The Wellness Way- Granville

02/05/2026

🚫🍭 SUGAR FEEDS CANCER?! YES. And here’s why ⬇️

It’s called the Warburg Effect—cancer cells prefer sugar (glucose) to fuel their growth. Unlike healthy cells that use oxygen, cancer cells ferment sugar for energy… even when oxygen is available! 😳🔥

🎯 So how do we fight back?

👉 We STOP feeding them.
👉 We GO KETOGENIC.

🥑 What’s a Keto Diet?
It’s a metabolic shift—high in healthy fats, low in carbs, and just enough moderate protein—that forces your body to burn fat for fuel instead of sugar. This is called ketosis, and cancer cells don’t thrive on fat.

💡How to get into ketosis:
✅ Eat low-carb veggies
✅ Enjoy healthy fats (like avocado, olive oil, nuts, grass-fed meats)
✅ Move your body
✅ Stay hydrated and focused!

🎯 Starve the cancer. Fuel your body. Empower your healing.

📍 From right here in Licking County, Ohio, we believe in more than just symptom management.

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02/04/2026

🌟 Do You Really Need More Iron? 🤔 Let’s Talk About It! 🌟

If you’ve ever been told you’re “anemic” or “low in iron” 🩸, you might be tempted to grab an iron supplement. But what if the issue isn’t a lack of iron… but a problem with how your body uses it? 💥

Let’s break it down 🧠✨

🔁 Iron Recycling: It’s Not About More, It’s About Balance!
Your body is amazing — it recycles iron every single day. 🚴‍♀️ You only need a tiny bit from food. So why do we get iron overload?

➡️ Digestion Issues: If you do not have good stomach acid (super acidic) you will have trouble breaking down and absorbing iron. You will often see constipation, belly aches, and dark stool on an iron supplement if this is primary issue for you.

➡️ Iron can get “stuck” — it can’t be moved or used properly without the right nutrients and enzymes to keep it in motion! 🧩

🧲 Meet Ceruloplasmin: The Copper-Infused “Iron Traffic Cop” 👮‍♂️🧡
Ceruloplasmin is a special protein made in the liver. It needs bioavailable copper to do its job.

💡 What’s the job? Ceruloplasmin activates iron so it can move where it’s needed, like to make energy in your cells ⚡️ or carry oxygen around. Without enough of it, iron gets stuck in tissues 🧱 — and that’s when problems start.

🔥 Iron Overload = Hidden Inflammation
High iron in your body can cause silent damage. It creates oxidative stress (aka internal rusting!) 🧯🧨 This shows up as:

✅ Fatigue
✅ Brain fog
✅ Joint pain
✅ Hormone imbalance
✅ Liver issues

🧪 What Lab Markers Show Iron Overload (Even If Iron Looks “Normal”)

📍 Serum Iron – usually high
📍 Ferritin – might be high, but it’s also an acute phase reactant, which means it can rise from inflammation or infection, NOT just iron stores which is why you want to look at both and not just one or the other! ⚠️
📍 Transferrin Saturation % – over 40% = too much free iron floating around 🚨
📍 Serum Copper & Ceruloplasmin – often low, meaning iron isn’t being moved properly
📍 Zinc:copper ratio – too much zinc? It can block copper’s work! ⚖️
📍 Magnesium – critical for over 3,700 enzyme reactions, including managing iron ⚙️
📍Vitamin A (real retinol) – helps load copper into ceruloplasmin
Support Your Iron Balance Naturally

✔️ Eat real, whole foods
✔️ Get retinol from grass-fed liver or cod liver oil
✔️ Ditch high-dose iron unless you really need it
✔️ Ask your practitioner for a full iron panel, not just ferritin!
✔️ Explore other labs like a comprehensive stool test to look at gut function to see how you are digestive iron and whether you have any infections are not🧩

For more insight on this topic, check out Morley Robbins book "Cure Your Fatigue".

📍 From Newark to Granville to Hebron — let’s get Licking County feeling vibrant again 💪🌻

02/03/2026

01/29/2026

Hello! Time to reintroduce myself to a lot of you, and introduce myself for the first time to many more!

My name is Ethan Flynn. I am a Doctor of Physical Therapy, nutrition coach, fat loss coach, and strength and conditioning coach. I perform manual therapy, exercise treatment, dry needling with and without Estim, and much more. I work with patients who have vertigo, balance deficits, chronic and acute pain, injury, orthopedic surgery, and really anything else you can think of. I also work with young athletes in education and in performance to reach their athletics goals which is a huge passion of mine.

More importantly than these things though, I am a husband to my wonderful wife Lindsey and we have two 2.5 year old twin boys with another baby boy on the way this summer!

Some of the most important things to know about me are:
1) I practice what I preach - I enjoying cooking healthy dinners and meal prepping, training in the gym, and I usually toss in a few challenges each year as well like Spartan races and half marathons.
2) I work with everyone - your grandma who fell last week and hurt her hip, your neighbor fighting through elbow pain because she’s obsessed with pickleball, the athlete who tore his ACL, and the busy mom with plantar fasciitis. Anyone and everyone is appropriate for PT, even if you want to work on your exercise form or learn about why you may have pain.
3) I don’t just love what I do - it’s my way of life. It completely fulfills me. There’s no other job that I could do that would make me as happy as this does. I am doing just what God intended for me to do and I know that.
4) Don’t call me on Saturdays I’m probably watching Ohio State football

Enough about me… I’d like to get to know you guys! If you have never met me yet but are a patient here at wellness way, or if you’ve heard of me but never got the chance to say hello yet, please drop me a comment or a message and I will personal reach out and introduce myself!

