Are You Running on Stress Hormones?

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Did you know that your menstrual cycle issues, low energy levels, digestion problems, and allergy troubles may all be signs that you are running on stress hormones?

When your body senses stress, it signals your adrenal glands to produce and release stress hormones. This natural "fight or flight" reaction has been a survival mechanism for humans for hundreds of years.

Stress hormones are essential in moderation as they prepare the body to respond to immediate threats. On the other hand, consistently high levels of stress hormones can be detrimental to your health.

Running on stress hormones can weaken the immune system, increase blood pressure, decrease libido, produce acne, contribute to weight gain, and lower energy levels. The body is not designed to be in a constant state of emergency; therefore, prolonged stress can diminish the body's resilience and ability to cope with future stressors. Managing stress and maintaining a balance of these hormones is crucial for long-term health and well-being!

Ear Infections and Chiropractic Care

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Did you know...

that ear infections are NOT normal to have?

While they may be common, having recurring ear infections should not be a typical part of a healthy childhood. They often indicate an underlying problem. Ear infections, particularly in children, can be linked to issues with the Eustachian tube, which drains fluid from the middle ear. Fluid can build up when this tube doesn't function properly, leading to infections. Addressing the root cause is crucial rather than just treating the symptoms.

This is where chiropractic care is critical.

Chiropractic adjustments remove subluxations or stress on the spine and promote proper nervous system function.

With recurring ear infections, chiropractic care can help by enhancing the nervous system's ability to regulate the immune response and fluid drainage!

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Signs Your Baby Has Birth Trauma

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Whatever birth looked like for you, know that our office is here to support YOU and your entire family's health needs.

Sudden changes to birth plans such as a c-section or using other interventions can cause both stress on the mother and baby. This can lead to both the mom's and the baby's nervous system suddenly activating the sympathetic side of the nervous system or becoming in the "fight or flight" phase. While this is needed for survival, it is not the response we want as a baby makes its way earthside.

This imbalance of the nervous system at the start of life can cause physical and emotional stress patterns. Body tension or inability to latch correctly during breastfeeding, sleep disruptions, restlessness, weakened immune system, digestive troubles, and overall dysregulation can be a consequence of birth trauma.

While birth is entering the unknown and out of our control, Elevated Life Family Chiropractic is here to make sure your child's nervous system can become more balanced and regulated from the start of life.

Testimonial Tuesday

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Thank you, Cassidy G., for sharing your experience with Dr. Randy and chiropractic care during pregnancy. Chiropractic care during pregnancy can be a game changer. If you're hoping for a smooth pregnancy, delivery, and recovery after childbirth, consider adding us to your birth team! Call us at 208-357-1949 to schedule a consultation with Dr. Randy today!

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Tips to Optimize Fertility

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Optimizing fertility and preparing for a healthy pregnancy involves various lifestyle and wellness strategies. Here are four natural ways to optimize preconception health:

Nourishing and whole foods: Proper nutrition plays a critical role in fertility. Focus on a balanced diet rich in superfoods such as animal protein and real dairy products. Animal-based foods are rich in Vitamin K12, Vitamin A, Vitamin B12, Vitamin D, and Iron are all beneficial to the preconception period. Additionally, consider reducing processed foods, excessive caffeine, and alcohol consumption, as these can negatively impact fertility.

Intentional Movement: Maintaining healthy habits such as walking, breathing, lifting, and other physical movement can improve fertility. Our favorite resource for the preconception period is BIRTHFIT.

Stress Management: High levels of stress can affect fertility. Incorporate stress-reduction techniques such as mindfulness meditation, deep breathing exercises, yoga, or acupuncture into your daily routine. Nervous system-focused chiropractic care can play a significant role in stress reduction by promoting optimal nervous system function.

Chiropractic Care: As mentioned, nervous system-focused chiropractic care can enhance overall wellness, including fertility. Chiropractic adjustments can help ensure that your nervous system is functioning optimally, which can positively impact hormonal balance and reproductive health. By removing interference in the nervous system, chiropractic care can promote better communication between the brain and reproductive organs.

Improve Your Sleep with Chiropractic Care

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Did you know that chiropractic care can improve sleep cycles in all ages?

By removing interference between the brain and the body, individuals have noted:

Reduced Aches and Pains: Chiropractic care is often sought for relief from musculoskeletal pain, such as back, neck, or joint pain. While chiropractic can decrease aches or pains, it addresses the root cause of what is happening! Individuals can experience reduced discomfort, making it easier to find a comfortable sleep position and stay asleep throughout the night.

Stress Reduction: Chiropractic adjustments are known to reduce stress and promote relaxation. Lower stress levels can lead to improved sleep, as stress is a common contributor to sleep disturbances. A relaxed body and mind are more conducive to falling asleep and staying asleep.

