The following videos focus on building neck and shoulder flexibility, strength, and stability. Performing these daily during care will help reduce or eliminate pain, and improve your chiropractic treatment outcomes.
*** You should continue performing these activities even after you are released from care. Doing so will help prevent recurrence of your condition, and just as importantly, doing these will promote a reduced risk of chronic degenerative diseases like cancer, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis (bone loss), Alzheimer’s, and more. For more information on the health benefits of exercise go here…
If you are in the greater Houston area and would like to call and schedule an appointment at Town Center Wellness Chiropractic & Nutrition, P.A. please call 281-240-2229.
The following videos focus on building neck and shoulder flexibility, strength, and stability. Performing these daily during care will help reduce or eliminate pain, and improve your chiropractic treatment outcomes.
*** You should continue performing these activities even after you are released from care. Doing so will help prevent recurrence of your condition, and just as importantly, doing these will promote a reduced risk of chronic degenerative diseases like cancer, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis (bone loss), Alzheimer’s, and more. For more information on the health benefits of exercise go here…
If you are in the greater Houston area and would like to call and schedule an appointment at Town Center Wellness Chiropractic & Nutrition, P.A. please call 281-240-2229.
About 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, and their health-care costs are higher: $1500 more per year than a normal weight person. Much of the difference is contributed to obesity related disease like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, and other conditions.
Recently, scientists in Japan found that low levels of certain compounds, such as bisphenol A – BPA for short, (the building block of plastics, including that in baby bottles), had surprising effects on fibroblast cells. These cells typically help form connective tissue, muscle, ligaments, bones, etc. Exposure to BPA and other chemical compounds caused the cells to turn into adipocytes (AKA – fat cells). The chemicals also stimulated the growth of existing fat cells.
Another study performed in 2006 by scientist, Bruce Blumberg of the University of California reported similar results using different chemicals. In 2006 he fed pregnant mice tributyltin, a disinfectant and fungicide used in marine paints, plastics production, and other products, which enters the food chain in seafood and drinking water.
“The offspring were born with more fat already stored, more fat cells, and became 5 to 20 percent fatter by adulthood.”
Genetic tests revealed how that had happened. The tributyltin activated a receptor called PPAR gamma, which turns fibroblast cells into fat cells. **It should be noted that medications given for diabetes control (Actos and Avandia) activate PPAR gamma and contribute to obesity. Ironic considering the fact that obesity exacerbates diabetes. The effect of these chemicals on obesity was so strong and so reliable that scientists created a new term for them – obesogens.
Additional testing showed that tributyltin is not the only obesogen that acts on the PPAR pathway, leading to more fat cells. Phthalates (used to make vinyl plastics, such as those used in shower curtains and, until the 1990s, plastic food wrap), bisphenol A, and perfluoroalkyl compounds (used in stain repellents and nonstick cooking surfaces) also contribute to this problem.
Think Soy is Healthy? Think Again –
On the same note, scientists started to investigate genistein, an estrogen like compound found in soy, at doses like those in soy milk and soy formula. By the age of 3 or 4 months, test subjects had higher stores of fat and a noticeable increase in body weight, suggesting that the compound threw a wrench in the workings of the body’s metabolic rate.
Eating at the Wrong Time = Weight Gain
A Study in the Journal of Obesity reported that feeding test subjects during normal sleeping hours led to twice as much weight gain as feeding the same amount of calories to test subjects during normal waking hours. The author of the study suspects that one possible cause of the difference is the disruption in the circadian rhythms( hormone patterns that regulate our sleep wake cycle). Genes that govern our daily cycle of sleeping and waking
“also regulate at least 10 percent of the other genes in our cells, including metabolic genes… Mess up the cellular clock and you may mess up metabolic rate.”
We have to take a pro-active role in protecting ourselves from an environment that is not conducive to the good health of our genes…Watch the video below for the full commentary:
Filter your water – the right filter will pull these obesogen chemicals out of your drinking and bathing water.
