Midtown Chiropractic and Vital Principal Functional Medicine

Midtown Chiropractic and Vital Principal Functional Medicine Dr. Lindsey Carr, DC, CACCP, IFMCP, DABCI and Dr. Allison Bomar-Hyong, DC Dr. Lindsey Carr is a chiropractor at Midtown Chiropractic in Memphis, TN.

If you are struggling with neck or back pain, headaches or migraines, carpal tunnel, sciatica, or any other health condition please call us today or visit our website.

Anyone? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️
01/05/2026

Anyone? 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️

01/05/2026

Supporting your cycle means supporting your whole system:
✅Protein + mineral-rich meals
✅Nervous system regulation
✅Anti-inflammatory support (think magnesium, turmeric, omega-3s)
✅Permission to rest
✨ You’re not crazy. Your body is speaking in symptoms.
Let’s stop gaslighting ourselves, and start listening.

❌I don’t just “support immunity”🔎I decode what is driving the disruption.Anyone can recommend vitamin C, zinc, elderberr...
01/03/2026

❌I don’t just “support immunity”
🔎I decode what is driving the disruption.

Anyone can recommend vitamin C, zinc, elderberry, or a generic immune protocol.

But if your immune system is unpredictable, reactive, or constantly overwhelmed, surface-level support will not fix the underlying issue.💅

In functional medicine, I look for the drivers behind the pattern:

🦠 Is the gut inflamed or permeable
A disrupted gut barrier sends constant immune signals that keep your system on high alert.

🔥 Is background inflammation already elevated
If inflammation is high before you get sick, your immune system cannot respond efficiently.

🧠 Is stress chemistry suppressing or overactivating immunity
Chronic stress changes cytokines, cortisol, and how your immune system interprets threats.

⚡ Are your nutrients depleted
Zinc, vitamin A, vitamin D, selenium, magnesium, omega 3s, and iron are essential for immune accuracy. If they are low, your immune system cannot regulate itself.

🌙 Is your sleep disrupting immune repair
Your immune system does most of its cleanup at night. Poor sleep means poor regulation.

📈 Is blood sugar unstable
Even mild glucose swings weaken immune defenses and increase inflammation. When you decode these patterns, the immune system becomes clearer, steadier, and more predictable.

Symptoms shift because the drivers shift.
🙄I am not interested in “boosting.”

🙌I am interested in understanding what your immune system is responding to and why it is struggling to self-regulate.

😉When you fix the pattern, you change the outcome.

Most people assume recovery ends when symptoms fade.🙅🏻‍♀️But the post-illness window is a rebuilding phase, and what you...
01/02/2026

Most people assume recovery ends when symptoms fade.🙅🏻‍♀️

But the post-illness window is a rebuilding phase, and what you eat during this time has a big impact on how quickly you bounce back.

Here is what your body actually needs after an infection and why:
✅You need more glutathione
Your immune system uses glutathione to neutralize oxidative stress and clean up cellular debris. After an illness, your levels drop. Foods that support glutathione help your system finish repairing.

✅You need minerals replenished
Illness increases your demand for zinc, magnesium, potassium, and selenium. These minerals help regulate inflammation, restore energy, and rebuild immune clarity. If your intake stays low, recovery lingers.

✅You need iron support
Viruses temporarily affect how your body uses and transports iron. Low iron availability leads to fatigue, weak immunity, and slower repair. Nourishing iron stores during recovery helps you get your stamina back.

✅You need gut-soothing foods
Your gut takes a hit during illness from inflammation, stress hormones, reduced appetite, and disrupted microbiome balance. Supporting the gut helps stabilize your immune system faster.

✅You need steady blood sugar
Even mild infections disrupt insulin sensitivity. Balanced meals help reduce inflammation and prevent the post-viral crash.

Recovery is not passive.

Your body is still repairing systems, clearing inflammation, and resetting the immune response long after the symptoms are gone.

If you want a faster, smoother recovery next time, support the rebuilding phase with intention.

✨ Cheers to fresh starts. ✨Walking into 2026 with an open heart, clear mind, and so much gratitude.Here’s to new memorie...
01/01/2026

✨ Cheers to fresh starts. ✨
Walking into 2026 with an open heart, clear mind, and so much gratitude.
Here’s to new memories, new energy, and everything we’re about to grow into. 🥂💫

🧬Autoimmunity is not “just genetics.”🌪️It is a perfect storm.Genetics load the gun, but environment and physiology pull ...
12/31/2025

🧬Autoimmunity is not “just genetics.”
🌪️It is a perfect storm.

Genetics load the gun, but environment and physiology pull the trigger.

This is why two people with the same genetic risk can have completely different outcomes.

In functional medicine, we look at the autoimmune triad:
1️⃣🧬Genetic susceptibility
Genes can increase your likelihood, but they do not guarantee anything. Most people with autoimmune genes never develop a condition unless the other pieces are present.

2️⃣🌍Environmental triggers
This includes infections, toxins, food sensitivities, chronic stress, hormone shifts, viral exposures, and even major life events. These triggers push the immune system into overreactive territory.

3️⃣🦠Increased gut permeability
Leaky gut is often the missing link. When the gut barrier becomes compromised, immune cells are exposed to particles they should never see. This increases immune activation and confusion.

🔃When all three overlap, autoimmunity is far more likely to develop.

And here is the part most people need to hear:
❌This is not your fault.
💫But it is your body’s cry for help.

