The Drugless Doctors’ blog includes weekly updates to events at our practice in Westlake and Elyria, current health trends, patient testimonials, and our television program, “The Drugless Doctor.”
Let's begin this video with something great 🤩
Dr. Casen is joined by Ellen who shares her experience with the "Trust Your Gut" program we offer at our practice (and in Naples with Dr. Bob) - and it's worth watching the entire video, 10/10!
If you would like more information about this program, please email us today, info@druglessdrs.com - you'll be glad you did!
Hello Everyone!
Today, we are joined with a practice member who has been with us for eight years, and she shares her health journey and how we have helped make a positive difference in here life - including our breast thermography service.
This is her second video she has done with us, and to say that it has been a journey is an understatement, and we are so grateful to continue to help her!
We would love to help you and your family, too! Visit us today in Westlake, Ohio or Naples, Florida with Dr. Bob.
Dr. Casen is joined by one of our practice members who has been with us now for four years.
She begins by sharing one of the primary reasons for visiting us, which was for pain relief - but continues the conversation on how she would be challenged with motion sickness, often on car rides.
Under our care, she has experienced pain relief, and then she shares her AHA moment when she realized that the motion sickness was no longer - how exciting! if you are looking for a new approach to health, we would love to help you.
Visit us today in Westlake, Ohio or Naples, Florida with Dr. Bob (@DruglessDoctor) - you'll be glad you did!
We recently began providing Peripheral Neuropathy services in Westlake and Naples, and have received many positive results, including Kathy, who is here to share her story:
In the video, Kathy explains that she was experiencing numbness and tingling in her right hand. Upon deciding to do the therapy, she did the sensory program with Dr. Casen, and discovered she had more sensory loss than she was aware of in her feet (40%) and 10% in her hands.
We invite you to watch the continued outcome that Kathy is positively experiencing with our program, and we encourage you to give us a call or email us, info@druglessdrs.com, if you are interested in starting Peripheral Neuropathy at The Drugless Doctors today!
Happy 2024, Everyone!
We are excited for what is ahead in the new year, and we are back with our annual Drugless Detox program. In the three videos that we have for you, we discuss what is involved with our protocol, common detoxification questions, and some encouragement, especially if this is your first detox.
Our goal is to help you every step of the way in this process, and if you have any questions, please email info@druglessdrs.com today!
We would also encourage you to read Dr. Bob’s Drugless Guide to Detoxification, as this has been a resource for thousands of individuals around the world.
When you come to visit us at our Westlake office, we would love to hear your goals for the year as well - especially health-related ones, as we would love to be part of that journey with you.
Have you ever been in so much pain that you couldn't even walk?
For active individuals, this would definitely alter your way of living - which was Deb's case prior to her visiting our practice.
In addition to helping her resolve the pain she was experiencing, we also were able to dramatically reduce her migraines naturally.
Listen as she tells her story as well as Dr. Casen explains our process of care to each practice member’s body signals to create a personalized plan just for you.
Come and visit us today in Westlake, OH or Naples, FL - you'll be glad you did!
Testimonial: Pain-Free, Help with Pregnancy, No More Headaches
Hello, Everyone!
Dr. Casen is joined by one of our practice members who shares about their health journey after finding out about our office from social media.
Some of the benefits have included no more headaches, back pain relief, her children's health is better, including bed-wetting relief, and so much more.
Come and visit us today at our Westlake, Ohio or Naples, Florida practice to assist you in chiropractic, personalized nutrition, breast thermography, and peripheral neuropathy.
Dr. Casen shares this Q & A with one of our practice members who came into our office for a variety of health-related circumstances, and we are happy to report that not only is she feeling better, but she has brought in her children who are also seeing the benefits of chiropractic care.
We would love to help you and your family, too! Come and visit us today in Westlake, Ohio or Naples, Florida.
Dr. Casen & Anita
Hello, Everyone!
Today, Dr. Casen welcomes Anita, who has a fantastic testimonial to share with us.
