Mental Health Awareness Month

Posted on May 6, 2019 by nwahealth in Awareness, Health and Wellness

Mental Health Awareness Month

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel and act. Our Mental health helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others and make choices. Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood.

If you struggle with anxiety or depression, Chiropractic Care, Acupuncture and Massage can be of great benefit to you. Our treatments and therapies alone will not cure a mental disorder, but most find that when paired with your Primary Care provider or Psychologist/Psychiatrist it can provide you with calmness, and clear peace of mind.

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Acupuncture and Massage therapy has been shown to provide effective forms of stress relief. This can help improve emotional and mental well-being and ease symptoms associated with specific mental health disorders, such as anxiety and depression

Many traditional doctors are partnering with doctors in other fields in order to make a multidisciplinary approach to mental health treatment. It is hoped that by using natural healing and talk therapy that the use of powerful prescriptions could decline, giving people a better overall quality of life without the burden of mental health symptoms. If you or someone you know is affected by Mental Health and are looking for a more natural alternative treatment plan, Functional Medicine could be for you.

Save The Date

Don’t forget to save the date for our Patient Appreciation Party, May 17th. There will be snacks, games, giveaways, and if you have a scheduled appointment, an NWA Health Solutions SWAG bag! You don’t want to miss out. Call today to schedule your appointment with Dr. Josh or Dr. Sarah. If you leave us a Google review you could go home with awesome Yeti Cooler

Stress and Your Health

Posted on April 1, 2019 by nwahealth in Awareness, Health and Wellness

Stress Awareness Month

At some point, everyone experiences stress in their life. Stress is different for everyone. What is stressful for one may not be stressful for another. Anything can cause stress. What is stress? It is anything that causes your body to change the way it is functioning right now. Stress can cause physical, emotional, and behavioral symptoms. When you feel threatened your nervous system responds by releasing a flood of stress hormones, including adrenaline and cortisol. Your heart pounds faster, your muscles can start to tighten, your blood pressure rises, and your breath quickens.

When you feel stressed, you may start to experience excess sweating, pain in the back of the chest, headaches, high blood pressure, and cramps or muscle spasms. Stress not only takes a toll on you in a physical way but it also can affect you emotionally and behaviorally. If in a heightened state of stress you may expereince feelings of restlessness, anger, anxiety, sadness, and depression. You may find yourself unable to concentrate. You can be more forgetful and irritable if you are feeling stressed. All of these stressful feelings can cause you to overreact and have angry outbursts. Many people who expereince stress self medicate by overeating, using drugs or drinking alcohol.

Managing Stress

Stress is just a fact of life, but how you respond to it is most important. Stress can be overwhelming and if left unmanaged it can lead to serious health problems. If you are feeling stressed stop what you are doing, and take a moment to breathe. Time management and prioritizing your activities can help with feelings of being stressed. We can only do so much in a day. Take time to practice self-care, exercise, eat a balanced diet and rest. If you are feeling stressed communicate it to those around you, maybe they can help.

Acupuncture and massage are great tools to help relieve stress by restoring a healthy flow of energy. Both acupuncture and massage are powerful healing therapies that can provide complimentary health benefits.

Boosting Your Immune System During Cold and Flu Season

Posted on December 14, 2018 by nwahealth in Health and Wellness

Did You Know……

The spine plays a major role in your immune system, which is the first defense against disease. Your spine, spinal cord, and spinal nerves control every aspect of your nervous system. Your nervous system and immune system work together to help your body heal, but nerve interference because of spinal misalignment can cause stress to the body and lead to a poor immune response. Maintaining chiropractic care can help your body function at its highest level. This can help with: your defense system, inflammation, improve circulation, mobility, and flexibility.

ACUPUNCTURE AND YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

You might think of acupuncture as a way to relieve your aching back or a chronic headache, but the practice, a form of traditional Chinese medicine that is more than 5,000 years old, could also help you avoid colds and flu this winter.

Acupuncture can boost the immune system and increase immune cells, improve the symptoms of allergies, which is an abnormal immune response. Patients receiving acupuncture have elevated immune-enhancing hormones and blood counts for up to three days after treatment. If you begin to feel the symptoms of the cold or flu coming on, it is important to visit our acupuncturist right away to get the most benefit from your treatment. Acupuncture can prevent colds and flu by boosting the immune system, help you get over the cold or flu faster if you already have it, reduce chills, fever and body aches, and relieve a sore throat and congestion.

Amy Babb, L.Ac., MAcOM

Margaret Marsh, M.S. L.Ac.

Q&A: What else can you do to fight against colds and flu?

