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May 11 2020

Migraines, Back Pain and Sciatica Helped by Freehold NJ Chiropractor

My name is Dr. Russell Brokstein, chiropractor and owner of Hometown Family Wellness Center in Freehold, NJ. Every year I see and meet so many people who needlessly suffer with migraines, headaches of various types, back pain and sciatica. Many are pushed one medication after another by their primary medical doctors or a specialist. But at best, the pain is covered up temporarily with these pain medications and the side effects start to take over the lives of the patient. The patient can no longer perform their daily activities, is very lethargic, and many times gets depressed. Don’t forget the more severe side effects of these medications. If you are taking any medications, just go to google and type in the name of the medicine and side effects.

You do have a better option! Chiropractors actually find the cause of the problem and corrects the cause. One of our patients who had been suffering for a couple of years wanted to share her experience. Just watch what she has to say:

So if you live in Freehold, Marlboro, Manalapan, Howell, Colts Neck, Jackson, Morganville, or other communities in and around Monmouth County New Jersey and are suffering with lower back pain, migraines, sciatica or any other issue, contact our office at 732-780-0044. We will perform the most thorough examination you have had that will actually tell us what is causing the problem, and then I will tell you how we will correct it. In over 13 years in practice, we have over an 85 success rate with these conditions and best of all, chiropractic has no side effects other than you being able to be pain free and enjoy your normal activities once again.

For more information, click here: Hometown Family Wellness Center.

May 11 2020

Chiropractor in Freehold NJ Shares a Key Component Missed by Many Doctors in Treating Low Back Pain

Over 80% of the population experiences back pain at one time or another. Unfortunately many people wait, thinking it will go away, then wonder why it keeps coming back. Many others seek care from their medical doctors that just put them on a series of pain medication and muscle relaxers. The medications at best only give temporary relief, while the underlying cause actually gets worse. Just imagine if you went to a dentist for a painful cavity, but the dentist only shot the cavity with Novocaine but didn’t treat the cavity itself: You might feel better as you aren’t experiencing pain, but the cavity is actually decaying more. The same thing happens when you just go to a medical doctor and they prescribe medications. You feel better, but the underlying cause keeps getting worse.

Chiropractors and Physical Therapists take a different route and actually have the goal of correcting the cause, but only chiropractors find the actual cause of the pain and therefore have a highest success rate in correcting the back pain. By finding the spinal vertebra that are misaligned which are putting pressure on the nerves and causing dysfunction of the discs, chiropractic utilizes specific adjusting techniques to realign the bones and joints to get the pressure off the discs and nerves. It’s as simple as that!

My name is Dr. Russell Brokstein and as a chiropractor for the past 13 plus years, I have done a lot of work on patients experiencing low back pain. Most chiropractors just look at the spine, but some of us specialize in full body mechanics, including the ankle, foot, knees and hips. Most times, patients have imbalances in their legs that can cause misalignments in the spine, all the way from the pelvis, lower back all the way up to the neck. By examining the legs and correcting the involved joints, we are able to further stabilize the spine from repetitive misalignment.

If your feet are misaligned, it causes you to walk off balance and translates into stress into knees, hips and the entire spine. This is similar to a car with misaligned wheels and you start to feel the car pulling to one side or the other. If you leave it that way too long, the tires start to wear down and you can have more problems build up including brake problems, struts, etc.

In my treatment of patients, I check everybody for misalignments of the ankles, feet, knees and hips to further correct the imbalances occurring in the spine that are causing the pain. A major part of the problems in the leg are due to collapsing arches that don’t get support from the shoes you wear. By measuring the arches with state of the art equipment, we can have custom made orthotics built to put in your shoes to provide the proper support to help stabilize the adjustments we perform.

A study reported in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics evaluated the efficacy of custom-made shoe orthotics in managing low back pain. 50 subjects were split into 2 groups of 25: one group received the orthotics, while the other group were put into a 6 week waiting period before being put into orthotics. The group wearing orthotics showed a significant decrease in back pain, while the second group didn’t show any improvement until being allowed to wear the orthotics from the 6th thru 12th week of the study. Foot pain also decreased in the orthotic group, while the non orthotic group showed no improvement in the first 6 weeks. The study concluded that the use of foot orthotics appear to play a significant role in reducing the effects of both foot and back pain in patients.

If you have been experiencing lower back pain that won’t resolve with the other approaches you have taken, I recommend coming in to our Freehold, NJ office, Hometown Family Wellness Center, for a full body examination and consult for me to show you the cause of your back pain once and for all. I will demonstrate for you how your feet and legs are a major contributor to your problem and then we will address the cause once and for all so you can once again be out of pain and on your way to enjoying your normal daily activities.

For more information on our practice click here to go to our website: www.ChiropractorFreehold.com

Reference: Cambron JA, Duarte M, Dexheimer J, Solecki T. Shoe Orthotics for the treatment of chronic low back pain: A randomized controlled pilot study. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics 2011; 34(4): 254-260

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

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.

May 11 2020

Freehold NJ Chiropractor explains Chiropractic is more than Neck Pain and Back Pain

As a chiropractor in Freehold, New Jersey, I see patients from many parts of Monmouth County, especially nearby towns of Marlboro, Howell, Jackson, Colts Neck, Morganville, Millstone and Manalapan, NJ.

Many people come in for neck pain, back pain, sciatica, headaches or migraines, and Fibromyalgia. After reading one of the many articles about health (Thank you 33 Principles for your article) one of the first questions is, “How long do I have to come in?”

The question to you is, how long do you want to be healthy? How long do you want to enjoy your normal daily activities? How long would you like to enjoy playing with your children?

In our society so many people think there is a quick fix. They think popping a pill is going to fix their pain, fix their weight, fix their blood pressure, fix their cholesterol, etc. I think you get the point. Well all these medications do is cover up the symptoms with many side effects. These meds do not get to the cause of the problem.

Patients understand with physical therapy, you have to follow a consistent treatment plan to relieve their pain. Chiropractic is going deeper than even physical therapy to actually get down to the cause of the pain, but yet people think one or 2 treatments is going to fix it. Chiropractors adjust the underlying cause, the subluxation. Meanwhile, all the muscles, tendons and ligaments that support the vertebra are used to holding it out of place. It takes a while to retrain the supporting structures so not to misalign the vertebra again, putting more pressure on the nerves.

At the same time, people are very active. You might be walking and miss a curb or step, might carry a pocket book on one shoulder, sit at a desk all day slouching at a computer, lifting your kids all day, and so much more… these activities put stress on the body and can have a adverse affect on the spine.

Think of it this way: If you want to lose weight and maintain a healthy weight, how many healthy meals do you need? How many days in the gym or running outside to stay fit and in shape? Obviously it takes more than just one. You have got to stick with a program to maintain results.

The same is true for chiropractic. To achieve lasting results, it’s all about repetition and consistency. One adjustment might provide temporary relief of pain. It takes more than one adjustment to correct the underlying cause and change your overall health.

Now you can answer: How long should you stay on your nutritional program, workout routine or spinal health maintenance program? I would think you would want to continue as long as you want to remain healthy. You have to stick with a program to reap the true rewards. There is no such thing as once and done.

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