Fibromyalgia entries

Every day people get into little fender benders and don’t realize the consequences of even just a 5 MPH bumper impact.  They feel fine immediately after the car accident but weeks, months and even years down the road you can start to experience neck pain, shoulder pain, tension, numbness and tingling and even headaches. Watch [...]

Every year I see people all over making new years resolutions but never follow through.  They want to be more healthy, lose weight, work out in the gym… but how long does it really last?  I rarely see people keep it going for more than a month.  Then February hits and right back to the [...]

My name is Dr. Russell Brokstein and as a chiropractor in Freehold, NJ, I see many patients with neck pain on a daily basis.  Many chiropractors just adjust their patients, but don’t show them exercises to help expedite recuperation.  In my office, exercise and stretching therapy is incorporated into all treatment plans.  Home exercise is [...]

A couple of weeks ago I started a blog:   Be Healthy Naturally without Drugs or Surgery and we started off with the first step being Proper Sleep.  We then followed up last week with part 2:   The Importance of Stress Reduction in being Naturally Healthy. Today, we are going to discuss dietary recommendations that reduce [...]

I have been helping patients for the past 13 years obtain optimal health and wellness without drugs and surgery.  Too many people rely on masking symptoms with drugs that at best just cover up symptoms, but result in many other healthy problems with their side effects.   In our Freehold, NJ office, Hometown Family Wellness [...]

There are many things we need to do to allow our body to be healthy naturally without drugs and surgery.  You can read the first of this series of blog posts by clicking here:  Freehold Chiropractor Shares Health Myths and how you can be Healthy Naturally without Drugs or Surger. In my chiropractic office in [...]

As a chiropractor in Freehold, NJ, I find it so important to educate my patients on how to be healthy naturally.  People are constantly researching the internet for information, not realizing many of the research is funded by the companies trying to push drugs, surgery and other products onto the public. I put together a [...]

If you suffer with Fibromyalgia there are many sleep recommendations that are so helpful.  Getting a good night of sound sleep is more valuable than gold!  There are several recommendations I am going to discuss today on how you can break your old habits and start catching some zzzz’s soon?  I’ll start with the easiest [...]

Exercise is not only important for healthy people but especially those with fibromyalgia.  Exercise improves fitness and improves sleep patterns. Whatever exercise you decide to do, follow this one important guideline:  Do not overdo it!  Overdoing exercise can create an exacerbation of your condition. My name is Dr. Russell Brokstein, and I’ve been helping patients [...]

My name is Dr. Russell Brokstein and as a chiropractor in Freehold, NJ, I feel it’s so important to keep up with the news and current research.  While browsing facebook, I saw a video clip of one of my favorite, world-wide renown chiropractors, Dr. Patrick Gentempo, DC.  He was interviewed on a major NJ news [...]