According to a new survey, 74 percent of Americans are living with digestive symptoms like diarrhea, gas, bloating and abdominal pain. Children and those with developmental disabilities were six to eight times more likely to report GI symptoms, such as colic.
If you go to a conventional allopathic doctor, they may prescribe some sort of medication to treat your symptoms. Along with these medications are side effects, warnings, and precautions such as: diarrhea, altered calcium metabolism, nausea, headaches, dizziness, unusual bleeding or bruising, pounding chest pains, rash, difficulty sleeping, mental changes, extreme weakness or even cancer.
If our body is healthy and working properly, it should be able to produce all of the enzymes and digestive acids in the proper quantities to have the proper digestion it needs.
How can you get to the root cause of your issues and feel better once and for all without any drugs or surgery?
Managing stress and creating a calm environment at mealtime may help ease indigestion. These treatments include relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, mindfulness meditation or yoga, and psychological treatments, including behavior modification and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Naturopathic medicine can aid in determining what foods to avoid, what foods your individual blood type and pH respond to and how to eat to stimulate proper digestion as well as recommending solutions for symptoms of common diagnosed digestive conditions.
Chiropractic treatments may be extremely effective at treating issues related to digestion, because your digestive system is closely linked to your nervous system, and your nervous system controls your body’s digestive function.
Whatever the cause of your issues, our team has highly skilled, qualified providers that can help. Contact us today to schedule an assessment.
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