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May 11 2020

Flu Season: Shot or NOT?

This week I want to talk about Flu Season and the flu shot. I’ve had people asking me recently my thoughts on the shot and others tell me they are being forced to get it.

There is very little benefit to getting the flu shot and so many risks. Most studies show the flu shot has at most 10 to 20% effectiveness. Some studies show those who get the flu vaccine five years in a row are 10x more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease (Neurology 2004;63:838-42). Know what’s in flu vaccine! If your doctor pushes it on you, ask him for the flu box insert. They will deny these ingredients but they are listed! There are better and more natural ways to protecting you against the flu and other diseases! People don’t get sick because of the flu or other bacteria and viruses. People get sick because their body and immune system isn’t working properly. If it was from the germs, then everybody would be sick.

So, how can you naturally protect yourself against the flu?
1) Get adjusted! People don’t realize that getting adjusted boosts the immune system naturally. Many patients that make chiropractic a regular part of their health and maintenance schedule notice they are healthier. I used to suffer with a bronchial condition for 10 years then started getting adjusted at 24 years old and haven’t had one attack since then for 22 years! Studies show patients that get adjusted regularly as part of their health regimen have a 200% stronger immune system. Cancer patients that get adjusted show a 400% stronger immune response.
If you and your family aren’t getting adjusted, why not? This is just one of many benefits plus there are no harmful side effects of medications! Get adjusted to beat flu season!

2) Nutrition: your body needs good nutrition to be healthy. Deprive your body of healthy foods and your immune system drops. This includes vitamins. Most people are deficient in vitamins, especially Vit D which has a big impact on your immune system. If you want the best multi vitamin, antioxidant and omegas ask me!
Too many of you take vitamins like Centrum, One a Day, GNC brand and others that don’t have sufficient levels of vitamins but on top of that, these vitamins aren’t bio-available, meaning your body can’t break them down and absorb them. Stop wasting your money on these low quality vitamins!

3) Dehydration and Caffeine: so many of you drink caffeine daily in your coffee. Caffeine dehydrates you at the tune of 4 to 8 glasses of water for each 8 ounces of coffee you drink. The more dehydrated you are the weaker your immune system is. Plus caffeine destroys your adrenal glands, which balances hormones. One of these hormones is cortisol. If your cortisol levels are off, it weakens your immune system. We can easily test your adrenals, so ask me next time you’re in the office. We have a simple vitamin product that helps boost the adrenal glands which will help the immune system, reduce body stress, improve heart and digestive health, reduce body inflammation, and can even help with allergies, weight problems, diabetes, PMS, menopause and much more.

So if you are ready to to beat Flu Season, strengthen the immune system and haven’t been in, make sure you call the top rated Freehold Chiropractor at 732-780-0044 to get back on track!

I am likely going on my yearly fall vacation Nov 2nd thru Nov 6th! So, if I do go away, we will be closed that Monday and Thursday. Be aware to make sure you get your appointments scheduled. This is my time to refresh and re-energize for the holiday rush. It’s one of my favorite times of year as I love to spend time with my family and celebrate with patients. Most of all it’s a time I like to give back to the community I not only practice in, but grew up in! Starting Thanksgiving until New Years, I hold our annual holiday food and coat drive. Please, help those who are less fortunate and donate coats and canned foods during that time as a gift from us to them to help bring some warmth and nutrition to those in need.

One last thing before I sign off for the weekend…..
Who else is starting to feel like a stuffed turkey way before Thanksgiving Day? If so, please join us for another one of our hugely successful 2 Week Body Transformation programs. This one will start right after Halloween week and will get you ready to look and feel great, in plenty of time for my absolute favorite holiday (Thanksgiving).
Message me for details!!
This group will start on Monday 11/6 thru Sunday 11/19! Registration ends on Sunday night 10/29!
Lose 5 to 10lbs in 2 weeks, lose body fat and look great for the holidays.
Who’s in????? — feeling excited.

