Top 10 Reasons Why a Every CrossFitter Needs a Chiropractor

Subluxations, or misalignments of joints in the body, can inhibit peak performance AND your health! Chiropractors correct them like dentists correct the plaque off of teeth!

Here are the “Top 10 Reasons Why a Every CrossFitter Needs a Chiropractor“

10. Your knee and ankle shake while doing a “piston,” aka single leg squat (low back/knee/ankle subluxations)

9. You miss a WOD or 2 “every once in a while” due to an injury (subluxation anywhere in the body)

8. Your “ego gets in the way” and you do everything Rx’ed and trash your back (spine subluxation)

7. You can’t “get low enough” on your wall squats, front squats, and anykind of squat-squats  (low back/pelvis/hip subluxations)

6. The knee hurts after 1-2 mile of running–in your Vibram 5 fingers, of course! (low back/pelvis/hip/knee/ankle/foot subluxations)

5. Too tired or stressed out to WOD to your max most days (upper neck subluxations)

4. Your shoulder kicks your butt during overhead squats, pushups, ring dips, etc. (neck/shoulder subluxations)

3. You round your back while attempting deadlifts (low back/pelvis subluxations)

2. “I’m not very flexible” crosses your lips.

And, for #1…

1. You want to get Stronger, Better, Faster, Quicker!

~Dr. Kayla Zirpel-Proctor

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5. The 1500 times my children have fallen just learning how to walk by the age of 2 are really no big deal…even though I would be miserable if I fell 1500 times within a 2 year time frame in my 40′s.

4. I like my head sitting on my shoulders or protruding from my chest instead of sitting directly on top of my neck.

3. Why correct my son’s/daughter’s forward head posture? It just makes it easier for them to see the phone to text their friends!

2. Why would I want my family thinking better with a clearly functioning nerve system? I prefer the temper tantrums, disagreements, and difficulties with focus and concentration.

1. I played soccer, gymnastics, and football as a kid and I’m fine. I just throw my back out 4 times a year, and my neck always hurts, and I’m always getting sick with everything my kids bring home.

~Dr. Kayla Zirpel-Proctor

SCRUMPTIOUS Pineapple Chicken Bake Recipe!

I love this recipe! This balanced dish of proteins,
carbohydrates, and healthy fats will leave you feeling full AND your blood
sugars balanced, which is what you should want for better health! Chow down
with some ruffage (i.e., salad) and you are good to go!

Also, if you have a few busy days and not much time to cook,
this recipe will give you leftovers that will healthfully sustain you during
those days when you need it most!

Pineapple Chicken Bake*

Serves 4

Prep time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

2 boneless skinless
chicken breasts (Organic, grass-fed preferred; consuming animal protein
multiple times per day balances blood sugars and boosts brain chemicals
important for creating healthier, depression/anxiety/stress-free moods)

Salt and Pepper

 

1 20-ounce can
pineapple chunks in juice (Check your labels to avoid the high-fructose
corn syrup that messes up liver metabolism and contributes to the
insulin-resistance  associated with
diabetes. Better yet—use fresh pineapple!)

 

¼ cup honey
(Purchasing and consuming honey from the area where you live helps boost your
immune system and your local economy too!)

1 tablespoon apple
cider vinegar (Braggs Raw Organic Apple Cider recommended)

2 teaspoons curry
powder (Contains antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties)

1 teaspoon cornstarch
(Corn is in many food products and is considered to be inflammatory. To
reduce/eliminate corn consumption in this recipe, substitute 1 teaspoon rice
flour)

1 Tablespoon water

 

1/3 cup almonds
(Contain monounsaturated fats, calcium, magnesium, and antioxidants. Beneficial
for your brain, skin, hair, moods, and overall health and vitality! They are a SUPERFOOD!)

1. Adjust an oven rack to the upper position and heat the
   oven to 450 degrees. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and then season with
   salt and pepper. Lay the chicken in a 9 X 13 inch baking dish coated lightly
   with olive oil/coconut oil.
2. Drain pineapple chunks and reserve ½ cup of the juice. Whisk
   pineapple juice, honey, vinegar, and curry in a medium saucepan over
   medium-high heat. Simmer, whisking often, until the mixture has thickened, for
   about 8 minutes.
3. Quickly dissolve the cornstarch (or rice flour) in the
   water, then whisk into the honey mixture. Stir in the pineapple chunks. Pour
   the pineapple  sauce over the chicken;
   then sprinkle with almonds. Bake until the chicken registers 160 degrees on an
   instant read thermometer, 15-18 minutes.

