Healthy Start Family Chiropractic and Wellness, Yoga & Fitness

Go Team USA! 🏐🥇

The Olympics bring countries and people together, so why not siblings?

Happy Friday from Healthy Start!

Most people who have either experienced or witnessed a vaginal delivery understand the reasoning why babies born vaginally need to be checked by a chiropractor. However, what most people assume is that cesarean born babies need to be checked too! Here's why:

Last up on our Olympic line-up is Dr Tiffany!

She is a chiropractor on our team who specializes in kids, youth athletes and women's health. She is board certified through the ICPA for pediatrics and pregnancy care and also Webster certified to serve the needs of moms and moms to be. Her rehab focuses on postpartum recovery and she is in process of developing a full program to take moms from planning for pregnancy through their postpartum period and beyond that is designed to restore pelvic floor, diastasis recti, and diaphragm and then move into strengthening and recovery. 💜

Family is her priority, so she works in the office part-time and spends the remainder of her time serving the needs of her home and family. She loves playing "driveway volleyball with her daughters, hiking and spending time with her family and dogs.

Thank you, Dr Tiffany!

Next up for our Olympic line-up is Dr Alex!

Dr Alex is the epitome of leading by example. He lives and breaths health and wellness and is a huge knowledge source for our patients. He is a chiropractor, personal trainer, and TRX instructor, but also, is a glutton for punishment on the pickle ball court.

He specializes in weekend warriors, athletes or anyone wanting to get healthy as a chiropractor, but also, he's our handy man and responsible for technology in the office.

You might give him a hard time about his pickle ball addiction though! If you ask him, what makes him such a great doctor is that he has pretty much experienced any sort of ache or pain that a patient could walk through the door with. 🤣

Thank you, Dr Alex, for being such a great leader!!

The next Olympic All-Star Team member we are featuring is Jenni!

Jenni is the friendly face at the front desk, welcoming you to your appointment, and is also a wealth of knowledge! She is a nurse and very passionate about health and fitness. As a softball coach, she understands the unique needs that youth athletes encounter. With her knowledge set, she will be assisting with patient care more and more in rehabilitation and strength and conditioning.

Ask her for a dad joke next time you're in! She has a sense of humor to boot!

Drop a note for Jenni....or better yet, maybe a dad joke!

Did you know?

Our own Dr Tiffany is a volleyball coach? 🏐💜💪

She recently coached a club level high school team that competed in Hawaii!

That being said, her expertise in youth sports is exactly why your youth athletes are in the right place when they come to Healthy Start! She knows the stress and repetitive motions that athletes go through and because of that, is able to recommend the appropriate care for not only recovery from injury, but also, to improve performance!

Schedule today to give your youth athlete the opportunity to level up in their game!

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In honor of the Olympics, we are celebrating our All-Star Team here at Healthy Start Chiropractic, Performance & Fitness!

Have you met Mary yet? She's our local billing expert and also here for you every step of the way throughout your care as she is the face you see when you walk in the door! Once you meet her, you'll feel welcome and "at home".

Not all patients know that she is a birth doula and assists women throughout their pregnancy, birth and postpartum periods. She is a wealth of knowledge and has some exciting upcoming childbirth education classes that will be offered here at Healthy Start!

Let's give a shout out for Mary and all she does for us at Healthy Start!

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Parents....do you worry about your youth athlete?

The youth sports industry has evolved into a machine over the past few decades...placing much higher demands on our youth and their parents.

With the year-round schedules, travel and improved skills of athletes at young ages, many parents feel they have to "keep up" and turn away from the 2 or 3 sport athlete model to a 1 sport athlete model. This is beginning as early as 4th grade.

What happens if we specialize too soon? Well, we aren't seeing as many "complete" athletes with multi-planar training and run into repetitive motion disorders, basic functional movement deficits, and injuries.

As a sports chiropractor with certifications in youth athletes, we offer parents options to keep their athletes healthier. With our model of 1. correct / mobilize, 2. protect / stabilize and 3. develop and strengthen, we can give your youth athletes the foundations they need to keep up with their schedules and you can have peace of mind you are doing everything you can to keep balance in their body.

If your youth athlete already struggles with aches and pains or is in process of healing from an injury, our model is perfect to getting them back to doing what they love!

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Happy Independence Day from all of us at Healthy Start Chiropractic, Performance & Fitness!

We will be closed for the remainder of the week. If you have any chiropractic needs over the holiday weekend please send us a message here.

Stay safe and Happy 4th!

