There is a strong connection between the food that we eat and how our body responds. Digestive issues and stomach problems present common digestive symptoms such as:
While your digestive tract is the primary system affected by food, other systems can cause symptoms like headaches, fatigue, insomnia, or hormone disruption that are related to your nutritional intake.
As food processing, crop modification, and stress has increased in recent years, our diets have become highly inflammatory, and one major consequence is an increase in digestive conditions.
At Active Edge Chiropractic, we get to the root problem. We tailor our plans to each patient and counsel patients on key diet and lifestyle changes specific to their body’s needs.
Common solutions for digestive distress often involve a combination of traditional and holistic approaches. Traditional methods may include medications to alleviate symptoms or manage underlying conditions, along with dietary recommendations to avoid trigger foods, and more.
At Active Edge, our approach to treating digestive distress incorporates functional medicine. Unlike traditional approaches that often focus on symptom management, our digestive specialists seek to identify and address the root causes of your digestive issues. Through a thorough assessment, including laboratory tests and a comprehensive health history, we will be able to understand the unique factors contributing to your digestive distress.
A treatment plan is then tailored for you, incorporating dietary adjustments, targeted supplements, stress reduction and lifestyle recommendations to restore balance in the digestive system and promote long-term wellness. We’ll empower you by providing knowledge about your digestive health and how lifestyle choices and nutrition can influence digestive function. Our holistic approach emphasizes addressing the underlying issues rather than alleviating symptoms, fostering a comprehensive and individualized path to good digestive health.
As Doctors of chiropractic, we’ve done rigorous study of physiology, nutrition, neurology, anatomy, and diagnosis. We’ve refined our knowledge over the years with continuous study of full body health, Functional Medicine, gut health, the interconnectivity of body systems and structural alignment, understanding of organ to joint relationships, acknowledgement of blocked emotions manifesting in physical disease, and more.
Our doctors have studied with some of the Functional Medicine greats including Bob Rakowski, Jeffery Bland, Mark Hyman, and Jeff Bryst. Applying the knowledge from all these avenues allow our doctors to determine which body systems need to be restored and reset to improve gut health. We create targeted and comprehensive plans to activate healing and restore vibrance in patients.
There are a variety of tests that can be used to help diagnose digestive issues. These can include any of the following:
Generally, trigger foods are dependent on the person. Some of the more common foods people react to are lactose, gluten, soy and processed products, however many other foods could be causing your digestive problems. If you are repeatedly having stomach issues, it’s recommended to write down your past meal(s) to try and help you identify what is the cause. Your symptoms could come anywhere from immediately or up to 72 hours after you eat.
Outside of getting the right nutrition, general lifestyle changes can include:
During an appointment, we would assess your current lifestyle, current habits, and more to try and get to the root cause of your digestive issues.
At this point, you are feeling better than you ever thought you could as you are feeling energized and thriving. You have learned a lot about your body, you are moving more efficiently, you understand your body’s cues, and you have a good idea of what to do with these cues. This means you get to try new things, achieve new goals, and conquer new challenges! As you do, we will be here as your resource, as needed, to help you nourish, boost, and refresh your health.
Pain is generally the last symptom to show up and the first to go away. This means that by the time you realize there is a problem, there has been a problem for a long time. Especially for chronic or recurring issues, understanding how you got to where you are is so important for getting to where you want to go. In this stage of your journey, you will resolve underlying dysfunction, remove cheats, and retrain habits. As we aid you in activating your body’s natural healing potential, we will help you regain movement, energy, and body function both inside and outside. Throughout this process, you will start to feel greater ease and inspiration as you restore communication and efficiency in your body. Together, we will constantly assess, observe, and reassess your body’s responses to boost your results.
You are your own person, with your own collection of life events which brought you to where you are today. You deserve to be heard, seen, and treated as the individual you are. Your journey begins with your Discovery Evaluation. This first visit includes your exam which works to uncover the root of your issue(s), new patient diagnostics, and, of course, your first treatment. This is how we will help you begin connecting the dots and feeling better. After your first treatment, we will ask you to observe your body’s responses– good, bad, or indifferent. There is no wrong answer as this is just starting point information and direction for moving forward. In your second visit, we will review this feedback and your diagnostics to further identify potential underlying causes and compensations. We will combine everything we have learned about you, consider your goals, and together create a plan to resolve your concerns from the roots up.
