HEALING BONE BROTH

Healing Bone Broth Recipe – Support Your Body’s Natural Recovery

You’re doing everything your chiropractor recommends. You’re consistent with your adjustments, you practice good posture, and you’re giving your body time to heal. But chronic inflammation, poor gut health, and inadequate nutrition can slow the progress your body wants to make.

Bone broth is one of the most powerful foods you can add to your healing routine. Rich in collagen, amino acids, and minerals, it supports gut healing, reduces inflammation throughout your body, and provides the building blocks your tissues need to repair and strengthen.

At HealthWorks, we take a whole-body approach to your wellness. Our upper cervical chiropractic care removes interference from your nervous system, but what you feed your body matters just as much for long-term healing and optimal function.

Why Bone Broth Supports Chiropractic Healing

Your body needs specific nutrients to heal damaged tissues, reduce inflammation, and maintain the improvements we create through adjustments. Bone broth delivers concentrated amounts of the compounds your body uses for repair.

Collagen and Gelatin for Tissue Repair

The gelatin in bone broth comes from collagen-rich connective tissues. Your body breaks this down into amino acids like glycine and proline – the same building blocks used to repair ligaments, tendons, cartilage, and the discs between your vertebrae.

Many of our patients notice their adjustments hold longer and their tissues feel more resilient when they consume bone broth regularly. This is particularly important if you’ve had chronic spinal issues or old injuries that compromised the structures supporting your spine.

Gut Healing and Immune Function

The lining of your digestive system plays a crucial role in immune function and inflammation control. When your gut lining becomes damaged – from stress, poor diet, or medications – it can trigger system-wide inflammation that shows up as pain, fatigue, and poor healing.

Bone broth contains compounds that help seal and heal the gut lining. As your digestive health improves, inflammation throughout your body often decreases, making it easier for your nervous system to regulate healing processes.

Minerals for Bone and Nerve Health

The bones and connective tissue in properly prepared broth release minerals like calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and trace minerals your body uses for bone density, muscle function, and nerve signaling. These same minerals support the work we’re doing through upper cervical adjustments to restore proper nervous system function.

Anti-Inflammatory Benefits

Chronic inflammation interferes with healing and makes pain worse. The amino acids in bone broth, particularly glycine, have natural anti-inflammatory properties that work throughout your body without the side effects of medication.

Reducing inflammation helps your body respond better to chiropractic care and maintain the corrections we make during adjustments.

How to Make Healing Bone Broth

Quality matters when making bone broth. Choose bones from pasture-raised chickens or grass-fed beef when possible, as these contain higher levels of beneficial nutrients and lower levels of toxins.

Ingredients

• Leftover chicken bones or carcass (roughly equivalent to one small or medium chicken) OR one whole chicken approximately 4 lbs
• 1 onion, peeled and loosely chopped
• 1 rib of celery, roughly chopped
• 1 carrot, roughly chopped (no need to peel)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 sprig fresh parsley
• 1 sprig fresh thyme
• Salt, to taste
• 1/4 cup Bragg’s apple cider vinegar

Don’t let missing herbs stop you from making broth. The bones and vinegar are the most important components.

Directions

Step 1: If using leftover bones, roast them in the oven at 350°F for 20 minutes, turning at 10 minutes to brown evenly. This step adds flavor but can be skipped if you’re using a whole chicken.

Step 2: Place bones (or whole chicken), vegetables, and herbs in your slow cooker. Fill almost to the top with water, leaving about 1/2 inch of space. Add the apple cider vinegar and let sit for 1 hour. The acid helps extract minerals from the bones.

Step 3: Set your slow cooker to low and cook for 8 to 24 hours. Longer cooking times extract more nutrients. Chicken bones can cook 12 to 24 hours; beef bones benefit from 24 to 48 hours.

Step 4: When cooking is complete, turn off heat and strain the broth through a fine mesh strainer using a soup ladle. Discard solids or save meat for other uses.

Step 5: Store broth in the refrigerator for up to 7 days or freeze in portions. Ice cube trays work well for small amounts needed for cooking. Larger portions (1 to 2 cups) are convenient for drinking as a healing beverage or using in soups.

Bonus Tips for Maximum Healing Benefits

Ask your butcher to cut large tubular bones in half so you can access the bone marrow after cooking. Bone marrow is rich in nutrients that support immune function and gut healing.

While bones are still warm, extract the marrow by gently tapping the bone on a wooden cutting board. The gelatinous tissues around bones and the marrow itself provide powerful healing compounds for your gut lining and immune system.

You can make fish stock using the same method with whole fish, fins, bones, and heads. After cooking, strain carefully to remove small bones, then strip soft tissues from larger bones to add to soups later.

A properly made bone broth will gel when refrigerated – this indicates high collagen content and optimal healing properties.

Using Bone Broth in Your Healing Routine

Drink bone broth as a warm beverage between meals or use it as a base for soups and cooking grains. Many people find a cup of warm broth in the morning or evening particularly soothing.

For active healing – during your initial correction phase or when recovering from injury – consuming bone broth daily provides your body with concentrated nutrients when it needs them most.

For maintenance and prevention, several cups per week support ongoing tissue health and help your body maintain the improvements we create through regular chiropractic care.

Nutrition and Chiropractic Care Work Together

Removing nerve interference through upper cervical adjustments allows your body to heal itself. But your body can only heal with the raw materials you provide through nutrition.

Poor nutrition – even with excellent chiropractic care – limits what your body can accomplish. Similarly, excellent nutrition can’t overcome structural problems that interfere with your nervous system.

When you combine both approaches, you give your body every advantage for healing, optimal function, and long-term wellness.

Personalized Nutrition Support at HealthWorks

Every person’s nutritional needs are different based on their health history, current challenges, and healing goals. While bone broth benefits most people, your specific situation may call for additional dietary strategies.

During your visits, we can discuss nutrition approaches that support your chiropractic care. For some patients, this means addressing inflammation through diet. For others, it involves supporting gut health, managing food sensitivities, or ensuring adequate nutrients for tissue repair.

We’re not nutritionists, but we understand how food choices impact the healing process and can help you identify strategies that work alongside your chiropractic care.

Common Questions About Bone Broth

Ready to Support Your Body’s Healing Completely?

Your body wants to heal. It wants to feel good, move freely, and function optimally. When you remove nervous system interference through upper cervical care AND provide the nutrients your body needs to repair itself, healing happens faster and lasts longer.

If you’re dealing with chronic pain, inflammation, digestive issues, or other health challenges that aren’t resolving, your body may need both structural correction and nutritional support.

Schedule your comprehensive F3 examination to discover what’s interfering with your body’s natural healing abilities. Book online at healthworkstx.intakeq.com/booking or call our Plano office at 972-612-1800.

We’re located at 2317 Coit Rd, Suite B, Plano, TX 75075, serving families throughout Plano, Frisco, Allen, McKinney, and Carrollton who are ready to take a complete approach to their health and healing.