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Health and Wellness for 2025 We approached this issue from a mindset of not supplying quick fixes to check boxes in the short term but valuing what is sustainable over the long haul. We wanted to provide inspiration for making lasting, realistic, long-term improvements to your physical, emotional, and mental health. A long and healthy journey in life is the greatest gift we can do for ourselves and our families. Many years ago, I started thinking about long-term health and decided my goal was to try and live to 100. I made changes, but I also put in perspective the body God gave me and realized what my best achievable long-term outcome would be. Ultimately, I decided less was more, and simplicity would fuel decisions. God has his plan and I would trust it. As we bring you our Health and Wellness issue, we are excited to highlight some extraordinary people offering knowledge and expertise in healthy living. Kristen Giancola had a passion for helping people. Her experience as a nurse gave her the experience to offer preventative methods to make an impact that will improve your outlook on health 20 or 30 years from now. So, along with her husband, Dominic, they are opening iCRYO on the Hill. A great story about a dynamic couple who wants you to live your best life. Dr. Lawrence Mosurak, owner of Grosse Pointe Spine Center on Mack, brings cutting-edge technology to the Pointes. Instead of surgeries, narcotics, or injections, his spinal decompression technique can rejuvenate a failing disc and help the spine heal itself with a very high success rate. Learn about his story, techniques, and advice on maintaining and treating your body. As a world-renowned leader in dentistry, we are privileged to have Dr. Jeffrey Haddad as part of the Grosse Pointe City Lifestyle family. We visit with Dr. Haddad to discuss how options in non-surgical cosmetic dentistry can make you look and feel younger. Cutting-edge techniques at Rochester Advanced Dentistry bring his experience and knowledge to help you look great and convey confidence personally and professionally. We hope you’ll enjoy these stories and relax as you flip through the pages of Grosse Pointe City Lifestyle. It’s a new year, and it's time to reset and bring your best in 2025! Happy New Year and to a long and healthy life!

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Health & Wellness Working as an ICU nurse during COVID inspired Kristen Giancola of Grosse Pointe Farms to become more health conscious and focus on preventative and holistic medicine. "I felt that if my patients had just had some intervention 20 or 30 years prior, maybe they wouldn't have ended up in the ICU," she says. "So, I really wanted to work on solutions for what we all could do to stay healthy instead of trying to treat our illnesses later." Initially, she and her husband, Dominic, considered opening a nutraceutical IV infusion center, but when they learned about all the services that iCRYO offered, they felt it was the perfect fit for their goals.

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iCRYO offers various treatments, such as vitamin infusions, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, ozone therapy, red light therapy, and cryotherapy, to help prevent and combat excess stress, boost immune systems, and reduce seasonal depression. "Seasonal depression usually manifests as feeling tired, sluggish, and having that overall chronic fatigue we get around this time of year," she says. "It can manifest even deeper with chronic sadness, and a lot of people don't even realize they have it." She explains it's due to a lack of sunlight and low vitamin D levels. Here are some of the most requested services at iCRYO during the colder months and what Kristen says research has shown as their benefits: CONTINUED >

"When I found iCRYO and realized that not only did they have IV infusions, but all of these other preventative methods, I felt like it was the missing link in our community," she says. "We have access to fitness and healthy eating, but we still regularly combat chronic inflammation and oxidative stress in our environment. Our goal is to support our guests with both their physical and mental health by providing a variety of anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, and immune-boosting treatments." The iCRYO franchise was founded in 2015 and now has over 300 locations worldwide. This winter, the couple looks forward to opening an iCRYO center right here in Grosse Pointe and plans to open others in Shelby Township, Rochester, and Birmingham. "We want to take it a step further and build relationships with functional medicine doctors, nutritionists, and personal trainers," says Kristen. "This way, when someone walks in our doors and tells us what their issues are, we can help them full circle. In addition to what we offer, people also need to eat well, do resistance training, and work out. And, maybe there's something else going on, which is where a functional medicine doctor comes in." JANUARY 2 0 2 5 | C I TYL I FE STYL E . C OM/GRO S S E P O I N T E

"SEASONAL DEPRESSION USUALLY MANIFESTS AS FEELING TIRED, SLUGGISH, AND HAVING THAT OVERALL CHRONIC FATIGUE WE GET AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR. IT CAN MANIFEST EVEN DEEPER WITH CHRONIC SADNESS, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN REALIZE THEY HAVE IT."

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One of the many things that Kristen really loves about this new career path is that it still lets her use her nursing skills. Her sister-in-law, Adrienne Jasica, another nurse, will assist her, while Dominic, who has owned his own company for 15 years, will help them manage the business as needed. "We will have several registered nurses, but then we're also governed by a board of physicians," she says. "We have telemedicine doctors who prescribe the IV infusions and various other medical treatments." Another reason Kristen wanted to own her own business is that it would leave more time for family. "My husband and I became foster parents, and we have since adopted our 11-year-old son, Jayceon. He's so sweet, and this business will keep me close to home." She adds, "Our goal with iCRYO is to support our guests' physical and mental health by providing a variety of anti-inflammatory, detoxifying, immune-boosting, preventative, and regenerative treatments that we can customize."