Some of the questions that Dr. Casen asks and Anita gives her candid responses include:
- What first brought her in over twenty-five years ago, and then again seven years ago until today …
- What was life like pre-The Drugless Doctors?
- How has your knee pain improved since visiting The Drugless Doctors?
- How would you describe your skin’s sensitivity to the sun prior to coming to visit us and then after using the nutritional support we personally recommended?
We love being able to see real life change in the lives of our practice members, and we would love to do the same for you!
Consider coming to visit us in Westlake, Ohio today for chiropractic, peripheral neuropathy, breast thermography, or personalized nutrition coaching.
Let’s Celebrate!
Hello Everyone!
This month we are celebrating ten years at our Westlake office, and it has flown by! We wanted to take this moment and say THANK YOU to everyone we have been able to help, as well as our practice members who continue to refer people in their world to visit us for chiropractic, breast thermography, and personalized nutrition.
As a continue THANK YOU, we are having a special 10% discount in our Wellness Store (Westlake practice only) from March 20-March 30. Come on in, grab some nutrition, and snap a photo with us - we know, you’ll be glad you did!
Product Updates & Book Recommendations
Hi Everyone!
We have three short videos for you this month about product rebrands, name changes, and book recommendations.
First, Dr. Anthony shares about a product rebrand, including updated packaging from Omega Nutrition.
He then continues to share about a name change with one of our popular products from Gaia Herbs.
Lastly, Dr. Casen is here with a book that she highly recommends for each of our practice members to read.
As always, we appreciate each and every one of you - have a great month, and come and visit us in Westlake or Naples, Florida with Dr. Bob!
Dr. Casen and Dr. Anthony DeMaria are ICPA-certified in pediatric chiropractic.
Hello Everyone,
One of our favorite things to see in our practice are healthy growing kids, and if you're here in our Westlake location, you might see families and babies, and even as you're reading this, you might see strollers coming in and you might be thinking to yourself, "Why would a newborn baby come to see the chiropractor?"
That's a great question!
What's really amazing about our body is when you first were born, the birth process, that is 90 pounds of pressure on the brain and the spinal cord. So out of curiosity, how many of you, raise of hands, have ever run into a glass door before? Maybe you don't want to admit it, or maybe a screen or something that was so clean you didn't even know that it was there. Well, what I want you to think about is that impact of that child running full force into the door, it impacted his spine for the rest of his life.
What's really amazing about that is as chiropractors, we evaluate spinal function to see if there's any of those misalignments that could have happened when you were a child of different postures, and the benefit of specific adjustments, it changes everything: Better school, better focus, maybe you will be getting along with your family members better, even choosing better choices like eating more vegetables, sleep, posture, it's all connected with the nervous system.
So if you know someone that's younger and you watch them and they're playing sports and they have backpacks on, consider sharing our office with them, I know you'll be glad you did.
Dr. Casen interviews one of our young practice members who shares that they would wake up three times a night, but with chiropractic care, they can now sleep without any interruptions - how exciting!
If you have young children in your life and are looking for a new approach to optimal health, including chiropractic, both Dr. Anthony and Dr. Casen are certified with the ICPA and are happy to assist.
Contact us today at (440) 471-4200 to schedule your appointment - you’ll be glad you did!
Hi Everyone!
Today, Dr. Casen DeMaria has a special friend with her, who shares what it was like on their first visit and how we have been able to help their tummy aches naturally with chiropractic care and also changing their eating habits.
If you have young children in your life and are looking for a new approach to optimal health, including chiropractic, both Dr. Anthony and Dr. Casen are certified with the ICPA and are happy to assist.
Contact us today at (440) 471-4200 to schedule your appointment - you’ll be glad you did!
Dr. Casen DeMaria Welcomes You to Breast Thermography
Hi Everyone!
In this special blog series, we have five new videos that will give you a tour, answer your common questions, provide testimonials, and what equipment we use to provide you with a natural breast health strategy during our breast thermography service at our practice in Westlake, Ohio. Let’s begin!
In this video above, Dr. Casen DeMaria is your guide as she shares what happens when you visit us for a breast thermography session. This non-invasive approach to optimal breast health has been part of our practice for many years and has helped women from all over the world.
