In order to have a productive beginning to the year, it’s essential to keep anxiety at a minimum. Anxiety affects your thinking, health, mood … and just about everything else. There’s definitely “a lot to do,” but there’s help to ensure you’re not overloaded with stress in the process.

Acupuncture is a phenomenal way to alleviate anxiety — and stay balanced to you don’t have too much anxiety to begin with.

When you’re experiencing anxiety, that’s the body’s nervous system in overdrive. You’re in “fight or flight” mode, operating out of the sympathetic nervous system. Acupuncture balances the body’s systems, helping it switch back to the parasympathetic nervous system, which is the more relaxing, calming state. When your parasympathetic nervous system is engaged, you digest better, your immune system is stronger, you heal more effectively and reproduction works better, too.

In this life when we’re always on the go — especially to start a new year — you don’t relax your mind anymore. The ability to find relaxation and calm is crucial to effectiveness when you’re taking care of those million things on your list.

Quality of sleep is also key. When your nervous system is in balance, you sleep deeper, more soundly and more peacefully. Healing starts with the ability to sleep properly. That’s when your body detoxes and renews. You also experience less anxiety the next day because you awake refreshed and with the energy and clarity to get things done.

For really starting off 2010 right, take advantage of what a combination of acupuncture and acupressure treatments can do for you. Acupressure is that massage you dearly need while working the trigger points on the head and along the spine that allow you to completely relax and function better. Activate your body’s energy to heal itself! It is well worth your time, and will keep you healthy and strong throughout the year.

You might not be able to avoid the anxiety that comes with so much new and so much to do, but you have an outlet for relaxation, de-stressing and healing in Eastern Medical Center.

Well, collagen is the most abundant fibrous protein in the human body. Up to 30 percent of all protein in the body is collagen and up to 70 percent of the proteins in the connective tissues are composed of collagen. It is made up of specialized cells in the skin, ligaments, bones and cartilage and is amazing stuff that will smooth your skin and support your body.

Here are just some of the benefits:

• Anti-aging – provides positive nitrogen balance, which is important in the nutritional support of age related degeneration. It is an excellent food product for individuals with a sedentary lifestyle
• Inflammation – helpful nutritional support for individuals predisposed to repetitive joint injury, pain and muscle discomfort
• Musculoskeletal injuries – helps supply nutritional materials for cell repair.
• Skin tone – by providing critical nutrients it helps support skin strength and texture.  Healthy skin retains moisture better and is more elastic and less prone to develop fine lines and wrinkles.
• Hair condition – provides nutritional support for hair
• Nail strength – provides the building blocks for nails
• Muscle tone, strength and metabolism – are supported, especially for athletes

Long term effects of collagen include: reduced pain, improved sleep, support of repair of musculoskeletal injuries, reduced inflammation, improved hydration of connective tissues of the body, improved joint flexibility, improved signal induction, improved cellular calcium uptake and increased metabolic rate.

How Does it Work?

The body’s natural ability to repair supporting connective tissue (bone, joints, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, skin, hair and nails) and maintain hydration of the cells diminishes after age 25. Hydrolyzed collagen provides the missing link in supplying additional amounts of amino acids like glycine, lysine and proline, which are specifically needed by the body to build connective tissue structures and to regulate the functions of the cells.

Who Created This Product?

California nutritionist Dr. Bernd Friedlander worked with the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team and professional athletes from the Los Angeles Rams (now St. Louis Rams) and Oakland Raiders. He is well known for his intuitive chiropractic work as well as his nutritional formulas. He is a frequent speaker at the annual New Living EXPO in San Francisco.

A Healthy & Happy New Year

We’re extremely excited about this addition to the ways we can help our patients feel better and have a higher quality of life over the long term. Our collagen peptide products are easily assimilated and absorbed by the body, and they’re ready for purchase today!

So, we wish you happy holidays and a New Year of great health. Please call us or stop in so we can help you have a healthy and prosperous 2010.