What should I do between adjustments?
This is a question we hear often at Evergreen Chiropractic...
A chiropractic adjustment re-aligns your vertebra and helps to take pressure off your nervous system. This helps to reduce inflammation & allows everything in your body to function better. Between adjustments, the best thing you can do to help your body out is to strengthen the muscles around your spine, eat well, and take supplements that support your joints.
Strengthen your spine:
Most basic yoga classes cover all your bases here! They help with balance, core strength, and spine strength
You can do yoga at home (there are lots of free yoga videos on YouTube). Dr. Brittney also has 3 free full yoga class videos on her Instagram. Or go to a local studio, our favorite right now is Fahrenheit Yoga in 12 South
Maintaining an active lifestyle is one of the best things you can do for your spine health
Eat well:
In order for your joints to heal, your body needs enough nutrients to do so!
Eat lots of: red meat, organ meats, eggs, raw dairy, fermented foods, fruit, & root vegetables and you're off to a good start!
The podcast "Peak Human" is a fantastic resource for nutrition information CLICK HERE to listen
Supplement:
Our modern life can make it hard to get all the nutrients we need from food alone, here are some supplements we recommend everyone to take, that can help with most health goals:
Ningxia red - this is a wolfberry puree antioxidant drink that has loads of antioxidants & nutrients. It supports everything from digestion to brain fog to period cramps. 2oz per day is all you need, it can be taken straight or mixed in sparkling water for a mock-tail!
Sulfurzyme - this is an MSM supplement. It supports healthy joints, and so much more! Every single protein in our bodies starts w/a sulfur-containing amino acid, we need to maintain a healthy supply so our bodies don't have to take it from another source within our body. Sulfur is also a major detoxer for heavy metals!! We are exposed to heavy metals everyday so sulfur is important to take everyday. It takes the heavy metal, adds a sulfur to it, converts it to a less toxic form which the body can then get rid of easily (SO cool!!)
CLICK HERE to order Ningxia & Sulfurzyme
Beef organs - these are the most nutritious part of the animal, parts that our ancestors used to eat regularly that we have forgotten about in modern society. If eating organs freaks you out, don't worry, you can get them dehydrated in a capsule! The idea with organs is that "like supports like": have heart problems? Eat beef heart. Digestive issues? Beef intestines. Etc.
We get ours from Ancestral Supplements. A good place to start is their "beef organs" blend. CLICK HERE to order & use code "BRITTNEY10" for 10% off!
Vitamin E - aka "PUFA Protect" this supplement helps to counteract the destructive effects of vegetable oils (canola, sunflower, safflower, peanut, corn, fish, etc.) It's best to avoid all vegetable oils in your diet, however we often can't get away from them in restaurants. Vitamin E supplementation is a good insurance plan to have for those occasions & to take on a daily basis to help your body detox PUFA's from your system!
We get ours from Mitolife. CLICK HERE to order & use code "BRITTNEY" for 10% off!