Posts by Randall Holmes

If you have an active health and wellness plan, then it’s likely that you also have a recovery/rest plan, whether you’re aware of it or not. In many cases, an active recovery plan will help set you up for successful rest and rehabilitation while a passive recovery plan might leave you lacking in more than a few departments.

First, it’s important to hydrate and to ensure you’re eating clean, whole foods, which will help fuel and replenish your body at the right times. Getting 7-9 hours of restful sleep will also help your body repair itself and your mind detoxify itself from the day’s events.

Stretching your body and releasing tension in your muscles and joints is also hugely important. Yoga is your friend during an active recovery day.

Getting a little bit of activity on an active recovery day never hurt anyone, either. You know what they say, “You can’t overtrain, but you can under-recover.” That’s why it’s all the more important to go for a walk or take a hike on an active recovery day, which will give your body the space it needs to recover while also pushing yourself a little bit in order to be productive.

If you have any questions about how an active recovery plan goes hand in hand with chiropractic treatment, contact Holmes Chiropractic today to learn more.

At Holmes Chiropractic we provide treatments that not only help those who are more advanced in age as well as our injured patients, our treatments are also extremely beneficial for high-performance athletes, especially powerlifters and bodybuilders.

Many of our patients classify themselves as those who get after it more than the average individual, which is why we stress having an effective active recovery routine, which includes stretching, proper diet, sleep, and even chiropractic treatment.

One simple chiropractic adjustment can improve your mood and help you get a better night of sleep, which will make you more effective in the weight room, to be certain.

A series of adjustments will help correct your posture and deal with any underlying issues, which can be causing you muscle tension, not to mention damaging your range of motion and flexibility, which can end up being seriously compromised as you acquire size, mass, and hit the weights harder each session. 

Not to mention, after a chiropractic adjustment, your body will start to feel amazing — and feeling good is good enough, isn’t it? Especially when you’re engaged in pushing your body to physical exertion multiple times per week.

We’ll see you after you hit the weight room over here at Holmes Chiropractic, where we have a long track record of helping patients just like you!

As we all get a little bit better of an idea how this year is going to go, it’s probably a good idea to revise your 2020 health and wellness goals to make sure that your aims are feasible during this COVID-19 pandemic. Many large cities that reopened are rolling back the openings of businesses and bringing some back to Phase 1 status.

This means that you’ll likely not be able to hit the gym the way you like any time soon. There won’t be any marathons being held this summer, but it’s still a good idea to hold yourself accountable to achieving something health and wellness-related this year.

Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over a few ways to improvise your goals during lockdown.

First, if you’re going to change anything, make the changes that will have the most impact. Diet and nutrition are first and foremost in the easy tweaks that make a huge difference category. When you’re eating clean, whole foods, you’ll find that your body will begin to crave that sort of thing. What might be an adjustment at first will be second nature after a few weeks. Clean, whole foods (and plenty of veggies) will help fuel your productivity as well.

Next, make sure you’re pushing yourself hard physically. Go on a long hike at the end of the week to close out your exercise schedule. Take an online yoga class and practice some sort of mindfulness exercise.

Get 7-9 hours of sleep… religiously. Proper sleep helps your body and brain repair themselves when it comes to strain, not to mention cleanse themselves of environmental toxins.

As you begin to live better, you’ll achieve the ultimate goal: consistent wellness! This will help you get through the most uncertain times. Contact Holmes Chiropractic to learn more about how our treatments help get the best out of you.

When it comes to your back, you might have some preconceived notions about it that might not be totally correct. Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over a few commonly-told myths about your back as a leading chiropractic care specialist in Houston, TX.

Myth #1: A Little Pain is Normal

When we get older we tend to accept a certain amount of pain varying in degrees depending on how pain tolerant we become in our travels. Any amount of pain in any part of your back is, in fact, NOT NORMAL. If you’re experiencing pain, chiropractic treatment is a viable, drug-free solution.

Myth #2: Avoid Flexing and Stretching Your Spine

Actually, stretching out your spine and decompressing from your daily activities is an essential practice you should build. Yoga and pilates are both excellent resources that will help you stretch and even strengthen your spine.

Myth #3: Your Back Health is Unrelated to Your Overall Health

In the world of chiropractic, specialists believe that we as human beings are largely only as healthy as our spine. Our anatomy is inextricably linked to the spine, and back problems can lead to all sorts of health troubles, including GI dysfunction, poor mood, low brainpower, insomnia, nasal congestion, headaches, and more.

Contact Holmes Chiropractic if you have any questions about how our treatments can benefit you.

If you plan on getting active on July 4th weekend, you’re not alone. Many individuals will be getting outdoors due to the fact that there are still so many closures in effect across the country.

It’s a good idea to have a plan if you plan on getting active instead of couch surfing and indulging in unhealthy food all weekend. Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over a few ways to get active while remaining COVID-19 compliant.

First, make sure you get after it early. Try to rise at 5 AM if you’re planning on getting a hike in, that way you’ll be coming down the mountain when all the slackers and phonies are trudging their way up.

Make sure you pack a mask to make sure you limit cross-contamination as well.

Try to be respectful of others. Make sure you always yield right of way to those who are coming down the mountain. After all, they made it up and down before you!

Pack some healthy snacks and water to stay fueled. Make sure you also pack a jacket and some sunblock, because weather will shift and that July sun will surely rear its bright head.

