Natural Headache Relief

February 24, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Natural headache relief is a hot topic but many people still just cover up the symptoms temporarily.  Those seeking over the counter or prescribed medications for headaches are getting at best temporary relief of the headache.  But long term use of these medications ends up leading to many

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Natural Headache Relief

side effects ranging from internal bleeding, stroke, digestive issues and yes… even headaches!

A true way to take care of headaches and migraines is finding the cause of the headache.  A large percentage of headaches are caused by subluxations or misalignements of the spinal bones called vertebra.  When these bones move out of place, they put pressure on the nerves.  This leads to many symptoms, including headaches or migraines.

A chiropractor is the only doctor trained to detect and correct subluxations.  The majority of headaches are caused by subluxations of the neck.  Using gentle chiropractic adjustments has a high success rate in providing natural headache relief.  An added benefit is that there are no harmful side effects of getting adjusted.

Watch one of our patients at Hometown Family Wellness Center located in Freehold, NJ explain her story of suffering with headaches and how she was helped by chiropractic:

If you are sick and tired of popping medications for headaches and would like natural headache relief, contact our office.  We have been helping provide natural headache relief for over 14 years.  Call our office at 732-780-0044 to schedule an exam and consultation.  Using state of the art computerized myovision analysis, we can show you if subluxations in your neck are a possible cause of your headaches.  Then Dr. Russell Brokstein, chiropractor and owner at Hometown Family Wellness Center, will guide you with a chiropractic treatment plan to help you regain your headache free lifestyle.

For further information go to our website: click here  or to receive health reports on many topics including headaches and migraines go to:  www.chiropractorinfreehold.com

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Headache Relief Without Harmful Medications!

January 23, 2013 by Leave a Comment

So many people suffer unnecessarily with headaches or migraines and seek headache relief with medications.  These medications at best just mask the symptoms of the headache but can result in a long list of side effects.  Some migraine medications even have the side effect of headaches…one

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Natural headache relief without harmful medications

time I talked to a medical physician who explained to me that at least the side effect headaches aren’t as severe as migraines.

From my perspective, why should you suffer with headaches and the many side effects of these drugs.  Wouldn’t it make more sense to find the cause of the headaches and correct it?

This is what chiropractic does!  Over 80% of headaches are due to subluxations or misalignments of the neck which are putting pressure on the nerves.  We use technology in our office that analyzes your spine to tell us where the pressure is occurring and imbalances of the supporting muscles.  Then we further evaluate the region of the neck for restrictions in the neck that is causing the pressure on nerves.  After a complete evaluation we are able to use chiropractic techniques to adjust the neck, removing pressure from the nerves and providing natural headache relief without the harmful side effects of the medications.

Dr. Russell Brokstein, chiropractor and owner of Hometown Family Wellness Center in Freehold, NJ has been providing headache relief for patients  suffering with headaches for over 14 years.  Watch the following video to see one of our patients explain how chiropractic helped provide headache relief:

Do you or somebody you know suffer with headaches or migraines?  Make sure you share this blog with others so they can be helped naturally by a chiropractor without drugs or surgery. Too many people suffer needlessly with headaches and the dangerous side effects of the medications they ingest.  Chiropractic helps find the cause of the problem and corrects the cause to provide headache relief and allow people like Katlin to get back to work and enjoy their normal daily activities.

For more information, go to our website… click here

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Freehold Chiropractor Reviews Ergonomics at your Work Station

September 12, 2012 by

Freehold Chiropractor, Dr. Russell Brokstein, reviews ergonomics at your work station.

Every day people go to work and sit at their desks for hours at a time.  There is no wonder people experience neck pain, back pain, headaches, shoulder pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, aches and pains.

It is extremely important for people to make sure their work station is set up ergonomically correct.  Ergonomics is the study of the relationship chiropractor freehold Freehold Chiropractor Reviews Ergonomics at your Work Stationbetween workers and their environment, especially the equipment they use.  The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, is intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort.

Physical ergonomics at work is concerned with postural  and biomechanical characteristics as they relate to physical activity.  The relevant topics include working postures, materials handling, repetitive movements, work-related musculoskeletal disorders, workplace layout, safety and health.

