The Natural Approach to Optimum Blood Pressure

The Natural Approach to Optimum Blood Pressure

Normal blood pressure varies from person to person.  Variations are common because of differences in height, weight, age, sex, temperament, body build, occupation, and even health history.

Because blood pressure varies in individuals, even under different circumstances, it is difficult to speak in terms of a normal blood pressure. In fact, blood pressure depends on several factors, such as the strength of the heart, resistance and elasticity of the blood vessel walls, and the amount and viscosity of the blood itself.

Every person has a blood pressure range that is normal for him or her.  Slight deviations may be expected and should not be considered a sign of any dangerous internal development. However, severe deviations up and down and between systolic and diastolic ratios, persistently found, are frequently a sign of an abnormality that should be located and promptly corrected. For this reason it is important to have you blood pressure checked regularly by a professional.

When your doctor measures your blood pressure, two readings will be taken. One measurement is called a systolic reading, and the other a diastolic reading. The systolic reading indicates maximum pressure within an artery during a pulse, and the diastolic indicates the sustained pressure within the artery when the blood vessel is relaxed between heartbeats.

High Blood Pressure

A serious deviation from one’s normal blood pressure may be due to a specific cause. In some cases, this may be caused by emotional stress, such as anxiety, frustration, and worry.  Sometimes, it is related to being overweight or eating too much or too much of the wrong foods. Sometimes, it is caused or aggravated by hereditary factors, infections, tumors, nerves, inactivity of certain glands, or impaired functions of the kidneys. Whatever the cause, it should be diagnosed and treated.

High blood pressure may be a symptom of arteriosclerosis, commonly called hardening of the arteries. Abnormal changes take place in blood vessel tissues, and fatty materials and chemical salts are deposited, resulting in arteries becoming less elastic and smaller in internal diameter.

Symptoms of chest pain, headache, hot flashes, nervousness, insomnia, and visual disturbances may or may not be associated with high blood pressure. When they are present, they should be reported to your doctor of chiropractic immediately. You also may have a bone out of place irritating a nerve.

Low Blood Pressure

It is the total circulation and not blood pressure that determines the amount of nutrition supplied to the various parts of the body. Low blood pressure is usually not considered dangerous unless the pressure indicates that circulation is being impaired.

Although some individuals seem to have a lower blood pressure than that considered average, this does not seem to be an important factor unless it appears as a sudden drop from a person’s normal pressure.  Anemia, autointoxication, heart weakening, shock, and hemorrhage are a few common causes.

Common symptoms of low blood pressure include fatigue under slight exertion, dizziness, apprehension, inability to concentrate on anything except oneself, ringing in the ears, and tingling in the fingers and toes. Such symptoms should be reported immediately.

Cause for Concern for the Total Individual

Because so many different functions, systems, and structures can be involved in the cause or aggravation of either high or low blood pressure, it is important that the overall health of the individual be considered. Often, the nervous system is involved either directly or indirectly. 

Call Dr. Florendo today. (702) 920-6556 or schedule an appointment http://www.drflorendo.com,   He will perform the necessary thorough Chiropractic, Orthopedic, Physical and Neuro-Metabolic examination to determine the cause and prescribe the appropriate natural care to allow your body to function at an optimal level and keep your nervous system functioning with out Subluxation or Interference.

Running effectively with optimum function

Running effectively with optimum function

Improving your running form can help you run faster, more efficiently, and with less stress on your body and reduced risk of injury. Follow these tips to work on perfecting your running form.

Look Ahead

Your eyes should be focused on the ground about 10 to 20 feet ahead of you. Don't stare at your feet. Not only is this proper running form, but it's also a safer way to run because you can see what's coming and avoid falling.

Land Midfoot

Don't be a toe runner or a heel-striker. If you land on your toes, your calves will get tight or fatigue quickly and you may develop shin pain. Landing on your heels means you have overstrided and you're braking, which wastes energy and may cause injury. Try to land on the middle of your foot, and then roll through to the front of your toes.

Keep Your Feet Pointed Straight Ahead

Make sure your toes are pointed in the direction you want to go. Running with your feet pointed in or out could lead to running injuries.

Keep Hands at Your Waist

Try to keep your hands at waist level, right about where they might lightly brush your hip. Your arms should be at a 90 degree angle. Some beginners have a tendency to hold their hands way up by their chest, especially as they get tired. Ironically, you may actually get more tired by holding your arms that way and you'll start to feel tightness and tension in your shoulders and neck.

Relax Your Hands

As you run, keep your arms and hands as relaxed as possible. You can gently cup your hands, as if you are holding an egg and you don't want to break it. Don't clench your fists because it can lead to tightness in the arms, shoulders, and neck.

