Free Presentation at Charlotte Natural Healing - What is Nutrition Response Testing?

Did You Know...

Your body has the potential to fully repair itself when given the right nutrients?

If you are like others who come to us for help, then most likely:

• You may have one or more health conditions that won't go away.
• You have visited doctors, or even alternative practitioners, but the results weren't what you had hoped or expected.
• Health conditions are significantly affecting your life. Perhaps this also affects your career, family, and/or personal finances.
• You realize that these conditions are probably not going to get better unless the real source of the problem is found and corrected.

If this describes your situation, you need to attend this

Free Natural Healing Presentation.
Your chances of recovery have never been higher!

Join Natural Healing Expert Dr. Hozjan as he discusses a safe, natural, and effective strategy for PMS, Hot Flashes, Night Sweats, Irritable Bowel, ADHD, Crohn's, Colitis, Interstitial Cystitis, Arthritis, Sleep Disturbances, Hepatits, Kidney or Gallstones, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Heart Disease, and many other barriers to health.

Free Demonstration of Nutrition Response Testing  and Special Offer for Initial Evaluation for everyone in attendance.

Tuesday, November 8 7pm - 8pm4312 Park Road Charlotte, 28209 Call 704-523-2367 Now! Seats are Limited!

Home-Made Stress

Most of us create our own stress. Because deadlines don’t produce stress. Debt doesn’t produce stress. Traffic doesn’t produce stress. And having to speak in public doesn’t create stress. What causes these and countless other situations to be stressful is the “story” we make up to surround the deadline, the debt, the traffic and the presentation we have to give.

Your imagination artfully embellishes these stories, making them threatening.

“If I’m late for the meeting I’ll get fired, won’t be able to pay my bills, I’ll lose all my friends and find myself alone, living out of my car.”

Silly, isn’t it?  And this, from someone who claims that they don’t have a creative bone in their body!
Next time you find yourself feeling the symptoms of stress, consider these simple action steps:

1. Breathe. Those who find themselves in a classic “fight or flight” situation often don’t breathe properly. Their short, shallow breaths reduce the oxygen supply to the critical thinking portions of their brain, resulting in poor judgment and decision-making.
   
2. Listen. What story are you creating? What “movie” is playing in your head? What unlikely outcome are you projecting into the future? What are you “making up” that is causing you to experience fear? Jettison these unhelpful film clips you’re originating in your head in favor of simply stating the untainted facts about what is.

Nutrition Response Testing can’t reduce the psychological stress in your life. However, it can increase your capacity to withstand the stress you create by reducing the “noise” in your nervous system.  Call today to schedule your appointment.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeremy Hozjan
704 523 2367
http://www.parkroadchiropractic.com/
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Backpack Basics

Just because your child carries a heavy load academically doesn't mean he should carry a heavy load on his back!

Most school-aged children tote backpacks as the preferred means to transport their books and supplies. Chiropractors around the country are seeing younger and younger practice members complaining of back and shoulder pain. Could there be a connection?

Backpack Safety International™, an educational program that promotes and delivers guidelines for safe backpack use to administrators, teachers, parents and children, advocates the following four steps to ensure safe backpack use:

• Choose right - the backpack should fit between the child’s shoulder blades and not hang below the waist.
• Pack right - The maximum weight of the loaded backpack should never exceed 10 to 15 percent of your child’s body weight, so pack wisely.
• Lift right - Face the backpack, bend at the knees, lift the backpack with the legs and apply one shoulder strap and then the other.
• Wear right – use both shoulder straps and make them snug, but not too tight. Use the waist strap, if available.

Increased awareness and education on this issue seems to be paying off. The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission reported that the number of emergency room visits related to backpack injuries is down from 7,860 to 7,649 over a one-year period.  Previously, the number of cases had risen significantly each year. Increased awareness of this issue may actually be paying off!

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeremy Hozjan
http://www.parkroadchiropractic.com/

704 523 2367

Are You Hungry?

Do you eat to live? Or live to eat?

The average person eats approximately 1000 pounds of food each year. Surprising? Maybe, but why do we eat so much and what is the purpose of food? Actually, food is the fuel that gives the body energy and almost every process that takes place in your body requires energy.

We eat for the following reasons:

• Growth and Development – Babies, children, teenagers and even adults need food to grow and to replace cells and tissue in the body.
• Support of Body Functions – Most of the processes that take place in the body (breathing, digestion, circulation, etc.) require a lot of energy, and food provides that energy.
• Movement – Physical activity, from crawling to walking to exercise, requires energy as well. How much energy depends on how much activity is taking place.
• Nutrition – The body needs vitamins and minerals to stay in proper working order. Food is the main resource for these essential elements.

In order to stay healthy and provide the necessary energy to our bodies, we need to eat the proper amount of carbohydrates, fat, protein, minerals and vitamins and in the proper proportions.

