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.

❌No, you don’t have to just “live with it.”❌Chronic inflammation isn’t your destiny, it’s a signal.🙄Most people are told...
12/13/2025

❌No, you don’t have to just “live with it.”
❌Chronic inflammation isn’t your destiny, it’s a signal.

🙄Most people are told their symptoms are part of aging, genetics, stress, or “just how your body is.”

But inflammation isn’t random.🔥

It usually comes from patterns that are modifiable once you identify what’s driving them.

Common root drivers I see all the time 👇
🔗 blood sugar swings
🔗 hidden food reactions
🔗 gut permeability
🔗 chronic infections
🔗 high toxic load
🔗 nutrient deficiencies
🔗 poor recovery and chronic stress
🔗 circadian rhythm disruption
🔗 hormonal shifts

When these areas stay unaddressed, inflammation becomes a long-term pattern instead of a temporary response.

The good news is that chronic inflammation is one of the most reversible things we work with in functional medicine.

When you target the root drivers, symptoms that felt permanent often start shifting faster than expected.

🚩🚩🚩So if someone told you to “just manage it”… get a second opinion.

Your body isn’t broken. It’s responding to something.

And you don’t have to settle for feeling inflamed forever.🙅🏻‍♀️

Symptoms of autoimmunity be like…🎁 Fatigue for you🎁 Brain fog for you🎁 Joint pain for youNo pattern. No warning. Just sy...
12/12/2025

Symptoms of autoimmunity be like…
🎁 Fatigue for you
🎁 Brain fog for you
🎁 Joint pain for you

No pattern. No warning. Just symptoms handed out like Oprah giveaways.

The tricky part is that autoimmune symptoms rarely show up in a straight line.

They’re scattered. Random. Inconsistent.

And that’s exactly why so many people miss the early signs.

If you’re dealing with symptoms that feel unpredictable or don’t seem connected, it’s worth looking at the immune system itself… not just each symptom individually.

Remember: autoimmune activity often starts years before a diagnosis.

Your body is speaking long before labs pick it up.

Most people know zinc supports immunity.👀What they don’t realize is that zinc works significantly better when it’s paire...
12/11/2025

Most people know zinc supports immunity.👀

What they don’t realize is that zinc works significantly better when it’s paired with quercetin.

Here’s why this combo is so effective 👇

📌Quercetin acts as a “zinc ionophore.”
That means it helps shuttle zinc inside the cell, where zinc actually does its immune-modulating and antiviral work.

Zinc sitting outside the cell isn’t very useful.❌
Zinc inside the cell is where the real impact happens.✅

📌This combo can support a faster immune response.
Once inside the cell, zinc helps calm inflammatory pathways, regulate immune signaling, and support antiviral activity.

Quercetin increases how much of that zinc actually gets where it needs to go.

📌It reduces the “bottleneck” of zinc absorption.
You can take plenty of zinc, but if your cells aren’t absorbing it well (common with stress, gut issues, or nutrient deficiencies), you won’t feel the benefits.

Quercetin helps bypass that issue.

📌Both nutrients support inflammation balance.
Quercetin stabilizes mast cells. Zinc regulates cytokines.

Together, they support a more balanced immune response instead of an overreaction.

💡 When I see people saying zinc “doesn’t work” for them, it’s usually because it’s not getting inside the cell, not because zinc is ineffective.

If you’ve been dealing with slow recovery, frequent colds, or chronic inflammation, this is a combo worth discussing with your practitioner.

Autoimmunity doesn’t begin at the diagnosis.It usually starts years earlier… in the symptoms you pushed through because ...
12/10/2025

Autoimmunity doesn’t begin at the diagnosis.

It usually starts years earlier… in the symptoms you pushed through because you didn’t know they were connected.

Here are the early patterns I see most often in practice 👇
🆘the random rashes that came and went
🆘 the gut flare you blamed on stress
🆘 the creeping fatigue that didn’t match your lifestyle
🆘 the “I’m fine, just tired” you told everyone
🆘 cycles of inflammation that felt impossible to explain
🆘 recurring infections that never made sense
🆘 the bloating, brain fog, and joint stiffness you normalized

None of these symptoms are dramatic on their own.

But together, they tell a very clear story of immune dysregulation.

From a functional medicine perspective, early autoimmune activity often shows up long before labs shift:

🔥 unresolved inflammation
🔥 increased gut permeability
🔥 chronic stress chemistry
🔥 nutrient deficiencies
🔥 hormonal changes
🔥 toxin or infection triggers

So if your labs are “normal” but your body feels like it’s constantly reacting, don’t ignore it.

Autoimmunity has a long runway before it ever gets a name.

The earlier you take these patterns seriously, the more impact you can make on your long-term trajectory.

How to accidentally wreck your adrenals in 4 easy steps:1️⃣ Wake up early to be “productive”2️⃣ Skip breakfast3️⃣ Chug 3...
12/09/2025

How to accidentally wreck your adrenals in 4 easy steps:
1️⃣ Wake up early to be “productive”
2️⃣ Skip breakfast
3️⃣ Chug 3 cups of coffee
4️⃣ Burn out and cry at 2 PM

🧠 This might sound dramatic… but it’s what your cortisol goes through daily when you’re stuck in survival mode.

The truth?
👉 Skipping meals + relying on caffeine = blood sugar crashes
👉 Blood sugar crashes = cortisol spikes
👉 Chronic cortisol = burnout, anxiety, hormone chaos, and a wrecked mood by mid-afternoon

Your body’s not failing you.

