Batavia Chiropractic Allergy Treatments
Liberate Allergy Sufferers

One out of five people in the U.S. suffer from allergies. Aside from itchy eyes, sneezing, congestion and fatigue, allergy sufferers may also suffer from asthma. An allergy occurs when the immune system goes into overdrive against substances that would not be considered harmful to an immune system that was functioning normally. Anything from grass, tree and weed pollens to foods like strawberries, shellfish, milk, gluten and nuts can sicken people with allergic reactions. The good news is that our Batavia chiropractor can truly help. Through chiropractic spinal adjustments, a customized nutritional plan and a regimen of select supplements, our allergy treatments have helped many allergy sufferers breathe a lot easier!

Allergy Elimination: It is Possible

While typical allergy and asthma treatments focus on dulling down the hyperactive immune system with antihistamines and steroid inhalers, these treatments do not address the real problem and can further weaken the immune system against real threats. The root problem is that the immune system can be thrown out of balance when certain nerves in the spine are pinched. This can happen when particular vertebrae are out of proper alignment, either from an injury or poor posture habits over the years. We have often treated patients for neck or back pain, adjusting their spine back into proper position, only to have them report back later that in addition to having their pain relieved, they suddenly noticed that they were not suffering from their typical allergies anymore. This allergy elimination was a welcome surprise that drastically improved their quality of life!

In addition to spinal adjustments to correct immune system function by removing nerve interference, we also help our allergic patients by prescribing a customized plan of supplements and review their overall diet. A customized supplement plan strengthens and balances the immune systems so patients can effectively ward off dangerous viruses and infections while recognizing that strawberries, peanuts, gluten and grass pollen are not true threats. This gives allergy sufferers a whole new lease on life!

Just imagine: How would your life be different if you no longer had to struggle with your allergies?

Make Good Health a Daily Habit with Wellness Care from Batavia Chiropractic Center

Good health does not need to be something you only think about when you do not have it. It can instead be something you attain and maintain with a wellness plan from Sharratt Chiropractic Family Health and Massage Center. Our Batavia chiropractor Dr. Jack D. Sharratt offers services that go beyond spinal care, with a number of treatments that can help you achieve the level of health your body deserves and requires to function in its fullest and most robust capacity. We can design a specific plan tailored to your needs that helps your body achieve its optimum health.

Family Center Takes Holistic Approach to Health

Our center takes a holistic approach to health care, which means we do not limit our focus to a specific ailment or treatment but rather treat the body as a unified whole. This unified whole requires attention to all of its parts to produce the healthiest results. An ideal place to start is with proper nutrition. Our nutritional counseling includes dietary recommendations that fuel your body with the energy and nutrients it needs to assist with healing, decrease the risk of ailments and disease, and achieve and maintain a healthy weight. We may also prescribe certain vitamins or supplements to help you combat any allergies or deficiencies. Increasing fruits and vegetable consumption and decreasing sugar is often a part of an overall eating program, and Dr. Sharratt can make additional suggestions based on your gender, weight, fitness level, and lifestyle.

Our additional services can play an integral part in a health maintenance plan. Dr. Sharratt offers gentle, all-natural spinal adjustments to re-align the spine and help ensure the body can function to its fullest potential. Adjustments can help alleviate pain and improve posture which, in turn, can result in an increase in vitality and energy. Our massage therapy is another all-natural, non-invasive healing method that can alleviate pain, release tension, improve blood circulation, and give the body and mind a much-needed boost. Call today to learn more about making healthy living a daily way of life.

What daily habits do you have that help you stay healthy?

What is Causing My Back Pain
and Can a Chiropractor Help?

When you learned that you were pregnant, you may have anticipated that as you gained weight and your body began to distribute that weight differently, you might experience back pain and other discomforts. Many women are then surprised to discover that they are experiencing back pain in early pregnancy as well. What causes this problem and what can you do to get relief?

Not all back pain during pregnancy comes from weight gain and shifts in body mass—some aches and pains actually have hormonal origins. The release of extra progesterone into your body can create a softening of the ligaments that support your spine and the gelatinous discs cushioning your vertebrae. This loosening of the area around your sacroiliac joint is a natural preparation for eventual delivery, but the sudden lack of support can throw extra strain on your muscles, leading to pain and stiffness. It can also contribute to spinal misalignments that make the pain more intense. This discomfort may or may not be accompanied by abdominal pain or spasms.