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Have the desire to look and feel younger? Instead of going to a plastic surgeon or an aesthetician, make an appointment with a cosmetic dentist. "Full-mouth rehabilitation not only gives patients a beautiful smile, but it gives them the lip support, the cheek support, and the facial support that smooths out wrinkles on the face," says Dr. Jeffrey Haddad of Rochester Advanced Dentistry in Rochester. Many people, he explains, don't realize that teeth, especially back teeth, support the face, lips, and even the musculature of the neck. What we do on a very regular basis is what we call a non-surgical facelift. We had a woman come in recently who had had Botox and fillers, but she still wasn't happy with the way she looked. The reason was that her bite and teeth had collapsed over the years." People who tend to clench and grind their teeth can wear them down, and as they age, this, along with past dental work and discoloration, can make them look older. "There have been so many studies on how important your smile is when it comes to not only your appearance and your age but even how people perceive your intelligence," says Dr. Haddad. A beautiful smile also has such a positive effect on confidence level and mental health. Most people, he says, think that addressing their smiles is a vanity thing. "In my opinion, it's really a quality of life thing because if you aren't confident, if you're afraid to smile or covering your mouth when you smile, that's not a way to live." A misaligned bite can also cause many physical issues. When people grind their teeth, they often wake up with headaches, CONTINUED >

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"There have been so many studies on how important your smile is when it comes to not only your appearance and your age but even how people perceive your intelligence."

pain in the jaw and teeth, ringing in the ears, and vertigo. "Just removing those symptoms makes a huge difference in quality of life." Very precise and advanced computerized equipment measures the muscles of the face and shows where the jaw position and height of the bite used to be. Dr. Haddad can then give patients back the height, tooth structure, and proper jaw position they had when they were younger. This makes teeth look and perform better. "Everything we do starts with health and function, so when we do this anti-aging dentistry, as I like to call it, we're removing any disease in the mouth, taking out old fillings and old crowns. We're removing all that old-school metal, and we're

making the mouth as healthy as it can be. The bonus is a beautiful cosmetic smile and a more youthful look." Once the preparation is done, the actual procedure can be accomplished in just two visits. Although it's not painful, he's able to provide patients with sedation if they so desire. Afterward, Dr. Haddad takes steps to ensure that patients' mouths stay healthy and beautiful. "After we do a full-mouth rehabilitation, we're going to make an appliance that will support their jaw at night and also protect their dental work and investment so they don't go down that path again." Patients are monitored over the years because teeth may need some rebalancing as their bodies change. "We all need maintenance, and we keep patients balanced so they're CONTINUED >

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"In my opinion, it's really a quality of life thing because if you aren't confident, if you're

afraid to smile or covering your mouth when you smile, that's not a way to live." healthy and functional and keeping that beautiful smile," he says. If people are going to have this type of dentistry done or are even considering it, he stresses that they want to go to someone who's been properly trained and does this level of dentistry regularly. "Since there aren't that many dentists that have been trained in it, I go and teach doctors across the country,"

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says Dr. Haddad. "I even had a gentleman dentist from Japan in my class." He encourages people to come in for a consultation and be educated about their options. "A lot of times, we're even able to give them some digital versions of how they could look after going through the process." Also, anti-aging dentistry isn't only for the older population. "We have patients as young as their early 30s coming in because they don't want this misalignment process to happen. We address their teeth in a proactive way so that they will not have that destructive process or deterioration happen." Dr. Haddad is thankful for what he's able to do for his patients on a day-to-day basis. "This is what my passion is," he says. We're doing dentistry that truly affects people's lives, whether that's giving them the confidence to smile or getting them out of pain. It's the most fulfilling thing I can do in my profession." RochesterAdvancedDentristy.com

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For people whose jobs require heavy lifting (think delivery drivers and airline workers), the strain on their spine may result in injuries such as sciatica, bulging, or herniated disc. Any of these conditions can become chronic, requiring X-rays, scans, anti-inflammatory medications, steroid injections, hours of physical therapy, and costly time off work. Until recently, surgery was the last resort option. That has changed thanks to a new spinal decompression technique that can rejuvenate a failing disc and help the spine heal itself. "Chiropractic clinics can now treat bulging and herniated discs, sciatica, and pinched nerves using new technology that targets the problematic disc and brings it back to life," according to Dr. Mosurak, who reports extraordinary results. "They're able to do this without surgery, without prescribing narcotics, and without injections, achieving results that standard chiropractic care doesn't resolve.” Treatment is delivered by way of a computerized table that targets affected discs using computerized imaging data. "The table is programmed to deliver treatment to the disc that requires attention," Dr. Mosurak explains. The reason decompression therapy works has everything to do with the anatomy of the discs in our spine, which Dr. Mosurak explains are similar to a kitchen sponge.

T H E A M E R I C A N C H I R O P R A C T I C A S S O C I AT I O N O F F E R S T I P S TO P R E V E N T T H E O N S E T O F B AC K PA I N , I N C LU D I N G: • Maintain a healthy diet and weight • Remain active • Stretch before exercising • Maintain proper posture • Sleep on a mattress of medium firmness to minimize any curve in your spine • Ensure that your workstation is ergonomically correct Learn more at www.acatoday.org

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"Many of the muscle spasms, the tightness and s we l l i n g I s e e a r e c a u s e d by inf lammation, which is why I recomm e n d a low inf lammat i o n d i e t ." When a disc begins to degenerate, it cuts off the supply of vital fluid and nutrients to the surrounding tissue. "Using decompression technology, we can open the space around the disc, pull water back into the disc, rehydrate it, and help it bounce back to life," according to Dr. Mosurak. "Treating the disc directly just makes a lot more sense," he points out. The success rates have been phenomenal, Dr. Mosurak reports, such as a patient who had been off work for a year and was scheduled for spine surgery. Dr. Mosurak worked with him for a month, applying spinal decompression therapy, and the result was the patient was able to cancel his surgery and return to work full-time. Another client who owns a home renovation company was able to return to work after almost a year off following a month of decompression treatments several times a week. Dr. Mosurak learned of Spinal Decompression Therapy following his chiropractic training at Palmer College in Florida (he also holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from The University of Michigan). He invested in the best decompression table on the market, developed by Excitemedical.com, and the results have been so positive that he is investing in a second table. For more information, on chiropractic care, (313) 332-0388, grossepointespinecenter.com.

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