If getting fit has topped the New Year’s resolution list annually, only to fall to the bottom by February, consider setting manageable goals that develop healthy habits. That is the intent of Dillberg Integrated Healthcare’s offering two free therapeutic lifestyle
If getting fit has topped the New Year’s resolution list annually, only to fall to the bottom by February, consider setting manageable goals that develop healthy habits. That is the intent of Dillberg Integrated Healthcare’s offering two free therapeutic lifestyle class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday and Jan. 12 at their Po‘ipu Clinic.
“We’ll identify where you are and where you want to be,” said Michele Dillberg.
The class will cover six categories affecting choices people make that include sleep, movement and nutrition. A “therapeutic lifestyle” means making choices every day that enhance life by adopting habits of mindful, healthy living, the press release states.
“Think of all degenerative diseases — cancer, allergies, cholesterol; the one thing they have in common is lifestyle,” she said. “The choices we make every day matter. An effective health coaching system allows people to recognize the choices they make have an impact and allows them to articulate what choices they need to make to reach a goal.”
Goals vary from client to client, she went on to say. One person’s goal may be to make pain go away while for another it is to learn preventative care. The family business comprised of Michele, husband, chiropractor Dr. Kerry Dillberg and son, licensed acupuncturist Dustin Dillberg, specializes in nutrition, postural rehabilitation, neuro-emotional technique and traditional Chinese medicine.
Optimal health is as simple as sufficient rest, nutrition and exercise.
“We deal with people every day who’ve been sent here to die because their bodies are not strong enough to continue chemo or radiation. They are open to a holistic approach because they have no other choice.” she said.
Waiting for catastrophe to open the door to good health is what the Dillbergs discourage, that’s why they are offering free classes in therapeutic lifestyle counseling.
The program they’ve developed is built on a foundation of stress reduction. Kerry Dillberg defines four categories of stress that include physical, nutrition and chemical; mental and emotional and elector-magnetic stresses.
“We structure our practice around dealing with those stresses,” Kerry Dillberg said.
Thirty years of practice in chiropractic and Chinese medicine have helped him refine his approach to wellness. Ultimately his goal is to educate and empower people.
Prevalent in medicine today is treatment of symptoms, he said, siting high blood pressure as an example.
“Rather than treating the symptom (high blood pressure) with drugs, we look at what stresses are causing the brain to elevate the blood pressure. High blood pressure is an adapting mechanism.”
Dillberg’s program is one of elimination — the elimination of the stress that is creating an adverse condition in the body. What he’d like people to take away from the class is an understanding that good health is a choice and that the choices made daily will make life easier.
Son Dustin joined the practice three years ago after graduating with a degree in acupuncture and Chinese medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in San Diego, Calif.
“You have to schedule time for healthier habits and exercise, unless you plan on scheduling time for disease and doctor appointments later,” he said. “With preventative care you are moving toward vitality and a life free of limitations. What we want is to teach people to be more sensitive so they recognize messages from their own body.”
The Dillberg’s are bent on coaching their patients to actively participate in their own healing by helping people set health goals then develop a strategy for achieving them.
“Living an unhealthy lifestyle desensitizes us,” Kerry Dillberg said. “Every symptom is a warning sign that your body is not okay. Your brain is trying to get your attention. Everybody believes their disease began the day they were diagnosed, but it took years.”
“Once you articulate and identify a dysfunction then we can make steps toward healthy habits. The right direction is whatever your goals are,” Michele Dillberg added. “We teach techniques for people to identify where stresses are.”
Those who attend the class receive a discount on Bioimpedance Analysis, a test that provides measurable analysis to monitor progress as health improves.
Seating is limited. Call to reserve, 742-9326. For more information visit dillberghealth.com.
• Pam Woolway, lifestyle writer, can be reached at 245-3681, ext. 257 or pwoolway@kauaipubco.com.