The picture to the left can help you set up your desk, chair, computer screen, keyboard and mouse and guide you to proper posture to help reduce work related injuries.  It’s also important to note to take breaks every 30 minutes.  During these breaks, get up, walk around and stretch.

Ergonomics is one key in helping patients correct the underlying cause of their problems.  Taking these simple steps at work can help you in reducing your neck pain, back pain, shoulder pain, headaches, numbness and tingling, and stress.

Along with chiropractic care at Hometown Family Wellness Center in Freehold, NJ,  Dr. Russell Brokstein discusses activities of daily living, including ergonomics at your place of work that could be one of the causes leading to misalignments that are putting the pressure on the nerves.  Dr. Russell has been helping patients for over 14 years in Freehold and the surrounding towns of Marlboro, Manalapan, Howell, Colts Neck, Jackson, Morganville and other communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey.  If you are ready to finally live a pain free, healthy lifestyle without drugs or surgery and enjoy your regular daily activities once again, contact our office at 732-780-0044 and go to our website to find out more information at www.ChiropractorFreehold.com

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Freehold NJ Chiropractor Reviews How Stress Affects Your Health and Body

August 13, 2012 by 2 Comments

Do you experience stress?  Do you know how stress affects your body?  Do you know stress comes in multiple forms:  physical or trauma, chemical and mental?

Stress is listed by the American Medical Association as the leading basic cause of more than 60% of all illness and disease.  It is known to be the cause chiropractor freehold Freehold NJ Chiropractor Reviews How Stress Affects Your Health and Bodyof many illnesses and symptoms ranging from high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, anxiety, ADD or ADHD, digestive problems like Chron’s, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and acid reflux, immune deficiency, allergies, headaches, musculoskeletal disorders, fibromyalgia, weight gain, sexual dysfunction, insomnia, breathing problems and much more.

Stress can also lead to many addictions like smoking and alcohol and even lead to suicide.

Many people reach for different medications to fight many of these conditions and symptoms that result from stress.  Unfortunately most don’t realize the drugs are just covering up the symptoms and resulting in other symptoms due to side effects.  This is a vicious cycle currently used by most medical doctors in treating their patients.

Chiropractic takes a natural approach at addressing the cause of all of these conditions:  STRESS!

The nervous system coordinates all functions of the body and when under stress, the body has a difficult time regulating the organs, tissues and cells of the body.  The best method of correcting the problem is addressing the nervous system to bring it back to balance.  This is what chiropractic does for you!

Chiropractors work with your nervous system because it is like a circuit breaker system through which the spinal cord and nerves send their messages.  Messages from the brain go to all parts of your body via the spinal cord and at every level of your spine between the vertebra,  nerves go to their destination either a muscle, organ or other tissue of the body.  If the messages from the brain are uninterrupted, the body can handle stress more easily and function optimally to bring you natural health and wellness.  But due to the different daily stresses we experience from birth til death, the spinal bones that protect the nervous system can move out of place therefore interfering with the nerve messages and causing dysfunction, disease and symptoms.

Chiropractors detect and correct the misalignments (subluxations) of the spine by adjusting the vertebra to remove the nerve irritation which helps release muscular tension, increase circulation and improve function of the body.

Everybody experiences stress!  You have to learn to manage stress including exercise, proper nutrition, do activities you enjoy, meditate, get adequate sleep and most importantly get your spine checked and adjusted by a chiropractor.  Don’t wait for symptoms like headaches, digestive problems, daily aches and pains, high blood pressure, weight gain or other issues to show up as the symptoms are the last sign to show up.  Prevention and maintenance with chiropractic care helps keep stress at bay and your body functioning optimally to maintain your health and wellness so you can enjoy your family and normal daily activities.

In our Freehold NJ office, Hometown Family Wellness Center, we take a multi-pronged natural approach to reducing your stress and improving your health naturally.  With state of the art technology we will measure how your nervous system is functioning, what sensitivities you are experiencing due to stressors, and analyze how your adrenal glands are functioning.  Your adrenal glads are also called the stress glands as they regulate the 4 main hormones that help the body deal with stress.