Dr. Casen shares what happens when you first sit down to your breast thermography session at our practice.
Dr. Casen shares with us the camera she uses during the breast thermography session
Dr. Casen shares the top three questions we are asked when it comes to receiving breast thermography, including if you can have a thermography session done while pregnant.
Women travel from all over the world to visit us for breast thermography, and Dr. Casen shares with us the most common body signal that improves when incorporating and starting our personalized breast health plan for you.
Ready to book your appointment? Call us today at 440-471-4200 to schedule!
Dr. Casen and Dr. Bob DeMaria discuss stress prevention
Hello, Everyone; Dr. Casen and Dr. Bob are coming to you from Westlake, Ohio, and Naples, Florida, and we will be talking about one of your top goals. When we see members in our office, or if we're talking to them online and on videos, what's really interesting is that many people have similar goals, and it's DECREASING STRESS.
Stress creates an acid pH in your body. So, if you're underneath stress and your pH goes down, that's acid. When you're under pressure, your body will burn up minerals. So I now make sure that I have calcium in my body regularly. I'll never forget, I happened to be in Florida, and there were these people that had this like suntan lotion on their lips, and I knew what was going on. They thought if the sun didn't hit their lips, they wouldn't get cold sores, and I wanted so bad to go over and tap on them and say, "The sun is taking calcium out of your body." So if you have leg cramps at night, cramping, starting to notice some cold sores, some Celtic Sea Salt, maybe some Cal-Mag-Zyme that we use in our office, perhaps some Bio-CMP, you might think about adding an L-lysine, which helps the absorption of calcium. I don't have cold sores anymore because I take calcium.
We have this Selina Naturally, their Celtic Sea Salt, I was reading some research on this, and the quality of the minerals; it also has some zinc in it and other nutrients, but you can sprinkle it on your food like seasoning to taste, but also sprinkle a fourth of a teaspoon in your water bottle, your kids, all of these different electrolyte powders and drinks that you see out there, a lot of them don't have these electrolytes that they portray themselves have, but they might have dyes and sugars. It's easy to incorporate.
Also, when it comes to stress, you'll hear a lot about B vitamins. The product I have right now is Bio-B 100, which is a lower amount of dose in regards to when it comes to B's. Still, our body goes through minerals and B vitamins, which can impact heart health, overall muscle tissue, and brain health. I know so many people right now; their bodies feel tight, and they say, "You know what? I can't relax; I can't relax my shoulders." And it can impact their breathing, their immune system, and we all utilize B vitamins, but mainly if you have a greater demand going on in your body right now.
People who need B vitamins usually cry easily and have sore muscles after exercise. Let's say you go to bed at 10 o'clock, and if you wake up at 11 o'clock, it could be a possible B vitamin need; your blood pressure might drop from a sit to a standing position. I take B vitamins regularly to help prevent all the issues you may have, and it's essential, so I can hold that one for you if you want to use it.
It's perfect to have on hand for prevention. Also, when it comes to stress and as chiropractors, we work on spinal function, but one of the most significant areas of the spine that we work with that always has extra stress and pressure because of gravity is that upper cervical curve.
Whether it is from food choices because you have to think that nerve only has so much room, so it could be from cookies, grains, dairy, maybe things that you don't typically consume, it can cause inflammation on those nerve roots, and that can cause, whether it's numbness and tingling in the body. We've had a lot of people with dizziness and balance and coordination challenges, increased heart rate, I know with our other nutritional services, whether it's blood pressure or cholesterol, all of these things that could be coming from foods, but also what I want you to think about is your posture. Through the seasons and with stress, you might find yourself leaning forward more in this forward position, and we want to work on, number one, whether it's us that you see or someone in your area, you want to find a skilled chiropractor who does X-rays of the spine.
You can see what's going on, but you also want to be working on strength training and exercises to help bring everything back. What's interesting, Dr. Bob? I was working with a girl, and we saw her a year ago, and I said to her, "So, what's different this year?" And she said, "Well, I want to stop saying to myself, I'm just getting older, and it's just with age." And I said, "So has anything changed?" She said, "Nope, I still have neck, lower back, mid-back, aches, and pains, and she can't move." And I said, "Okay, it will take some work. Are you willing to make a change?" And she said, "Yes."
