Dr. Patrick Ess

11/11/2025

Almost all insurance companies have the same policy for Chiropractic services. Any type of wellness or stabilization care are not covered. It is apparently not in an insurance company's best interests for patients to stay well. I guess they would rather pay for medications to keep you sick or surgeries that almost always have side effects sometime into the future.

11/11/2025

Thank you to all who have served this country in both wartime and peacetime.

11/11/2025

Here are five nutrients to combat chronic stress, anxiety, and poor sleep and for supporting the brain and body's ability to relax, recharge, and build resilience, restoring calm and focus:
Saffron, L-theanine, Lemon balm, Holy basil and Ashwagandha.

11/10/2025

If you are looking for natural supplement regimen to help with muscle/joint pain, I typically recommend Curcumin 1,000 - 2,000mg daily, Boswellia (Frankincense) 300mg 2-3x/day and Omega 3 Fish OIl 2,000 - 3,000mg daily. You can take them 1,000mg Curcumin, 450mg Boswellia and 1,500mg Omega 3 both morning and later in the afternoon.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the commonest form of inflammatory joint disease. Unfortunately, to date, there is no appropriate treatment for OA. Boswellia serrata was considered as a potent anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic and analgesic agent that may be ...

11/07/2025

Here are a few treatment and preventative reasons every patient in my office lays under the Erchonia low level lasers

11/06/2025

Smoothies can be a great addition to a healthy diet, however they can also cause weight gain. Lookl at the amount of carbs in a banana smoothie compared to a berry smoothie. Carbs lead to elevations in blood sugars thus increasing insulin which stores the carbs as fat.

https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-reveals-why-you-shouldnt-add-a-banana-to-your-smoothies/

11/04/2025

Researchers found that patients with higher levels of vitamin B3 had significantly fewer precancerous lesions and lower incidence of basal and squamous cell carcinomas.

The results of this cohort study suggest that there is a decreased risk of skin cancer among patients treated with nicotinamide, with the greatest effect seen when initiated after the first skin cancer.

11/03/2025

A recent study found that while taking saffron has no meaningful difference in its ability to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety compared to SSRI's, patients taking saffron experienced significantly fewer side effects compared to those on SSRIs—including nausea, dizziness, and sexual dysfunction, which are common complaints with antidepressants.

PROSPERO registration no. CRD42023443236.

10/30/2025

Brain health is important as we age. There are several supplements like Ginkgo biloba that are beneficial for maintaining brain health, however controlling blood sugars is probably the most important thing you can do to protect your brain health. Type 3 diabetes of the brain is a associated with tau proteins and neurofibrillary tangles.

This study provides evidence that Gbe prescription is associated with a reduced risk of dementia severity progression in a real-world setting.

10/28/2025

This was shared from a colleague in Zone Therapy.

A month ago a woman came in to get comfortable as she was passing on. She came in and fell asleep as I did her zones. I asked her if she wanted to heal or be comforted. She said comforted. The next week she came in and looked me in the eye as she walked into the room without assistance and said I want to heal.
Today on her 5th session she told me her shut down kidneys are functioning at almost normal levels her creatine down to 131 and her blood sugar 7.8

If we give the body what it needs, health is normal. It is abnormal to not be healthy.

10/27/2025

Changing our diets is probably the most beneficial thing we can do for our health, but also may be one of the most difficult things to. We tend to be creatures of habit and it is easier to resist change than it is to actually commit to something new. I often recommend for patients to make small adjustments like changing from traditional ketchup to an organic/paleo friendly ketchup. Do that for 1 week, then find another substitution you can implement. As the weeks and months pass, you will be in a better place than where you started.

In this In Conversation podcast episode, MNT discusses a study from Brazil which found links between seven artificial sweeteners and accelerated brain aging, and other possible long-term effects.

10/23/2025

Medications have more of an impact on your health than you may have thought. There is a good reason to eliminate as many medications as possible. There was once a time when your body worked perfectly without harmful, poisonous drugs. Once your body is stable again, and the positive changes that you have made
to correct the reason for the Rx in the first place is removed, the continued use of the Rx only creates further disturbing effects to your body. Speak with your P*P about removing these toxic substances.

Medication usage is a known contributor to the inter-individual variability of the gut microbiome. However, medications are often used repeatedly and for long periods, a notion yet unaccounted for in microbiome studies. Recently, we and others showed that not only the usage of antibiotics and antide...