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.

Here’s the deal: when your hormones are in survival mode, cravings aren’t just about “willpower” … they’re biological.Lo...
10/25/2025

Here’s the deal: when your hormones are in survival mode, cravings aren’t just about “willpower” … they’re biological.

Low progesterone, blood sugar crashes, and cortisol spikes all send the same signal:

“Give me fast energy. Now.”

If you’re constantly battling carb cravings, it’s time to stop blaming yourself and start asking why your body is asking in the first place.

Balance your blood sugar.

Support your adrenals.

Eat enough protein.

And yes… sometimes, eat the bread (the real kind, not the artificial protein bar that tastes like drywall 😉).

You’re exhausted all day…but the second you finally slow down?🧠 Your brain wakes up.🌙 Your heart races.😵‍💫 Your body fee...
10/24/2025

You’re exhausted all day…
but the second you finally slow down?

🧠 Your brain wakes up.
🌙 Your heart races.
😵‍💫 Your body feels wired.

This isn’t just “stress.”

It’s your hormones stuck in survival mode.

When cortisol stays high and melatonin stays low, your body doesn’t know how to shut down, even when you’re desperate for rest.

This pattern can lead to:
→ Cravings
→ Anxiety
→ Poor sleep
→ Weight gain
→ And that awful cycle of fatigue → burnout → push through → crash

💥 Most people make it worse by:
— Skipping meals
— Overtraining
— Cutting calories
— Ignoring rest

But what do your hormones actually need?
✨ Gentle, blood-sugar-balanced support
✨ Nervous system care
✨ Food as fuel, not restriction
✨ Cortisol rhythm resets (like morning sun + magnesium)

📌 Save this if your body feels like it’s fighting you.

It’s not.

It’s just fighting for you… in all the wrong ways.

Let’s change that.

Hormonal symptoms aren’t random…they’re messages.But most people are taught to ignore them… or suppress them.The truth?Y...
10/23/2025

Hormonal symptoms aren’t random…they’re messages.

But most people are taught to ignore them… or suppress them.

The truth?

Your body isn’t broken. It’s brilliant.

And when you learn how to read the signals, you stop living in fear of every flare, mood swing, or sleepless night and start responding with insight.

🧠 When symptoms become clues, you take back control.

Not from a place of fear… but from embodied understanding.

A few examples:

💤 That 2am wake-up?
May point to low progesterone or liver congestion.

🔥 That PMS rage before your period?
Might be estrogen dominance or low magnesium.

😴 That crushing fatigue after lunch?
Could signal blood sugar dysregulation or cortisol crashes.

🌪️ That sudden anxiety with no trigger?
May be tied to histamine flares or adrenal imbalances.

You don’t need to over-track, obsess, or fear your body.

You just need to learn her language.

🔍 Start getting curious. Your symptoms are speaking.

Hormone symptoms aren’t just about what’s happening inside you…They’re also about what’s happening around you.🧴 Endocrin...
10/23/2025

Hormone symptoms aren’t just about what’s happening inside you…

They’re also about what’s happening around you.

🧴 Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) are found in:
🚩plastic food containers
🚩receipts
🚩scented laundry + body care
🚩nonstick cookware
🚩pesticides + flame retardants
🚩“clean” beauty with hidden fillers

And your body absorbs these daily.

⚠️ These compounds mimic or block natural hormones like estrogen, progesterone, and testosterone sending confusing messages to your cells.

This leads to:
→ irregular cycles
→ thyroid slowdown
→ estrogen dominance
→ infertility
→ anxiety + fatigue

💡 Supporting your hormones means going beyond supplements.

It means reducing the chemical burden where you can.

This isn’t about fear, it’s about empowerment.

Small swaps can make a big difference over time.

📌 Save + share this if you’re ready to detox your environment, one habit at a time.

🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️During running, the Achilles stores elastic energy while the calf eccentrically decelerates your body. In the ...
10/22/2025

🏃🏽‍♂️🏃🏽‍♂️During running, the Achilles stores elastic energy while the calf eccentrically decelerates your body. In the split-second mid-stance shift to concentric push-off, tendon fibers can be forced past their limits: >4% fiber strain = micro-strain; >8% = rupture.

☢ That transition is the danger zone especially with sprint starts, sharp accelerations, cutting, hills, cold starts, or late-set fatigue.

⁉Why it snaps:

🏃Sudden load spikes (first sprints of the season, hard turns, uphill pushes)

🏃🏼‍♂️Stiff or weak calf complex (esp. under-trained soleus)

🏃🏾Limited ankle dorsiflexion → higher tendon strain at push-off

🏃🏽‍♀️Technique issues (over-striding, low cadence) that increase braking forces

Feel the difference:

✋🏼Strain: sharp pain, localized tenderness, tightness; you can usually limp off.

✋🏾Rupture: a “pop,” immediate weakness, difficulty pushing off, possible gap; urgent eval.

🟢Reduce risk (fast wins):🟢

🟢Warm-up: 5–8 min easy jog → dynamic ankles/hips → 2–3 progressive strides.

🟢Cadence: nudge +5–7% to reduce over-striding/braking.

🟢Soleus strength: bent-knee calf raises (3–4×/wk).

🟢Respect hills: add them after you’ve built flat-ground resilience.