Another product that we have, it's called Bio-Ashwagandha. It's kind of like what we call an adaptogen; it just kind of slows the body down because we all have a lot of stress going on just regardless, if it's good stress or negative stress, so Bio-Ashwagandha would help you, you could even take one or two every day. So you may consider some Celtic Sea Salt, put it on your food, use it liberally, and a couple of B vitamins every day. If you have a lot of stress, think about Bio-Ashwagandha. Feeling all those cold sores will be crucial to increasing your calcium. So that was a lot of information.
It was. You should go back and check it out, stop it, share it with a loved one. I know that you'll be glad that you did, and we look forward to helping you.
Improving Body Function: Posture, Food Choices, & More
Hello Everyone, Dr. Casen and Dr. Bob coming to you from Westlake, and we are so excited to share with you how we can help to improve function naturally in your body without drugs.
Here are the three top takeaways for you within the video (watch below):
Number one: For us, we are chiropractors, so number one, we're working on your brain and your spinal cord. And what's really interesting, right now with stress and everything else going on, so many people today, they have this forward posture.
Maybe you don't look at your posture, but we want to encourage you right now, start looking at people's posture. And, do you have a tendency to slouch? That's one of the biggest things that we're seeing with our students and our kids right now. Whether they're in sports or they have heavy backpacks, literally every inch your head goes forward it's one bowling ball of pressure on your spinal cord.
So, we take images, we take X-rays of the spine and we can actually evaluate how your spine's moving or not moving. So, if you've never had your spine evaluated through X-rays, through films, I encourage you to schedule an appointment, especially if you have young kids. Your spine is not completely grown until you're 22.
Number two: What did you eat for breakfast, lunch, dinner? What do you have planned for this week whenever you're watching us for your kids and your family? What have you prepared already for this week for that fuel in your body? It's literally like you're filling up your rocket ship.
What's kind of interesting is that most people eat between 12 and 15 foods. And this individual right here, every night they have a heavy shot of espresso with heavy cream and sugar-free vanilla syrup. You can see, every night they had that. And so, then also, so we're not here to say what food is a good or a bad food, but there's something called a nightshade: tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant and green pepper. We’re not saying they're good or bad, but there's some people that have issues with nightshades, and you can see I have circled Dr. C that they had potatoes every night.
Number three: The liver is such a key organ. We do breast thermography in the office and the breasts drain into the armpit which drains into the liver. So, we know that if a woman has congestion in the armpit area they have potential to have some liver distress also compounding that.
We know that the liver's the main filter in the body. But, you know, Dr. Casen, I wrote a book on preventing surgery, and one of the chapters in there is about spinal surgery. And I talk about the liver. We literally see the liver go down to a person's pelvis. So, if you have a liver that's not functioning optimally it can cause back pain.
Ladies, do you have tender breasts, heavy menses? Body signals that your liver might not be functioning optimally. And gentlemen, if you're having any kind of prostate issue, your liver has to process estrogen for you also. So the liver is just one of many, many organs in the body that can impact individual health.
- And what's really interesting as we're talking about prevention, and I was thinking about this today, Dr. Bob, as we were reviewing some of these breast thermography results, it's such an illusion for you if you have low risk at something or if you're going to get your blood test done once a year. Think of how much can happen in your life, whether it's a change overall in your responsibilities, stress, activities, foods, over time those factors can contribute to other things which could be a compromised immune system, low energy, brain fog, mental health, Dr. Bob. It's all connected. So, whether it's ourselves or someone else in your life, you really wanna have a consistent wellness strategy.
With chiropractic, with nutrition, breast thermography, something that you're continually working on these habits, because it does not happen overnight and you can't expect to be happy and healthy long term if you're not really working on these habits overall.
Why don't you give them some final thoughts, Dr. Casen?