To find out more information about our practice go to www.ChiropractorFreehold.com.  Call our office at 732-780-0044 to have your spine and nervous system checked.

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Neck Pain is Associated with Whiplash and Auto Accidents

July 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Neck pain is the most common symptom reported after an auto accident with around 90% of victims reporting the pain.  During the crash, your body chiropractor freehold Neck Pain is Associated with Whiplash and Auto Accidentsmoves with the seat but your head and neck lag behind.  This difference in motion results in injury.  The spine is vulnerable to sprain and strain from sheer forces from the head and body moving in different directions.  This sheering action can stretch or tear the ligaments, tendons and discs of your spine causing nerve impingement,  pain, swelling and scar tissue.  The neck pain can radiate into the shoulder, arm and hands.  Other related symptoms to whiplash are headaches, dizziness, numbness and tingling in the upper extremity, visual disturbances and concussion.  Research has found that up to 20% of patients can have pain even 10 years after an accident.

If you have been injured in a crash, chiropractic can help.    Research shows chiropractic is more effective in both the long and short term than medical treatment or home exercise. (Spinal manipulation, medication, or home exercise with advice for acute and subacute neck pain: a randomized trial.)   Chiropractic improves range of motion, reduces and prevents scar tissue and corrects the cause of the pain.  Medication at best temporarily covers up the symptoms but also has the risk of serious side effects.

Also the earlier chiropractic care starts can help prevent the development of chronic pain and scar tissue. (Early intervention in whiplash-associated disorders: a comparison of two treatment protocols.)  Unfortunately, many times people don’t experience pain or other symptoms immediately after the accident so they do not get checked.  Weeks, months and even years later, pain occurs and the patient has no idea it is from the past accident.  Make sure you get a thorough examination by a chiropractor that has experience working with auto injuries and whiplash.

Call our office today 732-780-0044 for more information or go to our website:  www.chiropractorfreehold.com.  Dr. Russell Brokstein is the chiropractor at Hometown Family Wellness Center located at 9 Broadway in Freehold, NJ.  He has over 14 years experience in the examination and treatment of patients involved in car accidents and whiplash injuries.

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Can You Handle The Truth About Healthcare? asks Freehold NJ Chiropractor

July 2, 2012 by 4 Comments

Answer these questions:  Are you taking pills for high blood pressure that were prescribed to you? How about for diabetes, cholesterol, asthma, acid reflux or other conditions?   If so… when is your ending date to stop taking that medication?  Do you know the side effects:  liver failure, kidney damage, aches and pains, digestive problems, headaches, decreased libido, low energy levels, low quality sleep.. just to name a few.  Would you want to be taking that early in life, or would you want to put that off as far into the future as possible or avoid it altogether… what is the better concept?

When it comes to the public and US government in  handling healthcare… I think of Jack Nicholson in the movie “A Few Good Men”:  

Our country and most citizens think the current healthcare system promotes health.  It is actually a sickcare system.  A pill does not heal.  Medications are one of the leading cause of death in our country. These meds have more side effects that lead to the use of more meds.  It’s a vicious cycle.  They just mask your symptoms and give you a false sense of health.  On top of that, surgery should be a last resort.

The United States uses the most prescribed drugs and surgery, yet we have the lowest rated health of all developed countries.  The New England Journal of Medicine has an article stating the U.S. health care system ranks 37th in the world:  Ranking 37th — Measuring the Performance of the U.S. Health Care System.

Now with Obamacare, people are going to be pushed more toward the sickcare system we have been stuck in.  Pushing more drugs, more surgery and increasing the expense of the already tremendous “healthcare” costs.  We need a true change!  Not pushing more of this garbage.  Obamacare is so wrong in many ways.

If there was a TRUE Healthcare option would you want to explore that?

Imagine a court and government decision that establishes true Health insurance rather than the current disease insurance offered today and being spread by Obamacare.  Imagine newborns, infants, chiropractor freehold Can You Handle The Truth About Healthcare? asks Freehold NJ Chiropractorgrade school children, siblings, parents, and grandparents being evaluated for healthy lifestyle decisions and given proactive advice by advocates of life and health.  Imagine how many lives, psyches and money would be saved if preventative steps were taken prior to a health crisis and how much money would be saved from excessive and unnecessary medical procedures.