Autoimmunity happens when the immune system has been carrying too much for too long with too few resources to regulate itself.

The good news is that each part of the triad is modifiable.

You cannot change your genes, but you can change your environment, your gut integrity, and your inflammatory load.

Your body is not attacking you because it is broken.

It is responding to a pattern that has become too much to manage.

Support the pattern and you change the trajectory.

12/31/2025

See the pattern?
👉 This is why so many women feel better when they up their protein:
✔️Fewer cravings
✔️More stable moods
✔️Better energy
✔️Less PMS
✔️Better sleep
✔️And yes, easier body recomposition
Your hormones aren’t “out of balance” because they’re broken.
They’re underfed. Under-supported. Under-resourced.
🔁 If you’re stuck in a fatigue → crave → crash cycle…
Start by looking at your plate.

🍾What happens in the gut does not stay in the gut.Your gut, immune system, and brain work as one loop, so inflammation i...
12/30/2025

🍾What happens in the gut does not stay in the gut.

Your gut, immune system, and brain work as one loop, so inflammation in one area quickly affects the others.

This is why gut issues rarely stay “just digestive.”

They become:
🚩brain fog
🚩fatigue
🚩mood swings
🚩headaches
🚩skin issues
🚩immune reactivity.

Here is what is actually happening:

📌Leaky gut increases immune activation
When the gut barrier becomes more permeable, particles cross into the bloodstream and your immune system reacts. More immune activation means higher inflammation everywhere.

📌Inflammation travels through the whole body
Cytokines released in the gut enter circulation. They impact energy, mood, memory, pain levels, and hormone balance.

📌Histamine rises when the gut is irritated
Gut dysbiosis and poor detox pathways increase histamine load. This leads to headaches, flushing, itching, anxiety, light sensitivity, and sleep disturbances.

📌The brain reacts to gut-driven inflammation
Cytokines influence serotonin, dopamine, and the vagus nerve. This is why gut inflammation often feels like anxiety, irritability, or low motivation.

📌Your immune system shifts into a reactive state
The more inflammation your gut produces, the more reactive your immune system becomes toward food, the environment, and stress.

🔑The takeaway:

If your symptoms feel random, unpredictable, or “all over the place,” they might not be separate issues at all.

They could be one gut-driven loop affecting multiple systems.

Support the gut and the rest of the body becomes easier to regulate.

Anyone else? 🙋🏻‍♀️ #2026
12/29/2025

Anyone else? 🙋🏻‍♀️

#2026

🔃The gut-immune axis is real.What you eat directly shapes how well your body fights off infections.At least seventy perc...
12/27/2025

🔃The gut-immune axis is real.

What you eat directly shapes how well your body fights off infections.

At least seventy percent of your immune system sits along your digestive tract.

So every meal either strengthens your defenses or adds stress to an already busy system.

Here is what is happening beneath the surface:

🦠 Your gut bacteria train your immune cells
A diverse microbiome teaches your immune system how to respond appropriately. Poor diversity leads to overreactions, underreactions, and more frequent illness.

🔥 Inflammation from food hits the immune system instantly
Processed oils, sugars, and additives increase inflammatory cytokines. When inflammation is high, your immune system becomes less efficient at clearing viruses and bacteria.

🧹 Your gut lining controls what reaches your immune cells
If your gut barrier is compromised, more particles cross into the bloodstream. This forces your immune system to respond to things it should never have to deal with.

꩜ Blood sugar stability affects immune strength
Even mild blood sugar swings weaken immune surveillance. Stable blood sugar supports faster recovery and lower inflammation.

🧪 Nutrient absorption happens in the gut
If your gut is inflamed, you absorb fewer immune-critical nutrients like zinc, vitamin A, selenium, and iron.

Food quality means nothing if your gut cannot extract what you need.

Your gut is not just about digestion.

It is the foundation of your immune resilience.

If you keep getting sick or feel inflamed all the time, look at what is happening in the gut.

Support there changes your immune system everywhere.

12/27/2025

Your body is smart. These symptoms are clues, not curses.
So instead of suppressing them…
Let’s decode them.
Because healing isn’t about silencing symptoms.
It’s about listening to what they’re trying to say.
💬 Tell me: What symptom have you been taught to ignore?

Just waiting for someone to run the right tests so I can stop questioning reality 🫠If you have symptoms and “perfect” la...
12/26/2025

Just waiting for someone to run the right tests so I can stop questioning reality 🫠

If you have symptoms and “perfect” labs, you are not imagining it.

Standard bloodwork often misses the early stages of immune dysregulation, inflammation, gut issues, hormonal shifts, and nutrient deficiencies.

Here is what normal labs do not always catch:
🆘 early autoimmunity
🆘 mild gut permeability
🆘 chronic infections
🆘 mitochondrial dysfunction
🆘 cortisol curve disruptions
🆘 blood sugar instability
🆘 micronutrient depletion
🆘 histamine issues
🆘 inflammatory cytokines

This is why so many people get told they are fine when they clearly are not.

❌You do not need dramatic lab abnormalities to feel terrible.
✅You need someone who knows which systems to look at and why the symptoms are happening in the first place.

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Dr. Lindsey Carr, DC, CACCP and Dr. Allison Bomar-Hyong are a chiropractors at Midtown Chiropractic in Memphis, TN. If you are struggling with neck or back pain, headaches or migraines, carpal tunnel, sciatica, or any other health condition please call us today or visit our website and take advantage of our new patient special.