This simple soup is an ancient Chinese remedy that is used when someone is experiencing a fever with cold symptoms. Cook this broth as soon you feel a fever coming on, with symptoms of chills and a runny nose:

Green Onion, Garlic, and Ginger Soup

2 green onions (use only the white part) cut into several pieces

1 piece of ginger the size of a thumb, cut into slices

2 to 3 cloves of garlic, cut into slices

1 to 2 teaspoons of brown sugar or honey

Put the top three ingredients into a pot and add about 2¼ cups of water. Boil it for 10 minutes and then add the brown sugar or honey.

Why Choose Chiropractic Care/ Thyroid Conditions

Posted on February 15, 2018 by nwahealth in Uncategorized

Why would someone with a Thyroid Condition CHOOSE Chiropractic Care?

You must be wondering, why in the world would I need to see a Chiropractor if I have thyroid issues…

First of all, What is a thyroid disorder and better yet what does your thyroid even do?

Your thyroid is located above the Adam’s apple, your thyroid produces thyroid hormone (TH), which regulates, among other things, your body’s temperature, metabolism and heart. WOW!!! The thyroid-that little gland does all that? Yes, it does.

In healthy people, the thyroid makes just the right amounts of two hormones, T3 and T4. These hormones have important actions throughout the body. Most importantly, they regulate many aspects of our metabolism, affecting how many calories we burn how warm we feel, how much we weigh… and our general well being.

IN SHORT, THE THYROID “RUNS” OUR METABOLISM- IT’S LITERALLY THE “GAS PEDAL” OF THE BODY.

In today’s world, people are uneducated as to what a Chiropractor does. Chiropractors are much more than just cracking backs. When it comes to Thyroid and autoimmune thyroid conditions, Chiropractors are about balancing the nervous system. And the nervous system innervates every cell and tissue in the body. So, there happens to be “interference” with the nerves which innervate the thyroid gland, then this possibly can result in malfunctioning of the thyroid gland.

If your thyroid is under or over active, things can start to go wrong. If it is sluggish, it produces too little TH; amped- up and it produces too much. So, what exactly causes this gland to go erratic? There are a lot of things that can cause it to go haywire.. Such as, an autoimmune attack, pregnancy, stress, nutritional deficiencies, toxins in the environment and it could even be genetics. Therefore, because the thyroid hormones extend across the body- from brain to bowels- it is difficult to diagnose a thyroid disorder.

If someone has a nervous system that is out of balance, since the nervous system controls the immune system, then this person very well might have an immune system that is out of balance as well. As a result this weakened immune system, the person will be more likely to develop a chronic infection, which in turn can trigger an autoimmune response. Or it could be a nervous system imbalance which could be making the person more susceptible to the effects of stress, which in turn can cause leaky gut, which in turn can cause an autoimmune thyroid condition.

Symptoms that you could be experiencing with a thyroid condition:

You’re tired, completely exhausted
Mood Changes/Mood Swings, despression and anxiety
Your appetite and taste buds have changed
Your brain feels fuzzy
Your bowels are unpredictable
You have dry skin, brittle nails and excessive hair loss
You have pain in your extremities and/or muscles
You have high blood pressure
You may be experiencing chills- cold hands and feet, feeling cold when others are not, body temperature could be consistently below 98.5
Maybe your neck feels funny
You’re experiencing sleep issues
Your hair maybe thinning or falling out
You have high cholesterol
You have gained weight, inability to lose weight
Hormone imbalances such as PMS, irregular periods, infertility, low sex drive
You could be feeling down

Have you currently been on medication for a thyroid condition? Still feeling the same after years of medication? Been to the doctor with any of the following signs and symptoms and still no answers?

Fed up with no ANSWERS…

Dr. Josh Rowden is also fed up!

“It is a disturbing trend that I observe concerning the management of thyroid conditions.. -the disturbing trend: most thyroid sufferers are managed EXACTLY the same! This really bothers me because I understand from my KNOWLEDGE of NEUROLOGY that no two people react the same… especially with the endocrine dysfunction.”

-Dr. Josh Rowden

So… The real question is: Why would you not seek Chiropractic Care?

We can support and manage your thyroid condition naturally and you may not need any medication at all. Don’t get us wrong, OUR OFFICE will NEVER tell you to stop taking your current medications. NWA Health Solutions actually work WITH your PCP to get you feeling better as quickly as possible. How?

We use very specific blood tests, which may include any or all of the following, depending on the individual. Here at NWA Health Solutions, we want to see your blood work, our Doctors want to dig deep into the root of your issue.

Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)- Usually what a PCP will test for
Free T3
Free T4
Thyroid Antibodies (TGB & TPO)
Reverse T3
Total T4
Free Thyroxine Index (FTI)
Resin T3 Uptake
Complete Metabolic Profile (CMP)
Lipid Panel
Complete Blood Count (CBC) w/ differential
Urinalysis

We also test to see if you have an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease is where your immune system attacks a particular area of the body (like the thyroid, for instance), so we test for specific thyroid antibodies to determine if YOU suffer from an autoimmune thyroid disease.

We can also check for gluten antibodies, myelin (fatty sheath around the nerves) antibodies, cerebellar (back part of the brain controlling balance, coordinated movement, and spinal muscles) antibodies.

Additionally we can test your adrenal glads (small glads on top of the kidners)via an Adrenal Stress Index (ASI), as many thyroid sufferers also suffer from adrenal problems.

How does consulting with NWA Health Solutions work?

Every new client we work with begins with a case review and consultation. When you schedule your case review and consultation, we will send you our comprehensive case history and dietary and nutritional questionnaire. This allows us to learn everything about your case and your history.

During the initial consultation we are going to thoroughly discuss your case and talk about the dietary, lifestyle and supplemental changes we can make immediately to make a positive impact on your condition.

We are also going to discuss the specific lab tests that will give us the specific information needed to uncover the causes of your condition.

Then we will make VERY specific lifestyle, nutrition and supplemental changes according to the results of your labs, custom tailored to your EXACT NEEDS.

Usually we will prescribe you a series of diet, lifestyle and supplemental changes and then schedule another consultation in the future. This will allow us to review your progress, review your most recent lab findings and move onto the next phase of care.

We can work together to truly support and manage your condition. Just remember that this takes time and we are going to take the necessary steps to help you reach your goals.

Patients want ANSWERS… -We give them SOLUTIONS!!

How We Stress

Posted on January 30, 2018 by nwahealth in Health and Wellness

The Essentials of How We Stress

Stress is generally thought of as being all bad. We associate it with feeling up-tight, uneasy, nervous, distracted, possibly sick, but generally miserable. Stress is just a fact of life, but how you respond to it is most important.

What is stress? It is anything that causes your body to change the way it is functioning right now. This involves more than just feeling frustrated, anxious, or pressed for time.

Although we tend to think of stress as purely emotional, life is a never ending series of three types of stress: Physical Stress, Nutritional Stress and Emotional Stress. The body is designed to survive all three types of stress.

Physical Stress comes from an actual threat of injury to your body. Physical activity and physical accidents put a stress on your body. Given time, your body will repair exercise injuries in a short time. Although physical trauma may leave a scar of some sort, it does not impose long-term stress on the body. Take care of immediate needs of physical stress, then return to life as usual. Physical stress is short term.

Pain in the human body

Emotional Stress comes from within. It originates in your conscious mind, your feelings, beliefs, memories, attitudes toward people and events in your life. Emotional Stress comes from your responses to events around you. You can suffer emotional stress along with physical stress. Being physically attacked, in a bad car accident, or another type of traumatic accident can create emotional stress long after the physical stress subsides. As long as your emotional stress continues, your physiology must adapt to handle it. These adaptations are conditions such as high blood pressure. You do not always have a choice about the situation, but you do have a choice about how your respond to the situation.

Nutritional Stress goes hand-in-hand with eating and drinking. Your body reacts to everything that enters it-an apple, a juicy hamburger, a vitamin, a prescription pill, cigarette smoke, city smog and even water. Either way, your body must handle it. If you eat an apple and the body doesn’t “handle” it, then it would rot and ferment. You would be in trouble. Putting the least amount of stress on the body is ideal; so the easier it is for the body to “handle” what enters it, the less undue stress is put on the body. Make healthy choices with what you choose to eat and drink.

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine by thy food” -Hippocrates

Stress itself isn’t a problem, the way you deal with stress and for how long you deal with stress is the problem. Your response to stress is key. Your response determines how you feel mentally and physically. You have no control over how your body will respond to certain stimuli, however you can control the stimuli that prompt the responses- mainly your actions and thoughts.

Dr. Sarah Morter Rowden, D.C.

Dr. Josh Rowden, D.C.

5300 South Southern Hills Court

Suite 200, Rogers, AR 72758

479-636-1324

Are You Enjoying Life To Its Fullest?

Posted on October 11, 2016 by nwahealth in Clinic General News

Drs. Josh and Sarah Rowden invite you to our next FREE dinner seminar on how we specialize in chronic fatigue and thyroid care, the natural way!

Suffering from the following symptoms: chronic stress, low energy, insomnia, anxiety, weight gain, or hair loss?

Learn how we can help manage your symptoms naturally with no drugs, surgery or injections.

2 experts, 1 night! October 18th at 6:30pm. As a bonus, all attendees will receive 20% off all lab testing!

Reserve your seat today – 479-636-1324.