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Welcome to that seasonal celebration that coincides with flu season, snow shoveling injuries, Christmas-package-wrapping neck and back pains, and all the other stresses that work on our mental and physical health this time of year!   The question is, “What are you going to do to live through it this time”.

Try a chiropractic adjustment, because it helps when more than your attitude needs adjusting.  It boosts mental and physical well being, immunity, endurance, and resistance to those needles – not the ones on your trees, but the ones from your brother-in-law Tom or that annoying Aunt Betty!  Get with the program – get adjusted.

Yes, lowly baking soda found at the back of the refrigerator, still priced less than one dollar per box may be the key to reducing joint inflammation caused by weather changes.  Folks, we’re in Missouri, right?   Weather changes daily, right?  Well, quite frankly this topic only became important to me when I found that after a recent knee injury I too have become the Dave Murray of weather forecasting!  What else you ask?  YES IT HURTS: stiffness, pain, and a general anxiety about what tomorrow’s weather will bring.  Then I remembered that crazy professor in college who insisted that baking soda was the cure to all maladies big and small.

Dr. Paul O’Connor, renal physiologist at the Medical College of Georgia Department of Physiology in Augusta University suggests that cells responsible for inflammation in the spleen trigger an inflammatory cascade throughout the body which can be turned off by taking baking soda for as little as two weeks.    My only suggestion is you dissolve it in water and take it on an empty stomach – that way it goes straight into the blood stream from the stomach.  The best news:  it will cost you less than a buck and only two weeks of your time to see if it works.

Wonderful news for those of us dreading weather changes!

Ok, so now you’ve found Premier – aptly named if I do say so myself!  Now what?   You’ve been searching the world wide web to help you find out if there really is a fix for back pain, arthritis pain,  headaches, stomach problems, whatever – and now you have found us!

In real estate you hear the old adage, “Location, Location, Location!”, not so much in health care.  Health care tries to dazzle you with technology, but – and this isn’t a stretch – sometimes when you’re sick you don’t want technology, instead you want human hands, and kind hearts, and friendly people who know what to do to make you feel better.

Our “Location”  is a balance between mainstream medicine and proven Chiropractic methods, between the drug/surgery option and natural health remedies – and, oh yeah, even some common sense stuff!!!  Wow, that’s a novelty in this world, some common sense in health care.   It’s time for you to pick up the phone and make an appointment.  It’s time for Premier’s experts to firmly and gently coax you into a new way of health.

Michelle de la Torre, DC                                                                                              Chiropractic Physician    

Another year come and gone,  and this New Year’s Eve promises a new beginning.  In spite of all the New Year’s Eve resolutions that have long since been buried – maybe it’s time to make one that you can stick to:

Take care of yourself!  Chiropractically speaking consider becoming well adjusted for a change!  Some of you take better care of your car than your body.  It’s not just the gas you put in the engine, or how fast you can go, sometimes it about something as simple as a spinal alignment.   Changing food choices is a great thing.  Exercise will make you feel like a million bucks, but there’s more you can do for yourself than the diet/exercise cliche.   Affordable and convenient chiropractic care is essential to the person you want to be this year!  Don’t wait for something to hurt before seeing us.

Try it, you’ll like it.

573.468.6011

Christmastides have come and gone,

Christmas Eves’ transcended  songs;

Cheer in walking side-by-side;

Wine, and smiles and icy slides!

So, if you read this line today

Remember how we used to play,

And in your Yuletide reverie

Exult in Christmas memories.

Wow, the diet rage is on again, this time with KETO – short for ketogenic diet.  Some interesting facts about this ‘new diet’ – which isn’t new at all.  So, just FYI follow along please:

Ketogenic diets are generally higher in protein, saturated fats, and cholesterol with typical diets in our busy society.

The keto diet is relatively simple – there are no complex strategies like calorie counting, carb counting, fat gram counting or any other counting for that matter – WOW again.

It reduces insulin levels in people with metabolic syndrome, or type II Non-Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus – but could prove life-threatening to peeps shooting insulin because of the dreaded condition known as ketoacidosis.   SO BEWARE!

