Senz Family Chiropractic

Senz Family Chiropractic Board Certified Chiropractic Physician, Certified in Pre/Post Natal and Pediatric Care, and
Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner .

Chiropractic care is the cornerstone of any comprehensive and holistic health program. Let us help you get out of pain, reach your goals and achieve your best health! Dr. Senz has years of academic, clinical as
well as personal experience with chronic health problems. It is through these challenges that she has developed a system of understanding and applying the only path to restoring health, not merely managing symptoms or disease.

Your brain runs on glucose — but it needs a steady supply, not a rollercoaster.Every time you eat sugar, your blood suga...
09/04/2026

Your brain runs on glucose — but it needs a steady supply, not a rollercoaster.

Every time you eat sugar, your blood sugar spikes. Then it crashes. And your brain pays the price every single time.

Here's what that looks like:
🧠 Brain fog
🧠 Mood swings
🧠 Difficulty concentrating
🧠 Anxiety and irritability
🧠 Afternoon energy crashes

Here's what most people don't know — sugar hijacks your brain's reward system the same way drugs do.

It triggers dopamine release, creates cravings, and keeps you coming back for more.

This isn't a willpower problem. It's a brain chemistry problem.

The good news? Your brain can reset. Your cravings can disappear. And it happens faster than you think.

This September we're talking all about sugar — what it does to your body and how to break free 💚

Stay tuned and join us for our Toxic Truth About Sugar Workshop — Monday September 14th at 6pm.

Call the office to reserve your seat: 440-639-1100

09/03/2026

Core stability challenge 🎊

Who has abs of steel???

As a chiropractor I wish everyone under 50 would change these habits before it's too late:1. Your spine doesn't wear out...
09/02/2026

As a chiropractor I wish everyone under 50 would change these habits before it's too late:

1. Your spine doesn't wear out because of age. It wears out because you sit for hours without moving — disrupting the proprioceptive signals your brain needs to regulate your spine.
2. Back pain isn't normal. It's often your body's first sign — your nervous system's warning that something needs attention. Don't ignore it.
3. Your bones become weak silently. Don't wait for a fracture to think about bone health.
4. Painkillers don't fix the problem — they only hide it for a while.
5. Back pain doesn't always need rest. In many cases the right movement helps you recover faster.
6. Your nervous system responds to your stressed out environment negatively. Learn to say no.
7. Strong muscles protect your joints. Strength training isn't just for athletes, it's for everyone.
8. If you're working on a laptop all day, get up and move every 30 minutes — your spine will thank you.
9. Prevention is always easier, safer, and less expensive than surgery.
10. Your future mobility depends on the habits you build today, not after the pain starts. Your 60-year-old self will either thank you or wish you had started sooner.

Which habit is the hardest to change? Let me know in the comments.

09/01/2026

When your spine loses proper movement (from stress, trauma, poor posture), it stops sending clear signals to your brain.

Your brain receives distorted, disorganized input.
It adapts by creating protection signals: muscle tension, guarding, pain.

The adjustment creates a change in spinal movement.

This stimulates proprioceptors and mechanoreceptors — sensory receptors in your joints — to fire new signals to your brain about movement.

Your brain receives: “Oh. There’s been a change. New information incoming.”

In that moment, everything changes.

Your nervous system gets accurate information for the first time in weeks or months.

Your brain can stop sending constant protection signals.

Your muscles can finally relax.

Your nervous system can begin to recalibrate.

Did you know your jaw and your neck are more connected than most people realize? 😬If you clench your jaw when you're str...
08/31/2026

Did you know your jaw and your neck are more connected than most people realize? 😬

If you clench your jaw when you're stressed, grind your teeth at night, or hold tension in your face — your cervical spine is probably involved.

The muscles that control your jaw attach directly into your neck and skull.

When they're chronically tight, they pull on the joints and muscles of your upper cervical spine. Those joints then start moving incorrectly — and the proprioceptors packed into your upper neck start misfiring.

The result? Tension headaches. Neck stiffness. That tight band feeling across the base of your skull. And a nervous system that never quite gets to relax.

Most people treat the jaw or treat the neck. Rarely both together.

Watch for these signs 👇
Headaches that start at the base of your skull
Jaw soreness in the morning
Clicking or popping in your jaw
Neck tension that never fully releases

If this sounds familiar — your upper cervical spine deserves a closer look. 👀

08/30/2026

We live in a world that glorifies busy.

That equates rest with laziness and stillness with falling behind.

And so we keep going. We push through. We put ourselves last on a list that never seems to get any shorter.

You cannot pour from an empty cup.

Chronic stress quietly raises your cortisol, drives inflammation, and keeps your body stuck in survival mode.

Over time that catches up with you. Not as a warning. As a breakdown.

Rest isn’t a reward for finishing everything on your list. It never will be finished. Rest is the decision you make to show up whole — for yourself, for the people you love, for the life you’re building.

So whatever today looks like for you — a slow morning, a walk outside, time with people who fill you up, or simply doing nothing at all — give yourself full permission.

You are not a machine. You are a human being who deserves the same care and grace you so freely give to everyone else.

Rest. Restore. Recharge. 🌿

You’ve earned it.

08/28/2026

How you eat, move, and think today will determine how you think, feel and move 5-10-20 years down the road.

08/27/2026

Who can jump the highest???

That heavy bag you carry on the same shoulder every day? Your spine is keeping score. 👜When you load one shoulder repeat...
08/26/2026

That heavy bag you carry on the same shoulder every day?

Your spine is keeping score. 👜

When you load one shoulder repeatedly, your body compensates by hiking that shoulder up and tilting your spine to the opposite side.

Do that long enough and your muscles start to hold that position even when the bag is off.

Here's what's actually happening underneath. Your spinal joints on one side are being compressed while the other side is being stretched.

The sensors in those joints start firing unevenly — sending asymmetrical signals to your brain. Your brain adapts. Your posture changes. Your muscles work harder on one side than the other.

Sound familiar? That one-sided tension that never fully goes away is often exactly this pattern.

Quick fixes that actually help 👇

Switch shoulders regularly
Opt for a backpack when possible
Keep the bag as light as you can
Get your spine checked for asymmetry
Small daily habits add up — in both directions. 💪

08/25/2026

Most people with SI joint pain have been told the same thing: “You need to strengthen your core.
Build symmetry. Make both sides equal.”

So they do bilateral exercises. Squats with both feet. Planks. Side planks.
But here’s the problem:

Your SI joint doesn’t work symmetrically.

Your body doesn’t move symmetrically in real life.

You step with one foot at a time. You reach with one arm while your other side stabilizes differently. You load unevenly through the day.

Yet your nervous system has learned to fear asymmetrical movement.

It braces. It guards. It won’t let one side do something different than the other.

That’s when your SI joint “goes out.”

This exercise breaks that pattern.

Your nervous system has to process something completely new: asymmetrical loading under control.

It has to learn that one side can work differently than the other.

That uneven movement is safe.

That asymmetry doesn’t mean instability.

Week after week of practicing this, your nervous system starts trusting asymmetrical movement again.

Because stability doesn’t come from forcing symmetry.

It comes from your nervous system trusting the asymmetry of real life.




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