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Monday 9am - 10:30am 3:30pm - 5:30pm Tuesday 3:30pm - 6:30pm Wednesday 9am - 10:30am 3:30pm - 5:30pm Thursday 9am - 10:30am 3:30pm - 6:30pm Friday 2pm - 5pm

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11/13/2025

Holidays are here again! If your normal adjustment falls on one of the dates the office will be closed, please reach out to reschedule ahead of time so you don't end up like Santa here.

We’ll be closed on the following dates:

Wed–Fri, Nov 26–28 (Thanksgiving Week)

Mon–Fri, Dec 22–26 (Christmas Week)

Wed–Fri, Dec 31–Jan 2 (New Year’s Week)

11/07/2025

Down in Boca this weekend to sharpen skills and learn some new ones. The link between balance and cognitive function is grossly understated in medical care today despite the overwhelming evidence that as you struggle with balance, cognitive decline accelerates proportionally to your loss of balance. Don't wait until you fall to look for help.

10/16/2025

👉 What if you quit right before your body was about to reward you for your consistency?

We live in a world that celebrates quick results — but when it comes to healing, the body doesn’t work on a 7-day timeline.

Every tissue in your body repairs at its own pace. Your gut lining might regenerate in a few days, while deeper structures like joints, tendons, or nerves can take months or years. Even your red blood cells need about 120 days to fully turn over.

That means when you start making changes — whether it’s improving your diet, reducing inflammation, or supporting your gut — your early wins are often happening under the surface long before you feel them.

Then, just as things start moving in the right direction, we often assume we’ve “hit a wall” or reached a plateau — that the gains have stopped. In reality, the deepest changes are still unfolding. The body may need several full cell-turnover cycles for those deeper layers of healing to show up. This is when consistency and belief in the process matter most.

Consistency is what turns short-term relief into lasting results.
Your body needs time, repetition, and the right environment to build healthy new cells that stay healthy.

So if you’re not seeing instant change — stay the course.
Each day of doing the right things adds up, cell by cell.

✨ Healing isn’t a moment; it’s a process. And consistency is what allows that process to finish what it started.

10/09/2025

👉 Your Brain Remembers Every Step You’ve Ever Taken — Even the Wrong Ones

Recently I worked with several patients who have been living with challenges like scoliosis, prior back surgeries, or joint replacements. Prior to meeting them, their bodies had learned to “protect” the painful areas by changing how they walk or move their body.

We want the body to identify threats and use its innate intelligence to adapt to the current situation. The adaptation is there to buy us time to fix the root cause of the pain. The problem is when we let those protective patterns become habitual. We form neural ruts — grooves in the brain that tell the body, “this is how we walk to avoid further damage,” even long after the original pain has improved.

A chiropractic adjustment helps realign the spine, but it doesn’t erase those ruts overnight. What it does is give the body a chance to start building new, healthier neural pathways — a process called neuroplasticity.

Younger patients or those who seek care as soon as they are injured often retrain these movement patterns faster. Those who wait until later in life can still make amazing progress, but it may take more time and consistency as the body rebuilds those pathways. This is one of the many reasons why maintenance care is so important. Long after the pain levels are gone, we are still working on reprogramming movement patterns.

The sooner you start teaching your body to move the right way again, the easier it is to hold your adjustments and stay balanced longer.

✨ Whether your goal is to walk without pain, stand taller, or simply move with more confidence, your body and brain can relearn. You just have to give them the opportunity.

10/02/2025

Why Your Hormone Lab Results Might Look “Normal” — But You Still Don’t Feel Like Yourself

When most women ask their doctor about hormones, they’re usually offered a basic hormone panel. These tests are designed for one purpose:

👉 To check for disease states that meet the criteria for a medical diagnosis like thyroid disorders, menopause status, or PCOS.

That means your labs can come back “normal” — even if you’re struggling with:

Fatigue that won’t lift

Mood swings or anxiety

Weight gain despite healthy habits

Hot Flashes

PMS or cycle irregularities

Sleep struggles

Here’s the problem: a standard panel only looks at a handful of hormones in isolation.

The Vibrant Wellness Hormone Zoomer that we use is a functional lab test that goes several steps deeper:

✅ Measures a much wider array of s*x hormones, metabolites, and binding proteins
✅ Shows how well your body is processing and clearing estrogen (important for women with family history of breast cancer or endometriosis)
✅ Identifies subtle imbalances in hormone ratios (like estrogen to progesterone) that drive symptoms long before a disease state exists
✅ Reveals adrenal and stress hormone patterns that can explain fatigue, brain fog, or stubborn weight

The Hormone Zoomer measures 20+ adrenal hormones, 30+ s*x hormones, 13 endocrine disruptors, and looks at markers tied to oxidative stress and bone turnover.

👉 In short: instead of just asking “Do you have a diagnosable disease?” the Hormone Zoomer helps us ask:
“Where is your hormone balance being thrown off — and how can we restore it so you feel like yourself again?”

