Chiropractic care, although effective on its own, often delivers better results when supplemented with good health and nutrition. That is why our Louisville chiropractor offers nutritional advice to patients who could respond better to chiropractic treatments with changes to dietary habits and the addition of nutritional supplements.

Top Five Family Chiropractic Nutritional Counseling Tips

1. Get more calcium and vitamin D. Calcium helps build strong bones, which are the foundation of the musculoskeletal system. Sturdy bones are more resistant to breaks and personal injury, meaning fewer trips to the chiropractor. However, calcium must be supplemented with plenty of vitamin D. Without it, the calcium is not as easily absorbed into the body.

2. Avoid highly processed foods loaded with sugar, fats and empty calories. Aside from a lack of exercise, those foods are the primary cause of obesity, which can impair the body's natural alignment. By choosing foods that are high in protein and low in calories, you can achieve your weight loss goals and also build lean muscle mass. Weight loss and strong muscles are key to a healthy musculoskeletal system.

3. Stop drinking sodas, which have been linked to higher rates of bone breakage, as well as osteoporosis. Here at our family chiropractic center, we know that one of the biggest challenges some families face is reducing or eliminating soda intake for both children and parents. However, by encouraging your children to make healthier choices and by setting a good example by avoiding soda yourself, you may reduce the risk of deteriorating bone density levels for both you and your kids.

4. Eat plenty of foods containing omega-3s, which helps reduce inflammation and promote healthy joints. Salmon is a good choice. Also, add vitamin E to your diet, such as that found in almonds. Vitamin E helps protect the membranes in the joints, which could prevent pain and limited motion range with age.

5. Drink more water. Aside from helping you lose weight and stay hydrated, water aids in the absorption of vitamins and minerals into your body from your digestive system. You can take all the supplements you want and eat fruits and vegetables all day, but without water, none of their health perks will benefit you.

Have you ever consulted a chiropractor for nutritional counseling?

Welcome to our blog! Over the next weeks, months (and years), we'll be talking about our chiropractic clinic and ways you and your family can stay healthy and pain free without expensive and invasive surgery or prescription drugs. We'll be offering nutritional advice, tips on improving your posture and ways to minimize the pain of an auto accident injury and other causes of back and neck pain. We hope you'll visit our site often.

Family Chiropractic Care Advice and Information for Our Louisville Patients

At Ollis Chiropractic, our family chiropractic clinic offers a variety of wellness services. Among these are chiropractic techniques including gentle spinal adjustments that help correct your spine's alignment and ease your back pain. We also offer nutritional counseling to help you eat the foods that will help the healing process and weight loss advice to ease the burden on your back and joints. 

We'll teach you corrective exercises that you can do at home to help strengthen the muscles that support your back and next, and we'll offer you advice on small changes you can make that will yield big results in your quality of life, such as the right shoes to wear and the proper desk chair to use. Our Louisville chiropractor's approach to pain management is to identify the source of your pain, not just mask it with prescription drugs. On your first visit, we'll evaluate your case and together map out a plan for your recovery.

Our family chiropractic clinic works with auto accident injury and workmen's compensation cases. We accept most health insurance plans, including Medicare, and offer a variety of payment plans for those without chiropractic coverage.

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