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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Scoliosis and Neck Pain Helped by Freehold NJ Chiropractor

December 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Scoliosis is an abnormal curve of the spine that occurs in 2 to 3% of the population, affecting from 6 to 9 million Americans.  Scoliosis starts developing around 7 years of age and progresses to around the age of 17.  Females are more likely to present with scoliosis, especially for it to progress to severe degrees.  Many people with scoliosis are asymptomatic, but many experience back pain, neck pain, headaches, fatigue, difficulty breathing and other problems.  Symptoms are the last thing to show up with a problem and you are more safe to be checked to prevent problems from getting worse, just like most people go to a dentist periodically to get their teeth and gums checked.  You would never tell the dentist to not worry about a cavity he finds just because there is no pain.  You  know that cavity will just get worse and cost more money if you wait.

There are several signs of possible scoliosis:chiropractor freehold Scoliosis and Neck Pain Helped by Freehold NJ Chiropractor

1)  shoulders are uneven with one or both shoulder blades sticking out

2)  one or both hips are raises or one rotated forward/backward more than the other

3)  the head is not centered over the pelvis

4)  the rib cage is rotated and higher on one side than the other

5)  when the person leans forward to touch the toes, one side of the spine is more prominent or a bulge forms

6)  the entire body leans to one side

Most medical doctors say the scoliosis is insignificant if the curve is less than 25 degrees, but anytime the spine is misaligned it puts pressure on the nerves which control all functions of the body.  This will not only cause pain, but can affect your breathing, your digestion and other normal body functions.  If the scoliosis reaches 50 degrees or more they recommend invasive surgery where they cut away parts of your spinal bones and then insert rods that are locked into place restricting the entire motion of your spine.  If you get to this point, many of your normal daily activities will no longer be allowed.  Just think if your spine was just one long fused bone, rather than the 24 movable vertrebra of the neck, thoracic and lumbar spine.

Watch the video below of one of our patients explain about her experience with scoliosis.  She unfortunately was told she had to get the surgery many years ago, and now experiences neck pain and periodic back pain.

At our office, Hometown Family Wellness Center located in Freehold, NJ, we have seen many patients who were never told their alternative options to avoid surgery.  Fortunately as we educate many parents, they bring their kids in to get checked as infants thru adolescence to get adjusted to help adjust their spines.  Chiropractic has been one of the most successful forms of treatment in helping patients who have scoliosis.  Chiropractors analyze the spine for spinal misalignments or subluxations that put pressure on nerves and decrease optimal health.

To find out more about our office go to www.ChiropractorFreehold.com or call our office at 732-780-0044 to schedule a consultation.

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Freehold NJ Chiropractor Reviews The Full Benefits of Chiropractic Care

September 18, 2012 by 1 Comment

Freehold NJ Chiropractor, Dr. Russell Brokstein of Hometown Family Wellness Center, reviews the full benefits of chiropractic care.

While reading posts on facebook, I saw a great picture that summed up how chiropractic can help you and anybody else who is searching to be healthy without drugs or surgery.

Most people seek chiropractic care when they are in pain, whether it be neck pain, lower back pain, shoulder pain, sciatica, numbness and tingling, headaches and migraines, post accident injuries, fibromyalgia and other conditions.  This is just is just a small percentage of people that could be helped.

Chiropractors remove pressure from the nervous system.  It is this system that controls all functions of the body.  Through daily stresses, the vertebra in the spine can misalign and put pressure on the nerves.  When this happens we get dysfunction, disease and symptoms.  By adjusting the vertebra chiropractor freehold Freehold NJ Chiropractor Reviews The Full Benefits of Chiropractic Careto remove the pressure, chiropractors correct the underlying cause of symptoms therefore improving health and function.

View the picture to the right and see different conditions that chiropractic can help you reduce and other areas that chiropractic improves.  By being under chiropractic care, you improve your overall health and wellness all without the use of drugs and surgery.  Think how this can improve your relationships with your family and friends as well as improve your activities of daily living.  You can live once again!

Dr. Russell Brokstein has been providing patients chiropractic care for over 14 years.  He opened Hometown Family Wellness Center in Freehold, NJ in May of 2005 to provide natural health and wellness to the community he grew up in.  For more information on Dr. Russell and his practice go to his website: www.chiropractorfreehold.com and call his office at 732-780-0044 to experience the full benefits of chiropractic care!

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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 for Low Back Pain and overall Health

September 2, 2012 by

Many people experience the benefits of chiropractic in different ways.  Most make the call to the chiropractor for low back pain, neck pain, migraines, sciatica and numbness or tingling, but more people are realizing the total overall body health and wellness benefits of chiropractic.

Watch one of our patients explain how he injured his back playing softball and after helping him with his back pain he continued to maintain his health with chiropractic,  and lose weight with our full body cleanse and detox program:

Whether you are suffering with low back pain, neck pain, sciatica, Fibromyalgia, headaches or looking for optimal health and wellness without drugs and surgery, give our office a call to have a consultation to see how chiropractic is the answer to allow you to once again be healthy and enjoy a normal, active lifestyle.  Our chiropractic office, Hometown Family Wellness Center is located in Freehold, NJ.  Dr. Russell Brokstein has been helping patients for over 14 years.  To find out more about him and his practice go to www.chiropractorfreehold.com or call 732-780-0044.   Watch more patient video testimonials and read reviews by going to Freehold Chiropractor Reviews

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Chiropractor in Freehold NJ Review by Survivor of 9/11 for his Back Pain and Shoulder Pain

August 28, 2012 by

Two years ago I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to help a survivor of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11.  I remember the day he came into the office with the assistance of his wife who also survived.  He had been suffering for 8 years with low back pain and shoulder pain and was using a walker to help him get around.  From getting out of the chair in our waiting room to getting to the exam room took a lot of effort and pain.  Watch and listen to Edwin tell his story.

I am so thankful to have had the opportunity to help such an amazing gentleman and family, allowing him to start enjoying his normal daily activities once again.  This is what chiropractic is all about!  Helping patients correct the underlying cause of their problems and being healthy naturally, not just cover up pain and symptoms with medications.  This is why I love what I do as a chiropractor, helping patients like Edwin and every other patient I have had over the past 14 years.

If you are suffering with neck pain, back pain, headaches, fibromyalgia, sciatica, sports injuries, or looking to be optimally healthy without drugs and surgery, call our office and be a part of our success stories.  For more information on Dr. Russell Brokstein and Hometown Family Wellness Center located in Freehold, NJ go to our website:  www.ChiropractorFreehold.com or call us at 732-780-0044.

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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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