Health Benefits of Cold Showers

Have you noticed that your skin or hair feel dry after a hot shower?

As it turns out, cold showers are actually much better for the body than hot showers. Here are three ways that cold showers can improve your physical health: 

Healthy Skin and Hair

Hot water strips moisture from your skin and hair almost instantly. To avoid moisture loss, turn down the temperature when you jump in the shower—your hair and skin will look and feel a lot better in the long run.

Increased Testosterone for Men

Prolonged exposure to cold water has been shown to increase testosterone production in men, enhancing overall strength and energy.

Better Circulation

Good cardiovascular health depends on getting enough blood pumping through your veins. Alternating between hot and cold water in the shower is an easy way to boost circulation. Cold water causes your blood to move towards your organs to conserve heat, and warm water brings it to the surface of your skin.

Improve Your Wellbeing with an Ann Arbor Chiropractor

There’s much more to cardiovascular health than taking a cold shower! Regular visits to a chiropractor can help support a healthy lifestyle and recovery from injury by protecting your joints, spinal discs and nerves. If you are looking for a holistic Ann Arbor chiropractor, call Pivotal Chiropractic at (734) 221-0362 or schedule a complimentary consultation!

The Magic of Cold Showers

Are you looking for easy tweaks to improve your overall wellbeing?

If you’re tuned into the fitness world, you may have been recently hearing about the benefits of cold plunges: reduced inflammation, improved immune system, improved sleep, better mood, etc. Well, you can get very similar benefits by simply taking a cold shower!

To enjoy a boost to your health and energy that lasts all day, start off with hot water and slowly adjust the temperature until it’s cold but tolerable. Spend at least five minutes under the water before getting out.

Increased Energy

Stepping into a cold shower instantly ramps up your heart rate, and the rush of blood through your body will quickly wake you up. You might even find that a few minutes under cold water is just as effective as a piping hot cup of coffee.

Natural Depression Treatment

Research from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine revealed that short, cold showers can activate the “blue spot” in a person’s brain. This area is the brain’s main source of nor-adrenaline, a feel-good chemical known for relieving feelings of depression.

Faster Recovery for Athletes

After a strenuous workout, it’s common for athletes to relax in an ice bath. Not only does this numb them to any post-workout pain, but the cold water reduces inflammation and speeds up the recovery process. You can get similar benefits from taking a chilly shower after intense training sessions.

Improve Your Wellbeing with an Ann Arbor Chiropractor

There’s much more to cardiovascular health than taking a cold shower! Regular visits to a chiropractor can help support a healthy lifestyle and recovery from injury by protecting your joints, spinal discs and nerves. If you are looking for a holistic Ann Arbor chiropractor, call Pivotal Chiropractic at (734) 221-0362 or schedule a complimentary consultation!

What Triggers Headaches and How do I Find Relief?

According to the World Health Organization, roughly 50% of the global population is affected by headaches and headache type disorders. Among these individuals, 30% reported migraines.

Additionally, headaches that last 15 days or more per month affect 1.7-4% of the world’s adult population.

Do you suffer from headaches or migraines? Does the pain keep you from doing activities that you love?

Here’s some facts to keep in mind:

• The brain doesn’t have pain receptors! The structures around the brain and skull, however, do feel pain.
• A headache occurs when there are mixed signals between the brain, blood vessels, and nearby nerves.
• When the suboccipital nerves are compressed or obstructed, it can cause blood vessels to swell. This increased blood flow that leads to swelling can cause increased sensation of pressure in the head.

Read the full article about headache pain relief through chiropractic care on our website!

If you’re tired of managing headache pain and want to find long-lasting relief, specific corrective care may be the answer you’ve been looking for.

When you visit Dr. Gessert, he’ll provide a complimentary consultation to talk about your pain and what the course of treatment might be for you.

Every person in our practice is treated for their specific needs and symptoms. If you feel like you’ve tried everything to get rid of constant headaches, but you haven’t tried chiropractic care, now is the time.

Schedule your appointment with Dr. Gessert today to finally feel relief from tension and migraine headaches!

