Minimizing Flu Symptoms With Natural Remedies
With the colder weather that arrives with the holiday season, there’s a corresponding spike in cases of the flu. While using traditional medicine to treat the flu can be effective when necessary, natural remedies can help prevent you from contracting it in the first place. If you do happen to catch the flu, they can […]
Improving the Gut Microbiome with Diet
Within our bodies can be found an expansive ecology of bacteria that play important roles in the health and maintenance of our bodies and immune system. These bacteria, known as microflora, make up a system known as the microbiome. They can be found in every part of our body, from our skin to our inner […]
Functional Medicine Nutritional Therapy
Functional Nutritional Therapy encompasses a combination of various testing and techniques to determine what is needed by each patient to balance and return the body to homeostasis. Using our testing and techniques we do not seek to label or diagnose conditions, but we focus on the primary job of rebalancing the body systems so the […]
Chiropractic Care
Chiropractic care uses spinal and muscle manipulation to properly align the musculoskeletal structure in order to relieve pain and restore mobility. Chiropractic care can also consist of manual or manipulative therapies, postural and exercise education, ergonomic training and much more. The most common reason people visit a chiropractor is to relieve back pain. Neck pain, […]
Applied Kinesiology
Applied kinesiology (AK), also known as manual muscle testing (MMT), is a diagnostic method that uses muscle testing to diagnose structural, muscular, chemical, and mental conditions. The main premise of AK is that the body’s muscles are all linked to internal structures such as organs and glands and their corresponding nutritional support. Therefore, muscle weakness […]
Sports Rehabilitation
Sports rehabilitation is the restoration of the optimal form and function of the human body for the sport you play. Sports rehabilitation programs at Alternative Health Center are designed to minimize downtime while maximizing fitness, performance and functional capacity. Although many people believe that sports rehab is only for professional athletes, it is intended to […]
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is one of the most powerful tools in alternative medicine. Used for its many health benefits, acupuncture therapy is considered safe and effective when administered by a trained healthcare professional. Sessions consist of very fine needles being placed into the skin. Some people feel tingling or numbness at these points, but most feel very […]
Neuroemotional Technique
Neuroemotional technique, more commonly referred to as NET, is a technique that focuses on the connection between the body and the mind in order to alleviate conditions related to stress. It is centered around the idea that the body’s response to stress is not only emotional, but physiological as well. This means that stress can […]
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy uses a variety of pressures, movements, and specialized techniques to manipulate muscles and soft tissues. There are about 80 different styles of massage that offer different options in terms of pressure and technique intended to address different concerns. When it comes to treating pain and/or injuries, the following techniques are beneficial: Deep Tissue […]
Allergy Testing
Allergies and hypersensitivities are the body’s way of overreacting to a specific substance. This overreaction can cause a variety of symptoms from a mild runny nose, to body pain and dysfunction, to the more serious narrowing of your airway. However, because some allergens can cause symptoms that are not immediately noticeable, you may not know […]