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

Infertility Awareness

Posted on April 22, 2019 by nwahealth in Uncategorized

This week is National Infertility Awareness Week. Anyone can be challenged to have a family. No matter what race, religion, sexuality, or economic status you are, infertility doesn’t discriminate.

This week unites millions of people who want to remove the stigmas and barriers that stand in the way of building families.

A Functional Medicine Approach To Infertility

Functional Medicine works to restore balance to your body with the aim of achieving optimal health for the rest of your life.

By addressing the whole person and the underlying causes of disease or dysfunction, functional medicine provides strategies and a road map to optimum health.

When having trouble conceiving, it can be really difficult to decide what the best steps towards finding help can be. In Functional Medicine, we look to get the individual’s underlying root cause of imbalance within their body.

For many people, infertility can be improved with lifestyle, for example reducing stress, improving your diet, reducing over-exercising, and improving sleep.

Can Chiropractic Help?

Improper nervous system function, poor nutrition, and high stress could be one of the many different reasons why one may be infertile.

There are many different fertility treatments that you can try. Some are successful and some are not.

Many seek chiropractic care for wellness purposes and don’t realize the effect it may have on the body. While chiropractic doesn’t cure infertility, it does reduce stress and interference in the body.

If you are struggling with infertility and want to explore your options with chiropractic, please give us a call. For the rest of the month, we are offering a FREE exam with Dr. Sarah when you mention this post.

Spring Is In The Air

Posted on February 28, 2019 by nwahealth in Health and Wellness

Spring Into Good Health With Chiropractic Care

Spring can always feel like a fresh start with flowers blooming, and the days becoming longer. You can finally get outside and enjoy the brighter days and warmer weather. Spring can be a time of new beginnings and the start of new healthy habits. You can begin exercising, begin a new hobby, or start taking care of your self by practicing self-care. Chiropractic care is a great way to take of yourself and help you feel like a spring chicken.

When it’s cold and dreary outside you, tend to stay indoors, and not be as active. Being less active can cause your joint to become stiff, and your mobility and flexibility can decrease. Chiropractic care benefits you by reducing your pain, enhancing mobility, increasing your flexibility, and activity levels. By reducing your pain you, are enhancing your overall health. The more energy you have, and the more your body functions efficiently, the better you will feel about yourself.

With the change in season comes the dreaded seasonal allergies. More than half of the world’s population suffer from seasonal allergies. If you find yourself suffering from allergies, consider chiropractic care as a treatment option. Chiropractic can help regulate and coordinate the body’s reaction to allergens by improving the communication between the brain and spinal cord. Misalignments can interrupt this communication and immunity may be compromised. Put some spring in your step and come see us for an adjustment.

Pregnancy and Chiropractic

Posted on February 20, 2019 by nwahealth in Awareness, Health and Wellness

Pre & Post Natal Chiropractic Care:

Studies show amazing results for chiropractic care during pregnancy, including decreased labor times, decreased need for pain medications, decreased pain during pregnancy, and increased space for baby during pregnancy. Chiropractic care throughout pregnancy removes interference to the mother’s nervous system, enhances baby development and uterine function. Chiropractic care helps balance the pelvis, eliminates tension to muscles and ligaments. Many women find immediate relief after a single adjustment.

A healthy spine and nervous system from birth are essential to living an ideal life. Chiropractic care is proven to be safe and effective at improving the wellbeing of children. An estimated 60-90 pounds of force is used on an infant’s neck during “normal” delivery. Since significant spinal trauma can occur at, or prior to birth, many parents elect to have their newborn’s spine checked right after birth. Dr. Sarah has specialized training in pediatric care and is certified in the Webster Technique.

Did You Know Pediatric Chiropractic Care Can Help with the following:

Sleep issues
Colicky baby
Earaches
Acid Reflex
(Silent) reflux
Asthma
Allergies
ADHD
Wetting the bed

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?

Posted on February 12, 2018 by nwahealth in Clinic General News, Health and Wellness

WHY CHOOSE CHIROPRACTIC CARE?

For us here at NWA Health Solutions, we are finding it is so rare that people know everything Chiropractors can do and treat. EDUCATION is key and teaching others about what we do is something we are going to strive to do. Here at NWA Health Solutions we don’t just crack backs. Our Doctors here do so much more than adjustments and we are here to educate you on all our services. Over the next several weeks we are going to discuss different health issues and concerns and how a person experiencing these can benefit from Chiropractic Care.