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Although all infants should be checked right after birth, there are some instances where chiropractic might be especially helpful. Here are just three clear indicators to find a chiropractor who cares for infants:⁣
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1. Your baby’s head tilts to one side, even after you straighten it.⁣
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2. She seems to have difficulty turning her neck to one side.⁣
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3. He has difficulty settling down or sleeping soundly.⁣
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Chiropractors who care for infants use very specific, gentle adjustments, and most ICPA doctors have taken advanced classes on specific techniques for infants. Make sure to find a pediatric chiropractor certified by the ICPA–search for one in your area here: https://icpa4kids.com/find-a-pediatric-chiropractor/

Chiropractor POV: Upside down and ready for an adjustment!

I don't know who needs to hear this, but you showing up as the best version of yourself is NOT selfish.

Take the time.
Move your body.
Stimulate your mind.
Drink the water.
Eat the protein.
Get adjusted.

Take care of you, so those depending on you get the best of you...not the crumbs.

If you need help getting started, give us a call.

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"There is nothing I can do to fix my lower back pain because I'm pregnant."

Have you heard this before? Or have you been told this by a well-meaning friend or provider? That the aches and pains will go away once baby arrives?

While pregnancy does create an environment that can put your body at a disadvantage, pain is not normal and there certainly are solutions for most aches and pains that occur during pregnancy.

We love our strategy for caring for the perinatal period because it not only includes chiropractic care, but also, mobilization and stabilization exercises, Yoga and breath work that cares for the entire woman.

Whats even better about this approach? You are equipped when baby arrives to work through postpartum repair and recovery.

Win-win!

One of our core beliefs at Healthy Start is "Correct, Protect, then Develop" and when it comes to patient care, we go the extra mile to make sure the most basic functional movement patterns can be done correctly and without pain.

If these functional movement patterns can not be done correctly or the patient has discomfort in the movement, an individualized treatment with active rehabilitative exercises will be given in order to protect the affected joints, muscles and ligaments involved with the movement. Within a few days, most patients experience relief and much improved movement, which then sets the foundation to start strength and conditioning and continuing on in their health journey!

Looking to reach new heights in your health?
Call us today!

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There are many quotes and jokes we could say, but today, what we want to say most is "Thank You".

Thank you, Dads, for showing up and leading your family well. You are our adventurers, fixers of things, heroes and song-singers.

Thank you for all you do to love your families well.

Welcome to Healthy Start Chiropractic, Performance & Fitness! If you've been around for a while, you might have noticed the new name update. This is because we have new services and area of expertise, and with that, new purpose!

Our mission at Healthy Start Chiropractic, Performance & Fitness is to get people moving better, feeling better, and living better in all phases of life through high performance chiropractic care, rehabilitation, strength and conditioning and fitness!

So what does that look like specifically? Well, we live by these principles:
1. Move Well, THEN Move Often.
2. Correct, Protect, THEN Develop

Every patient at Healthy Start is examined through the lens of not only a chiropractor, but also, a functional movement coach, getting both a diagnosis and functional movement assessment. From there, we put together a specific plan tailored to your injury and/or functional movements deficits that get patients moving better and feeling better, in the safest way possible, leading to faster time getting patients back to living the life they love. Patients under this model of care, return to their work, sport, life with much less risk of re-injury and much more motivation to continue moving forward in their fitness and health goals.

Phases of care:
Correction-This looks like chiropractic care and mobilization, rehabilitation and exercises that are designed to help heal tissue injury or correct functional movement pattern problems.
Protection- Continued chiropractic care while adding in stabilization exercises to build the foundation for prevention of future injury and reinforce proper movement patterns.
Develop- Maintain proper alignment and movement patterns while developing a specific strength and conditioning program tailored to your continued development!

We are so excited to serve Lincoln and share with you these new services. We still love serving families and now have the ability to serve athletes, especially youth. As always, our board certifications in pregnancy and prenatal care make us the perfect place to come for moms looking to maintain a healthy, fit pregnancy and postpartum recovery. Look for new classes specifically for you!

Let's get you moving and feeling your best!

Drs Tiffany & Alexander Leonida

Join us for our FREE summer mashup in the Healthy Start Studio! Have you been wanting to check out our fitness and yoga classes but you aren’t sure which one you would like?

Well you can try them ALL!!

Join us THIS Saturday, June 1st at 10am in the studio for our studio mashup! What a great way to start your morning! All ages and fitness levels welcome! Click on the link to register, we have limited availability and spots will fill up fast! See you Saturday!

https://www.momoyoga.com/healthy-start-yoga-and-fitness/event/22ac6de7-2186-476f-81f4-cac55f79c879

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” -John‬ ‭15‬:‭13‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Today we remember and honor those who gave their lives in service to their country. 🇺🇸

If you are honoring someone this Memorial Day, post their name and photo below so we may remember them with you!

