Lyme Disease

Posted on July 18, 2019 by nwahealth in Awareness, Health and Wellness

Have you been experiencing:

Severe headaches

Neck stiffness

Additional rashes

Severe fatigue

Arthritis

Joint pain

Shortness of breath

Nerve pain

Shooting pains, numbness or tingling in the hands or feet

Problems with short-term memory

If you answered yes to any of these, you could have Lymes. The early onset symptoms of Lymes disease are similar to various diseases and conditions and while it may be easy to brush off the symptoms, getting treatment early on can avoid further damage to your heart and nervous system.

All it takes is a simple blood test to confirm if you have Lymes. We are here to help.

Give us a call today!

479-636-1324

www.nwahealthsolutions.com

WATER: The Liquid of Life

Posted on July 1, 2019 by nwahealth in Health and Wellness

WATER: The Liquid of Life

Water is an important part of health and life. It’s crucial to survival. In the summertime, even as many of us spend a great deal of time in the water, we also forget to drink enough of it. Why is it so important? Why, really, should we focus on getting enough of it at this time of year? And what do water and your spine have to do with each other?

Water and Your Body

The body is made up of 60 to 65 percent water. Many of the body’s functions depend on proper hydration to function — and certainly to function optimally. Every cell in the body requires water. Water also does many other things, including:

Regulates body temperature
Transports nutrients to the body
Removes harmful toxins
Serves as a natural lubricant to the body and joints

Your Spine

The health and functioning of your spine require proper hydration as well. The discs don’t have a direct nutritional supply, they lose it just before the teen years. So the discs receive nutrition, including water, through a process called imbibition. Imbibition results only when there is proper motion between the joints above and below the specific disc. The proper motion creates a pump-like effect and the nutrients are moved in and out of the disc. Adequate hydration is required for it is essential for nutrient delivery.

How Much Water Should You Drink?

It is recommended that you drink 64 oz of water a day. That’s eight 8 oz glasses. Another recommendation for those who are active is to drink at least half to all of your body weight in ounces of water. So if a person weighed 160 pounds they would drink 80-160 oz of water a day. Every person is different, but be sure to at least get your 64 ounces a day.

Chiropractic Care

Misalignment impairs the imbibition process and the nutrient supply to the disc. The lack of water in the spinal disc can lead to disc degeneration. Disc degeneration leads to spinal decay and instability. This decline in spinal health may decrease the functioning of the nervous system — which affects every system, organ, structure, and cell in your body. Chiropractic adjustments correct misalignment, thereby improving the imbibition process.

As summer enters the home stretch, remember that heat pulls water from your body. Make sure you are getting adequate water, and make sure to see your chiropractor so you’ll be able to absorb it to the greatest degree for your overall health!

Men’s Health Week

Posted on June 10, 2019 by nwahealth in Awareness, Health and Wellness

Men’s Health Week:

Five Advantages of Chiropractic Care for Men

Relieve Back Pain
Increase Mental Clarity
Lessen Symptoms of Depression
Relieve Headaches
Manage Arthritis and Joint Pain

Chiropractic care can help men take charge of their health. It ensures not only spinal fitness but overall well-being.

Children’s Awareness Month

Posted on May 31, 2019 by nwahealth in Awareness, Health and Wellness

Children’s Awareness Month

June is National Children’s Awareness Month. We at NWA Health Solutions love the work that we do with children every day. Dr. Sarah sees pediatric patients for a variety of reasons, ranging from colic to ear infections. Today’s children seem to have more health concerns than generations past. The increasing rates of food allergies, stress, depression, and childhood obesity are alarming. While the ongoing debate of why these conditions are overwhelming today’s children remains, we can offer some simple tips to improve your child’s overall well-being.

Chiropractic Care

First and foremost, chiropractic care is critical from infancy to early adolescence. Regular adjustments help your body heal itself and balance the nervous system. A balanced nervous system equals better physical coordination and improved mental clarity.