Why Choose Chiropractic Care for a Thyroid disorder

Why Choose Chiropractic Care for Nutritional/Weight Loss

Why Choose Chiropractic Care for Diabetes

Why Choose Chiropractic Care for ADHD

Why Choose Chiropractic Care for Crohn’s Disease/IBS

First of all, what is a Chiropractor? It is a health care profession that focuses on disorders of the musculoskeletal system and the nervous system, and the effects of these disorders on general health. Doctors of Chiropractic practice hands-on, drug-free approach to health care that includes patient examination, diagnosis and treatment. Chiropractors have broad diagnostic skills and are also trained to recommend therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises, as well as to provide nutritional, dietary and lifestyle counseling. Every Chiropractor is different and can do different treatments depending on their level of training and education.

Why Patients Come to NWA Health Solutions

The goal of chiropractic is to treat the origin of a condition, not the symptoms of a condition. Chiropractors get to the root of the problem; why does this condition exist? This approach is very different than that of a medical doctor. Today’s medicine treats symptoms that are associated with certain conditions, whereas chiropractors figure out where those symptoms originate from and treat the underlying condition. There are many conditions that chiropractic can treat without drugs or surgery. There are also many conditions that are not directly treated by chiropractic but are indirectly affected.

We can help anyone that walk through our doors!

We have Solutions for your questions!

NWA Health Solution Programs:

SPINAL DECOMPRESSION THERAPY PROGRAM

Our Spinal Decompression Therapy Program is a proven method of treatment for herniated disc, bulging disc, sciatic pain, and more. This program is designed specifically to heal the low back, not just mask the pain. Taking pain medication or undergoing risky spinal surgery is not the only option for low back pain. We treat the underlying conditions present in the low back, not just the symptoms.

Decompression Therapy works with the vertebrae, inter-vertebral discs and spinal nerves traveling up and down the spine. It is designed to traction the spine, decompressing the vertebrae, allowing the discs to pull in more oxygen and nutrients. By applying traction to the vertebrae in the low back, they allow the discs to act like a vacuum and draw the bulge/herniation back into the disc. This is the number one way to treat a disc bulge without surgery.

THYROID PROGRAM

Dr. Rowden has developed a Thyroid Program to help patients who have been battling thyroid symptoms. This program is designed to help manage those symptoms naturally. With proper lab testing, including all of the necessary tests, Dr. Rowden can determine what the proper steps would be to improve your overall health. The program will consist of testing, essential supplementation, as well as any therapies, nutritional counseling, and dietary changes recommended for a full recovery. This is a very successful program truly designed to fit your personal needs.

WEIGHT LOSS PROGRAM

Our goal with this program is to help guide you in the right direction with diet, exercise, and lifestyle. We address your daily food intake, daily activity, and current environment. The goal is to help you realize bad habits that you have created in your life. Once identified and removed, weight loss is almost always a much appreciated side effect! It includes 3 office visits, pH testing, supplements, specific nutritional guidelines, and exercise details tailored to each individual.

EXTREMITY REHABILITATION PROGRAM

This program is specialized in extremity health. If you have a shoulder or knee, for example, that tend to be a hindrance in your life, then this program is for you! It includes an adjustment, cold laser therapy, ultrasound, interferential, vibration therapy, arthrostim, spinal mechanical traction, and therapeutic exercise.

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS

Our Monthly Maintenance Program is for the patient who wants a spinal check-up once a week. This program is a special rate for one office visit per week, for four weeks!

HORMONE IMBALANCE PROGRAM

This has always been a passion of Dr. Sarah Morter Rowden’s. After completing many hours of research and seminars, Dr. Sarah’s knowledge in this area is very extensive. This topic hits close to home for Dr. Sarah, as she has many people near and dear to her heart experiencing severe complications of hormone imbalance. Hormone imbalance affects men and women. For women, an imbalance can be contributing to infertility or complicating phases of menopause. Please consider this all-natural approach to healing your body from the inside out. Symptoms you may be experiencing:

Fatigue, weight gain, insomnia, hot flashes, night sweats, foggy memory, infertility, excessive bleeding, headaches, excessive cramping, painful cycles, irritability, anxiety, acne, decreased sex drive, mood swings, uterine fibroids, sweet cravings, cystic ovaries, low thyroid, depression, excessive emotions, hair loss

WELLNESS PROGRAM

This program is for anyone looking to really work through some emotional/stressful situations in their life. Sometimes we know we need a better balance, but don’t know how to go about it. That is exactly what the Wellness Program is for! It includes an intense BEST adjustment, spinal adjustment, Oxygen Therapy with Mechanical Traction.