Find Pain Relief with Chiropractic Care in Ann Arbor

For many people, the most common causes of headaches are:

• Stress
• Sitting with poor posture at a desk too long
• Spending too much time looking at your phone or computer
• Eating certain foods
• Dehydration
• Old whiplash injuries
• Environmental factors such as light and noise
• Poor sleep habits

While over-the-counter medication offers temporary pain relief, they won’t get to the root of the problem and solve what is really causing your headaches. This is where Dr. Gessert steps in!

Read the full article about headache pain relief through chiropractic care on our website!

If you’re tired of managing headache pain and want to find long-lasting relief, specific corrective care may be the answer you’ve been looking for.

When you visit Dr. Gessert, he’ll provide a complimentary consultation to talk about your pain and what the course of treatment might be for you.

Every person in our practice is treated for their specific needs and symptoms. If you feel like you’ve tried everything to get rid of constant headaches, but you haven’t tried chiropractic care, now is the time.

Schedule your appointment with Dr. Gessert today to finally feel relief from tension and migraine headaches!

Looking for Pain Relief After a Car Accident?

Did you know the average driver will be in a car crash once every 18 years?

Did you also know that even a minor fender bender can result in an injury, which can cause problems?

Typically, the first course of action is treating your pain with painkillers and rest. Once you feel better, you may think that you’re in the clear, but what if your symptoms linger?  

A whiplash injury can also happen from the force of a front or rear-impact accident or spin out that strain the neck muscles, discs and ligaments. Where traditional medicine often relies on medication for pain symptoms, medication can mask or cover up painful symptoms that could be signs of a larger issue.

Specific structural chiropractic care doesn’t just treat the symptoms of your pain, but the underlying injury or injuries causing you pain. Painkillers offer immediate relief, but not long-term pain relief, which could last years if you don’t treat your car accident-related injuries properly.

See Dr. Gessert for Relief Following a Car Accident

Our goal at Pivotal Chiropractic is to restore normal structural integrity to your spine. The reason so many people choose to use chiropractic during their recovery process is because of its unique advantages in treating soft tissue injuries such as ligament sprains and muscle strains of the spine.

We can help you on your road to recovery after a car accident. To schedule a complimentary consultation, where a conversation is never a commitment, contact us at 734-221-0362.

4 Stretches to Provide Pain Relief While Working at Home

If you’ve been working from home, think about how much movement you’re getting throughout the day. You wake up, walk from your bedroom to the kitchen, poor a cup of coffee, then head to your home office to begin the day. Lunchtime rolls around when you grab a bite to eat, then back to work. When the day finally ends, you probably go sit at the kitchen table, eat dinner, relax on the couch to unwind, and then off to bed … only to wake up the next day and do it all over again. This is a typical day for millions of Americans right now.

What’s the answer?

You have to get your body moving and out of the house! Take 30-45 minutes to work out in the morning or afternoon. This could be a walk or run around the neighborhood, or a series of body weight exercises. If you’re lucky enough to have a home gym, go ahead and pump some iron. Mobility is also important! Spend 2-3 minutes every hour stretching. That might seem like a lot, but its only 2-3 minutes, and in reality, if you mute yourself on those conference calls, so you can multitask.

Spending 2-3 minutes every hour to do some general maintenance on your body will help counteract a lot of the physical stress and achiness you experience while working from home.

Read the full article on our website to see the 4 stretches Dr. Gessert recommends to keep you active while working at home.

Get Relief from Constant Neck Pain and Tension

Do you suffer from constant neck pain?

Are you tempted to crack your neck to get a tiny bit of relief from neck pain and tension? Cracking your own neck is never a good idea.

Not only could you cause yourself more pain, but the tension you’re experiencing could be the sign of a bigger problem.

Read more about neck pain do’s and don’ts on our website! 

If you can’t get to the chiropractor in the next few days or week, there are some small steps you can take to find temporary relief from neck pain.

Remember: these are just treating the symptoms of your condition, not the cause. A visit to the chiropractor will take care of the root causes, and hopefully get rid of your pain or tension for good.

In the meantime:

• Use good posture 
• Take frequent breaks 
• Adjust your desk, chair, and computer 
• Avoid carrying heavy bags with straps over your shoulder 
• Sleep in a good position 
• Schedule your complimentary consultation with Dr. Andrew! 

To schedule a complimentary consultation, where a conversation is never a commitment, contact us at 734-221-0362.