Enhanced Nervous System Function: Chiropractic aims to optimize nervous system function by removing subluxations (misalignments) that can interfere with nerve signaling. A well-functioning nervous system can help regulate sleep-wake cycles and promote deep, restorative sleep.

Balanced Hormones: Proper sleep is closely tied to hormonal balance. Chiropractic care may influence hormone production and regulation by ensuring that the brain can communicate effectively with the endocrine system. This balance can support healthy sleep patterns.

Relief from Sleep Disorders: Some sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, can have a connection to brain-body communication. Chiropractic care allows individuals to have fewer sleep disorders, promoting better airflow and reducing symptoms.

Enhanced Pediatric Sleep: Chiropractic care can benefit children in many ways such as colic, reflux, bedwetting, and sleep disturbances. This allows for more peaceful nights for both children and their parents.

If you or a family member are experiencing sleep difficulties, reach out to us at Elevated Life Family Chiropractic to discuss your specific health goals and explore the benefits of chiropractic care for sleep improvement.

Balanced Vs. Dysfunction

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The nervous system is the body's main communication pathway and plays a vital role in regulating all systems within the body.

When the nervous system is functionally optimal, we are in a state of rest and digestion where balance and well-being occur.

On the other hand, a dysregulated nervous system can negatively impact overall health and vitality.

Signs your body and nervous system may be dysregulated are:

- low energy

- frequent headaches

- allergies

-frequent illnesses

-digestive issues

- aches and pains

- irregular menstrual cycles

- trouble with regulating emotions

- anxious thoughts

- trouble concentrating and focusing

The health of your central nervous system is the foundation for balance in every system in your body. This is where chiropractic comes into play... Chiropractic care helps our body stay clear and balanced so that the functions within the body can work in harmony.

If you have never had your nervous system checked or think you may be living your everyday life in dysfunction, chiropractic care may be the missing puzzle piece! Dr. Randy here at Elevated Life Family Chiropractic is here to support you and help you in your journey to WELLNESS!

Celebrating 2023!

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Celebrating YOU and an amazing year!

As we reflect on the incredible journey of 2023, the entire Elevated Life Family Chiropractic team is bursting with gratitude for our amazing community here in Shelley!

From improved adaptability and optimal nervous system health to promoting holistic lifestyles, it's been a year filled with milestones, laughter, and transformation.

In 2024, our mission remains to create a happier, healthier community, one family at a time. Here's to another year of thriving together!

Prenatal Chiropractic

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Chiropractic care offers many safe and non-invasive benefits for expecting moms before, during, and after the many changes that come with pregnancy and delivering a baby earthside.

There are many changes that a woman's body goes through during her pregnancy. Physically we see many changes in the pelvic region that can cause many discomforts throughout pregnancy. Additional changes during pregnancy can include increased stress and fatigue, digestion issues, and increased anxiety.

We believe a properly functioning nervous system is the foundation for a healthy pregnancy and is crucial for every mom to have as she goes through all these changes. Having a prenatal chiropractor on your birth team can help:

- Improve posture

- Reduce tension and discomfort

- Decrease physical and mental stress

-Relieve pressure on the spine to promote healthy immune and digestive function

+ MUCH MUCH MORE!

A parental chiropractor can also help educate and give guidance and support during this season to give moms the confidence and support they need for a healthy pregnancy and delivery.

Suppose you are pregnant and do not yet have a chiropractor on your birth team. Call us at 208-357-1949 to schedule your first appointment today!

How Chiropractic Helps Emotional Regulation and Mindset

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Let's talk about emotions!

Stress can often build up in our nervous system and create many issues within our health making it more difficult to process and regulate emotions.

Think of this stress like plugging in too many appliances that you blow a breaker in your house! Your body comes to a halt when you are constantly stressed out!

Chiropractic care can unlock your nervous system and help IMPROVE your body's ability to adapt to every kind of stress, allowing us to be present and help us to regulate our emotions easily. When interferences within the body are removed it can work on clearing out internal stress in your body, allowing you to feel your best mentally, physically, and emotionally!

Are you interested in how chiropractic can help with your emotions and mindset? Call us at 208-357-1949!

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Testimonial Tuesday

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Thank you for sharing your experience with Dr. Randy! Dr. Randy is very intuitive and humble. He knows there's a time and place for alternative approaches. If you've had a positive experience with Dr. Randy please share it with one of our staff members, or shoot us a text!

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Merry Christmas from Elevated Life Family Chiropractic

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Merry Christmas from Dr. Randy and the rest of us at Elevated Life Family Chiropractic! We hope you have a safe and magical time with your loved ones over the holidays. If this is a difficult season for you, we wish you peace and understanding.

