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Understanding Freeze Physiology: How To Help Your Nervous System Regulate in Minnetonka MN

Understanding Freeze Physiology: How To Help Your Nervous System Regulate in Minnetonka MN

Understanding Freeze Physiology: How To Help Your Nervous System Regulate in Minnetonka Play Video Have you ever felt completely checked out, overwhelmed, and unable to engage with the world around you? What you might be experiencing is called “freeze physiology”- a critical state of your nervous system that can leave you feeling exhausted, foggy, and…

Break Free From The Anxiety Spiral: Natural Techniques To Calm Your Nervous System in Minnetonka MN

Break Free From The Anxiety Spiral: Natural Techniques To Calm Your Nervous System in Minnetonka MN

Break Free From The Anxiety Spiral: Natural Techniques To Calm Your Nervous System in Minnetonka Play Video Anxiety can feel overwhelming, like being stuck in a perpetual motion that goes nowhere. Much like rocking in a chair, you find yourself endlessly caught in spirals of worry and “what ifs.” It’s a cycle propelled by your…

Understanding The Link Between Brain Development & Academic Challenges In Children in Minnetonka

Understanding The Link Between Brain Development & Academic Challenges In Children in Minnetonka

Understanding The Link Between Brain Development & Academic Challenges In Children in Minnetonka As a neurologically focused pediatric chiropractor in Minnetonka MN and mother of three, I often meet parents who’ve just come from challenging parent-teacher conferences. If you’ve recently received concerning feedback about your child’s reading, writing, or executive functioning skills, you’re not alone.…

Strategies For Your Child Struggling With Executive Functioning in Minnetonka

Strategies For Your Child Struggling With Executive Functioning in Minnetonka

Strategies For Your Child Struggling With Executive Functioning in Minnetonka Do you feel like your living groundhogs day with your child? Do you have to step-by-step explain tasks and routines that you do on a daily basis without your child remembering or initiating the steps on their own? Contact us at our Minnetonka MN chiropractic…

How To Thrive During Sensory Overload in Minnetonka

How To Thrive During Sensory Overload in Minnetonka

How To Thrive During Sensory Overload in Minnetonka Hello everybody! Today, I want to delve into the fascinating topic of Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) and how we can provide the best support for our children and ourselves to achieve better sensory integration. Sensory processing profoundly affects our day-to-day enjoyment and regulation, and it plays a…

Clear, Calm & Connected in Minnetonka

Clear, Calm & Connected in Minnetonka

Clear, Calm & Connected in Minnetonka By: Dr. Julia Roth, D.C. As the school year is getting started and kids are getting back into their routines, October is a great month for parents to assess how their child is doing academically, socially, and emotionally. Parents, do you find yourself saying “This year will be different”…

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Good.

February 1, 2020

Good. By: Author Jocko Willink has a famous phrase: “Good.” The hardened Navy SEAL instructor and leadership professional uses a tough message when people have problems.  Even in his children’s books. Having trouble at school?  “Good.” Someone giving you a hard time?  “Good.” Can’t physically do what the other kids do? “Good.” How does this…

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Are You Feeling Stuck?

January 1, 2020

Are You Feeling Stuck? By: One of the most challenging things in your body when you are feeling it struggle – are the emotions attached. One of those feelings is the feeling of being STUCK. Like Bill Murray in Groundhog Day.  The same day, over and over again. The same alarm clock, the same responsibilities,…

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Finding Your Purpose

December 1, 2019

Finding Your Purpose By: One of the hottest topics for readers today is the idea of finding your purpose. Purpose being some idea or mission that you feel compelled to pursue, with passion and constant unending desire.  It’s often described as a never-ending inner fire to pursue and accomplish something. Chiropractors often started their pursuit…

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Yellow, Green, and Red Roller Coaster

November 1, 2019

Yellow, Green, and Red Roller Coaster By: What’s missing from one of chiropractic’s most famous charts? Many chiropractors have a great chart, that shows a graph of “health” over time.  And it depicts two lines, of two different possibilities.  One being a steadily ascending line going upwards as the chart progresses to the right (albeit,…

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Power Hungry

October 1, 2019

Power Hungry By: BJ Palmer, the developer of chiropractic, said “The power that made the body heals the body.” Chiropractors often phrase this “there is a power in your body that is responsible for the healing inside you.”  Perhaps that is wrong.  Perhaps there isn’t a power inside you. Perhaps instead you ARE A POWER.…

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Design Your Recovery

September 1, 2019

Design Your Recovery By: “While other professions are concerned with changing the environment to suit the weakened body, chiropractic is concerned with strengthening the body to suit the environment.” -BJ Palmer, Developer of chiropractic. The healing process involves a lot of steps.  Making calls, setting appointments, getting help.  You can probably remember yourself at that…

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