So, number one, look at your posture. Check out to see how your body's functioning on the inside. I know Dr. Bob and I talked about food choices. So start looking at what you are preparing this week for your breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And if you need tips go ahead and look at our YouTube channels and our social media. And lastly, in regards to your liver health, if you do have these body signals, consider scheduling an appointment in our office or look us up online on druglessdoctor.com on our global website. Contact us today for an appointment.
Breast Health: Thermography, Prevention, & More!
Hello Everyone! Dr. Casen and Dr. Bob coming to you from Westlake, Ohio.
Here is our transcript from the video, which you can watch below. Thank you for visiting our page as well. If you are looking for information on breast thermography, please go here to RSVP for upcoming sessions in both Westlake, Ohio and Naples, Florida.
Video Transcript
And we are talking to you about one of the most popular things I think, every month, every year, Dr. Bob, and it is women's health. And I know you have been so blessed and we've been so blessed to be able to use your book as a resource for all of these ladies and all of the stories that we hear. And I know that you're emailing us, Facebooking us.
We have so many questions on your "Ask Dr. Bob", and a lot comes down to the basics, Dr. Bob, of how our body works. And maybe you could be having different body signals in your body right now, whether it's tenderness in your breasts, a heavy menstrual flow, overall, maybe difficulty losing weight, or you're tired, and you're-
- Depressed.
- Anxiety, constipation, low energy.
- And I was just working with a woman with veins on her legs. And she's having all of these really, really painful procedures that she's having done. And it all goes to the root of how your body's working or not working. So, let's start, Dr. Bob, with the liver and tell us the big idea of how it all works together.
- Well, the liver is probably the most important key when it comes to everybody's health, but especially women's health. So, this is a model of the liver. This is what our normal liver would look like, and Dr. Casen, you want to hold that for me? This would be a fatty liver. You hear so much about fatty liver. And in our practice today, we take films standing up. So we'll see large livers. Your liver should stop around the bottom of your right rib on the right side, the lower rib. And if it extends past that, which we do see a lot of people's ribs go way down to their abdomen. That's not necessarily a good sign. This is a very severely damaged liver, usually oftentimes from alcohol. We're going to flip the liver over and I want you to see the gallbladder is there. Now, the gallbladder is a reservoir of bile. Your liver makes bile, so think of bile as your dish detergent in your body. So it emulsifies fat, but if you consume maybe too much alcohol, and you're taking a lot of medications, maybe even a lot of fruit, and you're placing a demand on your liver, you'll get thick pasty bile, and you're gonna have potential with some gallbladder issues. Now, Dr. Casen just mentioned about the lady with the vein issue. So this big blue area right here, this is called the vena cava. So we have a superior and an inferior vena cava. So blood flows from your veins, from your veins up through your liver on the way to your heart. So if this liver is compromised, from whatever reason, there'll be a backup, and that is a vein issue, hemorrhoids and spider veins, Dr. Casen.
- And then what's really interesting is, okay, I'm going to give this back to you here. When your liver's plugged up, we have this tool in our office called Breast Thermography. And what happens is, if your liver's not properly processing everything, it can actually back up into your lymphatic system. And then we see increased temperature in your breasts as inflammation, fibrocystic tissue. Overall, we also see increased estrogen in your body,
- Yeah.
- Whether it's in your breasts, or other areas, Dr. Bob, I know,
- Heavy flow.
- Flow. And I think tying this all together, when we talk about women's health, and I wrote "Dr. Bob's Drugless Guide to Balancing Female Hormones." I'd encourage you to look at it and get it because you're going to learn how all these pieces interchange with each other. So this happens to be the uterus, and this is the vagina, and these are the ovaries right here. So, if your liver is compromised and you have excessive estrogen, you have a greater chance to have a fibroid or a tumor in your uterus. If also, Dr. Casen briefly talked about breast health, we also know that if you don't have enough iodine in your body, you can have cysts on your ovaries. And a lot of times you don't have enough iodine, you have a low thyroid. Body signals for a low thyroid include cold hands, cold feet, thinning hair, high cholesterol, constipation, morning headaches. So, we know that all of these organs are so important and they interchange with each other.
