Chiropractic involves treating the person as a whole by assisting the body to heal naturally. It has long been known that healthy, nutritious diets coupled with rest, exercise and spinal adjustments are an integral part of preventative health care.
In order to function to its optimum capacity, the body needs to absorb essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, minerals, proteins, and various vitamins. These ensure healthy digestion, metabolizing and excreting which, in turn, leads to homeostasis. This refers to the body’s ability to regulate its inner environment to ensure stability as it responds to changes in the external environment. Poor diets that include foods rich in sugars and processed foods can contribute to other health issues such as diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers.
While chiropractors prescribe natural, drug-free treatments, their focus remains on the body’s ability to heal itself. With factors such as diet, exercise, rest and hereditary issues affecting optimum body functioning, chiropractors will consider a patient’s medical history, past injuries, present symptoms, and postural analysis. Further physical, neurological and orthopedic examinations may be included and, dependent on the findings, and patients may be referred to other health practitioners for additional consultation.
Persistent nutritional deficiencies are commonplace in the world today. As such, nutritional therapy has evolved and grown to include specialized treatments. Preventative health care aims to address stressful environments and the lack of essential nutrients in one's daily diet.
Your diet can significantly influence the function of your musculoskeletal system. This is why many chiropractors not only provide chiropractic adjustments, but they include the assessment of their patients' nutritional health.
Dr. Richard Duplantis holds doctorates in both Medicine and Chiropractic and is exclusively licensed as a Doctor of Chiropractic. You can review his Google Reviews as well!
Call (337) 350-0225 to schedule an appointment after work or over the weekend. Dr. Duplantis' extensive experience in treating patients with auto accident injuries, work injuries and other pain motivates him to provide these flexible hours.
Our clinic is located in the Oil Center, right on the edge of the University of Louisiana (UL) campus. Actually, our back parking lot is shared with The Hilliard Art Museum at UL.
Duplantis is dedicated to helping patients find pain relief and has created informative videos on chiropractic care, pain management, wellness, and nutrition. We invite you to watch some of Dr. Duplantis' YouTube videos, along with videos on his Facebook page and website.
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