Well-Balanced Diet

The second most important thing you can do for your child is to keep him or her on a well-balanced diet. Raw, organic fruits and vegetables should be the core part of your child’s diet. Emphasize whole, unprocessed foods and try to completely eliminate foods that do not benefit your child nutritionally, such as soft drinks, fast food, pre-packaged foods, and anything containing trans-fat and artificial sugars. Also, try to incorporate as much water as possible. Everyone should consume half their weight in water ounces, daily.

Exercise

Lastly, take your child outside every day for some fresh air, sunshine, and exercise. Today’s kids are overloaded with smartphones, video games, computers, and T.V. This technology has been partly to blame for rising levels of ADD/ADHD, sleep disorders, and childhood obesity. Not only does playing outdoors help integrate exercise into your child’s daily life, but it also gives your child a boost of Vitamin D, which is necessary to maintain strong bones, support healthy nerve function, and strengthen the immune system. Most importantly, it allows you to bond with your child while spending uninterrupted quality time together.

Product of the Month

Birth Song Botanicals offers nourishing tinctures, healing salves, and herbal teas and baths. There are several children specific tinctures including immune boosters, tranquility for restlessness during teething or sickness, and also a stomach-soothing remedy. Our patients have seen great results using these products and we are proud to carry them in our office. For the month of June, we are offering 10% OFF any Birth Song Botanicals Supplement for Children.

When you purchase PurePals, Chew C Berry and Children’s Daily Immune, you will receive 10% OFF.

PurePals offers support for healthy cognitive function, mood, and immune health among children.

Chew C Berry is specifically formulated to supply benefits of vitamin C supplementation. Vitamin C is necessary for growth development and repair of all body tissues. It also is often used to improve the immune system.

Children’s Daily Immune stren

gthens your Child’s immunity and respiratory systems to help keep them healthy all year long.

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.

Acupuncture

and

Massage

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.

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.

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

Heart and Stroke Awareness Month

Posted on February 7, 2019 by nwahealth in Awareness, Health and Wellness

Here at NWA Health Solutions, we value preventative care. It is important for all of our readers to understand the importance of preventative care and taking the right steps toward a healthier heart. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer worldwide, with stroke ranking second. Even when those conditions don’t result in death they can cause disability and diminish the quality of life. Heart disease can be prevented by making heart-healthy choices, knowing your family health history, being aware of the risk factors, having regular check-ups and working with your physician to manage your health.

Understand Your Risks to Prevent a Heart Disease or Stroke

Knowledge is power. Take the time to educate yourself on heart and stroke risk factors. The American Heart Association recommends focusing on heart disease prevention early in life. The sooner you can identify your risk factors the sooner you can start managing them. By learning your risk factors and managing them you have a better chance of living a healthy life and lowering your risk of heart disease or stroke.

Major Risk Factors that you can Modify:

High cholesterol
High blood pressure
Obesity and being overweight
Diabetes
Atrial fibrillation
Stress
Tobacco Use: Smokers are at a higher risk than non-smokers
Alcohol consumption: Drinking too much can raise blood pressure. If you drink, drink in moderation.

Prevention:

A heart attack or stroke can happen at any age. It is never too early to start living a healthier lifestyle. The first step is assessing your risk factors and the second step is managing your risk factors. An active lifestyle and a healthy diet can be very helpful in prevention.

If you smoke, stop
Manage your blood pressure, cholesterol, diabetes, and atrial fibrillation with your primary care physician
Good nutrition
Physical activity

Did You Know?

Recent studies have shown that massage therapy and acupuncture can help lower certain risk factors for heart disease and stroke. A consistent massage program can decrease diastolic and systolic blood pressure and lower sources of depression and anxiety. Massage therapy is a safe, effective way to help control blood pressure. It can be used in health care centers and even at home.

With its capacity to regulate blood pressure acupuncture can also reduce the stress response that may increase blood pressure. Acupuncture can effectively treat elevated blood pressure due to increased vascular stiffness and constriction by working through the central nervous system to relax blood vessels. Acupuncture can also help stabilize blood sugar by correcting endocrine system imbalances.

NWA Health Solutions is proud to offer both massage therapy and acupuncture in our office. We are committed to providing our community with the best healthcare options.