do For Your Wellness

Following the principles of holistic healing and wellness is very important to us. Dr. James focuses on natural healing with the NeuroMechanical System Instrument Adjusting Technique. This is a scientifically based chiropractic method that seeks full restoration of your body's balance and function by correcting the root cause of your symptoms. Dr. James also has additional advanced training in Clinical Nutrition and Acupuncture. With the proper nutritional plan, your body has an excellent starting point for optimum heath. Additionally, our acupuncture sessions target specific pain problems or other issues with pinpoint accuracy.

As a Canton chiropractic physician, Dr. Sikora, is one of only a handful of Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP) practitioners in the entire state. This spinal structural rehabilitation method was developed around the fact that improper or abnormal posture and spinal curvatures can negatively impact the proper biological bodily functions. Such abnormalities can lead to severe health issues including disc degeneration, joint problems, and nervous system interference. With Chiropractic Biophysics, Dr. Sikora can correct spinal curvatures, postural issues, and other similar problems and can prevent severe issues in the future.

A chiropractor provides pain relief and wellness advice for patients to help them heal in a holistic way. This means all-natural and non-invasive treatment techniques. We don't prescribe harmful medicines, but rather are here to help you detox your body from unhealthy substances. We provide overall body purification, acupuncture, massage therapy for pain relief or for relaxation, and yoga classes for those looking to grow stronger, leaner, and healthier in the most harmonious way possible.

Have you experienced holistic healing? We invite you to share your experience.