🦃🎄Stress Less This Season: How Chiropractic Keeps You Holiday-Ready

Managing Holiday Stress with Chiropractic Adjustments

The holidays are a time for gratitude, celebration, and togetherness—but let’s be honest: they can also feel like a nonstop marathon of planning, prepping, and pressure. Between Thanksgiving feasts, Christmas parties, crowded shopping aisles, and awkward family politics over the dinner table, stress levels tend to spike faster than the price of a holiday ham.

Before you throw in the (turkey-stained) towel or sprint toward a sleigh ride escape, consider this: chiropractic care—especially with the Zone Technique—can help your body and mind stay balanced, energized, and ready to actually enjoy the season.

So let’s dig into three lesser-known chiropractic tips to help you stay grounded and grateful this Thanksgiving, and joyful (not jaded) by Christmas.

🧠 Tip #1: Give Thanks for Zone 3—The Brain and Nervous System

The Zone Technique treats more than just pain—it targets the root systems that keep your body functioning at its best. Zone 3 is all about your brain and nervous system, and that’s where holiday stress tends to hit hardest.

When your nervous system is overwhelmed, your ability to regulate emotions, sleep, and focus gets tossed around like a Black Friday sales flyer. But a focused Zone 3 adjustment can:

• Restore calm and mental clarity

• Help with sleep quality (no more tossing and turning thinking about burnt stuffing)

• Improve resilience to stress (even when Uncle Bob starts talking politics at the dinner table)

Don’t wait until you feel like a turkey under pressure—get adjusted and stay mentally sharp through the chaos.

💪 Tip #2: Survive Shopping Season with Better Muscular Support (Zone 5)

Dragging decorations out of the attic, standing in long store lines, hauling packages to the car... sound familiar? These festive feats might leave your muscles tighter than a wrapped Christmas present.

Zone 5—the Muscular System—plays a key role in physical energy, posture, and endurance. But unlike that third cup of coffee, an adjustment focused on Zone 5 helps naturally improve circulation, muscle function, and movement quality.

Instead of popping ibuprofen or doubling up on sugar cookies to “push through,” consider a visit that actually supports your energy from the inside out.

And hey—your feet might forgive you for that mall marathon.

🥧 Tip #3: Don’t Just Blame the Pie—Check Zone 4 for Digestive Relief

Thanksgiving and Christmas meals are wonderful... until the heartburn, bloating, and sluggish digestion hit. But here's a little-known fact: spinal misalignments can impair how your digestive organs function.

That’s why Zone 4—focused on digestion—is one of our most important zones during the holiday season. Adjustments targeting Zone 4 can help restore healthy function to your stomach, intestines, and gallbladder so your body can process rich meals more efficiently.

So if you want to indulge in Grandma’s pumpkin pie without praying to the antacid gods afterward, get your gut functioning at full capacity before the big meal.

🌿 Swap OTC for Natural: Our Favorite Holiday Helpers

Holiday stress doesn’t just mess with your mood—it can disrupt sleep, digestion, and even your immune system. While over-the-counter meds might offer temporary relief, they often come with side effects or simply mask symptoms. That’s why we recommend natural supplements that support your body’s healing from the inside out.

Here are a few of our top picks to keep you merry, bright, and balanced this season:

• Adrenal Complex – by DC Labs
  This powerhouse formula helps nourish overstressed adrenal glands—the tiny but mighty organs that regulate your stress response. Think of it as holiday insurance for your hormones. It supports energy, focus, and mood (especially helpful during family gatherings or when assembling toys without instructions).

• Complete Multi – by Designs for Health
  This isn’t your average grocery store multivitamin. Complete Multi provides high-potency, bioavailable vitamins and minerals that support immune health, brain function, and overall vitality—exactly what your body needs to stay strong during holiday hustle.
  Choose from:

  • Complete Multi with Copper & Iron – Great for menstruating women or anyone with increased iron needs during the winter season.

  • Complete Multi Iron-Free & Copper-Free – Perfect for men, postmenopausal women, or anyone advised to avoid excess iron or copper.

  Either way, you're fueling your body with the nutrients it needs to keep up with the season’s demands—without relying on candy canes and caffeine.

• Bariatric Fusion High Protein Meal Replacement
  Great for those days when you skip breakfast because you’re too busy searching for tape and bows. This protein-packed option is gentle on digestion and keeps your blood sugar steady when treats are everywhere.

Choosing natural supplements supports real healing and balance—not just symptom control. Your body’s systems deserve the same thoughtful care you give everyone else during the holidays.

Hygiene & Diaper Drive: Supporting Simply Hygiene

This fall, we’re proud to partner with Simply Hygiene to collect essential hygiene items for those in need right here in our community. From October 1st through November 21st, we’ll be running a Hygiene & Diaper Drive at PCW, alongside our annual Bread of Life food drive (non-perishable food items).

We are accepting donations of:

• Body wash

• Men’s & women’s deodorant

• Diapers (sizes 3, 4, and 5)

• Conditioner & shampoo

• Toilet paper

Monetary donations can also be made directly through Venmo at: https://www.venmo.com/u/simplyhygiene

Over the past year, Simply Hygiene has distributed products to local domestic violence shelters, transitional housing, schools, homeless shelters, and hygiene pantries—helping ensure no one goes without these everyday essentials.

Together, let’s fill the shelves and uplift our neighbors. Every donation, big or small, makes a real difference.

🎁 Your Holiday Health Starts Now

Whether you’re carving a turkey, climbing on the roof with lights, or keeping your toddler out of the ornament bin, your body is working overtime this season. You don’t have to wait until the New Year to start feeling better.

Let us help you stay:

• Calm in the chaos

• Flexible during festivities

• And truly well—inside and out

Book your next adjustment now and give yourself the gift of a healthy nervous system and a more joyful holiday season.

📞 Call or stop by the front desk to schedule. We’re here to help you make this season bright—and pain-free.

💳 Wellness Club Billing Update

In the spirit of making life a little simpler (because who needs more chaos this time of year?), here’s a quick update for our Wellness Club family.

Starting December 1st, we’ll be streamlining our Wellness Club billing process! Instead of running cards automatically on the 5th, 15th, and 25th, all Wellness Club payments will now be processed on the 1st of each month.

This change helps simplify our billing system and keeps everyone on a consistent schedule—just in time for the new year! Our team will be reaching out to Wellness Club members individually to address any questions or concerns before the change takes effect.

Thank you for your understanding and for being part of our chiropractic family—we appreciate your continued commitment to your health and wellness!

From our chiropractic family to yours—here’s to a well-adjusted season!

Dr Pomeroy, Maddy, Emma, Misty, (& Jo)