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May 11 2020

Low Back Pain and Sciatica Patient Reviews Freehold NJ Chiropractor

Over 80% of people experience low back pain at some point. Many wait too long to have it treated and it becomes chronic, further irritating the nerves and can develop into sciatica. Sciatica is irritation of the nerves in the lower back that travel down the legs to the feet. If you have sciatica you might be experiencing burning, numbness and tingling or pins and needles into the legs and or feet.

Chiropractic is known to have the highest success rates of helping patients with back pain and sciatica. Best of all, there are no harmful medications which at best cover up the symptoms and lead to many side effects.

Watch one of our patients at Hometown Family Wellness Center in Freehold, NJ explain her experience with chiropractor Dr. Russell Brokstein:

If you have been experiencing low back pain and sciatica or you would just like to experience the overall health and wellness benefits of chiropractic care, call our office at 732-780-0044. Also watch some of our other video testimonials to see what other patients have to say by clicking here: Freehold Chiropractor Reviews.

May 11 2020

Are You Getting the Full Benefits of Chiropractic Care?

Not many people know the full benefits of chiropractic care. Unfortunately, most people just go to a chiropractor for neck or back pain, sciatica or other types of pain. Then when the symptoms are gone, they stop care. If that is you, you are not receiving the all of the benefits of chiropractic care: getting pressure off your nervous system to allow your body to function at its best and to stay health naturally.

This morning I saw a post on FB by a future chiropractor, Dean Peters. I want to share it with you and the picture he posted below. I hope this helps you get the real idea of what we are doing when you come to the chiropractor:

“Holy 💩! ⚡️

THOUGHT FLASH ⚡️
What do you do when a light goes out in your house…I flipped the switch on and off a few times! Did that work?
❌NOPE! Still didn’t come on”!

What next you ask?
I changed the light bulb 💡in hopes that I’d see the light! Did that work?
❌NOPE!

What next?
So I tried another lightbulb💡! Did that work?
❌NOPE!

Chiropractic care is to correct the cause of the symptoms — Chiropractors correct the cause of the problem.

What next?!
I went to the Master Control Center and discovered it was a simple breaker that had tripped!
I toggled the switch back on and God said, “Let there be light☀️!”

Let me land the plane for you🛬…when your body is suffering from symptoms such as fever, numbness, tingling, coughing, sneezing, hypertension etc….at what point are you going to make the decision to 🛑STOP living in the dark, and go straight to the circuit breaker AKA your Master Control Center 🧠 (YOUR BRAIN AND NERVOUS SYSTEM) and discover if the breaker has tripped?!

Quit thinking you need more lightbulbs(AKA-medications that mask symptoms) and get to the root cause of the issue! Go to the doctor that knows how to get to the root cause, not the one that wants to simply suppress symptoms. Medication cannot create health, removing interference within your nervous system does. One life to live in this vessel, treat it well.

This. Is. Chiropractic! Doctors of chiropractic are specifically trained to locate, analyze, and annihilate vertebral subluxations that are preventing you from living at 100%. If there was pressure on your nervous system, how soon would you want to know about it?!”

Are you ready now to experience all the amazing benefits of chiropractic care?

In our society, people wait until they have symptoms, yet the symptoms are the last sign of a problem. These problems have been building over time, many times from the time you are born! They won’t go away over night. To make it more difficult, patients come in thinking one chiropractic visit is going to fix the years of abuse to the spine and nervous system. Then patients stop coming in when the symptoms are gone rather than do maintenance visits.

I bet you bring your car in for maintenance so it doesn’t break down, or have HVAC come in once or twice a year to make sure your heater and AC are working, or most of you surely go to the dentist once or twice a year to make sure your teeth are healthy yet at least your teeth can be replaced. You are born with one spine and nervous system so why not take care of it?

It is your body and your choice to choose how you follow treatment, but why wouldn’t you want the best for your body and health? Why wouldn’t you want the best for your spouse, children, family and friends? Chiropractic is the leading natural healthcare provider in the world. Optimizing your body’s ability to function the way it is meant to.

The nerves innervate different organs and tissues and when compressed can lead to many symptoms — Pressure on nerves affect different organs and tissues which can lead to the symptoms listed

On your first visit in our office, we do a computerized spinal exam that shows each level of the spine and where there is pressure on the nerves. I always use the analogy of the circuit breaker system in your house and how it relates to your nervous system.

Pressure on nerves at any level can affect function and lead to different symptoms. Chiropractors adjust your spine to get pressure off those nerves. It’s that simple 🙂

Share what chiropractic is really about! People need to know it’s not about pain relief. We can change the US health system by getting more people to choose chiropractic over popping medications that just mask symptoms and have a snowballing effect of side effects. We have been educating and helping people in Freehold and neighboring towns of Marlboro, Manalapan, Colts Neck, Jackson, Howell and many other nearby cities for over 15 years.