#happyholidays #merrychristmas #elevatedlifefamilychiropractic #elevatedlife #familychiropractic #idahochiropractor #idahochiropractic

We Will Be Closed!

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We'll be closed from Monday, December 25th to Friday, January 5th. WE'LL SEE YOU BACK IN THE OFFICE MONDAY JANUARY 8th FROM 2 P.M. to 6 P.M. ONLY! We will resume regular business hours the following day, Tuesday, January 9th. We hope you have a good weekend preparing for the holidays and spending time with friends and family!

#happyholidays #elevatedlifefamilychiropractic #elevatedlife #familychiropractic

Labor Can Be Tough for Both the Mother and Baby

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No matter the birth process, birth can be stressful for the mama and baby.

At Elevated Life Family Chiropractic, we are passionate about helping moms be through pregnancy chiropractic care and continuing the process into postpartum healing!

Did you know that prenatal chiropractic care can improve birth outcomes? Our doctors are trained in the Webster technique, ensuring the pelvis is balanced and open. This allows for shorter labor times, optimal positioning of the baby, and a more comfortable pregnancy!

Whether you are trying to conceive or currently expecting, having a neuro-spinal system that is clear and connected creates the optimal environment for a comfortable and healthy pregnancy. The open nervous system allows your body to optimize position, grow, and connect with the newest member of your family.

The Elevated Life Family Chiropractic team looks forward to joining your birth team!

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4 Ways to Maintain a Healthy Nervous System

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Think of your nervous system as a network of access roads that feed into bigger roads, which eventually connect to the interstate. The access roads are the nerves, while the interstate is the spine.

When the nervous system is working optimally, the "road network" transports messages to and from the brain without making any mistakes. Without a clear and balanced nervous system, "roadblocks" can occur within your nervous system creating miscommunication from the brain to the body.

If you are looking for ways to improve your nervous system function, chiropractic is the BEST place to start. Call us at 208-357-1949 to start your health journey TODAY!

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Testimonial Tuesday

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Thank you, Kris, for sharing your experience with us! We love hearing how chiropractic care with Dr. Randy has improved your day-to-day lives! If you've had a particularly great experience with Dr. Randy, please share it with us. Let Matii, Shannon, or Dr. Randy know about your great experience, or shoot us a text!

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Chiropractic Improves and Decreases

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Chiropractic care is more than just aches and pains, it is FULL body wellness care.

The spine and nervous system are pathways through which your brain and organs communicate. When there is a subluxation in the spine, that communication becomes hindered. Because everything in our body is under the influence of the nervous system, this communication between the brain and the body becomes vital for the proper functioning of the entire body.

Because chiropractic care is centered around the nervous system, EVERYTHING within the body can be affected when it is not working correctly.

If you are looking to improve ALL areas of your life, ensuring your nervous system is adaptive and functioning correctly is the FIRST and most important step you can take. Give us a call at Elevated Life Family Chiropractic to schedule a nervous system scan today!

Consistency Matters with Chiropractic Care

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When it comes to regulating the nervous system, consistency in care is key.

Your nervous system is the powerhouse of your overall health, and staying consistent with chiropractic care is the ultimate way to keep it thriving! 🌿

By committing to regular chiropractic appointments, your body can stay on track for optimal results! This is important as we come up on the holiday season and busy schedules entering the new year.

You can think of chiropractic care as not only enhancing nervous system function day in and day out but also allowing for a stronger foundation to adapt to any external stressors we cannot control!

By being consistent with chiropractic care, you'll experience reduced pain, improved emotional regulation, improved adaptability to life's stressors, stronger gut-immune function, and a renewed sense of vitality that will leave you feeling and functioning your best!

Let's start the new year in a state of E A S E!

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Managing Fight or Flight Naturally

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Finding Balance: Managing 'Fight or Flight' Naturally 🌿

In the hustle and bustle of daily life, it's easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of 'fight or flight' mode. This can be extra true when it comes to the holiday season...

Here are our favorite ways to find balance with the stress of the holidays:

-Chiropractic care allows the nervous system to function optimally and in a state of ease. While we can't remove external stressors (even though we wish we could), the body is functioning correctly, allowing for better adaptation to any stressors. This removes us from a fight or flight pattern and into a state of ease.

-Deep and intentional breath patterns can activate your parasympathetic nervous system, helping you find calm amidst the chaos.

-Don't forget the power of the great outdoors. Step outside, soak up the fresh air and feel your stress melt away. Even though it may be cold outside, breathing in fresh air and moving your body is another natural "tool" to feel more balanced!

-Time management can go a long way. Prioritize tasks, set achievable goals, and create space for relaxation.

What are your favorite ways to feel "unstuck" around the holidays? Let us know below!

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