It is about two weeks into new year's resolutions.
According to health experts, it takes about three months for a resolution to become routine.
During that time, there are ways for people to physically prepare their body to make achieving their new year’s fitness goals easier.
Ruth Burlesan-Garigen suffers from muscle pain in her arm, which prevents her from continuing her new year’s resolution to exercise every day with her husband.
To ease the pain, Burlesan-Garigen visits Chiropractor Chris Garner in Murrels Inlet.
“It’s not just cracking your back,” said Burlesan-Garigen. “It’s a whole other realm of chiropractic therapy. He works on different areas of your body to include your mind.”
Garner has a resolution of his own.
He wants to help his patients make 2011 their healthiest year yet.
To do that, Garner hosts health expos.
“In January we always like to educate people on how to stick to the new years resolutions,” said Garner. “We talked to them about their nervous system and the importance of a nervous system and regulating all bodily function. We also talked to them about massage therapy.”
Those forms of therapy, according to Garner, makes exercising feel better.
Health experts say chiropractors help to make sure the nervous system is in check and that the body functions how it is supposed to.
“Often times it does help people to feel better,” Garner said. “And it also does help them to work out as far as allowing your body to move properly. You always want motion in all of your joints.”
Another resolution that is hard to keep is healthier eating.
Emma Ware, a certified nutritionist and clinical homeopath, works with Garner at health seminars to teach patients that making small adjustments in their diets can lead to a healthier lifestyle.
“To feel empowered, you have got to wake up feeling great. If you’re consuming foods that promote a lot of inflammation, or if you’re consuming a lot of foods that make you feel heavy, then you wake up feeling lethargic and you don’t feel well,” said Ware. “Today, there are so many amazing foods that you can choose from that not only help you keep your weight down, but give you energy.”
Burlesan-Garigen keeps those tips in mind so that she can turn her resolution into a routine.
“We don’t want to do it for a month and stop,” said Burlesan-Garigen. “Its not so much about losing weight as it is about the shape your body’s in and getting healthy and fit.”
Garner will host another new year’s resolution seminar next Saturday at the Pepper Geddings Rec Center in Myrtle Beach.
The event is open to the public.
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