Make sure you contact me and place your order no later than Sunday 10/29 to participate! We will have our clinical nutritionist and other healthcare providers providing support in our facebook group!

Who’s ready to beat flu season?

Have a great weekend!
To your health and wellness
Dr. Russell

May 11 2020

Freehold Chiropractor Explains When Chiropractic Care Should Begin

When do you start going to the dentist? Do you wait until you have pain or until your teeth start to decay? Do you just want the dentist to shoot a cavity with Novocaine or do you want him to fix the decaying tooth?

When do you start going to the eye doctor? Do you wait until your eyes deteriorate? Do you wait until you have glaucoma and cataracts or do you do preventative measures?

How about your car? Do you wait until it breaks down or do you bring it in for periodic maintenance? How about an oil, lube and filter?

The biggest and most important question is when should you start to go to the chiropractor?

The saying “there is no time like the present,” is very true when applied to preventative health care. Many people incorporate that with the other disciplines, but we neglect the most important system of the body: The Nervous System.

It is this system that the chiropractor helps you with, and it is the nervous system that controls all functions of your body. The power that goes from the brain to the rest of the body allows it to heal itself and be healthy. Your heart beats, your lungs breath, your stomach digests in conjunction with the intestines, your eyes can see, your ears can hear, your muscles can contract, you can move all without having to think about it.

This nervous system is so important that we have the spinal bones protecting it. Unfortunately the daily stresses that occur from the time of birth and throughout life cause VERTEBRAL SUBLUXATIONS: the bones move out of place, putting pressure on the spinal cord and nerves and interfering with the functions of our body.

The first subluxations develop during the birth process as the medical doctor pulls and twists on the baby’s neck and if uncorrected at this early stage, will only add further neurological stress to the growth and the adaptive demands of a new life. Children need chiropractic care. They receive the best care and the most profound results for ear infections and colds, respiratory conditions, digestive issues, and so much more.

Subluxations continue to occur as children learn to walk they fall several times, they sit in classes with poor posture, carry heavy books and backpacks, play sports, play fight and wrestle, numerous accidents and falls from a bike, then auto accidents and other injuries as we get older through teenage and adult years, and general stress, poor nutrition, lack of exercise can all add to the subluxations. Regular chiropractic exams and adjustments allow for you and your children to have nervous systems that are functioning optimally.

The majority of society reaches for medicine when “sick,” but the fact is the relief is from masking symptoms with a pill or injection, while the causes were never fully corrected. These medications then lead to many other side effects. Everybody seeks Relief, but why not find the cause and correct it. The earlier you and your family are monitored and corrected for subluxations, the more optimally healthy you will be without drugs and or surgery. The longer you wait to get your spine checked, the bones start to degenerate and the joints become more arthritic… Your growing family and neighbors need chiropractic care.

There is no age, size, gender, color or financial limit for who deserves excellent health! You were born with health and deserve it throughout life! It is Natural To Be Healthy! An optimally functioning nervous system is necessary to maintain and preserve your health. EVERYBODY needs chiropractic care!

If you are ready to have an optimally functioning nervous system to be healthy naturally without drugs and surgery, contact our office to get you and your family back to health! Dr. Russell Brokstein has been helping patients in Freehold and the surrounding towns of Marlboro, Howell, Colts Neck, Jackson, Morganville and Manalapan, NJ as well as other communities in Monmouth and Ocean Counties in New Jersey. Find out more about our office by going to www.chiropractorfreehold.com.

May 11 2020

St. George Chiropractor Discusses the Importance of Adrenal Fatigue

Are you tired all of the time? Do you have digestive issues? Heart conditions? Diabetes? Weight problems? PMS? Menopause? Libido problems? Arthritis? Immune problems? Fatigue? Sleep problems?