Health is a choice, it’s a lifestyle… Health is about prevention and maintenance.  Health is making sure the most important system of the body (the nervous system) is functioning at 100% so the body can function optimally.  Health is about providing the body with the healthy nutrition it needs for energy and allow the tissues to heal.  Health is about exercise.  Health is about mental well being.  Health is your choice as it is your body!

There is a HEALTH profession that has been promoting health care for over 100 years.  Do you know what profession that is?

CHIROPRACTIC!

I’ve been a chiropractor for 14 years and owner of Hometown Family Wellness Center in Freehold NJ.  Many people from Freehold and the surrounding towns of Marlboro, Manalapan, Howell, Colts Neck, Jackson, Howell, Morganville, Englishtown and other communities of Monmouth and Ocean county are searching for the answers to improving their health naturally.  Most come in for pain relief but they start to see many of their other symptoms resolve and many times are taken off their medications.  I educate my patients on the 5 key steps at making their body healthy and they start to live a healthy, active lifestyle without drugs and surgery once again.

Can you handle the truth? Are you ready to finally take responsibility for your health? Let me help you make the changes to start leading a healthy, active lifestyle you deserve.  I have true change if you really want health care.  If you are in the Freehold, NJ area call 732-780-0044 or go to our website for more info and come in for a consultation to turn your health around without medication and surgery!  www.chiropractorfreehold.com

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Whiplash Leads to Referred Pain Explains Chiropractor in Freehold NJ

June 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Many people experience whiplash injuries after an auto accident or other trauma where the head and neck experiences a sudden abnormal motion or force that causes it to go beyond it’s normal range of motion.  The muscles, tendon and ligaments become damaged.  Car accidents are a common cause of whiplash but it can be a result of playing sports and accidental falls.  Other terms used to describe whiplash are acceleration flexion-extension neck injury and soft tissue cervical hyperextension injury.  Many doctors simply explain it to a patient as cervical sprain or cervical strain.

Neck pain and headaches are just 2 of the common symptoms people experience when they have a whiplash injury.  Whiplash can also result in arm pain, numbness and tingling, shoulder pain, neck chiropractor freehold Whiplash Leads to Referred Pain Explains Chiropractor in Freehold NJpain, dizziness, nauseousness and even TMJ.

One of the difficult aspects of whiplash is that the symptoms don’t present immediately after the trauma.  A lot of times it comes on days, weeks, months to even years down the road.  This is one reason why it’s very important to get evaluated after any trauma.

In 2008 a study was done that showed these symptoms are related to the injury to the neck thru referred pain.  Referred pain originates in one area but is felt in another area.  The pain signals from the injured tissues activate other nerves in the spinal cord and brain.  These nerves cause the brain to perceive pain in other areas that these nerves control.

In a Swedish study, researchers induced referred pain in whiplash patients and pain free people to see if they had a different referred pain response.  12 of the subjects were experiencing whiplash while the other 12 had no pain and were the control group.  The test subjects controlled the electrical stimulation levels that were used on the shoulder and upper arm to elicit referred pain.  There was a dramatic difference between the whiplash patients and the control group:

a)  The pain free control group needed 3 times the amount of stimulation to reach the pain levels the whiplash patients experienced.  The whiplash group was more sensitive.

b)  The whiplash patients experienced a significantly wider area of referred pain than the pain free group which reported limited amounts of referred pain.

c)  The type of referred pain was different in both groups.  The control group experienced referred pain that was always distal to the point of stimulation while the whiplash group experienced referred pain that was more proximal to the stimulation closer to the center of the body.

This study helps us further understand the whiplash injury as other studies have also shown that the central nervous system becomes sensitive and over stimulated because of the injury to the spine.  More recent research is showing patients who are experiencing central sensitivity are more likely to experience chronic long term pain and symptoms.

