Kristina is a patient who had been suffering with different musculoskeletal problems.  During the many years in school,  she had been carrying heavy books and backpacks, slouching in chairs and desks but also playing contact sports like lacrosse.  From the accumulative affects of her daily activities, she was experiencing low back pain, neck pain and [...]

Over 80% of the population experiences back pain at one time or another.  Unfortunately many people wait, thinking it will go away, then wonder why it keeps coming back.  Many others seek care from their medical doctors that just put them on a series of pain medication and muscle relaxers.  The medications at best only [...]

Back pain is usually thought of as a problem in adults.  Research shows up to 80% of all adults will suffer low back pain at least once in their life. Back pain is becoming more prevalent and an increasing problem for children and teenagers.  Many factors are leading to the increase in the symptoms. A [...]

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 [...]

Over the past month we have been discussing recommendations on being healthy without drugs and surgery.  Today we are going to discuss nutritional support for your joints!  Previously we talked about the other 4 key steps:  proper sleep, stress reduction, dietary methods to reduce inflammation and pain, and posture.  You can read about these other [...]

My name is Dr. Russell Brokstein, chiropractor and owner of Hometown Family Wellness Center in Freehold, NJ and today I am continuing the blog on Be Health Naturally without Drugs or Surgery. The previous posts talked about sleep, stress reduction and dietary recommendations.  You can read the other blogs by clicking:  Chiropractor Freehold Blog Today [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Scoliosis affects 2 to 3% of the adolescent population.  For many people it is just a mild form, but others it is disfiguring and whether mild or severe can cause many health conditions and can even be disabling.  I have had many patients with scoliosis suffering with breathing restrictions, headaches and migraines, neck pain, back [...]

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 [...]