Learn more about chiropractic and health by following our Facebook page, just click here: Chiropractor Freehold NJ – Russell Brokstein

Let us know how chiropractic has helped you or a family member!

May 11 2020

Pain Killers are a Ginormous Problem in the US!

Pain killers are overused and over-prescribed in the United States. It is at epidemic proportions. Worst case is the long term use of opioid drugs. This is covered in a report: A Nation in Pain: Focusing on U.S. Opioid Trends for Treatment of Short-Term and Longer-Term Pain.

36 million claims from 6.8 million insured Americans were reviewed from 2009 thur 2013. The patients were compared for short term use (30 days or less in a 1 year period) vs long term use (more than 30 days during a 1 year period). These patients were assessed for the number of prescriptions filled, the number of days per prescription and the dosage being prescribed.

These are some of the findings from this study:

There was a 9.2% in number of people getting pain killers but there was an 8.4% increase in the number of prescriptions and number of days being used.
Those using opioids for more than 30 days, 50% were continuing usage for over 3 years.
Seniors are using Opioid pain killers the most but the biggest increase in usage occurred with adults between 20 and 44 years of age.
30% more women than make take Opioid medications. Although men are more likely to fill more prescriptions and at higher dosages.
The highest concentrate of these pain killer users is in the Southeast US.
Around 60% of these patients were taken multiple medications. The most common being anti-anxiety drugs. This combination is the most common leading to overdose deaths.

Studies like this are a concern in the US. Pain killers are highly addictive. They might provide temporary relief but

Pain killers are at epidemic proportion and change is needed!

never correct the problem. The side effects are numerous: nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, headaches, increased risk of infections, osteoporosis, cataracts, constipation, weight gain, sleep problems, loss of sexual desire or ability, rash, liver damage, heartburn, ulcers, kidney problems, increased risk of heart attack and stroke, addiction and the list goes on and on. The scary thing is WebMD states, “All medicines have side effects. But many side effects can be managed so that you can still take the medicine.” GREAT… so the doctors can just push more medications to cover up symptoms of another and cause a snowball of prescribing medications. This calls into questions the true intent of doctors. Follow the money trail!

Our country is the most medicated of all developed countries. Out of 37 we have the worst rated health yet we take the most drugs and usage of surgery. To top that, we account for around 2% of the world’s population yet we take about 75% of the worlds prescribed drugs.

These studies and numbers are a huge concern for Americans in how we treat symptoms. Rather than masking symptoms with drugs that cause a myriad of side effects wouldn’t it make more sense to find the cause of the pain, disease or condition? The US would benefit by going way of natural treatments, prevention and wellness. This is exactly what chiropractic care is all about.

More studies are being done showing the benefits of chiropractic. A study about migraine headaches reviewed 21 clinical trials and concluded “Evidence suggests that chiropractic care, including spinal manipulation, improves migraine and cervicogenic headaches.” Another Palmer College of Chiropractic study: Positive Findings in Military Low-Back Pain, found that those that received chiropractic care along with their medical care reported significantly reduced low back pain compared to those that just received medical treatment.

Other studies show how chiropractic is effective in treatment of neck pain, sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, fibromyalgia, car accident injuries and many other conditions. Chiropractic is a safe, gentle and natural treatment that can benefit patients in pain. Additionally it doesn’t have negative side effects nor the risk of addiction unless the feeling of normalcy and relief is addictive! Pain killers are a ginormous problem in the United States and chiropractic is one form of treatment that can end this epidemic.

If you are looking for pain relief and would like to get your life back, contact Dr. Russell Brokstein. To find out more click here: Chiropractor in Freehold, NJ

May 11 2020

Freehold NJ Chiropractor Reviews for Low Back Pain and overall Health

Many people experience the benefits of chiropractic in different ways. Most make the call to the chiropractor for low back pain, neck pain, migraines, sciatica and numbness or tingling, but more people are realizing the total overall body health and wellness benefits of chiropractic.

Freehold NJ Chiropractor Reviews the Benefits of Chiropractic

Watch one of our patients explain how he injured his back playing softball and after helping him with his back pain he continued to maintain his health with chiropractic, and lose weight with our full body cleanse and detox program:

Whether you are suffering with low back pain, neck pain, sciatica, Fibromyalgia, headaches or looking for optimal health and wellness without drugs and surgery, give our office a call to have a consultation to see how chiropractic is the answer to allow you to once again be healthy and enjoy a normal, active lifestyle. Our chiropractic office, Hometown Family Wellness Center is located in Freehold, NJ. Dr. Russell Brokstein has been helping patients for over 14 years. To find out more about him and his practice go to www.chiropractorfreehold.com or call 732-780-0044. Watch more patient video testimonials and read reviews by going to Freehold Chiropractor Reviews

May 11 2020

Sickness, Disease and Pain DOES’T Have to be the Norm

Sickness, disease and pain or health and wellness? So many people just accept to live with the pain, discomfort and being sick. Are you sick and tired of being sick and tired?

