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Aug 09 2023

I Bet You Would Never Neglect Your Teeth…

If you neglect your teeth they decay, if you neglect your spine it also decays but which one can be replaced? — Just like if you neglect your teeth, your spine decays if you neglect it.

Would you neglect your teeth and wait until they decay?
🦷 You can get a new set of gold teeth if you’d like…. But what can you replace your spine or central nervous system with?!
Spinal issues are the most common cause of disability, yet most people don’t pay attention to it until it hurts….
Makes sense though, when you understand most people also need a heart attack to pay attention to their cardiovascular function….

From the time you and your children are born, your spine is put thru stresses that cause the vertebrae to misalign. Think of the stresses put on an infant when it is being delivered, the medical doctor pulling on the baby’s head and twisting the neck and shoulders. How many times does an infant fall while learning how to walk causing impact to all the joints? The everyday traumas from kids playing sports, accidents tripping or falling, carrying heavy books, sitting in bad postures in school or while using their cell phones and computers. Other accidents while driving a car, whiplash and even sleeping positions, poor support from shoes, etc. All these micro traumas add up causing spinal joints to misalign. Over time this leads to degeneration and decay but also pressure on the nervous system.

Everyone has teeth and you’ve been taught to brush and go to the dentist from a young age to prevent cavities and improve dental hygiene. What would happen if you waited until you had tooth pain, receding gums or cavities before you went to a dentist or started brushing your teeth? What would happen if you only brushed your teeth once a week or every now and again when you feel like it.

Everyone has a spine and nervous system! Imagine if everybody would go to a chiropractor from infancy to help prevent spinal and disc degeneration while improving spinal hygiene. There are stretches and exercises that help prevent and maintain. We could reduce back and neck pain. We could optimize nervous system flow thereby optimizing health naturally!

You can replace your teeth but you CANNOT replace your spine or nervous system!

If you are in the area, contact the The Freehold Award’s Program Best Chiropractor in Freehold NJ at 732-780-0044 or schedule right on our website: www.chiropractorfreehold.com

Oct 02 2022

School Backpack Concerns

Now that the school year has begun, many students complain about neck and back pain, headaches and shoulder pain. There are many causes including: poor posture, texting on their phones, playing computer games, studying while laying on their bed or poorly supporting chairs and desks. One of the most important causes of pain are backpack concerns.

Did you know that over 5,000 children a year are seen in the emergency room because of their backpacks being too heavy? Over 14,000 children are treated for backpack related injuries by medical professionals every

Backpack concerns can be helped with these safety tips — These safety tips can help with backpack concerns

year. It’s important that you do not ignore these symptoms that signify something is wrong.

Today we discuss the negative effects of backpacks being too heavy and ways we can fix the problem. Spread the word to every parent and teacher……let’s save the backs of all students.

I recommend scheduling your children, of all ages, to be evaluated as a proactive step to avoid future spinal issues. My 6 nephews and nieces all are under chiropractic care and their health and wellness is a result. All cycles of life have days of spinal pressure and not dependent on age. Why do you think I called my office Hometown Family Wellness Center.

More Great Articles on School Backpack Health Concerns:

https://www.cnn.com/2015/10/21/health/backpack-s afety/index.html

https://www.bryanhealth.com/about-bryan-health/news/2018/is-your-childs-backpack-a-health-risk/

How To Tell If The Backpack Weighs too Much:

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-much-should-your-childs-school-backpack-weigh

Take a Few Minutes To Watch These Backpack Safety Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkMjd54LeBY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEFz4-ilzXQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EN_5_yKF2g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_GiXOrbsmU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8Fs6rKGnmE

How To Ease New School Year Anxiety:

https://www.verywellfamily.com/tips-to-ease-back-to-school-anxiety-620832

https://healthcare.utah.edu/healthfeed/postings/2021/08/back-to-school-anxiety.php

Dr. Russell Brokstein of Hometown Family Wellness Center, has been helping patients of all ages for over 24 years. The exam helps find the cause of symptoms, then using gentle, safe chiropractic techniques along with home stretching and core stabilization exercises to balance the spine and help prevent and maintain.