It’s protecting you.

Time to rewrite the plan:
🍳 Eat within 1 hour of waking
🥩 Prioritize protein
💧 Replenish minerals
🧘‍♀️ Regulate before you caffeinate

📍Burnout is common…but it’s not inevitable.

Want a custom adrenal recovery roadmap?

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12/08/2025

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Surprising things that spike your cortisol…(Hint: It’s not just your boss or your inbox)If you’re doing all the right th...
12/06/2025

Surprising things that spike your cortisol…
(Hint: It’s not just your boss or your inbox)

If you’re doing all the right things, but still…
🚨waking up exhausted
🚨crashing at 3pm
🚨feeling puffy, anxious, or inflamed…

Your body might be stuck in survival mode.

And no, it’s not just “work stress.”

⚠️ These 5 things can spike cortisol even when life looks calm:
➠Skipping breakfast
➠Too much HIIT
➠Screen time at night
➠Toxic dynamics (even subtle ones)
➠Blood sugar crashes

The worst part?

These are easy to miss because some are disguised as “healthy habits.”

But when your nervous system is already taxed…

Even small stressors feel like danger.

🌿 The good news?

You don’t have to overhaul your life.

You just need to support your adrenals, regulate your rhythm, and listen to what your body is asking for.

🙄If “just relax” actually worked… you wouldn’t be reading this.When your nervous system is in survival mode, deep breath...
12/05/2025

🙄If “just relax” actually worked… you wouldn’t be reading this.

When your nervous system is in survival mode, deep breaths and positive thinking aren’t enough.

You need physiological tools that shift you out of fight-or-flight…without needing a full spa day or a week off work.

This post gives you 5 tools I actually recommend to clients dealing with:
✔️ Anxiety or emotional overwhelm
✔️ Burnout recovery
✔️ Adrenal dysfunction + hormone imbalances
✔️ HPA axis dysregulation
✔️ …or anyone who can’t just “think their way calm”

Inside you’ll find:
🫁 The breath pattern that changes your cortisol curve
💧 Why electrolytes matter more than affirmations
🧠 A simple sensory trick to stop spirals
🧘‍♀️ What to do when your body feels too wired to rest
🎶 The sound frequency your vagus nerve craves

💡 Nervous system healing isn’t fluffy, it’s foundational.

Start with 1 tool today. Anchor safety. Build capacity.

When life gets chaotic, your meals should get calmer.If you’re exhausted, wired, bloated, or craving everything……that’s ...
12/04/2025

When life gets chaotic, your meals should get calmer.

If you’re exhausted, wired, bloated, or craving everything…

…that’s not a lack of discipline, it’s a physiology mismatch.

During high-stress weeks, your body burns through more nutrients than usual, especially protein, minerals, and cortisol-buffering fats.

And skipping meals, relying on caffeine, or snacking on whatever’s easy?

That just fuels the stress spiral.

🧠 Instead, you need macro-balanced meals that say:

“We’re safe. We have what we need.”

This carousel walks you through:
✔️ Why protein matters more under stress
✔️ The best gentle carbs for adrenal calm
✔️ What fats to prioritize for hormone health
✔️ Easy ways to replenish drained minerals
✔️ An actual adrenal-supportive plate to try tonight

💡Pro tip: your nervous system eats too, feed it accordingly.

Ever feel like your body is working against you… all at once?➡ You’re tired, bloated, inflamed.➡ You keep getting sick o...
12/03/2025

Ever feel like your body is working against you… all at once?

➡ You’re tired, bloated, inflamed.
➡ You keep getting sick or feeling rundown.
➡ And no matter what you try…nothing fully works.

Here’s why:

Your symptoms likely aren’t isolated.

They’re linked by a core triad most doctors overlook:

The Adrenal–Gut–Immune Triangle.

🔺 The adrenals pump cortisol to keep you going, but chronic stress can suppress immunity, spike inflammation, and damage your gut lining.

🔺 The gut controls 70–80% of your immune system, and stress reduces digestive secretions,
leading to bloating, nutrient depletion, and leaky gut.

🔺 The immune system, when dysregulated, creates more inflammation…which raises cortisol and continues the loop.

It’s not just “your stress”…

It’s not just “your gut”…

And it’s not just “your immune system.”

⚠️ It’s the way these three systems talk to each other, and keep each other stuck in a loop until the right root-cause support untangles it.

✨ That’s why functional medicine protocols don’t start with isolated symptoms…they start with restoring balance between these systems.

“I’ve tried everything, but I’m still tired.”🤦🏻‍♀️That’s usually where the conversation starts.But in my practice, it do...
12/02/2025

“I’ve tried everything, but I’m still tired.”🤦🏻‍♀️

That’s usually where the conversation starts.

But in my practice, it doesn’t end there.

Because symptoms aren’t random.

Your body is communicating through patterns, timing, and subtle shifts that most practitioners miss.

In our first session, I go deeper:
🌀 What was happening in your life before the fatigue?
🕰 What time of day are your symptoms the worst?
🌙 How is your sleep really…not just how many hours?
🥦 What nutrients are you absorbing (not just eating)?
🧠 What’s your nervous system holding onto?

This isn’t just symptom management.

It’s root cause mapping.

It’s connection over prescription.

If you’re ready for that kind of support…

I’d be honored to walk alongside you.

It’s coollllldddddd.
12/02/2025

It’s coollllldddddd.

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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.