Check Your Posture

Keep your posture straight and erect. Your head should be up, your back straight, and shoulders level. Keep your shoulders under your ears and maintain a neutral pelvis. Make sure you're not leaning forward or back at your waist, which some runners do as they get fatigued. Check your posture once in a while. When you're tired at the end of your run, it's common to slump over a little, which can lead to neck, shoulder, and lower-back pain. When you feel yourself slouching, poke your chest out.

Relax Your Shoulders, Too

Your shoulders should be relaxed and square or facing forward, not hunched over. Rounding the shoulders too far forward tends to tighten the chest and restrict breathing.

Rotate Arms from the Shoulder

Your arms should swing back and forth from your shoulder joint, not your elbow joint.

Don't Bounce

Try to keep your stride low to the ground and focus on quick stride turnover. Too much up-and-down movement is wasted energy and can be hard on your lower body. Take short, light steps, as if you're stepping on hot coals. The higher you lift yourself off the ground, the greater the shock you have to absorb when landing and the faster your legs will fatigue.

Keep Arms at Your Side

Avoid side-to-side arm swinging. If your arms cross over your chest, you're more likely to slouch, which means you're not breathing efficiently. Imagine a vertical line splitting your body in half -- your hands should not cross it.

Most importantly get your spine checked a long with having your feet scanned to evaluate your weight bearing biomechanics.  Your body structure determines your overall body function.  Dr. Florendo can evaluate the integrity of your nervous system to see how well you are able to run.  Call 702-920-6556 or Visit Drflorendo.com and schedule your appointment 

Enjoying a Healthy, Pain Free Pregnancy

Enjoying a Healthy, Pain Free Pregnancy

Good health should be at the forefront of everyone’s mind, especially during pregnancy. As your body changes to accommodate your baby, subtle natural changes occur to your body, which allow you to carry a child. Over time these changes cause the aches and pains that are so commonly associated with pregnancy.

Nearly 50% of all women experience some form of sciatic, back or neck pain at some point during their pregnancy.

The increased discomfort to the back and neck pain is often due to a spinal misalignment caused by your baby’s increased weight in the front of the body, as well as natural changes that occur in the pelvic area that prepare your body for delivery. This along with increased organ stress and natural weight gain, disturb the normal structure of the lower spine.

When the normal structure of the Lumbar spine is disturbed, there is an increased risk of spinal misalignment, which may narrow or block the openings between the vertebra, causing compression, choked or irritated nerves and resulting in the pain that you feel. The hands-on care given by Dr. Florendo at the UNLIMITED WELLNESS INSTITUTE will help correct the cause of your problem, so your body can heal naturally.

Chiropractic care is a natural form of health care.  It eliminates the risk of potentially hazardous side effects, which often accompany prescription pain drugs, and medications.

At the UNLIMITED WELLNESS INSTITUTE we care about you and your child’s well being. Follow these 3 simple rules and you will enjoy a Healthy, Pain Free pregnancy.

·      Eat properly and drink the right fluids.

·      Exercise regularly, but also get plenty of rest. While you are exercising, don’t over exert yourself. If you get tired, stop.

·      Avoid drugs! Including: tobacco, alcohol, illegal substances and medication, unless prescribed by a doctor.

Call (702)-920-6556 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

JYou and your baby will be in caring hands J

ANTIBIOTICS FOUND TO CAUSE INFLAMMATION AND SUPER BACTERIA!

UNLIMITED WELLNESS INSTITUTE

          * Chiropractic Neurology * Oxygen Glutathione Therapy 

                   * Neuro-Metabolic and Brain Based Therapy

                       

                            DR. JOHN G. FLORENDO

ANTIBIOTICS FOUND TO CAUSE INFLAMMATION AND SUPER BACTERIA!

The medical misuse and overuse of antibiotics has been implicated in the development of several “super bacteria,” as well as the outbreak of new epidemics and issues around the world.

Now, health experts are expressing concern about another risk posed by a class of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones – often used to treat bladder, respiratory and other infections.  According to reports from both American and European researchers, the drug can inflame and even rupture patients’ tendons.

In July, the health advocacy group Public Citizen filed a petition with the food and drug administration (FDA) to force manufactures of fluroroquinolone antibiotics to put a warning about the danger on the drug’s label.

The group cited 130 reports of tendon inflammation or rupture in people who used the prescription drug in England, France and Belgium.  About 14.4 million prescriptions for fluoroquinolones were filled in the United States last year.

“Doctors and the public must be warned to immediately discontinue use of flouroquinolone antibiotics at the first sign of tendon pain,” Public Citizen Director Dr. Sidney Wolfe stated during a press conference.

The FDA has received at least 52 reports of patients in the U.S. who have suffered tendon damage.  In the past, the labels warned against using fluoroquinolones in children, adolescents, and pregnant or lactating women.

