Healthy Habits

Use these 16 suggestions to not only help you get well, but stay well:

  1. Ask Questions – understand your health problem and get better results... 

  2. Keep Your Appointments – each visit builds on the ones before...

  3. Get Moving – exercise as you are able; you’re designed to move...

  4. Therapeutic Massage – Massage and chiropractic work well together.

  5. Better Nutrition – You’ll heal better with the right raw materials.

  6. Drink More Water – You’re mostly water. Make sure you get enough.

  7. Restful Sleep – Get plenty of sleep so your body can make repairs.

  8. Less Coffee – Caffeine, like other drugs, affects your nervous system.

  9. Stop Smoking – The health risks are clear. It’s never too late to quit.

  10. Moderate Alcohol – Drink in moderation and enjoy the health benefits.

  11. Give Up Softdrink – It’s a common culprit linked to many health problems.

  12. Proper Weight – Slim down to the correct weight for your height.

  13. Limit Media Use – Television watching is unhealthy on many levels.

  14. Reduce Stress – Emotional stress underlies many health problems.

  15. Spiritual Health – True healing occurs by connecting to a higher power.

  16. Remain Hopeful – It takes time. We’re optimistic. You should be too.

Dr. Schneider Asks some important questions of interest to Brookings residents - Chiropractor Brookings Dr. Schneider Asks...

What's the difference between maintenance, prevention and wellness?
Maintenance chiropractic care is an attempt to keep a dynamic, ever-changing and adapting organism (you) in a static relationship with your environment. Preventive chiropractic care is mostly about early detection. Wellness chiropractic care is an attempt to optimize our health and be all that you were designed to be.
Why are chiropractors wary of the germ theory?
Louis Pasteur originated the idea that germs caused disease. Yet, on his deathbed he recanted, declaring, "It's not the seed, but the soil." Meaning, it's not the germ that causes disease, but the condition of the body that allows the germ to thrive. Chiropractic care in our Brookings office is designed to bolster your resistance so germs don't see you as a good host.