Because sometimes the answer isn’t a diagnosis. It’s a framework that makes sense of your symptoms long before a disease label ever could. DM me if you want to learn more about the Hormone Zoomer.

09/30/2025

🧪 Tylenol, Glutathione, and Your Brain

You’ve probably seen the headlines about new warnings around Tylenol use in pregnancy and toddlers. While there are many reasons to avoid Tylenol use, it's not the singular issue in the complex make-up of autism causation. The important issue in the recent news is what Tylenol does to contribute to autism rates: it depletes glutathione — your body’s master antioxidant and detox molecule.

👉 In toddlers, this matters because their brains are still “under construction.” If glutathione runs out during that critical wiring phase, it can disrupt normal neurological development. That’s why the autism connection is being debated so heavily.

But here’s the part nobody’s talking about: glutathione depletion affects adults too. We may not rewire our brains anymore, but chronic low glutathione is linked to brain fog, depression, memory decline, and even neurodegenerative conditions.

It’s not just Tylenol. Glutathione also gets drained by:

🍷 Regular alcohol use

🦠 Chronic infections or mold exposure

☣️ Environmental toxins (pesticides, air pollution, heavy metals)

🥫 Poor diet and nutrient deficiencies

💊 Certain medications

The good news? You can protect your glutathione levels with a few simple steps:

✅ Cut back on alcohol and toxins where you can
✅ Eat sulfur-rich foods like garlic, onions, and broccoli to help your body make more
✅ Use therapies like sauna, red light, or even consistent exercise to boost your antioxidant defenses

Your glutathione is like your body’s cleanup crew — protect it, and it will protect you. 💪

09/27/2025

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09/23/2025

⚠️ You can eat clean, exercise, and take supplements—but if you don’t get good sleep, all that effort may be going to waste.

Here’s why:
Poor sleep doesn’t just make you tired the next day—it sparks a chain reaction of oxidative stress that impacts your brain, heart, immune system, metabolism, and even your DNA.

Your brain misses its nightly “detox wash,” leaving you foggy and irritable.

Your heart pumps harder than it should, raising blood pressure.

Your immune system slows down, making it harder to fight off illness.

Your metabolism shifts toward sugar cravings and stubborn weight gain.

Your body’s repair systems never fully catch up.

👉 In other words, poor sleep quietly ages you faster—undoing the benefits of the healthy choices you’re working so hard to make.

I break this down hour by hour in a new blog post following the story of Jane—a mom who thought “one bad night of sleep” wasn’t a big deal…until she learned how her body was really paying the price.

📖 Read the full story here: https://dunamisfamilyhealth.com/bedtime-procrastination-late-night-scrolling-sleep-debt/

09/18/2025

What is Oxidative Stress—and Why Should You Care?

Oxidative Stress is essentially cell damage. Think of it like “rust” forming inside your body. It happens when free radicals outnumber your immune system’s natural defenses. Over time, this imbalance can damage cells, tissues, and even DNA. Damaged DNA = Accelerated Aging.

6 Common Causes of Oxidative Stress:

Diets high in processed or fried foods

Environmental toxins (pesticides, pollution, smoke, molds)

Chronic stress

Poor sleep and/or irregular sleep patterns

Alcohol or recreational drug use

Sedentary lifestyle

👉 Here’s the bottom line: Oxidative stress doesn’t just affect older adults—it accelerates the wear and tear of aging at any age. The choices you make each day can either fuel premature aging…or help preserve your energy, vitality, and longevity.

09/16/2025

You can’t medicate away a lifestyle.

Weight gain is not caused by a prescription deficiency. It’s the result of habits, stress, sleep, and environment. A pill might change your chemistry for a while, but it won’t rewrite the choices that created the problem.

Medications can suppress appetite, but they can’t cook your meals, move your body, or reset your routines. Lasting change comes from transforming the lifestyle that drives the weight in the first place.

09/11/2025

✨ **Big News from Dunamis Family Health!** ✨

We’re excited to announce that our office has officially partnered with **Vibrant America / Vibrant Wellness Labs** to bring **cutting-edge functional testing** directly to our patients—without the need for lab blood draws in most cases.

These tests give deep insights into:
☑️ **Hormones** – uncover imbalances that affect energy, mood, and weight
☑️ **Gut health** – identify hidden issues behind bloating, sensitivities, or absorption problems
☑️ **Genetics** – reveal strengths & weaknesses that show where your body may need extra support
☑️ **Toxicity** – assess your burden from mold, metals, and environmental exposures
☑️ **Metabolism** – see how your body processes nutrients, sugar, and energy

Unlike many offices that add large markups to lab costs, at **Dunamis Family Health we don’t mark up the labs at all.** On average, that means you’re saving **about \$700** compared to ordering the same tests elsewhere. That’s **\$700 you can apply toward the personalized protocols that actually help you feel better.**

👉 Current bundle pricing through our office:
💡 **3 tests for \$700**
💡 **5 tests for \$1000**

In most cases, those first 3 tests give us exactly what we need to build a **custom protocol** to help you:
✨ Reclaim your energy
✨ Sleep better
✨ Lose stubborn weight
✨ Lift the brain fog
✨ Reduce body aches & pains

📩 Send me a DM if you’d like to know more about how functional labs can help you get the answers you’ve been searching for.
📞 Or call our office to schedule your **free 10-minute discovery call** with Dr. Joe.