*(This is the Back to Wellness Chiropractic modified version
of “Pineapple Chicken Bake” recipe from The America’s Test Kitchen Family
Cookbook)

The Story of Chiropractic from Back to Wellness Chiropractic, Lakeville MN

On September 18, 1895 the first chiropractic adjustment was given by Dr. DD Palmer, a magnetic healer of the time, to Harvey Lillard.  Mr. Lillard, a janitor in the Ryan building on the corner of Brady and 2nd Street in Davenport Iowa, was nearly totally deaf for 17 years.  After the historic first adjustment, Harvey’s hearing returned.  This revelation, led Dr. Palmer to theorize that nerve interference from a spinal bone out of place was the cause of Harvey’s hearing loss.  He further postulated that returning the bone to a more normal position might help correct the problem. It was from this simple beginning that the chiropractic profession was born.

On this anniversary, it might be interesting to read the words of Dr. DD Palmer, the founder of chiropractic. We have presented them below.

“Harvey Lillard a janitor in the Ryan Block, where I had my office, had been so deaf for 17 years that he could not hear the racket of a wagon on the street or the ticking of a watch. I made inquiry as to the cause of his deafness and was informed that when he was exerting himself in a cramped, stooping position, he felt something give way in his back and immediately became deaf. An examination showed a vertebrae racked from its normal position. I reasoned that if that vertebra was replaced, the man’s hearing should be restored. With this object in view, a half-hour’s talk persuaded Mr. Lillard to allow me to replace it. I racked it into position by using the spinous process as a lever and soon the man could hear as before. There was nothing “accidental” about this, as it was accomplished with an object in view, and the result expected was obtained. There was nothing “crude” about this adjustment; it was specific, so much so that no Chiropractor has equaled it.”

Within two years Dr. DD Palmer opened the first school of Chiropractic, today known as Palmer College of Chiropractic, on Brady Street in Davenport. It was his son Dr. BJ Palmer, who continued the school after his death. It is the son, BJ Palmer, who is given credit for growing and developing the profession into what it has become today.

Chiropractic remains to be the only health care system discovered and developed in America!

One Hot Cause, Many Electrical Effects

Lights went out. Battery backups beeped. Fish tanks grinded to a halt.

The power went out at my house..

Four thoughts hit my head simultaneously as I sat at my dying computer: “What’s going on? What do I do? Should I call my husband? What would he do?”

I quickly discovered the rest of the house had no power; I went downstairs and found out it wasn’t a circuit breaker issue.

“It might not be just my house,” I thought.

The neighbors did not have power and were just as concerned and curious to the cause of this situation. Mass CONFUSION and CHAOS was happening in my neck of the woods!

I went back to my house to do my computer work the old fashioned way: paper and pen. My performance was lessened; I felt unsure as to what I should be doing or how I should be functioning.

A knock happens upon my door.

“There’s been a fire at St. Joseph’s hospital! The whole neighborhood has lost electricity!” cries the neighbor. “Who knows when it will be back on!”

Within the human body, there is a cause to a resulting effect within the body: chiropractors call the cause a “subluxation,” or misalignment of the spine causing less nerve communication, and the resulting effect being less
organ and/or body function.

As in the example above, the fire at St. Joseph’s Hospital is the subluxation; the lack of electricity, mass confusion, and chaos at my house would be the effects. Would it make sense to keep flipping light switches or circuit breakers when the cause of the hospital fire needs to be corrected? No, it wouldn’t.

That’s what chiropractors do—we remove the cause of a person’s lessened health state so that the person can FUNCTION better and ultimately BE better. This creates not just a healthier person, but also a healthier community,
and ultimately a healthier planet.

~ Dr. Kayla Zirpel-Proctor

“First do no harm”—Chiropractic adjustments don’t have to hurt

I am 1000% behind this! As a chiropractor, I take my job seriously when it comes to high quality HEALTHcare for my practice members.

