Happy Healthy New Year!!! Its time to get back to health for 2011.  3 key components of health consists of chemical, emotional, and structural stress.  A balance of these 3 areas are essential to obtaining optimal health function. During the holidays we tend to consume extra food & we realize we are ready to loose those extra pounds.  The consumption of sugars, salt, fats, carbohydates, alcohol are the culprits that adds chemical stress to our bodies. Then we realize and have to go on a diet. The emotional stress of having family or personal relationships, loss or breakups add tremendous stress to our emotional health, and gets absorbed into our bodies such as tension, muscle cramping, pain, and fatigue.  The structural stress is caused misalignments of the spine called subluxations.  There are 24 vertebrae in the spine, between are disc are absorption pads and spacers for the nerves.  When there is spinal stress caused from daily living, trauma, weight gain, poor posture, and weak muscles, the nerves are affected by nerve interference.  This blocks communication between the brain and body.  The nerves goes to vital organs, cells, tissues of the body causing malfunction and lead to disease. The body immediately begins to compensate and a loss of function.  The body signals something wrong by symptoms such as pain.  Chiropractic helps relief the symptoms and improve function.  Corrective care helps to reduce the cause of the symptoms by improving function, nerve communication, and reducing nerve interference.  When the spine is aligned, and no interference, correct communication between brain and body is achieved, the result is normal body function.  Achieving optimal function at 100% takes time, and obtaining health for life is your most valuable possession.  Dr. Maria E. Manibog director of Health For Life Chiropractic, has a private practice in San Leandro at 369 Juana Avenue for 14 years.  I specialize in relief, corrective, and preventative care.  Meet Dr. Maria, by receiving a Complimentary Health Consultation, Wellness Screening, and stress reduction massage as an introductory offer.  You will be educated on how chiropractic works. You will receive a health analysis of your ph/toxins, stress blood pressure, and body fat analysis.  Then you will experience how stress may be reduced with massage.  Please call (510) 357-1351 for an appointment!!! Don't wait and loose your most valuable possession of health.  Life is better when you are well adjusted!!!!