This week’s Wine and Wellness Wednesday come to us from Dr. Rodney Langel, a chiropractor in West Des Moines.
Chiropractic care is performed by a licensed chiropractor, concerned with the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, and the effects of these disorders on the function of the nervous system and general health. These disorders of the musculoskeletal system come in the form of misaligned joints also known as subluxations. Those misaligned joints can affect all areas of the body in men, women, children, and the elderly. When there is a subluxation, it can put pressure on the different nerve roots that travel throughout the spinal column and in turn cause health concerns, including back and/or neck pain. Most people think of a stiff neck or lower back pain when they hear the word chiropractic, which chiropractic adjustments do help with those symptoms along with so much more.
When you’re in pain and can’t go about your regular day-to-day life, it can be hard on your body and make it difficult to concentrate, which makes your life more stressful. Chiropractic adjustments are administered to alleviate pain in any area of the body. The key point to remember is chiropractic care is not JUST for pain! It has been show to help with allergies, ear infections, digestive problems, the flu, and so much more. Everything in the body is connected to the nervous system and chiropractic care works directly with the nervous system to keep the body running at its full potential. Chiropractic care is whole body health care and it can improve your life physically, mentally, and financially.
http://www.langelchiropractic.net
(Here’s my 2 cents!) :) Personally, I started going for chiropractic care when I had severe tingling in one leg. It turned out that a really, really bad habit I had of sitting on one foot was causing misalignment in my spine, which led to some damage and pressure on a nerve, which led to some really not comfy feelings in my leg. Dr. Langel cured me of that bad habit! Conversations with him also inspired me to cut way, way back on drinking carbonated soft drinks (a habit I’d tried to kick with moderate success over the years). I look at chiropractic care the way I do massage, acupuncture, and other things: it’s another tool in my wellness toolbox.
What tools do you have in your wellness toolbox? What will you add to your wellness toolbox?
Cheers! Here’s to your health!