But Public Citizen says that warning isn’t strong enough

After stating that the public should be warned to stop using the drug immediately if they show any signs of tendon pain, Dr. Wolfe added that continuing the drug after the tendons become sore can cause them to rupture.  Most of the ruptures occur in the Achilles tendon and may require surgery.

One of the many reasons to KEEP THAT WELLNESS WAY OF LIFE, USE CHIROPRACTIC! By stimulating your nervous system, it will enhance and naturally produce the antibiotics that your body needs. NATURE NEEDS NO HELP, JUST NO INTERFERENCE!

Call today to find out if you have interference in your nervous system!

702 920 6556 and reserve your comprehensive examination today!

Dr. John G. Florendo

Director

Luncheon Special

Sept. 1, 2012

I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank you for taking time to join us during our Educational Seminar last month on Brain Based Therapy utilizing oxygen and the chiropractic nervous system stimulation adjustment, The Florendo Synchronized Healing Method.

I hope that learning about the latest non-surgical, non-drug, technology and healthy modalities were both informative and beneficial. I had three goals to educate, entertain and energize you to take your body seriously! I pray that I accomplished that.

Due to popular demand I have extended the offer for the month of September of a neuro-metabolic, chiropractic, orthopedic and physical examination with oxygen testing and an acid/alkaline evaluation, for a $99.00 special. By sharing this with others you also have an opportunity to win 2 tickets to the hit Broadway show Wicked!

More importantly this would be an excellent time to determine if a customized program addressing the cause of sick symptoms would be of any value improving someone’s overall life. Chronic health problems mean nervous system overload or blockage!  You know who they are!

I invite you to take advantage of this extraordinary opportunity and refer your family, friends and loved ones to a healthy lifestyle through specialized chiropractic care. Help me help others!

Dr. John G. Florendo

P.S. Look out for the next luncheon and our annual food drive in Nov.

Have you lost strength in your hands? Numbness? Tingling?

Have you lost strength in your hands? Numbness? Tingling? These are common some symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Once symptoms of pain and tingling appear, the condition frequently worsens and permanent nerve damage can easily occur if not treated properly.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, or CTS, is a common and troublesome condition that interferes with the use of the hand.  It is caused when too much pressure is put on a nerve that runs through your wrist.

In order to better understand CTS, you need to understand the basic anatomy of the carpal, meaning wrist, tunnel and its relations to the spine.  The major nerves controlling the arms, hands and fingers are the Radial, Ulnar and Median nerves.  These nerves travel from your spinal cord, out of your neck, down the arm, through the wrist bones and into the fingers.  If these nerves get pinched, the result is numbness, tingling, pins and needles, burning and pain.  These symptoms can reach from the middle and index fingers, often extending into all five fingers, and in extreme cases continuing up the arm.

The nerves exit the spinal cord through openings between several bones in the lower neck.  These spinal bones can lose their normal motion and position creating pressure or stress on the nerves, which in turn causes these symptoms in the neck, arm and hands.

Dr. Florendo’s approach to the detection and care of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome begins with locating the underlying cause, which is often located in the neck or wrist.  This is accomplished with a complete consultation, x-rays where necessary and a thorough chiropractic, orthopedic, physical and neurological examination.

After the underlying problem is determined and a diagnosis is made, your treatment options are discussed and a personal care plan will be prescribed.

Although Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be extremely painful, it is highly treatable with early diagnosis and proper treatment.

If you, or someone you know, exhibit any symptoms of CTS, they should be seen by a professional before the problem becomes serious.

Prevention Tips

Please review the following CTS prevention tips.  They could save someone from years of pain and debilitation.

Keep Your Wrists in Neutral.  Avoid using your wrist in a bent [flexed], extended or twisted position for long periods of time.  Instead, try to maintain a neutral [straight] wrist position.

Watch Your Grip.  Gripping, grasping or lifting with the thumb and index finger can put unnecessary stress on your wrist.  When practical, use the whole hand and all the fingers to grasp an object.

Minimize Repetition.  Even simple, light tasks may cause injury over time.   Avoid repetitive movements or holding an object in the same way fro too long.

Rest Your Hands.  Periodically give your hands a break.  You may be able to alternate easy and hard tasks, switch hands or rotate work activities.

Reduce Speed and Force.  Reducing the speed with which you do a force full, repetitive movement gives your wrist time to recover from the effort.  Using power tools helps reduce the force.

Conditioning Exercises.  Certain exercises strengthen the hand and arm muscles.  They may help by reducing the need to compensate for these weak muscles with poor wrist position.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome can be serious.  Before you get to the point of regular pain, or worse, schedule a consultation with Dr. Florendo by calling 702-920-6556 or visiting www.DrFlorendo.com

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