01/28/2026

🤕 What Does Upper Crossed Syndrome Feel Like?

You might notice:

💢 Chronic neck or shoulder tightness

🌀 Tension headaches

💪 Limited shoulder mobility

📉 Poor posture (rounded shoulders + forward head)

🛌 Trouble sleeping due to shoulder or neck stiffness

😤 Feeling like you need a massage all the time

🔄 The Muscle Imbalance Loop

Upper Crossed Syndrome is a pattern of tight vs. weak muscles that feed into each other.

- Muscles That Get TOO TIGHT (Overactive):

- Upper traps

- Levator scapulae (runs from shoulder blade to neck)

- Pectoralis major & minor (chest muscles)

- Sternocleidomastoid (SCM) (side/front of the neck)

These are the muscles that make your shoulders creep up and pull your head forward. They’re doing too much work!

- Muscles That Get WEAK (Underactive):

- Deep neck flexors (the muscles that tuck your chin gently back)

- Lower traps (mid-back muscles that pull shoulder blades down)

- Serratus anterior (keeps shoulder blades flat against the ribcage)

- Rhomboids (between the shoulder blades)

These guys get lazy and stop doing their job. That’s what sets up the imbalance!

🧘‍♂️ What To Stretch (Loosen Up):

- These muscles are tight, so they need lengthening.

- Chest (Pecs) — Try doorway stretches

- Upper traps & levator scapula — Gentle side neck stretches

- SCM — Carefully stretch side-to-side, avoid jerking

- What To Strengthen (Fire Up):

- These are weak or inhibited muscles that need activation.

- Deep neck flexors — Chin tucks & nods while lying down

- Lower traps — Wall slides, Y-raises, scapular retraction

- Serratus anterior — Wall push-ups, bear crawls

- Rhomboids — Rows, face pulls

📍Licking County, Let’s Fix That Tech Neck!

You don’t have to live with constant stiffness or headaches! Make movement part of your daily rhythm.

🏞️ Get out to Blackhand Gorge or Dawes Arboretum for walking breaks
🧘‍♀️ Join a local yoga or mobility class in Newark or Granville
💼 Set up an ergonomic workspace (yes, even at home!)
⏰ Take 2-minute stretch breaks every hour — your spine will thank you!
🩻 Get adjusted as well! When nerves get irritated and/or compressed they can lock up the muscles that they control and cause chronic stiffness that will influence your posture!

💚 Final Thoughts

Upper Crossed Syndrome isn’t permanent. The key is consistency: stretch what’s tight, strengthen what’s weak, and get out of the hunched-over pattern. Movement is medicine. 🙌

01/27/2026

🎉 As our No Sugar January Challenge comes to a close, we’ve saved a powerhouse herb for last… 🌿 Coleus Forskohlii! And guess what? It’s 10% OFF through the end of the month! 🎉💥

Here’s why this botanical buddy is worth getting excited about:

🔥 Supports fat loss – naturally stimulates enzymes that help break down stored fat
💪 Boosts cortisone levels – which may support resilience during physical or emotional stress
🌀 Encourages hormone production – helps convert cholesterol into important hormones
💨 Opens the airways – bronchiole dilation = easier breathing (yes, please!)
⬇️ Lowers blood pressure – gentle and supportive cardiovascular effects
🤧 Modulates histamine – may offer relief from occasional allergies

… and that’s just the beginning 🌟

If you’ve been looking for a multi-benefit herbal ally to carry the momentum from your January health goals into February, Coleus might just be it! 🌿💚

📍Available in-store (while supplies last!) – come visit us in Licking County and check out all the great ways you can keep feeling your best into the new year!

👇Tag a friend who’d love this!

01/26/2026

We will be closed tomorrow morning until lunch time. If you have a consult scheduled, we will do a phone consult for tomorrow 🙂
We will otherwise be reaching out to reschedule your appointments for tomorrow morning!
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Stay safe everyone!

01/25/2026

Hi all!!
What a snow storm.
We will be keeping an eye on things and making a call on our office hours for tomorrow, this evening.

If you have a consult scheduled, please know you can change it to a virtual or phone consult.

Please text 740-404-6487 for questions and scheduling purposes today.

Stay tuned!
If you have an appointment tomorrow, I will be sending you a message with updates this evening 🙂

Thanks,
Dr. Erika

01/23/2026

Heads up!!!

Only a few times a year we will run fun specials!
February special coming right up….

Book your appointment between now and February 6th and get 50% off of your new patient chiropractic exam
Or 25% off of your new wellness consult!

We’re past the busy holidays and it’s time to dial in.
We’ve got you ❤️

Call 740-672-3630
Or visit our website to book! be sure to put in the notes- “February special”

See you soon!