Aspen Integrative Medicine September Newsletter

Keeping patients healthy and pain-free without resorting to surgery or long-term medications.

Aspen Integrative Medicine and TBI Therapy

September 2017

"You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. "

-Jim Rohn

Try New Things:

Practicing Mindfulness - What? Why? How?

You may have been hearing a lot of buzz around "mindfulness" and wondering, what is it? Why should I care? And how would I practice it if I wanted to? Here's the quick "What", "Why" and "How" to get you started.

What?

Psychology Today says Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. When you're mindful, you observe your thoughts and feelings from a distance, without judging them good or bad. Instead of being consumed by thoughts of the past or planning for the future, mindfulness means living in the moment and awakening to the current experience.

Why?

The benefits of mindfulness are broad reaching and plentiful. Helpguide.org categorizes the benefits as improved wellbeing, improved physical health and improved mental health, and has a long list of items for each. Everything from less worry and regret, to lower blood pressure, better sleep and fewer relationship conflicts. Plus, research has also shown improvement of more serious mental health challenges through mindfulness as well. And if that's not enough, see our previous post on 3 Reasons to Start Mindfulness Meditation.

How?

Inc.com has come up with 3 Ways to Work Meditation Into Your Busy Day and they're really very simple: walking meditation, eating meditation, and my favorite- "the social media swap out" .

Discover how to be mindful here!

Did You Know?

10 Everyday Items You're Better Off Without by Dr. Joseph Mercola

Each and every day, you come into contact with a large number of items-many of which have health risks that can accumulate over time. Many chemicals appear safe yet aren't, and are not likely to be suspected when your health starts failing.

But other items that are part of the "standard" of contemporary living-such as electronics and even your office chair-can also do more harm than good in the long run. The list of offending items can certainly be made exceedingly long, but here I will list 10 everyday items that you'd be better off without .

Find the answer here.

Supplement Corner:

How Your Diet Can Significantly Improve Your Vision by Dr. Joseph Mercola

Aging is inevitable, but are age-related problems such as poor vision absolute givens? Contrary to popular belief, your vision is largely dependent on your lifestyle. Nourishing your eyes with appropriate nutrients throughout the years can go a long way toward maintaining good eyesight well into your senior years.

Moreover, even if your eyesight has started to deteriorate, evidence suggests you can stop the deterioration. You may even be able to turn back the clock, as it were, and improve your vision.

Read Dr. Mecola's article here!

Treatments We Offer:

Traumatic Brain Injury Treatment

Through TBI Therapy, Dr. Hughes has developed a protocol aimed at treating traumatic brain injuries. These treatments have shown improvement in:

* Attention, cognition, memory, and concentration

* Emotional psychology and stability

* Ability to manage activities of daily life

* Light and sound sensitivity, pain, libido, and sleep

This treatment combines regenerative therapies - including hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) , intranasal platelet rich plasma (PRP) therapy , and intranasal stem cell therapy - with supplementary nutritional modalities. These procedures are patent approved, uniquely sophisticated, presently scarce, and at the forefront of neuro-regenerative medicine.

TBI Therapy is also accepting donations for their TBI patient scholarship, awarding patients in need of financial support to receive treatment. To thank our donors, each $25 donation is one entry to win a one week's stay in Mexico on behalf of TBI Therapy.

If you or someone you know would like to be entered for the TBI patient scholarship, call Brittany at 303-447-1257.

If you would like to make a donation to the TBI patient scholarship and to be entered to win a one week's stay in Mexico, call Brittany at 303-447-1257.

Learn more about TBI Therapy here.

RFV Wellness Provider

Are you interested in finding new ways to better your health? The RFV Wellness program is the local's guide to health and wellness in the Roaring Fork Valley. The Local's Card offers 10%-25% off of: