Monmouth County, New Jersey, Chiropractor, Dr. Tom Gustafson and the Active Healing Center, Joins “HEALING HANDS 4 HEROES” BY COMMITTING TO TREAT RETURNING VETERANS FROM THE AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ WARS FOR FREE Long Branch, NJ (April 16, 2011) – Dr. Tom Gustafson with the Active Healing Center of Colts Neck, a member of the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors (ANJC), which represents over 1900 chiropractors statewide, today announced it is teaming with...

New Jersey Scoliosis Chiropractor, Colts Neck Scoliosis Chiropractor Scoliosis affects an estimated 6 million people in the United States of America. Scoliosis can impact infants, adolescents, and adults, but the primary age of onset is between 10-15 years old. Females are 8 times more likely to progress to a scoliotic curve that requires treatment. Having scoliosis can impact your quality of life through pain, limited activity, and reduced respiratory...

If you suffer from chronic hip or knee pain and the use of exercise, rest, and ice are not enough to correct the problem than there is more to your condition than the hip or knee.  A pelvic imbalance, your pelvis is shifted in either direction, could be causing continued dysfunction throughout your lower extremity creating a recurring, chronic condition. At the Active Healing Center a thorough physical examination of the entire lower quadrant including the knee,...

“Dr. Tom Gustafson, Colts Neck Chiropractor Working With Trenton Thunder Baseball Team” “Dr. Tom Gustafson, Colts Neck Chiropractor Working With Trenton Thunder Baseball Team” Dr. Tom Gustafson, Chiropractor and owner of the Active Healing Center in Colts Neck, N.J., will be working with the players of the Trenton Thunder baseball team.  The Trenton Thunder is the Double A Affiliate of the New York Yankees.  Beginning in the spring of 2011 Dr. Gustafson...

Water is one of the two most important and primary fuels for your body, the other being oxygen. To be properly hydrated, a person must drink one ounce of water per half your body weight. So if you weigh 200 pounds you will need to drink 100 ounces of water per day, whereas someone weighing only 100 pounds would have to drink 50 ounces of water per day. Everything in your body requires water, including: Muscles Joints Cartilage Discs Digestive system Nervous...

The Journal of Hypertension (2007) volume 21, pgs 347-352.  A study was conducted by Professor Bakris MD, Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago.  The study proposed that structural abnormalities (misalignment) of the neck at the level of bone number one at the top of the neck (Atlas) creates increased pressure on your nervous system at the level of the brainstem resulting in increased blood pressure (hypertension).  The study...

  Are you suffering from symptoms such as joint pain, joint stiffness and swelling? Arthritis, a degenerative joint disease, may be the cause.  Arthritis is characterized by breakdown of joint cartilage.  Cartilage is the part of the joint that cushions the ends of bones.  Without cartilage the joint bones will rub together creating pain and joint dysfunction. Factors causing arthritis include: Heredity- In some families, arthritis appears to be passed from...