There are varieties of the KETO diet – probably the healthiest is the Keto-Mediterranean diet, and the diabetic keto – mediterranean diet – but let’s not cloud the issue here.  Most people won’t go any diet for very long, and this one demonstrates flat out – you will lose weight – in fact – you will lose body fat on this diet.   So, peeps, another strategy to take off some extra pounds of body fat  – do your research and watch your friends ever-shrinking buttocks!

It’s incredible how quickly time moves!  Already nearing the summers end, blessed with fantastic weather, and all our schedules racing towards the start of school!  It’s no wonder that people lose track of their health maintenance.   Yes, I said maintenance – like you do with your car – only it’s more important.   Did you know that?

How many of us change the oil, and rotate the tires in our ride, but fail miserably in the body department.  I tell my patients that good chiropractic maintenance depends on the body.  Athletes require more frequent maintenance visits, as do manual workers, but typically most people can get by on 2 visits per year.  Yes, that’s right 2 visits – just like going to a dentist only cheaper!!

You’re probably wondering then why your visiting a chiropractor 5 times a week, right?  The answer depends on your spine – if you’ve had an acute injury or if you have a chronic musculoskeletal problem , then you require more frequent visits.  Just remember that this type of care shouldn’t  last forever.   Eventually your chiropractor should get you to a maintenance schedule.   Your spine is self adjusting if you take care of it, and if you don’t, then give us a call at 573-468-6011.  We are Premier for a reason!

A whole month has gone by and you’re probably still watching your weight, right?  You had to navigate through the great American Super Bowl party.  Drinking your light beer, or sipping your Chardonnay and telling yourself you can only have one of those mini-quiche, or only a half-bowl of those chips with dip.   Sure, some hardcore stuck out a plate of celery and carrots, but for the most part the food was recognizable and just in time to destroy the 2 pound weight loss you were striving for by the end of January.

So much for the recap – here’s the deal – weight watchers works because it uses some tried and true methods which help you trim the fat off your meals and yourself.  There are faster methods, but none that work better when you have a lot of weight to lose.  If you don’t want to join that’s your business, but for those open to something that works – then listen up:

1.  monitor food intake with a daily food diary
2.  increase fiber intake at each meal
3.  increase water intake
4.  increase activity
5.  decrease portion size
6.  decrease simple carbohydrates

Yes, you can do all this monitoring with the aid of your smart phone.  WOW!  Oprah is a genius!  Now, it’s your turn to change your food lifestyle.

Welcome to that seasonal celebration that coincides with flu season, snow shoveling injuries, Christmas-package-wrapping neck and back pains, and all the other stresses that work on our mental and physical health this time of year!   The question is, “What are you going to do to live through it this time”.

Try a chiropractic adjustment, because it helps when more than your attitude needs adjusting.  It boosts mental and physical well being, immunity, endurance, and resistance to those needles – not the ones on your trees, but the ones from your brother-in-law Tom or that annoying Aunt Betty!  Get with the program – get adjusted.

It’s not in your mind! Cortisol, the stress hormone, is a physical and mental health hazard. Chiropractors have been talking about this hormone for years and how it impacts health by interfering with memory, raising blood pressure, adding abdominal fat to the body, heart problems and other maladies. The chronic stress of our society: constant multi-tasking, deadlines, school/sports schedules – get people running at maximum capacity, and they keep running until they break or take a break!

Combat stress and cortisol production with the following activities:

1. Regular chiropractic adjustments

2. Regular physical activity

3. Meditation or prayer or both

4. Getting together, face-to-face, with good friends, ditch the tech!

5. Laugh a little or a lot

6. Listening/playing music you enjoy, singing changes brainwaves.

Our digital age is sedentary. Many tasks require sitting for an extraordinary amount of time. Many of us are developing the health patterns and diseases of over-the-road truck drivers where convenience food and sedentary lifestyle combine with high stress into serious health problems. The bright side of this new age lifestyle is that the fix is in the above six steps toward better health, and, guess what, none of them are painful!