Lifestyle & Nutritional Advice in Durham, NC
Lifestyle & Nutritional Advice
Our Chiropractic office in Durham is available for nutritional advice. In this day and age, specialization seems to be the norm. However, South Square Chiropractic believes that a broader approach to health actually produces better results. Dr. Chester Palumbo and Cynthia, our life coach, tend toward an integrated approach to physical wellness, with "whole body" treatment that encourages lifestyle and nutritional changes, meditation and relaxation, physical and mental exercise, and positive reinforcement. They believe that, in addition to non-invasive, drug-free treatment to promote necessary healing from accidents or injury, small changes in lifestyle and diet can be life-changing.
A Coordinated Approach to Wellness
Dr. Palumbo and Cynthia, our life coach, know that life is busy and stressful. While we cannot adequately stress the importance of regular exercise and proper diet, we understand that major change is difficult. But, in addition to helping our patients with posture and corrective exercises to promote healing, we emphasize diet, regular exercise, sleep, and a positive mindset.
Our culture has become increasingly sedentary. Along with job stress, modern habits can take a toll on both physical and mental health. We see the results. A growing number of younger people are now overweight or obese. The number of people with diabetes and heart problems has grown steadily in the past couple of decades. As a society, we now consume more pills than ever before. We are, in some ways, less fit than previous generations.
Nutritional Counseling at South Square Chiropractic
Nutritional counseling is an essential part of overall wellness for men, women, children, and seniors. At South Square Chiropractic in Durham, we use nutritional counseling to help patients with weight loss, obesity, arthritis, allergies, chronic illness, injuries, diabetes, and headaches. Our chiropractor will design a diet and exercise program suited to you and your specific needs. We work with primary care physicians and take referrals. We often combine nutritional counseling with other chiropractic therapies to provide a customized treatment program for each patient.
How Nutritional Counseling Can Help
Our chiropractor will take your medical history, perform a physical, and sometimes run blood and imaging tests to properly diagnose. We will recommend a diet, exercise, and supplement program based on your nutritional needs. We have healthy diets for chronic illness, weight loss, allergies, sports training, and other conditions. We will help you eliminate too much sugar, salt, and bad fat from your diet. Our diets will recommend fresh fruits and vegetables, lean grass-fed and hormone-free meats, fish, whole grains, beans, healthy oils, and dairy products. Our team will help you learn to plan healthy meals and snacks for the week.
Our program will include recommending supplements that meet your nutritional needs. Nutritional supplementation is needed because most of us do not receive the proper vitamins needed throughout the day. Each nutritional supplement provides the extra boost of nutrition needed. We will design an exercise program to meet your physical needs, too. For chronic illness, our chiropractor will provide exercises that can be done at home to improve mobility and manage pain. We may also recommend other activities, like walking, running, swimming, dancing, yoga, gardening, and yard work. Our chiropractor will customize the exercise program to your specific needs.