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May 11 2020

Chiropractic Care's Amazing Benefits for Neck Pain

Chiropractic Care has amazing benefits for neck pain. A study about the effectiveness of manual therapy (spinal adjustments) for neck pain was printed in the Annals of Internal Medicine. This study showed that nearly 70% of the group felt “much improved” or “completely recovered”. Dr. Russell Brokstein, DC is going to tell you more about the study:

In the Annals of Internal Medicine the study: Effects of Three Therapies for Neck Pain by Oliver Kwan, PhD (Psy) and Jon Friel, PhD (Psy) 15 April 2003, Vol 138 Issue 8, pg 685

May 11 2020

The Life of Headache and Migraine Sufferers Changed by Chiropractor in Freehold NJ – Part I

When you have a headache, nothing seems right. The sooner you feel better, the sooner you can get back to life as usual.

My name is Dr. Russell Brokstein, chiropractor and owner of Hometown Family Wellness Center located in Freehold, New Jersey. I have been helping headache and migraine sufferers for the past 13 years. So many people in Monmouth County, NJ as well as all parts of the country needlessly experience headaches. Fortunately we have been able to help people in Freehold and the neighboring towns of Marlboro, Manalapan, Howell, Jackson, Morganville, Englishtown, Old Bridge and Colts Neck.

Headaches and migraines can be a result of many causes. Some are serious, some are not serious. As a chiropractic physician, I do everything to insure that your headache is not the result of serious disease. I then set up a treatment plan for you that I believe will help us address the root of your headaches once and for all. My goal for you is for you to be headache-free within six months. Many patients begin to experience their headache-free life a lot sooner than that and they follow the additional home care recommendations that I provide and will share in future parts to this blog about headaches and migraines.

In the last 10 years, chiropractic physicians, medical doctors, nutritionists and herbalists discovered that many people have headaches because there are some personal habits and diet habits that contribute greatly to causing headaches.

Have you ever noticed that sometimes after a very heated argument, you get a headache? One trigger for headaches is stress.

Have you ever noticed sometimes after eating a nice dinner with a glass of wine, a headache occurs? You may not have experienced stress during that dinner and everything was going very well when a headache appeared out of the blue that sent you to bed early. Your night was ruined. This type of headache can be caused by diet, and even though every headache sufferer does not get diet-induced headaches, a great majority do. That’s why part of our home care recommendations will be to monitor and alter your diet.

Many different headache diets can be found by searching online and they vary one to another. Some eliminate monosodium glutamate (MSG), others eliminate aspartame, and others eliminate tyramine. These diets have ignored some important and basic facts. What I’ve found is that there are certain dietary principles to follow that will address most of these – the MSG, aspartame, and tyramine simultaneously. Start here, and after you get these mastered, we can go further with individual diets later.

It’s important for every headache sufferer to make a commitment to start noticing the little things in your life that are contributing to your headaches. Today starts your personal journey into a headache-free life.

As a chiropractor and headache specialist, I will alert you to all types of possible headache triggers that you can control in this series of home care blogs. It’s important to continue chiropractic treatment and with both of us working together, your headache-free life is right around the corner! Have hope and take action and we will both see results!

Until next time… watch for our series of blogs on The Life of Headache and Migraine Sufferers Changed by Chiropractor in Freehold NJ by going to our website: www.chiropractorfreehold.com

May 11 2020

Headache Relief Without Harmful Medications!

So many people suffer unnecessarily with headaches or migraines and seek headache relief with medications. These medications at best just mask the symptoms of the headache but can result in a long list of side effects. Some migraine medications even have the side effect of headaches…one

time I talked to a medical physician who explained to me that at least the side effect headaches aren’t as severe as migraines.

From my perspective, why should you suffer with headaches and the many side effects of these drugs. Wouldn’t it make more sense to find the cause of the headaches and correct it?

This is what chiropractic does! Over 80% of headaches are due to subluxations or misalignments of the neck which are putting pressure on the nerves. We use technology in our office that analyzes your spine to tell us where the pressure is occurring and imbalances of the supporting muscles. Then we further evaluate the region of the neck for restrictions in the neck that is causing the pressure on nerves. After a complete evaluation we are able to use chiropractic techniques to adjust the neck, removing pressure from the nerves and providing natural headache relief without the harmful side effects of the medications.

Dr. Russell Brokstein, chiropractor and owner of Hometown Family Wellness Center in Freehold, NJ has been providing headache relief for patients suffering with headaches for over 14 years. Watch the following video to see one of our patients explain how chiropractic helped provide headache relief:

Do you or somebody you know suffer with headaches or migraines? Make sure you share this blog with others so they can be helped naturally by a chiropractor without drugs or surgery. Too many people suffer needlessly with headaches and the dangerous side effects of the medications they ingest. Chiropractic helps find the cause of the problem and corrects the cause to provide headache relief and allow people like Katlin to get back to work and enjoy their normal daily activities.