Holistic Relief for Batavia Mothers-to-Be

Here at Sharrat Chiropractic Family Health and Massage Center in Batavia, we perform gentle chiropractic adjustments on pregnant patients to help them overcome discomfort and keep their overall condition as healthy as possible.

Pregnancy massage, another service we offer, can do wonders for relieving muscular aches and pains, boosting circulation, and coping with edema caused by water retention. We can also recommend maternity exercises that allow you to stretch, tone and relax your back muscles without putting yourself or your baby at risk—in fact, the stronger and more flexible you can remain during your pregnancy, the easier your delivery and recuperation are likely to be.

This combination of treatment techniques fits right in with our holistic or “whole-body” approach to health and wellness, pregnant or not.

Have you ever had pregnancy massage performed, or do you know someone who has? Share that experience with our readers!

Here at Sharratt Chiropractic, we often see patients who are dealing with back pain that is due to sciatica. We provide back pain treatment of all types, ranging from spinal manipulation from our chiropractor, Dr. Jack Sharratt, to high tech spinal decompression treatments. All of our sciatica treatments are holistic and non-invasive. We will show you that getting well does not mean having to take prescription medications or undergoing painful surgeries!

Since sciatica is actually a very common problem in our patients, including those who have back pain in early pregnancy, car accident victims, and personal injury patients, we have had many patients asking us to explain the condition more in depth. Therefore, we are devoting today's blog to the questions our Batavia sciatica patients have asked us!

What Is Sciatica?

Sciatica is essentially damage to the sciatic nerve. This is the largest and most lengthy nerve in the entire human body. The sciatic nerve begins at the base of the spine and runs through the leg to the heel. Pain in the sciatic nerve can be caused by disc compression, by a sudden injury, or by the additional weight that a pregnant woman must bear during gestation. Sciatica can cause pain in the back, in the upper leg, in the lower leg, or even in the foot.

Our holistic back pain treatment methods include a number of ways to combat sciatic nerve pain. Dr. Sharratt generally begins with gentle manual adjustments that can help free a sciatic nerve that is trapped and pinched. Decompression may also be helpful in cases where there is disc damage along with the sciatic nerve damage. Decompression gradually lifts the discs apart to allow the sciatic nerve to escape the area where it is pinched, thereby releasing you from pain.

Our Batavia office staff is truly dedicated to helping you escape back pain, and we are always here to answer any questions you have.

Have you suffered from sciatica? What treatment methods helped relieve the pain?

Batavia Chiropractor Utilizes Kinesiology

While our chiropractic clinic provides treatment for conditions of the spine and skeletal system, we also offer holistic treatments for the muscles of the body. Applied Kinesiology focuses on understanding and treating the muscular structure of the body to discover imbalances or conditions that are causing pain or illness. Kinesiology is one of the most relevant diagnostic techniques currently in use at Sharratt Chiropractic. To understand what this entails, you need to first understand how it works.

What is Kinesiology?

Kinesiology refers to the diagnosis of health conditions using the study of muscles. During this type of testing, our chiropractor Dr. Jack Sharratt examines a patient's gait, posture, and other related tests. Special attention is paid to three segments of the body: chemical, mental, and structural. Generally speaking, Dr. Sharratt finds muscles that are functioning poorly and then tries to determine why they are doing so. Often, this is a great way to diagnose underlying conditions causing chronic migraine headache pain, back pain, neck pain, fibromyalgia, and more.

Of course, it is nearly impossible to determine the causes of all symptoms alone from muscle testing. That is why we routinely compare the results with a patient's health history, laboratory results, and a physical examination to rule out other disorders. It is this combination of techniques that usually leads to the greatest health response from patients.

At Sharratt Chiropractic, we have been able to diagnose many disorders through this evaluation technique. This then helps us decide on the proper holistic back pain treatment, migraine relief treatment, or other pain relief option. By understanding whether a condition is chemical (i.e. hormonal), mental, or physical (i.e. from bending, sitting, standing, sports, accidents, etc.) we can truly determine the right course of treatment.

Have you recently been diagnosed and treated using Applied Kinesiology? What was your experience like?