3 Essential Tips for a Healthy New Year: Hydration, Sleep, and Chiropractic Adjustments

At Innate Chiropractic Healing Arts Center, we believe in providing comprehensive care that goes beyond the typical chiropractic adjustments. These three essential tips for a healthy new year—staying hydrated, getting enough sleep, and regular chiropractic adjustments—are beneficial for overall well-being and can significantly impact your quality of life.

Simple But Impactful Changes

Stay Hydrated for Optimal Health

Drinking enough water is essential for maintaining proper bodily functions. Our daily lives are filled with activities that can dehydrate us, and stress increases this effect. We recommend that our patients drink half their body weight in ounces of water daily to combat these effects. Proper hydration helps improve energy levels, digestion, and overall wellness.

Prioritize Regular Chiropractic Adjustments

Many people associate chiropractic with pain relief and injury management, but regular adjustments also play a crucial role in preventive care and stress reduction. Adjustments help maintain proper spinal alignment, promote nervous system function, and support overall health. Waiting until you’re in pain to seek care is not ideal.

Just like brushing your teeth every day, taking care of your spine should be a part of your routine. Ensure long-term wellness and avoid potential issues by scheduling regular visits at our practice.

Enhance Your Sleep Quality

Sleep is vital to our overall health and well-being. The connection between spinal alignment and sleep quality becomes evident when the nervous system is under stress, impacting your sleep patterns.

Subluxations, particularly in the upper cervical region, may affect the vagus nerve, influencing various bodily functions, including sleep. Adjustments relieve pressure on the vagus nerve, and many people report better sleep, increased dream recall, and a more balanced autonomic nervous system after their first adjustment.