Many people underestimate how important good nutrition is for healing and overall health. Even though we think we eat healthily, modern diets often lack essential nutrients and vitamins our bodies need to thrive.

Why Nutrition Matters for Healing and Health

Poor nutrition and lifestyle choices can create a “nutritional gap”—meaning your body isn’t getting enough of the nutrients it needs. At the same time, modern life exposes us to more “bad stuff,” such as stress, poor sleep, too much junk food, social media, and lack of activity. These factors don’t just affect our mood and general health—they can also slow down healing, prolong injuries, and even contribute to chronic pain because the body can’t focus its energy on repair.

How Nutrition Impacts Chiropractic Care

Chiropractic care isn’t just about relieving pain—it’s about helping your body function at its best. Your body needs essential nutrients to produce energy, hormones, and connective tissue like bones, ligaments, tendons, and muscles. Without proper nutrition, you may experience fatigue, hormone imbalances, poor tissue quality, stiffness, and a higher risk of injury.

In other words, even the best chiropractic adjustments are harder to benefit from if your nutrition and lifestyle aren’t supporting your body’s natural healing processes.

Why Diet Alone May Not Be Enough

• Nutrients in food are declining: Modern farming depletes soil of minerals, and fruits and vegetables are often stored for months before reaching your table. Even organic produce is affected.
• Meat may be less nutritious: Livestock fed on grains instead of natural diets receive fewer nutrients, which affects the quality of the meat you eat.
• Modern lifestyles increase nutrient demands: Stress, activity levels, and environmental factors mean your body needs more nutrients than in the past.

Supplements: Helpful, But Not a Fix-All

Taking a daily multivitamin is useful, but supplements are designed to complement a healthy diet, not replace it. Many over-the-counter supplements are low quality or poorly absorbed, so they may not make a noticeable difference.

We recommend high-quality, bioavailable supplements like In Health One a Day Essential Multi, which contain forms of vitamins and minerals that your body can actually use. Some people, due to genetic factors, cannot convert inactive vitamins into the forms their bodies need—so the right supplement makes a real difference.

Meet our expert in Chiropractic nutrition

Did you know that our chiropractor, Chris, is certified in neuro-mechanical nutrition?

After completing the Core Concepts in Chiropractic Nutrition program at the Academy of Chiropractic Nutrition, Chris can support clients not only with back, neck, or joint pain but also with nutrition-related issues such as low-grade inflammation or energy problems. Tailored dietary advice can improve healing, energy, and overall wellbeing—enhancing the results of your chiropractic care.

We often recommend inHealth supplements to complement chiropractic care if nutrition is a limiting factor in your recovery.

Take the Next Step

If you’re struggling with muscle, joint, or nerve problems that affect your quality of life, chiropractic care could help—either for short-term relief or long-term maintenance.

If you’re feeling tight or stiff after activities like gardening, our massage therapist Liesa can provide targeted relief.

BOOK IN NOW. to start feeling better, move more freely, and support your body’s natural healing through chiropractic care and nutrition.

No matter what your problem, we will look to help you to address any underlying causes, empowering you in improving and maintaining your health.

We can help you to achieve better health. Why not come and see what our chiropractors and massage therapists in Stafford and Newport can do for you. We look forward to seeing you.

Chris Mallett
Principal Chiropractor
Pure Health Chiropractic & Wellness (Stafford and Newport)

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It’s that time of year when (hopefully) things start to dry out a bit and warm up. Unfortunately, that can often mean that we get more aches and pains, back pain and injuries when out in the garden looking to tidy things up. It’s easily done after a winter off, and frustrating as you want to get back out there as soon as possible.

BOOK IN NOW if you are struggling. We can help get you back in the garden if you have muscle, joint or nerve problems affecting your quality of life.

Most of the painful conditions I see are avoidable. If you struggle with poor mobility in the spine, hips or ankles then preventing back pain in the garden when bending or squatting is essential. The risk is increased further if you also spend a long period of time in one position or doing the same repetitive task under load. Here are some top tips to help you prevent back pain gardening:

Don’t start with heavy-duty gardening.

Warm up with the lighter jobs, like mowing the lawn or gentle sweeping or raking. When warmed up and moving well, then move on to something else a little more challenging.

Mix it up.

It is important to vary your activity every 30 minutes or so rather than be in one position for too long. Staying in one position can cause the joints and tissues to adapt and stiffen up, causing increased risk of pain or injury when moving again. Varying your activity can minimise this.

If you are laying a patio or doing any heavy lifting.

Keep the object close to your body and bend through your knees and hips. It is sometimes better to bend one knee rather than two to pick up or move objects (also known as a ‘golfers lift’) as your supporting leg gives you a position of strength.

Take Breaks

Listen to your body! Remember that you have plenty of time to get the jobs done, so don’t feel like it all has to be done in one session. If your back starts to complain then take a break, go for a short walk and let things ease before starting again – your garden isn’t going anywhere, but if you give yourself a back injury then neither are you!

If you are having any problems or gardening causes you back pain, then Chiropractic care could help. This may be in the short term for symptomatic relief, or with long term preventative or maintenance care to maintain good movement and function.

Or, if you are feeling tight and stiff in those muscles after a buy gardening session, Liesa our massage therapist can help!

No matter what your problem, we will look to help you to address any underlying causes, empowering you in improving and maintaining your health. BOOK IN NOW.

We can help you to achieve better health. Why not come and see what our chiropractors and massage therapists in Stafford and Newport can do for you. We look forward to seeing you.

Chris Mallett
Principal Chiropractor
Pure Health Chiropractic & Wellness (Stafford and Newport)