In addition to “typical chiropractic adjustments,” I specialize in gentle adjustments for practice members who need or want them. Recently, I received two testimonials from people who EXPECTED to be really sore for a few days after chiropractic adjustments based upon their past chiropractic experiences. After a Back to Wellness Chiropractic adjustment, they were pleasantly surprised at how great they felt with little if any soreness afterwards.

Along with these comfortable adjustments,  I like to get an “inside look” to see what’s going on with a person before I touch his or her spine; that’s why I take x-rays before an initial adjustment to the spine. It’s like an auto mechanic running diagnostics to determine the cause of a car’s problems.

Once I get a good understanding of how the STRUCTURE is on the INSIDE, I get a very clear understanding of how a person is FUNCTIONING on the INSIDE. Using x-rays and specific chiropractic adjustments, I am able to come up with a unique chiropractic treatment plan specific to each individual. When Lakeville and its surrounding community members embrace the Back to Wellness Chiropractic lifestyle, they can reach their maximum health potentials!

Roasted Beets and Sauteed Beet Greens Recipe

Ok, you can wipe the weirded out look off of your face. Beets are a SUPERFOOD–extremely full of fiber, phosphorus, sodium, magnesium, calcium, iron, potassium, vitamins A and C, niacin, biotin, and folic acid. That’s a pretty big list, huh? They also help cleanse and support the blood and liver. The liver’s responsible for cleaning out all toxins that the body encounters, anything from pesticides to alcohol to medications, etc. It takes a beating and it needs support at times.

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Ingredients

• 1 bunch beets with greens (see above for all the good stuff found in beets!)
• 1/4 cup olive oil, divided (should be in pretty much anything you cook; the darker the better; this monounsaturated fat type is heart-disease fighting and bad cholesterol fighting)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced (one of the world’s greatest antioxidants; cook  with it as much as possible!)
• 2 tablespoons chopped onion (optional)
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar (optional)

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Wash the beets thoroughly, leaving the skins on, and remove the greens. Rinse greens, removing any large stems, and set aside. Place the beets in a small baking dish or roasting pan, and toss with 2 tablespoons of olive oil. If you wish to peel the beets, it is easier to do so once they have been roasted.
2. Cover, and bake for 45 to 60 minutes, or until a knife can slide easily through the largest beet.
3. When the roasted beets are almost done, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and onion, and cook for a minute. Tear the beet greens into 2 to 3 inch pieces, and add them to the skillet. Cook and stir until greens are wilted and tender. Season with salt and pepper. Serve the greens as is, and the roasted beets sliced with either red-wine vinegar, or butter and salt and pepper.

 

Yours in the Best Health,

Dr. Kayla Zirpel-Proctor

www.back2wellnesschiro.com

Recipe found at: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/roasted-beets-and-sauteed-beet-greens/Detail.aspx

Specializing in Gettin’ People Squeaky Clean! Part II: Dr. Kayla’s Journey

(Continued from http://back2wellnesschiro.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/specializing-in-gettin-people-squeaky-clean-part-i-dr-kaylas-journey/)…

Day 4: I had a pretty relaxing day. My husband and I went camping at Interstate State Park that night (yes, I know–on April 1??? we do weird stuff like that). So I planned accordingly with my fruits and veggies. I think the highlight of my night was seeing the look on my husband’s face when I cracked open a can of saurkraut–priceless!. The not so good part of my night was when I couldn’t sleep because I was cold and my bum was on the ground because my air mattress leaked. I thought I would pay the next day with a sore neck  and back.

Day 5: I was feeling wonky after the night tenting. I thought I would have a headache all weekend, especially since I was detoxing, but after a nap in the car on the way home, I actually felt ok. I made Steamed Articoke with a balsamic vineger-olive oil-cracked black pepper dip and Baked Kale Chips. Yum!

Day 6: I awoke energized this morning! I also turned into Betty Crocker later that day. I made Baked Kale Chips again (I couldn’t get enough of them that weekend!) and Roasted Beets and Greens.