One great way to actively recover from your active July 4th weekend is to schedule an appointment with your local chiropractor. Contact Holmes Chiropractic today.

The Standard American Diet (also called the Western Pattern Diet) is getting a lot of flack, especially as of late, since people are starting to pay attention to the consequences of a poor diet.

The SAD has its acronym for a reason. When you’re eating the Standard American Diet you’re probably eating fast food a lot (burgers and hot dogs, for instance), packaged foods, processed foods, not to mention foods and beverages laced with sugar and/or high fructose corn syrup.

When you eat foods of this nature your body reacts to it, causing inflammation, poor mood, decreased quality of sleep, poor complexion, and more.

If your diet largely consists of carbs and processed sugar, it’s time to rethink some things. You might not even be aware of how prevalent sugar is in our society. Go to your grocery store and check sauces, canned foods, even pasta, bread, and other tasty goods — they’re all packed with sugar.

Fast food even comes heavily sugared, which many folks believe increases the likelihood of craving said fast food.

Eating clean whole foods is the only way to achieve a healthy diet. Eat plenty of veggies, fruits, clean protein, and try to get your carbs and sugars from natural sources.

Contact Holmes Chiropractic today to learn about how our treatments go hand in hand with a healthy lifestyle.

If you’re living with pain and discomfort, there’s a point in time where you have to identify if you’re dealing with chronic or acute pain. Acute pain is an isolated experience while chronic pain is an ongoing situation.

Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over a few ways chronic pain manifests itself.

First, how long has your pain lasted? If your pain and discomfort has been going on for 3 months or longer, then it’s likely that you’re experiencing chronic pain.

Second, think of how the pain came to be. Was it from an injury or is it from continuous strain and overuse? Chronic pain can come as the result of trauma, stress, injury, or even the things we do over and over again each day.

It’s also important to identify if your pain is coming from an ongoing issue, like arthritis, fibromyalgia, inflammation, or other factors.

There’s a lot you can do if you’re experiencing chronic pain and would like to get some help. Contact Holmes Chiropractic today to learn about how our treatments help patients living with chronic pain, not to mention how we help entire families stay healthy and active.

Achieving overall wellness is all about achieving balance in your life. There is more than one aspect to take into consideration when you’re thinking about ways to optimize your health. Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over a few ways to achieve overall wellness while dispelling any mysteries or misconceived notions about health and wellness.

1.) Clean Up Your Diet

Eating clean, whole foods will set the table for a healthy body and mind. At the end of the day, we are what we eat. Eating better food and cutting out sugar and processed carbohydrates will also increase your gut health, which will positively impact your mood and free your body up to spend energy in other ways.

2.) Routine Maintenance

Consider exercise and active recovery part of your routine maintenance plan. Make sure you exercise for an hour or so at least 3-4 times per week to improve your health and mood. Make sure that you stretch and take time to recover your body from the abuse you put it through. Yoga and chiropractic treatment are both viable options when it comes to active recovery.

3.) Get More Sleep

If you’re one of these folks running off 4 hours of sleep per night, we encourage you to stop this immediately. It’s more important to let your body and mind cleanse itself from the day’s events and exposures, and 7-9 hours of sleep nightly will ensure this process occurs without interruption. Getting anything less than 7-9 hours of sleep on a consistent basis can lead to problems like heart disease, obesity, and even Alzheimer’s.

Contact Holmes Chiropractic today to learn more about how our treatments can go along with your new healthy lifestyle.

When it comes to staying hydrated throughout the day, surprisingly few Americans are able to accomplish this on a consistent basis. Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over the benefits of staying hydrated — which means drinking something close to half your total body weight in ounces of water each 24-hour stretch.

First, drinking the right amount of water throughout the day will help your joints stay lubricated, which will help you at your job and whenever you decide to get active. Dehydration will make your body feel shriveled up like a prune, which will make it more difficult and even more painful to go through your daily motions.

Dehydration can also cause headaches of varying intensity, which can dampen anyone’s mood and lead to sleep problems.

Drinking the requisite amount of water we need each day will help your internal organs function in the best way possible, which will have you feeling better and more positive on a daily basis.

Staying hydrated is one way to create a healthy foundation and so is chiropractic treatment, which will help address most of the problems we’ve mentioned above. Contact Holmes Chiropractic today to learn about how we’re providing our essential treatments while observing COVID-19 guidelines handed down from CDC. 

Since regular everyday life has been put on hold in many communities throughout this great country of ours, it’s totally acceptable that your health and wellness goals for this summer might be in need of a little tweaking. Below, Holmes Chiropractic goes over a few realistic health and wellness goals you can set for yourself over the summer months that you can still get done in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the other obstacles communities are facing right now that might get in the way of keeping a healthy diet and exercise routine.

Running that summer marathon is probably out of the question, but setting a serious running goal for yourself is not. Make yourself run the most miles you’ve ever run in one day — then do it twice over a weekend, just to push yourself. You’ll be surprised at what you can accomplish. And we’ll be here to help you with any body aches and pains.

Eating clean, whole foods is still an achievable goal right now… and so is cutting out fast food, processed carbs, and refined sugars.

Use this time you have to train for something new, whether it’s a new career, a new sport you’ve been wanting to try, or even an exciting new craft. This will help you maximize this time and come out on the other side having accomplished much.

Chiropractic treatment is a great way to help you achieve your goals this summer, not to mention help you stay on track with your health, wellness, and overall well-being. Contact Holmes Chiropractic today to schedule your consultation.