Happy New Year to all! The new year always brings a clean start, a fresh attitude, and a chance to apply those New Year’s resolutions of healthy lifestyle choices. Just think of everything we’ve shared with you over the past year: the benefits of high-quality supplements, the natural superiority of natural health care, the huge impact that chiropractic has on your nervous system, and the importance of healthy eating and exercise. This is your chance to put it all together and build a brand new you! Here’s your chance to restore your health and vitality.
Sometimes you need to look back to look ahead. For a moment, I want you to think back to a time in your past when you felt your healthiest. What were you doing differently? For many people, it was a time when they dedicated themselves to a workout program. I see this at the gym each January when a new group of people join us regulars. Every year a few of them stick around when they feel the difference regular exercise makes. This also happens in the springtime when I see more and more people exercising in the mornings — walking, biking, jogging. Was that you I saw? Remember how good it felt to get back out there?
Maybe you felt your best when you found healthy eating habits that helped you lose weight. Remember how good it felt to have your old jeans fit again? To feel lighter every morning? To know you are doing something good for your future?
Or perhaps you felt best when you finally committed to using chiropractic as a way to enhance your health rather than just “fixing your back.” Remember how good it felt to move better with more smoothness? Many athletes report how much easier it is to compete when they are not limited by a stiff, achy body. And of course, the mental clarity of knowing your body can now heal better and faster from whatever it has been through.
Maybe the supplements you finally started taking on the advice of your functional medicine specialist had you feeling great. Was it seeing the difference in your immune system when you took vitamin C, D, and zinc before you got sick instead of waiting until it was too late?
Combine Healthy Lifestyle Choices for Optimal Outcomes
I am sure you have made one or more of the above healthy lifestyle choices at one time. And I am sure you’ve reflected on how those healthy choices resulted in feeling noticeably better. Now imagine doing some of those things together. Imagine how good you would feel doing all of them at once! You don’t have to start all of them together, but at least start with one and then add in others from there. Start seeing your chiropractor once a month for wellness care. Then clean up your diet. After that, add the supplements. Then the workouts, starting out small. By summertime you will feel like a brand new person!
Hopefully looking at things this way will inspire you to take not just that first step, but many more after that. While we can’t guarantee how long you’ll live, we can promise that implementing healthy lifestyle choices will be a giant step toward improving your longevity and health. All of these examples are steps you can take to help you get healthy and stay healthy. In the cold of winter, there is a brand new you waiting to be recreated. Start today!
Dr. Burtis, D.C., M.S., CFMP, DACBN, has been providing natural healthcare to the Fairmont area at Burtis Chiropractic Center for over 35 years. He uses a combination of chiropractic, nutrition, and functional medicine to help individuals restore and maintain health and healing through individualized care plans. The mission of Burtis Chiropractic Center is to provide transformational healthcare that takes an individual’s life to the next level. We strive to be a solution for families to experience transformational healthcare and help create vibrant and resilient lifestyles that can be passed to future generations.