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May 11 2020

ACCOUNTABILITY… If you think BP should be held accountable for the Gulf, Who should be held accountable for YOUR health?

Hello. My name is Dr. Brokstein, and I am one of the leading chiropractors in Freehold, New Jersey. I was just thinking about how we are currently seeing one of the most tragic environmental disasters of all time. In the Gulf of Mexico oil is taking over the eco-systems and endangering wildlife, the economy, food, water and much more.

In the news we keep seeing how BP needs to be held accountable for what happened, as this dangerous substance (oil) is killing living organisms. Many are complaining BP didn’t have any checks in place, precautions taken, or emergency plans just in case.

I so agree that BP needs to be held accountable. But as I see all the people yelling that BP needs to be held accountable, I began to think, hmmm :

How is this different than what you do to your body every day and our current health care system?

Well it isn’t!!!

Let me explain….I think all people should be held accountable for their own health! Just like BP is responsible for this toxic soup in the Gulf, each person is doing a similar thing every day by pouring toxic and unhealthy substances in their body, and on their body. If you continue to choose to put toxins in your body…. you are endangering YOUR system! You are increasing your risks of disease and illness as you put more caffeine in your body, smoke cigarettes, drink sodas and other drinks or products filled with High Fructose Corn Syrup, diet drinks with aspartame and other artificial sweeteners, processed foods, genetically engineered foods, lotions, soaps & cosmetics filled with chemicals..the list goes on and on. To top all those toxins… Americans poison their bodies more as we consume 75% of the world’s medications causing serious side effects, yet Americans life expectancy ranks 42nd in the world. If we use the most drugs, than why is our health the worst of all developed nations? These drugs are just a mask of symptoms that in truth are just another toxin being put into your body.
Then to top it all off, Americans think they have the right to “poison” their body daily, causing health issues…but that our government should cover the costs. This is as absurd as thinking that the government should cover the costs of what BP was irresponsible with in this disaster.
If you are to be careless of not doing things to help maintain and prevent health issues, you should be held accountable and responsible for the health costs you incur!

Are you ready to be held accountable for your health?

Whether you have headaches or migraines, back pain, neck pain, stress and anxiety, disc problems, arthritis, sciatica, fibromyalgia, allergies, asthma, ear infections, digestive problems, or a weak immune system and you are ready to take control of your health and live a happier lifestyle, I can help. If you are striving to be optimally healthy and prevent future health issues, we have natural programs to assist you. If you live in Freehold or the neighboring towns of Marlboro, Howell, Manalapan, Colts Neck, Jackson or other neighboring towns in Monmouth County, schedule a complimentary consult at our office, Hometown Family Wellness Center located at 9 Broadway in Freehold, NJ. I will perform a thorough computerized state of the art nervous system exam, adrenal function test to see how your body is handling stress and measure your toxicity levels. I will show you how you can take accountability and turn your health around.

May 11 2020

Freehold Chiropractor Discusses Health Risks & Dangers Verse Safety of Chiropractic

Dr. Russell Brokstein of Hometown Family Wellness Center in Freehold NJ answers a lot of questions from residents in his town and neighboring towns of Marlboro, Manalapan, Howell, Jackson and Colts Neck, NJ about the risks and safety of Chiropractic care. It seems to be a huge question brought up time and time again and has been on the news a lot lately. Everyone knows that insurance companies are NOT in the business of losing money. So, if chiropractic was dangerous, costly, or risky in any way whatsoever, do you think I would be paying around $1500 a YEAR for the best coverage you can get? Chiropractic malpractice insurance is less than most people pay for auto insurance. If only everyone knew how incredibly safe and effective chiropractic care is – they would understand why chiropractors pay the least amount of ALL primary care doctors.

? According to Marcel J. Hernandez, ND, who directs the wellness program at American Western insurers are discovering that offering an alternative health insurance program actually lowers medical bills,

? Nearly across the board, there are fewer complications, side effects, and costly, unexpected medical outcomes with Chiropractic procedures.

On The other hand people need to realize where the risks lie:

An estimated 2 billion prescriptions are written for people in the U.S. every year-earning $49 billion for the pharmaceutical industry.
A 13-year study by the U.S. Office of Public Health found 2/3 of all over-the-counter drugs do not do what the manufacturers report.*
190,000 deaths per year were results of drug toxicity and 300,000 deaths (the 4th leading cause of death in the U.S.) was from hospital acquired (iatrogenic) infections. (This from the Vital Statistics Report from the National Center For Health Statistics in Washington, D.C.)

There are 8.8 million prescribed drug related hospitalizations costing $47 billion annually. 28% of hospital admissions are due to prescribed drugs side effects.**

So…Chiropractic has the lowest malpractice rate of all primary health care!! If you want real health insurance, put your trust and dollars in Chiropractic. That’s where the future of your health lies.

Are you ready to be held accountable for your health?

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