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

Aug 9th Morning Blend

The Effects of Stress

The Effects of Stress

Stress is a serious condition that can affect any part of the body at any time.  In fact, stress-related conditions are not mutually exclusive.  In other words, just because you have an ulcer doesn’t mean that you can’t suffer from headaches or muscle pain as well.

What is more, you can also experience rotating symptoms.  One week you might have a stiff neck that disappears on Tuesday morning only to be replaced by stomach cramps in the afternoon.  On Thursday, your stomach feels fine, but you develop a headache, and so on.

What parts of my body can stress effect?

            Research does show that stress seems to have a preference for Gastrointestinal system, Masticatory, Musculature of the back, cardiovascular system and skin.

Gastrointestinal – If your emotions collect in this area, you’ll probably suffer from chronic indigestion, nervous stomach, spastic colon, peptic, ulcers, or duodenal ulcers, to name a few of the common disorders.

Masticatory – As we all know, real men and brave women grit their teeth and go through with whatever unpleasant task is assigned to them.  It’s too bad that teeth weren’t made to be gritted-or clenched or gnashed.  Nonetheless, many people use their teeth to work off daily frustrations.  If you’re one of them, you’ve probably managed to force the jaws out of balance.  Unbalanced jaws are a primary cause of chronic muscle pain in the head, neck, and shoulders, as well as in the rest of the body.  If you were place to this imbalance on the stress scale, it would be worth about 100 points.  But unlike life events that cause stress for a certain, defined period of time, a jaw imbalance is not temporary.  The strain it places on the body is a 24-hour-a-day load, which can last a lifetime.  Unbalanced jaws are a fairly recent discovery as a major cause of muscle-contraction pain.

Musculature of the back – Back muscles are often stiff and weak from too little exercise-a prime target for tension build-up.  Make one wrong move with a tense back and you could be in for a lifetime of low-back discomfort.

Cardiovascular – This category includes the heart and other muscles connected with the vascular system.  Hypertension is the most common expression of stress in this system.  Chest pains come in for a close second.

Skin – Psoriasis, eczema, and hives are debilitating skin problems that can be precipitated by stress.  Less severe skin reactions include flushing and blotching.   These symptoms are the total body’s reaction to stress and tension.  They act as an offshoot of the body’s adaptive capacity to withstand stress.

This is especially true of muscle-contraction pain.  Muscular discomforts are not just a result of tension.  An underlying skeletal imbalance often exists that causes the muscle to remain tense regardless of the emotional climate.  Many of us have skeletal structure that is a little to long or too short, but the muscle strain the structural imbalance causes doesn’t affect many for years.  Often, these tissues will become sore and painful only when they are further insulted by stress and tension.  Stress will always attack the weakest part of your body.  Muscles that are already strained because of a skeletal imbalance are a perfect target for further injury.

Because the effects of poor adaptive capacity are cumulative, it is important to call Unlimited Wellness Institute at 702-920-6556 to care for them as soon as they appear.