Travel Tips

Happy Fourth!

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Here are a few travel tips to help make your Holiday even better!

• Drink more water.  That will make your body run more smoothly and create pit stop opportunities.
• When driving long distances; stop at least every 2 hours (see above).  Not only will your bladder thank you, but your spine too.  Take time to unfold yourself and walk around for a couple of minutes.  Plus, you'll wake up and become more alert for safer driving.
• When flying, the above recommendations apply.  Drink lots of water and take frequent walk breaks.
• Avoid the security scanners, opt for pat downs.
• Some additional supplements are beneficial when flying.  I take NAC and astaxanthin for a few days before, during and a few days following a flight.  The goal here is to process all the extra free radicals that I am exposed to when flying, breathing recycled air, enduring travel stress...

Safe travels!!!

Dr. Jean-Marc

Head Rest

Cars and chiropractic, two of my favorite things, intersect at car safety and car accident injuries.  So I read about it a lot and I am always curious to find ways to get the most out of the build-in safety devices our cars come (or should come) loaded with.

One of them is your headrest.  When positioned properly, they can reduce the severity of whiplash injuries.  The National Highway Safety Institute says that your head must be closer than two inches for them to work.  Where is yours?

This brand new study says that most people drive with their head too far forward therefore greatly worsening the severity of whiplash injuries.

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a935983015~frm=titlelink

Another study done on an older population sample a few years ago found even worse positions.  That's a problem.

Bottom line:  You can hugely reduce injuries from rear-end collisions if you sit with your head within 2 inches of the headrest and even more if you have a car equipped with "active head restraints".  That's an option worth buying.

Dr. Jean-Marc

One of the secrets to fantastic energy!

Here is my Near Perfect Minute to encourage you to exercise daily.  And rev up your metabolism to feel great and have dynamite energy... all day long!

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150215025812830

For beginners, Joel Harper has this very simple and quick workout:

http://www.oprah.com/health/The-3-Minute-Workout-with-Joel-Harper-Video

I highly recommend the blog of my friend Dr. Peter Gratale.  He is nothing short of a genius.  I subscribe to his blog and I always learn something... or get a good laugh.  His routine go from basic to advanced, all well explained and delivered in short bites.

http://powercentering.com/blog/

For the avid/advanced exercisers I recommend Mark Verstegen.  Lots of clips here:

http://www.coreperformance.com/daily/the-performance-life/

Have more fun now that you have more energy!

Dr. Jean-Marc