Healthy children, healthy life.

I adjust kids!  Yes I said it, I adjust children of all ages. This may come as a shock to some people but hopefully not to you. If it does though let me tell you why I adjust kids.

I have been adjusting children since I began chiropractic practice 10 years ago, however in recent months I have come to the conclusion that I really want to help more kids get and stay healthy. I want them to be able to grow, develop and prosper. For this reason I am focusing on helping more people understand the health benefits receiving chiropractic care will have on them and their children.

The focus of chiropractic is the nervous system. We live our lives through our nervous system. When we have too much stress in life, whether it's physical, chemical or emotional, our nervous system doesn't perform as effectively.  I know this may come as a shock but kids have stress too!

Each day I have the opportunity to assess the disturbance of and aid in the correction of the nerve flow of both adults and children. Adjustments impact the nerve system. They aid proper communication with every cell, tissue and organ in a child's body, thus allowing it to develop and grow at it peak potential. This is why I am serious about making sure everyone knows that each child needs to at least get checked for nerve interference. Seriously, what parent would purposely allow their child to live, work, learn and play with impaired nerve flow, with the unintended and unknown potential of future physical, mental or emotional impairments? No good parent would.  

Unfortunately, for most of us adults that's exactly what happened to us and look at the outcome. The US has extreme rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and cancer. Chronic diseases are on the rise. Neurological diseases like MS and Alzheimer are increasing. Scientists are now telling us that most of our health problems are not genetic but environmental. They mean that the things we eat, how we move and think are what is causing these disease processes.

Is it totally out of the realm of logic to imagine that giving a child the opportunity to have an optimally performing nervous system may have the result of helping them lead a healthy, more active lifestyle and avoid many of these life altering disease processes. It is my assertion that YES, getting your children's spine and nerve system checked and, if needed, adjusted will do just that. 

So please if you live near my practice call and set up a free appointment to have your children checked for nerve interference. If you do not live in Utah, please call around to your friends, call local chiropractors and find one who specializes in adjusting kids. It will make a huge difference in their life and yours too!

Yours in health.

Greg Cruz DC

Wellness anyone?

Wellness has become a buzzword in health care circles recently. Just watch the commercials put out by your insurance company as they talk about the new “wellness” center opening in your area.  But what is wellness, how is it defined?

I define wellness as the state of your body when it has the ability to adapt to all of the stresses it encounters everyday and continue functioning normally on a physical, emotional and chemical level.

Can chiropractic and muscle reactivation help you move closer to wellness? The answer is a definite yes. Remember, you live your life through your nervous system. If there is interference in the nervous system then it is less able to adapt to all of those daily stresses we all have. Chiropractic adjustments and reactivation of muscles restores normal nervous system communication and allows more easy adaptability. Bottom line when you are well adjusted and have full muscle function you will be healthier, happier and be able to do what you love and love what you do.

So when was your last adjustment or muscle reactivation? How about your spouse, kids or friends? Let’s walk the road to wellness together!

Here’s to wellness,

Greg Cruz D.C.