Chiropractic care goes well beyond getting your back cracked every so often to help with pain. From personal detoxification to food sensitivities to kids and chiropractics, today's chiropractors treat a wealth of health issues.

Cleansing Care

Almost everyone needs to cleanse and detoxify their body periodically. So when local patient Tracy first learned of the personal detoxification process offered by Dr. ShaRhae Matousek at Real Health Chiropractic Clinic in Eden Prairie, she wanted to learn more.
“I have experienced anxiety issues to the point of avoiding situations that I had feared would cause an attack,” Tracy says. “I have suffered these symptoms from one degree or another for most of my adult life.”
  
In addition to her anxiety, Tracy, a young mother of two girls, also has suffered from thyroid problems, psoriasis and ongoing digestive issues. “She holds her stress and tension in her upper back and neck and has also experienced periodic low back pain, especially during pregnancies,” Dr. Matousek says. “[Tracy] wanted to take supplements but was overwhelmed at knowing what to do. She also wanted to significantly reduce her anxiety naturally without the use of medication.”
    
 To determine the cause of her issues, Dr. Matousek performed an initial nervous system and a nutritional evaluation, where she looked for food and chemical sensitivities. From those results, Dr. Matousek decided to start Tracy on a yeast elimination program, along with nutritional support and adjusting before doing the detoxification.

“When looking at my patients from a chiropractic perspective, I want to reduce all aspects of stress and help them achieve full health,” Dr. Matousek says. “Patients experience physical, chemical and emotional stress. These stressors negatively impact the nervous system. Adjusting the patients will allow the body to relieve the stress and heal, but this is only one part to the process.”

Matousek also looks in depth at the nutritional needs and chemical/food sensitivities of her patients. The nutritional analysis allows her to focus on healing hidden problems that create a significant majority of the chemical stress affecting them.

“Initially, I received treatments three times a week in order to realign my neck and back. They were very quick and pain-free treatments,” Tracy says. “I now see Dr. Matousek once a week and plan to continue throughout the year for maintenance.”
   
As Dr. Matousek explains, our bodies are clearly designed to be self-cleansing and self-regulating. The internal detoxification process is an automatic daily procedure of the major detoxifying organs. “We need to eliminate toxins that we are exposed to externally from environmental sources, and internally from products generated by ongoing normal cellular processes,” she says. “Using chiropractic to strengthen the body through adjusting also aids the body in support during any detoxification process.”
With Dr. Matousek’s help, Tracy’s anxiety is now gone. “The thing I enjoy most about my appointments with Dr. Matousek is the incredible wealth of knowledge she has to offer regarding natural food and health options,” she says. “Dr. Matousek has made such a positive impact on the lives of my entire