All the little tricks that I was using to try to keep rock stars healthy on tour I was finding I was using the exact same tricks with my regular patients -- because they want to party and have fun, but they’re too busy or they go all day taking care of their kids and don’t eat, everybody is living like these rock stars.

Gabrielle Francis

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You can do chiropractic adjustments to realign the neck, they also have special pillows called cervical pillows that help support the curve in the neck, i also have a cervical traction block that I give to people that helps to realign the curve of the neck.

Gabrielle Francis

Herbs like turmeric, ginger, and Boswellia-- also known as Frankincense, are good to use. They can add them to their diet but they can be found in supplement form. One I like is called Inflammatone.

Gabrielle Francis

Massage helps a lot of the structural problems with back pain and neck pain, and I use a lot of relaxation techniques like cranial sacral [ therapy ], acupuncture and aromatherapy to help with a lot of stress on tour.

Gabrielle Francis

To help rockers drink more responsibly at a party, Gabrielle Francis suggests drinking organic wine to avoid extra toxins from pesticides and to stick with high-shelf clear alcohols like vodka, tequila and gin that are usually lower in sugar and gluten-free. If you want to drink less but still keep the buzz, Gabrielle Francis recommends clients try Gabrielle Francis grapefruit cocktail trick. If you mix the alcohol with the grapefruit juice, the grapefruit juice actually keeps things in the blood stream longer and slows the processing, so you can drink one drink and you get the same alcohol affect as you would if you were drinking two.

Gabrielle Francis

The protein helps to keep the blood sugar stable so it does n’t crash and wake you up -- and then there’s herbs like St. John's Wort, passionflower and Melissa Officinalis that all help to soothe the nervous system.

Gabrielle Francis

You want to wake up and have some protein and drink tons and tons of water and maybe some herbal teas that help to protect the liver like milk thistle, dandelion tea and green tea.

Gabrielle Francis