If it barks mid-session: stop sprinting, elevate/heel-lift, gentle pain-free isometrics, and get assessed before returning to speed

The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the body, yet it’s a common weak link in the locomotion chain...
10/22/2025

The Achilles tendon is the largest and strongest tendon in the body, yet it’s a common weak link in the locomotion chain.
Why? Because running can load it up to 12.5× body weight. That’s elite load on everyday feet.

“It’s probably just stress.”How many times have you heard that after an autoimmune flare?🤯But if your symptoms spike bef...
10/22/2025

“It’s probably just stress.”

How many times have you heard that after an autoimmune flare?🤯

But if your symptoms spike before your period, or after stopping birth control, or postpartum—it’s not random.

It’s hormonal.

🧬 Your hormones and immune system are in constant conversation.

They influence how your body responds to inflammation, how antibodies behave, and whether your system goes into attack or repair mode.

Here’s what you won’t hear in a 10-minute appointment:
→ Estrogen can trigger flares when it’s too high OR too low.
→ Progesterone acts like a buffer—calming immune overactivation.
→ Cortisol suppresses flares temporarily… but long-term, it backfires.
→ Gut health regulates BOTH immune tolerance and hormone clearance.

So if your flares seem tied to your cycle, stress, or major hormone shifts (like pregnancy or menopause)… you’re not imagining it.

⚠️ It’s time to stop treating hormones and immunity like separate systems.

💡 The real healing begins when you look at how they interact.

We are not upset about this.
10/20/2025

We are not upset about this.

“Your labs are normal.”😒❌Yet you’re still exhausted.❌Still inflamed.❌Still feeling off in your own body.Here’s what can ...
10/18/2025

“Your labs are normal.”😒

❌Yet you’re still exhausted.
❌Still inflamed.
❌Still feeling off in your own body.

Here’s what can be amiss:
🔬 Hormone testing isn’t just about numbers on a page.

It’s about timing, context, and how your body is actually functioning day to day… not a single snapshot in time.

Most labs don’t ask:
➜Where are you in your cycle?
➜Are your hormones being metabolized properly?
➜Is your blood sugar, gut, or liver disrupting hormone balance behind the scenes?

And most importantly…

They don’t ask why.
→ WHY is your progesterone low?
→ WHY is your estrogen dominant?
→ WHY are your cortisol levels flatlined?

When we skip the “why,” we end up treating symptoms instead of solving the root cause.

That’s why functional testing tells a different story: one that includes your symptoms, lifestyle, cycle patterns, and full-body inputs.

✨ Your body isn’t broken.

You just need better questions… and more complete answers.

If your energy crashes at 3pm…😑If you get moody when you’re hungry…🎢If your hormones feel all over the place…➡︎Blood sug...
10/17/2025

If your energy crashes at 3pm…
😑If you get moody when you’re hungry…
🎢If your hormones feel all over the place…

➡︎Blood sugar might be the hidden chaos agent.

Here’s the thing: blood sugar swings aren’t just about diabetes or diet.

They trigger a domino effect that directly impacts your hormones.

Let’s break it down:
🍬 Every time your blood sugar spikes → your body releases insulin
🔥 If that insulin surge drops blood sugar too fast → your adrenals release cortisol to “rescue” you
⛓ Cortisol then raises blood sugar back up, but also disrupts estrogen, thyroid, and progesterone in the process

And when this becomes your daily rhythm?
➠Estrogen detox gets sluggish
➠Progesterone drops (hello PMS, anxiety, and sleep issues)
➠Thyroid hormones stop converting efficiently
➠You stay stuck in fat-storage mode… even if you’re eating clean

➡️ The result?
Mood swings, irregular cycles, stubborn weight, fatigue, and that wired-but-tired feeling no matter what you do.

The fix isn’t cutting carbs completely.

It’s stabilizing your glucose curve with smart meals, meal timing, and nervous system regulation.

✨ Balance blood sugar, and your hormones will finally exhale.

Me? Dramatic?No babe, it’s just estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, insulin, and serotonin all fighting for the aux cord 🎶...
10/16/2025

Me? Dramatic?

No babe, it’s just estrogen, progesterone, cortisol, insulin, and serotonin all fighting for the aux cord 🎶🙂

You need iron to build healthy hormones.But blindly supplementing it? That can wreck the very balance you’re trying to f...
10/15/2025

You need iron to build healthy hormones.

But blindly supplementing it? That can wreck the very balance you’re trying to fix.

Iron is a pro-oxidant, meaning too much of it creates inflammation, damages tissues, and disrupts hormone conversion.

Especially if your body isn’t actually low in iron, but just struggling to use it properly.

Here’s what most people (and many practitioners) miss:
⚠️ Low ferritin doesn’t always mean you need iron
⚠️ You can be iron deficient and still have iron overload
⚠️ Iron can feed pathogens and worsen gut dysbiosis
⚠️ Excess iron stresses the liver and thyroid
⚠️ And yes… iron can worsen estrogen dominance

Before reaching for that supplement, ask:
→ Are you tracking inflammatory markers like CRP or fibrinogen?
→ What about serum iron, transferrin saturation, and ferritin?
→ Have you ruled out hidden gut infections or B vitamin deficiencies that mimic iron loss?

🩸 Testing first = protecting your hormones.

Save this if you’ve been told to “just take iron” without a full panel. And share it with someone who needs a better root-cause approach.

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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.