As a chiropractor in Freehold, NJ,  I have been treating whiplash patients for 14 years.  These studies are proof that early treatment after an auto accident or other trauma is extremely important to prevent chronic, long term problems. In our office, Hometown Family Wellness Center, we use state of the art computerized technology to help examine the spine, nerves and surrounding muscles to show how severe the underlying condition is and whether it is acute or chronic.  The earlier you are treated for the injury, we can correct the problem so you can continue to enjoy a normal, healthy active lifestyle and prevent further problems down the road.  Chiropractic finds the cause and treats it so you can be pain free once again without drugs and surgery.

For more information go to www.ChiropractorFreehold.com or call our office at 732-780-0044.
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Cervicogenic Headache and Chiropractic Freehold NJ

May 10, 2012 by 2 Comments

Many people suffer with pain symptoms in the form of headaches.  Recent studies show that chiropractic is highly successful in alleviating many chiropractor freehold Cervicogenic Headache and Chiropractic Freehold NJtypes of headaches.  Most headaches originate in the neck and therefore are called Cervicogenic headaches.  They often start with some kind of neck injury due to trauma or an auto collision.

80 patients with chronic cervicogenic headaches took part in this study.  They received either chiropractic adjustments or light massage.

The patients that received the chiropractic care  improved substantially more than those that receive massage.  The chiropractic patients not only have better scores on pain and disability tests, they also experienced a 50% reduction in overall symptoms.  They also had a 33% reduction in medication usage by the end of the study.

The reason why chiropractic has such high success in helping patients suffering with headaches is in the goal of correcting the cause.  Chiropractic restores the normal flexibility and function of the spine to relieve cervicogenic head pain.  By aligning the spine, chiropractors remove the pressure from the nerves causing the pain.  If you suffer from headaches, chiropractic can be a safe and effective way to treat pain and improve your health.

We have been helping patients suffering with headaches for 14 years.  Patients in Freehold and the surrounding towns of Marlboro, Manalapan, Howell, Colts Neck, Jackson, Morganville and other communities in Monmouth and Ocean county are coming to our office on 9 Broadway in Freehold, NJ to obtain pain relief and optimal health and wellness without drugs or surgery.  If you would like to find out more information go to our website at www.chiropractorfreehold.com.

Haas M, Spegman A, Peterson D, Aickin M, Vavrek D. Dose response and efficacy of spinal manipulation for chronic cervicogenic headache: a pilot randomized controlled trial. The Spine Journal 2010; 10: 117-128.

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Eczema and Allergies in 6 Year Old Patient Helped by Chiropractor in Freehold, NJ Using Biofeedback Stress Reduction

April 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Many people suffer with sensitivities that lead to symptoms of a broad spectrum:  allergies, skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis, migraines, Fibromyalgia, ADD/ADHD, stress and anxiety, arthritis, depression, digestive issues like acid reflux and irritable bowel syndrome, frequent colds, heart and organ disease and many more.

It is scientifically proven that internal and external stressors lead to these sensitivities.  Biofeedback stress reduction therapy is able to analyze your body for these stressors and sensitivities then through positive reconditioning it reduces the symptomatic response.  All of this without any medications and their harmful side effects.  Click here to find out more:  Biofeedback Stress Reduction Therapy

My name is Dr. Russell Brokstein, Chiropractor and Owner of Hometown Family Wellness Center in Freehold, NJ.  We began incorporating biofeedback stress reduction therapy in our practice 2 years ago and have experienced over 80% success rate in helping our patients with this state of the art technology.  I want to share with you one of our successful cases in helping a 6 year old male patient who had suffered with severe eczema since he was born.

He had been seeing Dermatologists all these years with no change using cortisone and other steroid type treatments.  After just 8 treatments using biofeedback, his skin is crystal clear.  (See the pictures below)  The parents reported that he was able to swim in the ocean for the first time without a wetsuit and showering is no longer painful.

Added bonus the parents never reported before treatment about his peanut sensitivity and before going back to school, they tested him by rubbing peanut butter on his skin and he had no reaction to it.  (Note his allergy was not the anaphylaxis type)

Following are the before pictures!