Filter Your Air – industrialization has led to 1,000’s of these estrogen based chemicals in your environment. Filtering your household air will reduce your overall exposure.
Stop the excessive soy intake (especially milks, bars, proteins, genetically modified versions, and other processed forms).
Maintain a normal sleep pattern (go to bed when it gets dark – wake up at sunrise). Modern technology (TV’s, lights, computers) has led many to lead a more nocturnal based lifestyle. This shift in sleep disrupts a number of hormones and ultimately degrades your health.
If you still have trouble with weight loss after implementing the above practices, find a doctor who practices functional medicine. Make sure that the doctor you choose practices what they preach – i.e. obese doctors are not advisable.
Green Does Not Mean Good For You or the Environment –
Many consumers are purchasing recycled toilet paper as an effort to be more environmentally friendly. The problem is, many recycled TP’s contain a dangerous chemical called Bisphenol-A (BPA).
What is BPA?
BPA is a chemical that disrupts the endocrine system and actually mimics the female hormone estrogen. It may be responsible for an increase in fertility problems and endometriosis among adult females. More concerning is the fact that BPA exposure is linked to noticeable neurological, behavioral and even prostate gland changes in fetuses and young children.
BPA is a toxic compound that is found in most plastics. In the U.S. many states are working to ban BPA in baby products — baby bottles, toys, pacifiers, and other items that babies put in their mouths. Additionally, these BPA containing plastics can be used to store food (even some cans are lined with it). Water bottles, zip lock bags, plastic utensils, and more contain this estrogen mimicking chemical. Oh yeah, that recycled toilet paper you just bought may also contain BPA.
Recycled toilet paper: Not as friendly as you think?
It turns out that credit card receipts and other items that use thermal printing paper are ultimately used in making recycled toilet paper. Unfortunately, most brands of thermal printing paper contain BPA. While BPA isn’t an ingredient directly used to make recycled toilet paper, the process that creates this environmentally friendlier paper product creates a completely new toxicity concern: BPA in wastewater streams.
What happens to toilet paper? It gets flushed. The wastewater ends up at a municipal water treatment plant. When toilet paper contains BPA, it is also processed at the local plant, but unfortunately, some of this BPA finds its way into both surface and groundwater supplies.
So, why is this a concern? The xenoestrogens in BPA have been linked to a number of cancers and hormonal abnormalities. Water treatment facilities do not remove BPA. That means that you are left with having to filter your own water.
The Green Movement is great for environmental awareness. But often times people look for Green without thinking. A similar trend was seen with fat free diets, and gluten free diets. Manufacturers starting using the term fat or gluten free on all labels. It became a buzzword and was automatically associated with health regardless of reality.
Ever stop to think where you will be putting the toilet paper, or what you will be putting it on?
In this ever complex world of marketing and deception, how can you make informed decisions without all of the misleading media messages being blasted at you?
Neck pain and frozen shoulder problems are extremely common. Chronic sitting while driving, working at a computer, sitting at a desk, etc. all couple to reduce overall neck and shoulder range of motion. This in turn leads to muscle spasms and acute pain. Over the years these lifestyle factors can add up – leading to severe arthritis, herniated disc problems, rotator cuff issues, frozen shoulder syndrome, and much more.
Surgery is often times recommended as the solution for these conditions. It is important to know that before considering surgery for a neck or shoulder problem, always try a treatment regimen of chiropractic and physical therapy first. Surgery should be considered as a last resort only if more conservative measures fail. The following exercise can help you maintain good muscular strength and motion in your neck and shoulders naturally without pain medications…
You can also try the following stretches and exercises to help reduce your neck tension, muscle spasm, and shoulder tightness…
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Dr. Osborne and Gluten Free Society Host Holiday Meeting
How To Navigate the Holidays and Stay on a Gluten Free Diet Make sure you save the date. When? Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 Where? University Branch Library Address – 14010 University Blvd. – Sugar Land, TX 77479 (At the University of Houston Sugar Land Campus). Map it here <<< Time? 11:00 am – 1:00 pm […]
