Weight Until You Hear This

By Dr Steven Warfield

Let’s face it, obesity is a problem in this country.  If you are trying to lose weight don’t feel bad since you are in good company.  More than 65% of American adults are classified as overweight.  Many people at one point or another in their lives try to shed excess pounds.  Some become downright obsessive about weight loss.   As a rule, the majority rely on a combination of diet and exercise to try to shed those unwanted pounds.  Others try everything from Weight Watchers to gastric bypass surgery.  What few people realize is the fact that chiropractic treatment can not only help you slim down, but it can actually help you keep the weight off.

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That’s right, chiropractors offer a number of weight loss strategies and nutritional counseling.  This is particularly useful for people who routinely go on and off their diets, since there are a number of factors that contribute to weight gain.  Everything from stress to injury to hormonal imbalances and even certain times of the year have an effect on weight gain.  In particular, numerous studies have shown that chronic pain has a significant effect on weight gain in individuals. If you are not addressing all the components the end result of healthy weight loss will elude individuals.  If you are not addressing each of these factors in your effort to slim down, then you are probably fighting a losing battle. 

In a recent paper, the CDC estimated that Americans eat 100 to 300 calories a day more than then did 10 years ago.  When you do the math, that works out to between 36,500-109,500 calories per year.

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Everyone knows that holidays are a trigger for weight gain.  But most people don’t realize that such things as

 poor posture and spinal misalignment can also negatively affect your ability to keep weight off.  Believe it or not, spinal adjustments have been shown to aide in the absorption of nutrients while improving flexibility.  Massage also aids in the process since it reduces stresses that act as a trigger to binge eating.  Since the nervous system controls a number of functions in the human body, including digestion, it should come as no surprise that if your back or neck are not in tune then your nervous system is not going to send the proper signals to your digestive tract. 

Of course, there are other ways that your chiropractor can help you lose weight.  Aside from addressing issues of pain, your chiropractor can also recommend herbal supplements designed to complement the treatment program.  He or she can help you formulate a diet regimen that you can stick to, as opposed to fad or crash diets that never work in the long run. 

Look at it this way.  You probably wouldn’t take your car to your hair dresser if it needed to be repaired.  Neither should you trust your body to people who are not trained in modern medicine.  If you are looking for a diet plan that won’t do your body more harm than good, sit down with your local chiropractor and find out how to create a regimen that takes into account the big picture.  You’ll be glad you did.

Dr.’s Steven Warfield and Dave Edenfield offer the most advanced treatments for back pain, sciatica, neck pain, whiplash and headaches. They also treat auto accident victims with state-of-the-art technologies.  For more information visit http://endyourpain.org or http://chiropractor-jacksonville-fl.com