Healthy Products Might Only Be "Skin Deep"

Posted by: The Balancing Center

The snow might be wet outside but the air is dry as a bone inside. I don’t know about you but my skin is about ready to revolt and head for warmer, more humid climates. If it weren't for buckets of lotion and conditioner, I’m sure I would have left a long time ago.

Of course, how do you find that perfect lotion in a literal ocean of choices? You have hundreds of different brands, formulas, and scents to consider and that’s even before you look at the label on the back of the bottles.

Why the back of the bottle? Because the increasingly important question that savvy consumers ask is: What’s in my product?

And for too many cosmetic products, including lotions, shampoos, cleansers, makeup, and more, the back label is a block of gibberish. You have multiple kinds of parabens, sulfates, dimethicones. There’s the vague word “fragrance,” which is a blanket term that covers a host of other troubling ingredients. Some of these long words refer to perfectly safe chemicals and others...not so much.

How are we supposed to know what’s in the products that are going on our faces, hands, eyes, and lips? Luckily for us, in this information age, finding safe products is a matter of a quick internet search. Even luckier, there is a fantastic directory called the EWG Skin Deep Cosmetics Database.

The EWG database is a fully searchable catalog of over 70,000 cosmetic products. They rate the products from Low to Moderate to High hazard and list how much scientific data are available about the individual ingredients in those products. Brands have their own ratings as well and you can search by brand, product, or even by ingredient!

This database is invaluable to the conscious consumer. Not every "organic" product is actually healthy and not every healthy product is easily identifiable. A product’s impact on the environment is also taken into consideration, (which can help you help the planet by, for instance, showing you how to prevent the negative effects of bioaccumulation).

Through this database, I was able to find a wonderful line of hair and skin care products that are vegan, cruelty free, paraben free, sustainable, and made from organic ingredients. (Carina Organics out of Canada, if you are interested!)

So hopefully you can beat winter fatigue by reinvigorating your hair and skin care collection with products that you can use in health!

Integrative Care Heals the Whole

Posted by: The Balancing Center

Have you ever caught a cold because you were experiencing incredible amounts of stress? Have you ever found that you get sick at the worst possible time, when you are already depressed or swamped with work or dealing with relationship or family troubles?

While some might call your situation a coincidence or bad luck, those with an integrative perspective on wellness would see nothing coincidental about it. This is because health issues are rarely just physical issues; they often arise in direct conjunction with or even because of the mental and emotional stressors in your life. And even if these problems are just physical, one problem might be related to several others and you might not even know it!

One faulty gear can interfere with the rest!

At The Balancing Center we believe that health problems are multidimensional, involving physical, emotional, and mental states. We therefore offer multidimensional solutions to get you out of pain and into wellness, energy, and vitality. We help you discover and apply the right, integrative combination of doctor care and self-care to maximize your recovery and your overall state of health.

What might go into your customized care plan? Well, there's no one answer! Since every person is unique, every care plan is unique. The Balancing Center offers an array of health and wellness services, integrating chiropractic care with bodywork, energy synchronization, supplements, and more.

The Balancing Center features the N.U.C.C.A. technique as its signature chiropractic care, a specific kind of care that focuses on adjusting the upper cervical vertebrae. Dr. Daniel Fedeli, Dr. Ken Bennett, and Dr. James Tickel also practice B.E.S.T. and NET, synchronizing your mental, emotional, and physical states and releasing traumatic patterns. The doctors teach you their signature Foundational Movement Practices to retrain you to sit, stand, and move better, allowing you to integrate your chiropractic care into everyday life.

The Balancing Center’s bodyworkers, Barry Krost and Mary Holmquist practice various kinds of therapeutic techniques, including Ortho-Bionomy, cranial-sacral therapy, myofascial release therapy, and more. These therapies help to clear stress, relieve tension, and increase your energy.

We are also always excited to offer Orenda products and partnerships. Orenda offers a variety of supplements that support your body’s natural functions and health systems, including your immune system, your endocrine system, and your pituitary gland. We also sell a variety of supplements from other trusted partners-in-health. You can get your daily dose of Vitamin D, iodine, digestive enzymes, and fish oil at the office.

Besides these specific services and products, we strive to provide general resources for health and wellness, from diet to exercise to healthy thinking. We advocate integrating a dynamic combination of techniques to first get you healthy and then keep you healthy. A variety of tactics creates a strong health strategy that you can use as your master plan for increased and continued wellness, now and far into the future!