Like many others, I grew up in the Medical society. Told if you don’t have symptoms and feel fine you are healthy or run to the doctor when you are sick or hurting to just be prescribed medications and popping pills. I remember my

Sickness or Health — What do you choose?

philosophy classes during my time in at Life Chiropractic College when my awareness was challenged from accepting Sickness and Disease as the norm to realizing that there was a greater force and intelligence driving this machine….our body. One of my professors still sends chiropractors and myself emails and I wanted to share his most recent message:

“I realized that what I was taught from elementary to college may have brought sense to the masses but little to those searching for answers. Why would the body randomly deteriorate when it was meant to be well in wholeness. Why would the body be overcome with illness when it was meant to weather the storm. What force separated the psyche from the soma enough to break the bonds that hold us together. In fact, why would this body, grown from two half cells, germinate and blossom within and succeed to exit on time leave all to chance on the day it makes a bow. It made no sense. As with all nature’s bounty, the newborn is not left to chance. It has a host, a mother and father and a connection with family that along with natural nurturing and love blooms and grows.

My mindset transformed during these early years challenging my belief that relief was found in a pill and that the medical doctor’s word was indisputable. Like military boot camp, the first year of chiropractic school ground down my holistic beliefs toward wholistic. It gave me the ammunition to question and advise from outside the proverbial box for those seeking another answer. I began to appreciate the relationship between structure and function and how every visceral part was attuned to the whole and our dear and delicate nervous system was the power and intelligence putting it together. Nature knew what needed without a book, computer or lecture series to sustain this new life. It just needs nourishment, cuddling, support with no interference to make things right. How many of these basic ingredients do we lack as we grow, most have been techno manipulated, and compromised.”

I thank Dr. Margolies for his way with words and explaining things!

Chiropractic has a role in this cycle of life and improving health. Chiropractors like myself take philosophy of life and health in a serious vein to approach you with this in mind and educate you to the ramification of the subluxation complex, where joints in the spine are misaligned and put pressure on nerves affecting the function of all your organs, tissues and cells. This interference to the nervous system is a leading factor to the sickness epidemic. We have a responsibility as a structural science, where posture and tone play a crucial part in wellbeing, also appreciate the impingement of life force via structural distress. Wellness starts with spinal health! It is here where the network of energy generates and where protection of life’s fibers extends to the whole. Nutrition is no longer left to chance! I want to help you through the multitude of misinformation and poor choices. I discuss exercise and ergonomic health with the understanding that life with no movement is no life and spinal segmental health is crucial to the whole. The wear and tear of daily living and each segment of life needs to be met with conservative alternatives to your grind at work, play and home.

Coming in for adjustments only when you are hurting is like running to the medical doctor for a pill for a quick fix. It’s just masking the symptoms temporarily. At least the adjustment doesn’t have the dangerous side effects of all those meds. BUT.. why not get all the benefits of getting adjusted for the health and life of it? Many studies show these benefits.

21 Benefits of Chiropractic you might not have known:

Improves joint mobility, function and health.
Makes tight muscles loose and loose muscles tight and improves the contractibility (thereby strength) of the muscle.
Decreases degeneration of the joint and connective tissues (arthritis).
Decreases the on--going inflammatory process associated with the subluxation.
Improves circulation taking stagnant blood out and bringing new blood in.
Speeds up the recovery process.
Improves nerve system function and the individual nerve’s ability to carry nerve impulses more efficiently.
Strengthens the immune system.
Improves individual organ system function (heart, lung, sinuses, digestive, etc).
Improves a person’s disposition (they’re more FUN to be around).
Calms a hyperactive mind and energizes a depressed mind.
Increases energy, vitality and improves sleep.
Relieves/Improves Prenatal Discomfort
Decreases length of labor and associated back pain.
Decreases the adverse effects of stress.
Improves athletic performance (for ANY sport).
Improves Quality of Life by enhancing the enjoyment/fulfillment of a person’s Key Values
Prevention ability for sickness, disease and pain.
Improves overall health and wellness for infants and children.
Improves cognitive ability (ability to THINK more clearly).
Oh…and it DECREASES PAIN!

Are you ready to go from sickness to health? Who wouldn’t like these health benefits? Who doesn’t deserve these benefits?
Add better nutrition, improving hydration, exercising more and health goals can be obtained. You have to give your body the chance to thrive! Ask us about our nutrition programs, weight loss programs, plant based natural vitamins, enzymes, collagen and give your body what it needs.

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