Your health deserves clarity—without inflated costs. 💙

09/09/2025

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin produced by molds that are commonly found in coffee. Let’s talk about what it is, why it matters, how to avoid it, and how to tell if it’s part of your symptoms.

What it is & why it matters

OTA is made by certain Aspergillus/Penicillium molds. Because of modern harvesting, processing and storage practices, it's present in a lot of coffees and can also show up in spices, dried fruits/raisins, cocoa/chocolate, wines, and some grains.

It’s heat-stable, so boiling, roasting or cooking won't completely eliminate it. It can irritate the gut and stress detox systems, causing fatigue, brain fog, and the “mystery” symptoms that doctors have difficulty explaining in some people.

How to reduce exposure (easy wins)

Buy fresh, whole beans from roasters with strong quality controls; finish an opened bag in 3–4 weeks. We use Lifeboost coffee because of their strong third party mycotoxin testing.

Store beans in a cool dry place in an airtight container; don’t keep them next to the stove or in a humid pantry.

Grind just before brewing and clean grinders/coffee makers weekly.

In humid climates, buy small jars of spices and keep dried fruits sealed (refrigerate after opening).

How to know for sure if this is something affecting you:

A simple urine mycotoxin test can check for Ochratoxin A (plus other mycotoxins) and clarify whether exposure is contributing to your symptoms. It's not common for you medical doctor to suspect OTA or to order this test unless they have done specific functional medicine training. It is a very common test ordered by functional medicine practitioners because mycotoxins can be an underlying cause of many health problems.

How to get rid of OTA if you have it:

Eliminating exposure may be enough if your detox genetics are robust. If you’re still struggling and want clarity, we offer mycotoxin testing for OTA and more and clinically tested protocols to help your body clear them. DM me or call the office to get started.

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120 Treemonte Drive
Orange City, FL
32763

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Monday	9am - 10:30am
	3:30pm - 5:30pm
Tuesday	3:30pm - 6:30pm
Wednesday	9am - 10:30am
	3:30pm - 5:30pm
Thursday	9am - 10:30am
	3:30pm - 6:30pm
Friday	2pm - 5pm

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https://dunamisfamilyhealth.com/

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About Dr. Joe

Dr. Joe Ramirez, D.C. is the Clinic Director of the Elevation Health Debary office, an extension of one of the most successful practices in the world (Elevation Health Lake Mary). He has been in practice since 2011.

He decided to attend Chiropractic School based on his personal experience with the life-changing power of Chiropractic. He and his wife saw their health in steep decline and nothing the medical doctors recommended was fixing anything. His wife suffered from migraines, unexplained heart pain, anxiety, and diagnosed Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). Doctors said she could not have children and needed to be on hormones for life. Dr. Joe suffered from a crippling autoimmune condition called Ankylosing Spondylitis since the age of 13. It’s an arthritic condition that attacks the spine and causes bones to fuse together, ultimately leading to disability. At 13 years old, he was told by one of his Rheumatologists that he would be completely disabled by the age of 40 based on the rate of his condition’s progression. He was told his only option was medication to slow that progression.

He had been to a Chiropractor in his early teens, but received only symptomatic relief care. That means he was only adjusted where he had pain. He would feel a little better for a while, but it wasn’t fixing anything. So he was very skeptical when his wife dragged him into Dr. Dan Yachter’s office. Dr. Dan took the time to evaluate his entire spine and showed Dr. Joe how the misalignments in his spine were shutting down the normal operation of his immune system. He put together a corrective plan that included Corrective Chiropractic Care, Nutrition Counseling, Detox, and Exercise. Within 2 weeks, Dr. Joe felt alive again for the first time in 17 years. It took every piece of the plan Dr. Dan recommended for him to overcome his autoimmune condition. These are the Core Principles that Dr. Joe utilizes at Elevation Health Debary today.

It was also only 2 weeks after starting his own healing journey that Dr. Joe took steps to leave the IT industry and become a Chiropractor. He attended Palmer College of Chiropractic in Port Orange, FL, graduating in 2011. He was awarded the prestigious Virgil Strang Philosophy Award, which recognizes the student who has the greatest impact in promoting the principles of Chiropractic throughout the community. Throughout his time at Palmer, Dr. Joe spent hundreds of hours learning corrective adjusting techniques (Pettibon, CBP, and the CLEAR Institute), Functional Nutrition, and Detoxification strategies not taught as part of the traditional Chiropractic curriculum. He knew through his own struggles what he would need to help his patients get truly well.