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7 Advantages to Massage Therapy

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Massage therapy is an excellent method for improving overall health and musculoskeletal efficiency. Massage has a number of beneficial effects on the body and the mind. Some of these include removal of toxins that can build up in the muscles of the body, increased circulation, and increased flexibility in not only the muscles but also the connective tissue within the body. Massage also can help with muscle spasms as well as soft tissue injuries. Increasing the movement and reducing the overall recovery time by helping the body in the healing process. In addition, consistent massage has been known to increase balance. This is only the beginning, if you are looking for a  massage therapist at the Lake of the Ozarks , we can help with that. Until then, check out these other incredible advantages to massage therapy. Relaxing When your body is stressed or tense, it can produce cortisol. This probably isn’t a surprise, that dirty “c” word is flying around a lot these days. Co...

Experience Food Sensitivities?

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The human body is a mysterious thing, but when asked the right questions it can give you so many answers. According to FoodAllergy.org , it is estimated that 32 million Americans have food allergies, which includes 5.6 million children under the age of 18. Food allergies don’t always show up as rashes and breathing problems. Allergens can cause inflammation, which can be causing many other symptoms that you are experiencing. The benefit to food allergen testing is that you can discover what may be a “wrong” food for you, even if it is “healthful” for others. This is why the team at Absolute Wellness Center, Inc offers the Alcat Test to our clients. We want to help you find the best way to eat for YOU, and this is where you can start. Keep reading to learn more about the most pauper tests, what they test for, AND you can learn about an awesome deal we have going on till July. If you’re looking for blood tests at the Lake of the Ozarks , Absolute Wellness Center has it all. Alc...

FAQs About BrainTap - Part 4

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BrainTap is an extraordinary new technology that delivers gentle pulses of light through special glasses. These lights synchronize with tones known as binaural beats to produce deep and profound relaxation. In fact, a twenty-minute session can even simulate a sleep cycle and the equivalent of four hours of sleep. If you want to get more done in less time, BrainTap is a must-have. BrainTap is a powerfully effective mind development tool designed to help you overcome the ill effects of the fight-or-flight response while achieving physical, mental and emotional balance - have questions? Check out part four of our FAQs About BrainTap at the Lake of the Ozarks . We’ll put links to the other three blogs down below. Can Everyone Use SMT and the BrainTap? Generally speaking, any person can achieve alpha/theta brainwave states and can benefit from SMT. However, the sessions are recommended for persons with an I.Q. of 70 or above. Persons with severe mental disorders should not use BrainT...

Five Surprising Reasons Chiropractic is Good For Kids

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Chiropractic is not just for adults, and in fact, the earlier you start the better for health! We love to get pediatric patients of all ages, and it’s so fun to watch them grow in health and wellness as they also grow in age. If you’ve been debating bringing your child in for a chiropractic adjustment at the Lake of the Ozarks, or even if you’ve never considered it at all - here are a few things that could be improved through chiropractic that you may never have considered! What Is Pediatric Chiropractic? Before we get into the nitty-gritty of pediatric chiropractic, it’s important to know exactly what is involved. When a child is first being born, down to learning how to move in the world, and even playing constantly - they are regularly experiencing “trauma.” This sounds worse than it is, but there are lots of physical and emotional stressors that happen early on in their lives. Chiropractic care works well for children because their bodies are still growing. Pediatric chir...

Office Care Guidelines at Absolute Wellness Center

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At Absolute Wellness Center , we have many goals to help you achieve healing in your life, and part of that comes with making our new client process simple and easy. If you’re a new client, we want to share our goal with you, as well as our phases of care. These are so very important to us, so we wanted to take a few moments to share them with you. Our Goal The Goal in our Office is to assist our clients and move them from signs and symptom-based care to cause based care. Our care plans are designed to address the cause of one’s health challenge and assist the individual on correcting these challenges. Our Phases of Care 1. Initial Crisis care (ICC) This phase of care is focused on calming the nervous system and restoring balance. Pain relief is usually the main outcome of this type of care. During this phase of care chiropractic adjustments along with therapies to aid in calming the inflammatory responses of the nervous system will be used. Care is usually more frequent d...

FAQs About BrainTap - Part 3

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BrainTap is a powerful tool that we offer at our chiropractic office at the Lake of the Ozarks . It’s an incredibly effective mind development tool that was designed to help you overcome the ill effects of the fight-or-flight response, while also achieving physical, mental and emotional balance. Sound too good to be true? We’ve been going in-depth on the BrainTap program to help answer your questions. If you missed Part 1 and Part 2, you can see them here: FAQs About BrainTap - Part 1 & FAQs About BrainTap - Part 2 . How Important is the Music and Sound? The best brainwave entrainment is auditory as well as visual. Environmental sounds and music have been used for centuries in almost all cultures to create an altered state of consciousness. For example, native tribes used drums, chants, and environmental sounds like wind and rain to provide strong mental pictures and associations. There is a reason we find it relaxing to sit by the ocean and listen to waves crashing to shor...

7 Reasons Chiropractic is Beneficial

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The art of chiropractic has been done for thousands of years, it’s not a sudden trend or something “cool” to do (although, we think it’s pretty cool!). Chiropractic was developed and has been practiced over years upon years of research to help the body achieve healing and wholeness. Because we think it’s so cool, we wanted to take a few moments to show you WHY chiropractic is beneficial for your health and your healing journey. The Chiropractic Difference Are you curious about what makes chiropractic so unique? It’s a completely drug-free way to get wonderful results. At Absolute Wellness Center, we love to help our patients achieve their health goals without prescribing bottles of prescriptions. Our plans and methods simply involve simple chiropractic adjustments, and for some patients, other treatments are available as well to aid even more. 7 Reasons For Chiropractic Curious about what chiropractic at the Lake of the Ozarks can help? Here are just a FEW of the signs and ...