5 Ways to Optimize Your Chiropractic Care & Overall Healing
Yes, regular chiropractic care will improve your health outcomes, whether you believe it or not, however it is your responsibility to take actions outside of the few minutes a week you are getting adjusted.
Here are 5 ways to optimize your chiropractic care and overall healing:
Eat and drink clean. Reduce processed foods, alcohols, sodas, energy drinks, and smoke inhalation. Work on increasing whole, earth-grown foods, filtered water, and limit or abolish toxic alcohol consumption. Adjustments are more impactful when you’re nourished nutritionally, hydrated, and in an alkaline state. Alcohol puts you in an acidic state that simply drinking water can not combat alone. No one said you had to go “cold turkey” but small changes will add up over time to your benefit.
Consciously move your body. This could look like a simple walk around the neighborhood if that's where you’re currently at, or it could mean that you more consciously move doing your usual workouts while listening to your body’s specific needs. You must consciously exercise/move everyday even if its just a walk to the end of the driveway and back. Listen to your body’s messages.
Meditate. Meditation isn’t graded and it’s not a competition so don’t inhibit yourself and say/believe that you “aren’t good at it.” Just like anything, it takes practice. Start small. Just a few minutes a day devoted to closing your eyes, and just being present can make a massive impact in your healing. If you’re looking for more resources on meditation and guided meditations, we recommend Dr. Joe Dispenza’s work which you can find at drjoedispenza.com.
Breathe. I know this seems obvious, but breathing is both conscious and unconscious. When you’re stuck in a state of stress, it’s common to “forget” to breath. In a process of re-programming and re-regulating your nervous system, you must focus on your breathing. Take 2-5 minutes a day on focusing just on simply inhaling and exhaling.
Ditch the stressful content. Feed your mind with content that aligns with who you are becoming. This could be podcasts, audiobooks, and teachings that lift you higher.
Chiropractic clears the channels of the life that flows through you with each adjustment, however it is up to your body to decipher what to do with it. If you’re in a constant state of stress, that energy will only go towards survival, and not towards healing and thriving. These simple ways can help you bring yourself into a state of ease so that you can progress, heal, and grow.
Thanks for reading!
In Great Health,
Dr. Sarah Kalani Wharton