Many of our home stretching and exercises can be found on our site: Stretching and Core Stabilization

Mar 13 2022

The Risks of Low Back Surgery, Avoid Spinal Fusion, Instead Try this Gentle, Safe Treatment

If you suffer with back pain, you are not alone. Over 80% of the population will experience back pain at some time in their life. Many times, patients are prescribed dangerous opioids, pain relievers and epidural steroid injections Unfortunately, more orthopedic doctors are pushing low back surgery or spinal fusion. There are many risks of low back surgery which has low efficacy rates and are very costly.

More than 50% of the time, a successful surgery is considered one that gives up to 1 to 5 years of relief at which time another surgery is recommended. Each successive surgery is riskier with lower success rates.

Dr. Russell Brokstein discusses studies and statistics on the risks of low back surgery:

There are some cases where surgery might be the best option but it should only be recommended after all other more conservative treatments are exhausted. There are also times when there might be a medical emergency which surgery might be the only option.

In our office we provide a gentle, safe, cost effective form of spinal decompression called flexion-distraction

Flexion Distraction can help avoid risks of spinal surgery — Flexion Distraction Technique is a gentle, safter option than risks of spinal surgery

technique. This chiropractic technique, along with therapeutic stretching, extremity adjusting and custom fitted foot orthotics helps by relieving pressure on the discs and nerves.

A thorough exam helps find the cause of the pain, then we work on the imbalances that are leading to the pain. We do not just mask symptoms with risky treatments that can make the problem more chronic in the long term.

If you suffer with lower back pain and would like to avoid the risks of lumbar surgery, contact us to try flexion distraction technique. Call 732-780-0044 or schedule online at www.chiropractorfreehold.com

Feb 20 2022

Epidural Steroid Injection Risks You Should Know Before Ever Getting One

Over 80% of the population experiences back pain at one time or another and many others suffer with neck pain. Sadly, most people run to their primary medical doctor that has little experience with pain relief or specialists that just prescribe one drug or invasive treatment after another. Opioids, muscle relaxers, anti-inflammatories, steroid epidural injections and even surgery are some of the prescribed treatments.

Epidural steroid injections are dangerous — There are many epidural steroid injection risks

Recently more are pushing epidural steroid injections but there is something everybody needs to know before ever getting one of these treatments.

I did a short video that needs to be seen and shared with everybody you know and on social media (oh come on, I know you are all on there… and sharing info like this is important to save people.

Isn’t that scary that most MD’s do not know this information and are pushing these dangerous epidural steroid injections more and more?

If anything, these treatments should be used as a last resort. There are many non-invasive and natural forms of therapy that are more successful and less expensive. You should want to avoid epidural steroid injection risks.

Studies show that spinal decompression which I perform on our table is one of the safest forms of treatment to relieve pain and disc problems. It is gentle and helps to get the pressure off the disc, joint and nerve. Along with spinal adjustments, therapeutic stretching and home stretching I show each patient, we get results helping patients get back to enjoying normal daily activities again.
Make sure to share this info so we can help more people.

It’s time to make health and wellness a priority and I have all the systems and protocols to reach your health goals.

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To Your Health and Wellness
Dr. Russell
Hometown Family Wellness Center Where Health is a Lifestyle

Jan 23 2022

Avoid This One Thing To Help Avoid Chronic Lower Back Pain

Do you suffer with low back pain? Well make sure you don’t do this so you can avoid chronic lower back pain!

Avoid chronic low back pain — Low Back Pain Affects Many People

First of all, it’s important that once you start feeling back pain, do not ignore it. Pain is a signal that something is wrong. One way it will become chronic is by not getting proper care. BUT, this one thing most people do, will almost likely lead to your pain to become chronic lower back pain.

Dr. Russell Brokstein discusses in the following video a University of Pittsburgh study that discusses one of the leading causes of chronic lower back pain:

In our office, we do a full musculoskeletal and spine evaluation utilizing state of the art computerize sMEG technology, orthopedic and chiropractic evaluation and flexibility assessment to find the imbalances that are leading to your low back pain. From there we create a plan to correct those instabilities to provide you with the natural relief you deserve to allow you to do your normal daily activities again. All without dangerous prescription drugs or risky surgeries.

During our treatment, we also show our patients various home stretching and core stabilization exercises to expedite recovery. These spinal hygiene stretches will also help prevent and maintain future problems. This is almost like brushing teeth, rinsing and flossing to help take care of your teeth. As the saying goes, “An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure.”

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