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 [...]

So many people suffer unnecessarily with headaches of many types, including migraines.  I have been treating headache patients for the past 13 years and unfortunately most people are pushed onto so many medications that if they are lucky, the meds cover the symptoms temporarily.  There is a huge problem though:  the medications all have side [...]

Many people “surge” their way to sickness and illness due to overwhelming stress. Think of your body like a house with a circuit breaker system.  If you overload a circuit with too much “stress” by having too many appliances plugged in, it will blow.  Now, if the circuit was going to your kitchen and the [...]

People all over the country are suffering with sleeping problems. Some statistics show that 40 percent have chronic problems. Many chiropractors find misalignment of one of the first 2 vertebrae in the neck in people who suffer from sleep disorders such as insomnia and sleep apnea. In our office we also evaluate other areas that [...]

As a chiropractor in Freehold, NJ, I believe there are many aspects a patient has to take care of to make their health a responsibility.  I call them the 5 tenets of health:  nutrition, sleep, mental well being, exercise and of course a fully functioning nervous system.  At Hometown Family Wellness Center, we help our [...]

So many people suffer from food, pet and environmental allergies. Others experience asthma, headaches, IBS, acid reflux and other digestive issues, ADD or ADHD, recurring colds, skin irritations like eczema, respiratory ailments, insomnia, fatigue, Fibromyalgia, lack of energy and so much more. Most think they have to learn to live with these symptoms, or stay [...]

Hello.  My name is Dr. Brokstein, and I am one of the leading chiropractors in Freehold, New Jersey.  I was just thinking about how we are currently seeing one of the most tragic environmental disasters of all time.   In the Gulf of Mexico oil is taking over the eco-systems and endangering wildlife, the economy, food, [...]