If you have any one of these or a combination of these symptoms you can be suffering with adrenal fatigue. I was doing one of my daily reads in the internet and found a great article and podcast that St. George Chiropractor, Dr. Todd Lloyd shares on his blog. It’s always great to see chiropractors who are sharing health and wellness information that the public needs to be educated on.

I test all of my patients for adrenal fatigue as it’s more common than most medical doctors suggest. In my office I am finding it in over 70% of the population. A lot of it has to do with the consumption of refined carbohydrates and caffeine. I wrote an article: Freehold Chiropractor Reveals the Truth about Coffee: Your Health is at Risk. You can read it to find out what you are doing to your body by drinking that coffee, eating cakes, cookies, pastas, rices and so much more. Not only is it causing adrenal dysfunction, but the caffeine is also leading to dehydration of the body which can lead to many more health problems.

To find out more information about adrenal fatigue I also highly recommend you to go to Dr. Lloyd’s St. George Chiropractic blog.

As a Chiropractor in Freehold, NJ serving the surrounding towns of Marlboro, Howell, Manalapan, Colts Neck, Jackson and Morganville, I find it’s very important for doctors to discuss the causes of symptoms, not just covering them up with medications that can have harmful side effects. Usually when we can find the cause, we can correct it and lead you to a happier, healthy lifestyle.

Dr. Russell Brokstein, DC

9 Broadway

Freehold, NJ 07728

732-780-0044

If you are out in St. George Utah looking for a chiropractor I highly suggest contacting:

Todd Lloyd, DC

Lloyd’s St. George Chiropractic Clinic
St. George, UT 84790
(435) 574-9114

May 11 2020

Chiropractor in Freehold NJ Helps Infant with Ear Infections and Congestion

Many infants suffer needlessly with ear infections and congestion. Parents think the only solution is to go to the pediatrician, who prescribe one round after another of antibiotics. There are many side effects of taking these antibiotics and most times the antibiotics don’t work, or if they work, it’s a temporary patch and then the ear infections return. Research shows that medical doctors have over-prescribed antibiotics and other medications causing them to no longer be effective and shouldn’t be taken unless totally necessary.

Also, one has to realize that antibiotics also kill the normal healthy bacteria that are needed to keep the body healthy.

Another suggestion by medical doctors is to put tubes in the ears. They rarely explain the high risks of the surgery, including permanent hearing loss and the high possibility that the ear infections will come back after a couple of years.

Chiropractors have been highly successful in helping infants with ear infections or otitis media. By addressing the cause of the build up of fluid that is an ideal environment for the bacterial build up, the majority of ear infections resolve naturally with chiropractic care… NO DRUGS, NO SURGERY!

As a chiropractor in Freehold, NJ I have seen many infants over the last 13 plus years in practice. Many of which were on several rounds of antibiotics and also told nothing else would help but surgery. Fortunately they found information online or were referred to me by other parents whose children were helped by chiropractic. Recently, I had a mother who was being treated for low back pain and she was complaining how her 2 year old daughter has been fighting ear infections no and off for several months and more recently congestion for a month. The pediatricians kept prescribing antibiotics which were not only ineffective but were starting to discolor the infants teeth. I informed the mother how chiropractic can help and after just one visit, the infant’s congestion cleared up and after the second visit her ear infections were gone. Watch the mother explain:

Do you have children who suffer with ear infections, otitis media, or who have chronic congestion and colds. Wouldn’t you like a healthy, drug-free alternative to medicine and surgery? Share this blog with other parents who have children suffering with these conditions too as it’s so important for everybody to know there are healthy options for the children.

If you live in Freehold or the surrounding towns of Marlboro, Manalapan, Howell, Colts Neck, Jackson, Morganville or other communities in Monmouth and Ocean County, New Jersey, contact our office so we can help your children with their ear infection and build a stronger, healthy immune system! For more information on our practice, Hometown Family Wellness Center, click: www.ChiropractorFreehold.com.

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.

Are you ready to be held accountable for your health?

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