Experiencing difficulty losing weight? Have you tried everything but nothing still works? Visit a chiropractor and give this unconventional method a try.

One of the hidden benefits of visiting a chiropractor is weight loss. It is not the direct result of the adjustment but it helps establish a healthier body where you can burn calories easier. It helps you stop taking pain medications that have potential weight gain side effects. Also, when your body has less stress, you become more inclined to make healthier dietary choices which allows you to take care of your body more.

How Visiting a Chiropractor Helps Lose Weight

Chiropractic care helps the body in a more holistic level. Its goal goes beyond giving the immediate relief from your pain. It aids the body in its healing process and makes it better in managing itself from the inside, making it less likely for you to develop more health issues.

When you are visiting a chiropractor, they will examine your spinal column and check for misalignments. These can hinder your central nervous system, which makes it harder for your brain and body to communicate with each other. It worsens your body’s functions, including your metabolic system which hinders your ability to burn fat.

As your chiropractor performs adjustments through manual manipulation techniques, your spine returns to its normal alignment. The vital communication between your brain and body goes back to normal and so does your metabolic functions.

Weight Gain and Back Pain Relationship

If you suffer from chronic pain, you are more likely to gain weight. The reason behind it is that you become less physically active, have poor sleep patterns, and eat more to gain comfort. It is unclear whether the pain or the weight gain comes first, but there is no doubt that these two often exist together.

Back injuries can contribute to weight gain. People working in construction often get back injuries, which forces them to take at least a six-month break to recover. This time period is enough for them to gain a notable increase in weight, especially if they neglect to do physical activities as well.

Benefits of Chiropractic Adjustments to Your Physical Fitness

Your adjustment does not immediately fix your back pain permanently. It does offer a great deal of relief in most cases. Pain relief and management take several visits to accomplish.

Here are some of the weight loss benefits of visiting a chiropractor:

It Improves Nerve Communication

Your spine’s nerves have communication pathways that control your hunger and fullness. When you adjust your spine, it opens up these pathways and relieves the stress of pain. It helps you know better when you need to eat and when you should stop.

It Makes Exercise Easier For You

When your body hurts, you are less motivated to hit the gym and lift weights and run on the treadmill. Forcing yourself to exercise through the pain means that you will do a fraction of the intensity and duration of the workouts you usually do. Chiropractic adjustments help you relieve your back pains, which means that you can go back to your workouts and burn more calories.

It Makes Your Daily Movements More Comfortable

Working out is a great way to lose weight, but all your daily activities contribute to it as well. When you start walking less and sit more instead of doing chores due to pain, an adjustment can help. It brings you relief and makes you more active in general.

The more you move throughout the day, the more calories you burn. On average, you can get rid of up to 350 calories daily with all these small movements.

It Reduces Your Stress-Eating Habits

An average person deals with stress through eating food to get some comfort. When your back hurts, your body becomes stressed. It increases your desire to eat junk food like chips to make you forget about your pains.

Once you start visiting a chiropractor, you can focus on making healthy foods and picking out proper snacks. You can motivate yourself to start taking walks after dinner instead of sitting in front of the television with a bowl of chips.

Benefits of Healthy Weight Loss

Maintaining your weight at a healthy level can improve your life in many ways. It makes you less likely to develop illnesses like heart problems and diabetes. Here are some of the benefits of losing excess weight:

It Lowers Your Blood Pressure

If you are overweight, your heart’s health is at risk because it is strained more. It causes your blood vessels to get damaged, which results in possible loss of eyesight. Not doing anything can lead to fatal strokes.

Losing weight relieves you from the strain. It helps lower blood pressure, which is crucial when you are undergoing a weight-loss program or diet.

It Improves Your Cholesterol Levels

Overweight people have higher levels of bad cholesterol. If you do a low-fat diet, you can lose weight faster and shed the excess low-density lipoprotein. With a healthy cholesterol level, your risk for cardiovascular disease becomes lower.

It Makes You More Mobile

Losing excess weights makes you move easier, allowing you to have more energy to do exercises and other tasks. Without the excess fats slowing you down, it becomes more rewarding for you to play with your kids or your dogs.

It Makes You More Confident

When you work out and lose weight, you become more confident about how you appear to other people. You feel great about yourself because you worked hard getting into shape. You are more comfortable in social situations, making it easier for you to form meaningful connections and do your work.

Start Visiting a Chiropractor and Lose Weight Today!

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If you are considering having Chiropractic treatment, you may have many questions about what to expect during your appointments.  Following are some of the most common things that will occur when visiting the Chiropractor.

First off, meet the Chiropractic Doctor, Dr. Jonathan Bekic.

Dr. Bekic graduated from Life University in 2014 with a Doctorate of Chiropractic Degree. While at Life University he was fortunate to study under some of the leading authorities in Thompson Terminal Point Technique as well as Activator Methods technique. These are the two of the most progressive and gentle chiropractic adjusting techniques.

Growing up in Windsor, Dr. Bekic has a passion for the community and a desire to serve and educate people about chiropractic care and living a lifestyle of wellness. He graduated from Sandwich Secondary School and it was there he discovered his passion and desire to be a chiropractor.