Some families are already a few days into summer vacation, and others are celebrating the last day of school today! 🎉

Summer brings a change in routine that can sometimes bring more chaos than calm, and more stress than rest.

Healthy Start is here to help your family succeed this summer! Want to know how? Give us a call today and you can thrive instead of just survive!

Are you in a place where you feel discouraged about your health? Do you feel like you are just trudging uphill, not making any ground? Are you overwhelmed, exhausted and sick and tired of being sick and tired? 😖

Healthy Start is not only a chiropractic office, we are a "wellness center"! Our providers are here to help your family create healthy habits, and to equip you with the knowledge to live your best life. We are here to support your family's health from the inside out!

It starts with a single step. Call us today and let us help you begin to live a life you love! 🤩

You’ve survived 100% of the challenges you’ve faced so far. You’ve got this! And we are here for you! ❤️

Happy Friday, and congratulations to all the graduates celebrating this weekend and next weekend! 🎓🎉

We don’t know who needs to see this today, but sometimes a mindset shift is helpful when you feel like you’ve hit a wall in your health, your fitness, your energy, or whatever barrier you come up against.

If you’re struggling and need support we are here for you! We won’t just put a band-aid on the problem, we will work together to get you on a path to your best life!

Give us a call or visit our website to find out how we can help!

Do the next few weeks near calendar look like this? With all of the activities for the end of the school year like graduations, fun nights and so much more, make sure your schedule has time for YOU!

Schedule an adjustment, a massage, or sign up for a yoga or fitness class. If you become too busy to prioritize your health, your body will let you know. And it may not be at the most convenient time. Call Healthy Start today!

"God's Masterpiece"
by Herbert Farnham

God took the fragrance of a flower,
The majesty of a tree,
The gentleness of morning dew,
The calm of a quiet sea.

The beauty of the twilight hour,
The soul of a starry night,
The laughter of a rippling brook,
The grace of a bird in flight.

Then God fashioned from these things,
A creation like no other,
And when his masterpiece was through,
He called it simply - Mother.

Happy Mothers Day 🪻
from your friends at Healthy Start

We are here today at helping to support a cause near and dear to our hearts. Baby & Me is a non profit that helps full-time working mothers. There is a gap in the community, especially among diverse and underserved cultures, who need help navigating the postpartum phase. This is where Baby & Me steps in by providing full-time working mothers with diapers, wipes, grocery gift cards and self-care packages, especially for moms on maternity leave, needing extra financial support.

Check out Baby&Me's page to learn more!
https://www.facebook.com/BabyandMeNE?mibextid=ZbWKwL

With Mother's Day coming up on this Sunday we wanted to talk about Mom Stress. A survey sponsored by Welch's noted that mothers work an average of 14 hours a day, or a 98-hour workweek. The survey included 2,000 moms with children in elementary school. The average mom started at 6:23 a.m. and ended the day at 8:31 p.m., with only 1.7 hours of free time in between.

It's no wonder Moms feel stressed, tired, overwhelmed and tense. Mom Stress can take multiple forms: physical, environmental or emotional - and it's easy to separate them in our minds... but not so much in our bodies. Especially in our neuro-muscular system. Our bodies feel that stress and we begin an endless cycle of tension and pain that begins to just feel "normal". 😖

How can we truly measure this stress? At Healthy Start, we use technology called INSIGHT Scans. The EMG scan tells us how much tension you are carrying, the thermal scan can show us slight differences in temperature where your body is working overtime, and the heart rate technology gives us a picture of the amount of energy your body is expending to keep going each and every day. We see a lot of Moms who are running on fumes! 😴

The good news, is our chiropractors are trained to help calm and balance the nervous system to bodies stuck in cycles of stress. Our adjustments no only focus on the physical struggles Moms deal with (nursing neck, anyone??) but can also be the missing link for hormone regulation, sleep, mood, and so much more! 🤯

Call us today & take advantage of our Mother's Day Special, a FREE exam and Insight scan! Also, if you refer a friend for the special, you will be entered in a drawing to win
a "Spoil Mom" gift basket! 💜

Battling a summer cold? Did you know that physical activity may benefit your immune system? 💪A 2020 study on the practice of physical activities and it's effect on the immune system suggested a benefit in the response to viral communicable diseases. 🤧

The study concluded that physical activity contributes to strengthening and preparing the immune system to fight viral infection!