How much we need to eat depends on a number of variables, including height, weight, age, gender and activity level. It’s important to remember that excess fuel is stored as fat and excess fat causes obesity.
Good nutrition, along with regular chiropractic care, is a key ingredient in living a healthy lifestyle, and providing optimum functionality to your body. Think about that the next time you go to grab a snack, and make it a healthy one!

Dietary anaylsis is a key compnonent of a complete Nutrition Response Testing Protocol.  Call today to schedule your appointment!

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeremy Hozjan
704 523 2367
http://www.parkroadchiropractic.com/

Forgive For the Health Of It

When we walk around harboring angry and bitter feelings toward someone who has done something hurtful or wrong to us, we hurt ourselves, not the person who committed the wrongdoing. Unresolved anger and resentment manifests itself in the way we live our lives and ultimately, they affect our health and quality of life.

Some issues that affect us deeply go way back. Back to childhood, even. Think of the effects that they have had on so many of our life experiences. Do you want to start anew? Are you interested in shaping how you respond to life from this point forward? Consider the notion of forgiveness. Forgiveness frees us of the burden of resentment and anger; the greater the hurt, the greater the benefits involved in forgiving the one who did the hurting.

Alexander Pope stated, "To err is human; to forgive, divine." Forgiving doesn’t mean forgetting. Forgiving doesn’t mean accepting unacceptable behavior. Forgiving isn’t excusing another’s inexcusable actions. Forgiving is for you. Forgiveness is all about freedom from the one who wronged you. Forgiveness is a way to move on so the hurt no longer controls future life experiences and interactions with others.

The healing benefits of forgiveness include:

• Decreased stress levels
• Decreased anger and negative thoughts
• Decreased anxiety and depression
• Decreased vulnerability to substance abuse/addictive illness

It may be difficult to work through forgiveness on your own. Talk it out with someone you trust. Mental health professionals can also be useful in assisting you with identifying and forgiving real and/or perceived wrongdoings.
Whatever the hurt…forgiveness is the answer for you.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeremy Hozjan
704 523 2367
http://www.parkroadchiropractic.com/

Ritalin Risk

Character traits associated with ADHD/ADD include a chronic history of having a short attention span, being easily distracted, impulsivity, moderate to severe hyperactivity, minor neurological signs, abnormal EEG, impaired ability to learn…sounds like most normal children/teenagers! Aren’t they all easily distracted and impulsive? Yet, even though there is no single comprehensive test to diagnose ADHD (most consist of checklists of different types of observed behaviors), millions of prescriptions for Ritalin were written in 2005.

Some of the side effects associated with this mass-marketed psychotropic drug include:

• Impaired thinking/memory loss due to decreased blood flow to the brain – similar to what happens to the brain on cocaine
• Interference with the growth hormone, causing growth retardation, both brain and body, in children
• Addiction, similar to that of cocaine
• Insomnia, depression, mania, anxiety and an increase in the symptoms it is supposed to help
• Decreased ability to learn

There are natural alternatives to Ritalin, and other prescribed medications, used to treat ADHD and ADD. Parents need to be informed about these alternatives and to understand that according to the package insert, “Sufficient data on safety and efficacy of long-term use of Ritalin in children are not yet available. Although a causal relationship has not been established, suppression of growth (i.e., weight gain, and/or height) has been reported with the long-term use of stimulants in children. Therefore, practice members requiring long-term therapy should be carefully monitored.”

Often children are diagnosed with ADHD when what they really have is a food allergy, sugar addiction, hypoglycemia or hearing/vision problems. We would be happy to talk to you about your child’s problems and to review with you the many alternatives that are available to deal with your child’s condition. Call us to schedule a Nutrition Response Testing Analysis of your child.

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeremy Hozjan
704 523 2367
http://www.parkroadchiropractic.com/

What The Heck Is Pilates?

Pilates and chiropractic are a powerful pair.

You may have heard about Pilates (pronounced puh LAH teez), a form of fitness training, but how does it help your body?

Pilates combines strength and flexibility training, using exercises that tone and condition the entire body. Particular attention is paid to building and developing the area of the body called the “powerhouse,” the core region of the body that includes the abdomen, pelvis, lower back and buttocks.

Pilates also creates a powerful mind-body connection, developed through proper breathing technique and concentration on smooth body movements to achieve better mental and physical health and reduce stress.

 

 

Some of the benefits of Pilates include:

• Increases flexibility and agility
• Develops muscle strength, without “bulking” up
• Reduces stress
• Provides effective rehabilitation for injuries
• Flattens abdominals and strengthens back muscles
• Provides a gentle, low-impact, whole body workout
• Increases energy, invigorates the body
• Strengthens the mind-body connection
• Alleviates back pain
• Improves body posture and movement

Many gyms offer Pilates classes and Pilates tapes are available in many places that sell videos. You might want to rent one and try it out before investing in it. It only takes a few weeks to produce a noticeably toned body and it may very well be the workout that works for you!

Yours in Health,

Dr. Jeremy Hozjan
http://www.parkroadchiropractic.com/

704 523 2367