My name is Dr. Tony Baratta and I have been a practicing chiropractor for the past 15 years. Each day I preach and preach to my patients the importance of staying in shape.  No matter how good or bad I perform my job, if you are not taking care of yourself and your lifestyle then you most likely will not achieve your desired results.

Why is it that for most people, it becomes a downward spiral, mainly physically, where the chance for recovery becomes increasingly difficult? As you will see on this site, we will cover a variety of different subjects but primarily focusing on nutrition and exercise.

For as long as I have been in my profession, it seems that a majority of my patients are missing something in one of the two or both areas.  That’s where responsibility is being lost by not only my patients but for most people. We as a society want that magic pill or magic adjustment- a quick fix.  This is where we are given an excuse and if you have turned on your TV lately or opened a magazine, you will notice how we are bombarded by pharmaceutical companies proclaiming that they have the cure for Arthritis, Allergies, Fibromyalgia, Diabetes, Depression, Acid reflux, you name it.

The sad fact is that most people buy into this and its no wonder that these are multi-billion dollar companies.  They are essentially telling us that “its okay, we will take care of your problem, it’s not your fault, it’s genetic or the bad situations you are in-just relax”.  Nothing about the garbage we are ingesting, the TV watching, video game playing, fast paced, always on edge, anger/tension filled, sedentary lifestyles that we tend to live.  It’s time to own up and start taking responsibility for our lives.

Do you realize that just 100 years ago, that diabetes was a practically unheard of condition? Now it’s the fifth leading cause of death in this country.  Did you know that the US has the highest rate of obesity in the entire world?  We know what obesity can lead to.  For people who are over 40 years old, the propensity to acquire more illness becomes a lot higher due to the years of the toxic lifestyles we have led.  But if we want to live the quality of life we deserve, if we want to see our kids or grandkids graduate college and get married and to travel after we retire, etc., etc., changes need to be made now.

Would there be a logical reason you would want to become out of breath after walking upstairs or feel nauseated after almost every meal or have chronic fatigue or have chronic allergies (even though your on Claritin)?  Do you get where I’m going?  You don’t have to feel this way.  Just because your doctor told you it is “genetic” or the city you live in is known for its allergens, it doesn’t matter.  You know what you are doing and not doing.  Today, we have to deal with such issues as the high amounts of genetically modified foods in our diets, the well over 60,000 chemicals to which we are at risk through food, water and air, the 60% overweight and obesity figure in the U.S., the non-regulation for safety in our supermarkets for the foods we eat and so on and so on.  Isn’t it time that we take the proper steps and educate ourselves on what we are doing to ourselves and to preserve the quality of life we deserve.

There is no time like now to make a change, a change that is not too late to make. You owe it to your spouse, significant other, your kids, your parents, loved ones and especially - yourself!