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After Just 8 Visits with the NRG Immune Enhancement System

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Click this link if you would like to watch the father discuss the results: 6 Year old Suffering with Eczema and Allergies Helped by Freehold Chiropractor

If you or somebody you know suffers with allergies, headaches, digestive issues, arthritis, stress, anxiety, ADD or ADHD, Fibromyalgia, skin conditions, frequently fighting colds, depression or other symptoms share this article with them.  Most symptoms are related to stress and sensitivities and biofeedback stress reduction can be the answer! Contact our office to receive your complimentary biofeedback stress assessment.  This 6 year old patient has gained his life back by using this form of treatment.  We have been helping patients from 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.  Some have driven as far as New York City and Philadelphia to experience biofeedback stress reduction therapy.

Call 732-780-0044 and find out more about our office by going to www.chiropractorfreehold.com

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Fibromyalgia Sufferers Receive Hope from Freehold NJ Chiropractor

April 5, 2012 by 1 Comment

More people than ever are suffering with Fibromyalgia.  Did you know that 2.1 – 5.7% of all Americans have Fibromyalgia (1), AND that there is NO 100% reliable medical test to verify or diagnose this disorder?  (1) http://www.flash.net/~dwback/fibromyalgia.htm)

My name is Dr. Russell Brokstein, chiropractor and owner of Hometown Family Wellness Center located in Freehold, NJ.  I have been helping patients with Fibromyalgia for over 13 years.

Here are the facts: Diagnosis is difficult, the underlying cause of it is unknown, frequency, degree and location of pain vary from day to day, and treatment is focused on managing the symptoms. Many of the medications doctors are recommending (Lyrica, Cymbalta and Savella) have severe side effects and can be extremely dangerous.  At best they just give temporary relief, but the side effects prevent the patient from enjoying an active and healthy lifestyle.

Chiropractic has been shown to be an extremely effective way to manage symptoms by allowing the body to function normally after an adjustment. It all comes down to clearing the master system, the Nervous System! Did you know that chiropractic can help people with Fibromyalgia just by removing nervous system interference?

One common symptom found in Fibromyalgia sufferers are tender points.  These red dots represent tender points. “Tender points” refers to tenderness occurring in precise, localized areas, particularly the neck, spine, shoulders & hipschiropractor freehold Fibromyalgia Sufferers Receive Hope from Freehold NJ Chiropractor

On top of the tender points there are several Syndromes that often appear with FM:

Dr. Frederick Wolfe, a clinical professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, is a respected rheumatologist and a well-known investigator of Fibromyalgia.  Dr. Wolfe points out that chiropractic treatment helps FM patients

Source:  Frederick Wolfe, “The Fibromyalgia Problem,” Journal of Rheumatology 24,no.7(1997) 1247-49

Dr. Wolfe wrote “In our current series, we interviewed 81 FM patients and 81 control patients using a structured questionnaire. We asked patients to indicate if a drug or treatment had reduced their pain…Of interest is that chiropractic treatment scored among the most effective measures”

Source:  Wolfe F: The clinical syndrome of fibrositis. Am. J. Medicine 81 (suppl 3a):7-14, 1986

In our Freehold office, we not only analyze the traditional tender trigger points associated with Fibromyalgia, but we perform a state of the art computerized spinal exam that helps locate imbalances and pressure on the nerves and spinal cord.  This helps us locate the areas of the spine that are interfering with normal nerve impulses.  We take our analysis further by testing sensitivities and stress levels with biofeedback stress reduction.  Internal and external stress is known to cause many symptoms and illnesses including those syndromes common to Fibromyalgia.  The biofeedback technology measures the severity of the sensitivities, if they are acute or chronic, then using the treatment portion of the biofeedback uses positive reconditioning to balance the immune system.  Next we test the body for toxicity.  The more toxins and chemical build up in the body, the more sensitive the organs, muscles, tendons and ligaments.  Finally we examine the hormonal balance and with basic nutritional vitamin supplementation balance the adrenal glands.

Our unique, natural multi-pronged approach to health and wellness has helped many Fibromyalgia sufferers that no other doctors have been able to achieve results with.  We have been helping residents in Freehold, the surrounding towns of Marlboro, Morganville, Colts Neck, Manalapan, Howell, Jackson and other communities of Monmouth and Ocean County, New Jersey.  For more information on Dr. Russell Brokstein, go to our website at www.ChiropractorFreehold.com

Share this blog post with anybody you know who is suffering with Fibromyalgia.

 

 

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