- And it starts at a young age, so you might be thinking, "Oh my goodness, I have a daughter or a granddaughter." And when we start working with our kids in our office, it's amazing when a female first gets her menstrual cycle, if she has a irregular cycle, or tender breasts, or a heavy flow, Dr. Bob, the traditional solution for a young girl like that is to be put on some type of birth control.
- And that just compounds the problem. And they'll never get off of that. So, we know that the liver is really important. If you live anywhere in the United States and you can't have, if someone's not willing to service you, you really should come and visit us either here in Westlake or in our Naples office. And we take our films standing up. This is so, so important. Now, a couple other thoughts when it comes to women's health, we see a lot of ladies today that may have issues, and it's not just women, but with depression and anxiety, especially postpartum depression, which means after you have your baby. Well, we'll do a blood test called the Omega Test. And one of the oils we look for is DHA, because your oils are depleted, especially after baby number two. And we have seen that you can have depression issues because of the wrong oil. And we also talked a little bit about the thyroid gland and iodine. So let me give you this, because I wrote also "Dr. Bob's Drugless Guide to Mental Health." The adrenal glands make adrenaline. Your body uses something called tyrosine, which is an amino acid, to make adrenaline. Tyrosine is a natural anti-depressant. Tyrosine and iodine make thyroid hormone. So you could have adrenal stress, low thyroid, and depression all wrapped up in one because of stress. And Dr. Casen, myself, and Dr. Anthony, you know, our combined time working together on the planet, we have over 65 years of experience. And all three of us will tell you, the last year has been the most amazing year in our practice because these people have all kinds of stuff because of anxiety and worry. And anxiety and worry, by the way, impacts the spleen. The kidneys, fear; lungs are sadness, you have a cough, then you have sadness. But you can have anxiety and worry, which impacts the spleen, which impacts the lymphatic system. It's a big puzzle, isn't it?
- It is, and the good news is, we're your puzzle
- Solvers!
- Solvers!
- So, I know all these body signals, you're watching us, you can rewatch us, but the great news is, even in the last year, Dr. Bob, it's so amazing to see kids and families improve without drugs.
- Without drugs.
- Through chiropractic and nutrition, and some love. A lot of you, maybe just need some more love in your life and someone to really go step-by-step with you.
- We do hug. So we've hugged a lot of people that really have needed it because they don't know where to go. So we're here to help you. I'm Dr. Bob DeMaria, this is Dr. Casen DeMaria. Look forward to seeing you in our office. Thank you so much.
- Bye!
Dr. Casen DeMaria Featured on The Dr. Axe Show
Hello Friends!
We are so excited to announce that Dr. Casen was a guest on The Dr. Axe Show with co-host Naomi Whittel. In this episode, Dr. Casen shares about breast health, including the benefits of breast thermography - what age is best to begin, what foods you should be eating, and so much more!
To RSVP for the upcoming breast thermography sessions at our Westlake practice, please email info@druglessdrs.com - also, please share this blog with as many people as you know who can benefit.
Interested in having Dr. Casen speak on your podcast or event? Email her today at drcasen@druglessdrs.com.
A Visit to The Chef's Garden in Huron, Ohio
Hi Everyone!
For almost two years now, we have been partnering with The Chef’s Garden in Huron, Ohio, and always enjoy visiting their farmer’s market on the weekend during the summer.
On this visit, we were happy to see a new area of their expansive operation, and in the video below, we share more about how they incorporate regenerative farming practices to provide you with the best tasting, and most nutrient-dense vegetables that you can eat.
If you are interested in receiving their home delivery box, please visit this link, which takes you directly to their website.
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We also invite you to share this blog with anyone who may be interested in learning more about chiropractic, nutrition, and breast thermography, which we offer at our Westlake, Ohio practice.
The Drugless Doctors is a chiropractic and nutrition-based wellness clinic in Westlake and Elyria, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland. We specialize in advanced chiropractic techniques, pediatric chiropractic, sports chiropractic and personalized nutritional services.
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