Lab Analysis – Simple, yet effective lab testing is a great way to learn more about how your body is functioning. If you feel like something is just “not right”, then you might want to consider running a few lab panels and determining what is going on inside your body. Our lab analysis includes hormone panels, food intolerance panels, adrenal stress index (chronic stress), thyroid panels and more.

Neurological Therapies – A variety of therapies focused on balancing both lobes of your brain. These therapies are designed to strengthen the weak side of your brain, as well as your body, and even your eyes!

Physical Therapies – Activities created to strengthen your postural muscles, as well as major muscle groups. We use therapeutic resistance bands, exercise balls, wobble boards, and more to regain the strength in each muscle group.

Adjustments – Spinal Alignment is an integral part of overall health! By allowing Dr. Rowden to remove any misalignments, you are improving your health, and preventing deterioration at the same time!

Nutritional Consult – Dr. Rowden now provides Nutritional Consulting for her patients. If you are unsure of what changes to make in your diet, or just need a little guidance in supplements, please contact Dr. Rowden. What you put in your body, determines what your body puts out!

Welcome Dr. Paterson!

Posted on April 25, 2017 by nwahealth in Clinic General News

NWA Health Solutions is excited to announce the addition of Dr. Duane Paterson to our clinic! Along with being a chiropractor, he is also a Certified Performance Specialist through the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and a Certified Functional Movement Evaluator. Dr. Paterson specializes in analyzing movement patterns and muscle imbalances and correcting them and the problems they create, with chiropractic, therapeutic exercise, mobility training, spinal stabilization, nutritional support, and physiotherapy modalities in order for his patients to be physically capable and pain free and healthy now and well into their senior years.

Dr. Paterson has completed extensive post-graduate course work – to see his full listing, click here.

Born in Alberta, Canada and growing up on a farm, Arkansas feels right at home now for Dr. Paterson. Upon graduating high school, he worked in various capacities in the construction industry when he suffered a debilitating neck and low back injury. It was after he visited a chiropractor for this injury that he decided to become one himself. He graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose California in 1992 and practiced for the next 24 years in the Sacramento area.

His wife Julie works for Wal-Mart and was relocated here in early 2017. Dr. Paterson is now licensed in the state of Arkansas and will be practicing with Dr. Josh and Dr. Sarah Rowden at NWA Health Solutions.

On a personal note, he loves water sports and was involved in water ski racing (a boat race with a skier hanging on) for many years. He won the 1997 and 1998 National Championships in the out board division. He’s an NRA Certified Hand Gun Instructor and Range Safety Officer, and used to teach at Front Sight Firearms Academy, the largest firearm training academy just outside of Las Vegas. He entered his first Natural Body Building contest through the INBA and won his age class, Novice and 3rd in the overall. For five years he was also the Strength and Conditioning Coach and Team Doctor for a local high school senior men’s basketball team.

Dr. Paterson and his wife, Julie

Why Are Omega 3s So Important?

Posted on November 2, 2016 by nwahealth in Clinic General News, Health and Wellness

Dr. Sarah Rowden explains why Omega 3s are so important for your health!

Adjustments Assist Runners To Be Their Best!

Posted on October 19, 2016 by nwahealth in Clinic General News

“Helping runners feel their best before and after marathons! Congrats Andres!”
– Dr. Josh Rowden

Neuropathy Recovery Program Treatments

Posted on September 29, 2016 by nwahealth in Clinic General News

Suffering from the following symptoms?

• Numbness in hands or feet
• Pins and needles feeling
• Tingling or burning sensations
• Weakness in the legs and toes
• Sharp shooting or burning pains

If you experience even ONE of the symptoms above, come see us for a FREE consultation to evaluate if you are a candidate for our Neuropathy Recovery Program!

Dr. Josh Rowden with NWA Health Solutions utilizes Rebuilder Therapy, Brain Based Therapy, Metabolic Treatment Therapy, Oxygen Therapy, Cold Laser Therapy, Spinal Decompression Therapy, Whole Body Vibration and traditional Chiropractic Therapy. With this multifaceted approach, we “Wake Up” the nerves so they can function normally again.

Now through October 31st, we are now offering the following services for FREE:

1. Two (2) complete Neuropathy Recovery Program Treatments

2. Physical Examination

3. Consultation

4. Review of existing diagnostic imaging or lab work

5. New X-rays taken, if needed

Call 479-636-1324 today to reserve your therapeutic services with Dr. Josh! We can help you make permanent changes in your body, while allowing you to continue with your normal daily activities. It’s a total system of health without the risks of drugs or surgery!