“Growing up I played sports all year round and if it wasn’t for my chiropractor there is no way I could have competed at an elite level or recover from injury so quickly. I was always amazed at the quality of care I received and how much faster I recovered than my teammates.”

While the human body is flexible by design, as we get older, we tend to become less limber than we were in our earlier days. Simple things that we used to do without even noticing, like reaching for something, or bending over to pick something up, can become more difficult as we age. And if you are like many people, and don’t exercise regularly, you may notice even more stiffness and loss of flexibility than others. So what can we do to improve our flexibility, even if we’re not into doing regular exercise? The answer is simple; stretching exercise recommendations provided by your Windsor Chiropractor, Dr. Bekic!

Stretching exercises are such an important part of keeping the body in good shape, yet can be done almost anywhere, and at any time. If you have any doubts about how effective stretching is, do a little research. You’ll find that stretching is almost always a part of any physical therapy treatment, chiropractic treatment, massage, or any other type of rehabilitative treatment. And of course, athletes know that they must always stretch before performing their sport.

 

This article will look at the different types of stretches and the benefits of stretching that will help you to feel younger and more flexible.

EASY STRETCHING EXERCISES

Here are some of the easiest stretching exercises that can be done wherever you are, whether it is at home, sitting in a park, maybe even at work if you have room. If you are unsure of how to perform each exercise, videos and pictures can easily be Googled.

• Hamstring stretch
• Butterfly groin stretch
• Lying hip stretch
• Lying quad stretch
• Calf stretch
• Shoulder stretch
• Triceps stretch

There are many more stretching exercises our chiropractor can recommend, feel free to ask Dr. Bekic next time you are in!

HOW TO START

As noted above, you can easily find videos and pictures of how to perform each stretching exercise. A general rule of thumb when you first begin, is to take it slowly. Try out a few different exercises, and take your time so that you don’t strain your muscles too quickly. As you learn how your body reacts to each type of stretching, you can increase your repetitions, and add in more exercises and gradually build up to a regular daily routine. And don’t forget, even if you’re having a super busy day, you can fit a few of these in even while you’re sitting at your desk at work or while watching TV at home!

BENEFITS OF STRETCHING EXERCISES

INCREASED FLEXIBILITY

With regular stretching, your flexibility will increase and you’ll be able to do all the things you used to when you were younger, without aches or pains. As you continue to stretch your muscles, they’ll grow more accustomed to those movements that had become difficult.

BETTER RANGE OF MOVEMENT

As your body begins to limber up, your range of movement will improve as well. You’ll be able to bend, squat, turn and reach with ease and your head and neck will seem to turn with ease.

BETTER OVERALL CIRCULATION

Stretching helps to increase blood flow to your muscles and joints, so the more you do it, the better your muscles and joints will function.

EASE MUSCLE STRESS AND TENSION

The more you exercise and stretch your muscles, the less they will seize up and cause aches and pains. Just like a car, keeping your body in top condition with regular movements and ‘tune ups’ will help it to last for a lot longer than if you didn’t.

PREVENT INJURY

When your body is tense and tight, not only does it cause aches and pains, but it makes you more susceptible to injuries such as sprains or strains. Your muscles are designed to be a certain length when you’re moving. By performing stretching exercises regularly, you’ll ensure that your muscles are in the correct position and are the correct length, thereby avoiding injuries.

IMPROVE POSTURE

Most of us have experienced an achy neck or painful lower back from time to time. And while stretching might seem like a painful thing to do when you feel this type of pain, stretching will actually help to reduce your symptoms. And with less pain, we tend to have better posture.

INCREASED STRENGTH

Stretching may seem like a low end type of exercise, but you’ll be surprised at how much strength you gain when you give your muscles the kind of workout that stretching provides.

INCREASED STAMINA AND ENERGY

As your body beings to function like a well-oiled machine, you will feel a return of energy and stamina. Tasks that used to cause pain and take forever to complete will now happen with ease.

The fact is, when your muscles are not being used, blood can pool around them, causing a sluggish feeling throughout your body. The sluggishness is caused by a lack of blood flow to the muscles, which decreases muscle nourishment. As soon as you get moving again, your blood will flow better, your muscles will be nourished, and your energy levels will increase. Particularly for people who are overweight and lead a sedentary lifestyle, the doctor’s admonishment to ‘get up and move and you’ll feel better’ is especially true.

BETTER SLEEP

Have you ever tossed and turned all night trying to get comfortable, but your body just aches and won’t allow you to get a decent night’s sleep? With a little stretching every day, your body will begin to repair itself, and just as during the day you’ll have more stamina and energy, your body will know when it’s time to rest. Without pain and muscle tension, you’ll be able to get a great night’s sleep.

If you’re female, you’ll be happy to know that studies show that post-menopausal women report a much better quality and length of sleep after they’ve begun a daily regimen of stretching exercises.

SUMMARY

As you can see, there are many benefits to performing simple stretching exercises each day. Best of all, stretching is a no-impact type of exercise that you can do just about anywhere. It doesn’t get any more convenient than that! If you have any questions about any of the mentioned exercises or recommended stretches, our chiropractor Dr. Bekic is ready and available to answer your questions!

Call our office today at (519) 250-6288 to set up your appointment! Don’t forget to like and share this post with your family and friends