Day 7: This was a big Test Day for me. I was pretty much down to only eating cruciferous veggies, raw greens, apples and pears and their juices. I’ve worried about this day prior to beginning the detox: “How was I going to make it through a whole day of work and teaching until 10 PM at Globe University that night??”

I’ll tell you how–the program I chose phased me into this phase and the supplement I took gave me the energy and addressed any cravings I had so that by the end of the night, I wasn’t tired–I was actually energized and didn’t have the usually headache I would have had by the end of the night. And this was with me waking up at 5:30 AM that day!

Day 8: I found I’m not really craving or needing to eat foods today. I feel like I could continue on the cruciferous veggie-raw greens-apple-and-pear diet I was on for the last few days for another few days. This is a nice feeling–I don’t feel beholden to coffee (trust me–I love my coffee!) or food in general. I’m now letting “food be my medicine.” It’s a really good feeling.

Day 9: I reincorporated legumes, nuts, and seeds back into my diet. AND I realized that today was my last detox day!

Tonight, I feel great sense of acheivement and accomplishment!

In the next blog post, I will share some FANTASTIC tips that will help you succeed in your detoxification program goals!

Yours in Health,

Dr. Kayla Zirpel-Proctor

www.back2wellnesschiro.com

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Specializing in Gettin’ People Squeaky Clean! Part I: Dr. Kayla’s Journey

Feeling sluggish? Headachy? Neck painish? Tired all the time? Can’t get enough energy to grab that cup of Caribou?

We spring clean our houses (most of us hopefully???), but rarely do we spring clean our bodies. As we transition from winter to spring, we witness nature healing itself by growing and replenishing. We are reminded that are bodies are just like nature–healing, growing, and replenishing.

I’m a big fan of detoxification programs with appropriate supplementation–IF they are the correct program and products for YOU. I specialize in muscle testing to determine appropriate detoxification supplements. This technique shows a specificity to each person and his or her unique  health needs.

Today, I will begin sharing my journey and the results of a recent detox program I did in March. In my next article, I will share with you the remainder of the journey as well as tips that I have found to help me succeed along the way.

Day 1: Actually not feeling too bad–definitely less headaches this time around than previous detoxes I’ve done in the past.

Day 2: Same as yesterday except I developed a pretty good headache and neck pain later that night. Going to bed early and sleeping soundly helped that. My husband and I had brown rice pasta with a non-allergenic and non-toxic marinara sauce of which I added garbanzo beans to. It was a fabulous dish that I ate the next day to avoid any carb or pasta cravings I might encounter in the future days of the detox program.

Day 3: Same tired and slight headachy feeling. Dr. Lindsay adjusted me today and stated that my neck was moving pretty well–only had one subluxation. However, the toxins were releasing and that’s why I was not feeling 100%. This is proof of the “chemical causes of subluxation” (subluxation = spinal misalignments that cuase stress to our nerve system) that we may encounter from what we encounter/encountered in our environments.

Day 4: A turn of events! What happens next??? Stay tuned for “Specializing in Gettin’ People Squeaky Clean! Part II: Dr. Kayla’s Journey!”

It’s the “Itchy and Scratchy” seasonal episode!

“My nose is like a spicket today!” “My eyes are itching like crazy!” “HELP!”

Lakeville community members often come to Back to Wellness Chiropractic for the treatment of their allergies, seasonal or food-related. Many allergic and asthmatic reactions are caused by a hypersenstive immune system and/or respiratory system. Researchers have found that the immune and respiratory systems depend on normal communication from the brain and spinal cord to control and coordinate their functions properly.

Therefore, a misaligned neck can cause an imbalance in your nervous system function. This joint irritation could possibly produce or exaggerate asthmatic and allergic symptoms. Dr. Kayla Zirpel-Proctor recommends spinal examinations to Lakeville area community members to determine if chiropractic care can reduce their allergic and asthmatic reactions.

Additional lifestyle areas Dr. Kayla specializes in and recommends for her practice members suffering from allergies are:

•  Paleolithic Nutrition: We are genetically designed to consume the diet of our ancestors.
•  Detoxification Program: We spring-clean our houses-the same should go for our bodies! Our bodies can accumulate toxins that stress our immune system and lead to allergy-like symptoms, such as headaches, runny nose, sinus congestion. etc.

Schedule an appointment today!