The Connections Bridgewater Somerville Edition June 2025

DINING OUT HEALTH & WELLNESS

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HEALTH HOTLINE Arthritis Prevent Arthritis, Preserve Function, and Stay Strong for Life ~ All Through Natural Approaches! By Dr. Vincent Sferra, DC DIBCN CCN

Regain your Health and Restore your Strength for Life! At NMR, the reasons for your health concerns will be comprehensively assessed and a care plan designed to address all aspects of your condition. Care plans may include: • Hormonal and Metabolic Optimization • Acupuncture • Physical Therapy • Occupational Therapy • Chiropractic • Onero for Osteoporosis • Biofeedback Therapy • Shock Wave Therapy (EPAT) • Nutrition Counseling • Functional Medicine's Approach to Arthritis • Medical Weight Loss

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rthritis will affect most of us at some point in our lives. Finding out what you can do to prevent arthritis from de veloping, or reduce its progression, all through natural and lifestyle-based ap proaches , will help you stay strong and en sure a healthier lifespan with an increased quality of life. If you are looking for a drug-free way to treat arthritis, or help prevent it from developing, a functional medicine doctor can help you enjoy healthy joint func tion. Functional Medicine is a dynamic approach to assessing, preventing, and treating complex chronic diseases, such as arthritis. By utilizing innovative laborato ry testing, we can uncover triggers and in- flammatory responses for arthritis. These specific blood markers of inflammation are not routinely tested but can assess the hidden ‘drivers’ of arthritis. Arthritis is almost always preceded by a period of declining function and health in one or more body systems. For all of us, such dysfunctions are the result of lifelong interactions with our environment, life style, and our genetics. The good news is, with new healthy lifestyle choices and behaviors, many chronic diseases are very manageable and sometimes even prevent able! Even people with a genetic predis position to arthritis can learn to maintain healthy lifestyle choices to reduce their risk, defer the onset, or at least better man age the progression of this condition. If you are looking for a drug-free way to treat arthritis, or help prevent it from developing, a functional medicine doc tor can help you enjoy healthy joint function.

part, be influenced by their environment and lifestyle. Unhealthy lifestyle choices such as a lack of exercise, poor diet, and inadequate, stress-tempering techniques to relieve chronic stress can all lead to the development of chronic disease or in crease the progression of it. A functional medicine doctor committed to bringing their patients to greater health, focuses on patient education, therapeutic lifestyle choices, and integrative therapies that sup port the person’s own genetic expression of health.

Call our center at 908-252-0242 for a consultation to see how NMR can assist you in reaching your health and wellness goals. NMRNJ.com | (908) 252-0242 | 399 Campus Drive, Somerset Dr.Vince Sferra , DC DIBCN Founder of Natural Medicine and Rehabilitation

While many people understand the ben efits of a healthy lifestyle, they lack the skills and dedication needed to sustain these good habits. Finding a doctor who can provide appropriate interventions and encourage healthful behaviors by educat- ing you with nutritional counseling, phys ical reconditioning, and stress-tempering techniques to start and maintain these healthy lifestyle habits, will help you pre vent arthritis, preserve your function, and stay strong for life. Dr. Sferra is board certified in Chiropractic Medicine and Chiropractic Neurology, a Certified Clinical Nutritionist and is a Cer tified Strength and Conditioning Specialist certified by the National Strength & Con ditioning Association. He is the founder and Clinic Director of Natural Medicine & Natural Medicine & Rehabilitation. For more information visit www.NMRNJ.com, or call 908-252-0242.

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