Nutrition & Exercise

At the Chiropractic Center of Farmington, we offer nutritional consultations and work in close conjunction with West Hartford Yoga to meet all your needs.

Exercise

Most chronic back problems do better with exercise. Many patients ask me, ‘How can I strengthen my back?’ While poorly toned, weak muscles often contribute to a back problem, loss of mobility and tight muscles are generally more to blame. For this reason, stretching is generally more important than weight-lifting. Dr. Meadow will work with you to modify your existing activities and will help you develop a simple routine to increase your flexibility and relax your muscles.

Dr. Meadow works in close conjunction with West Hartford Yoga, for which he is the assistant director and senior consultant. Dr. Meadow has been involved with yoga – as practitioner and teacher – for over 40 years. Yoga is a wonderful exercise for the whole body. It systematically takes all of the joints through their full range of motion – helping to maintain joint mobility - and also lengthens and strengthens the spinal muscles. There is no better exercise for your spinal health.

Nutrition

Nutritional consultation is also available. The emphasis here is on making modifications to your diet rather than pushing expensive supplements on you. Peter has experimented with many popular nutritional regimens. He brings a moderate perspective to nutrition, placing greatest emphasis on whole foods cooking, listening to your own body’s needs, and avoiding highly processed foods including simple carbohydrates.