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Integrated Functional Health Welcome to Integrated Functional Health! Restoring hope, health, and happiness by offering holistic care through our Mental-Emotional-Physical treatment model.

Discover our approach to enhancing well-being and vitality. Visit www.myifh.com Our mission is to meet people where they are on the journey to better health and vitality. By utilizing an approach that addresses the body as a whole, and more than an injured or dysfunctional part, better results are achieved.

What has your body been trying to tell you lately?Maybe it is the shoulders that live up near your ears. The night you w...
10/19/2026

What has your body been trying to tell you lately?

Maybe it is the shoulders that live up near your ears. The night you woke at 3 and could not settle. The stomach that knots up every Sunday evening.

The body often notices stress before the mind admits it. That is not your body working against you. It is your body keeping score of what you have been carrying, and asking for a little care.

Tonight, take one quiet minute and ask what it needs. Then do one small thing about it.

10/18/2026

Tired all day. Wired all night.

7 a.m., you cannot get up. 10 a.m., third coffee. 3 p.m., the crash. 11 p.m., wide awake, mind racing.

This pattern is common, and it is not a character flaw. Often it is a nervous system that has been on alert for so long that it never gets the signal it is safe to switch off. So it runs hot when you need rest, and runs out when you need energy.

The good news: that signal can be practised and learned. A free consult with Matt or Molly is a simple way to find out what is keeping your system switched on, and what to do first.

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Pain is an alarm. It is meant to protect you. But what if it is stuck on?After an injury, months of stress or pain itsel...
10/18/2026

Pain is an alarm. It is meant to protect you. But what if it is stuck on?

After an injury, months of stress or pain itself, your nervous system can stay in protective mode. It tightens, guards and limits how you move, long after the reason has passed.

Integrated Functional Neurology is nervous system focused work with Matt DeWild, RN, for pain, movement and mind body integration. Sessions are 30 minutes, at our Bettendorf clinic or online, designed to help your body feel safe enough to soften its guard. Matt is glad to work alongside your doctor and any specialists you see.

It starts with a free 30 minute consult.

New, severe or worsening pain, numbness or weakness should always be checked by a doctor first.

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The fastest way we know to calm down in real time takes about 30 seconds.It is called the double inhale sigh, or cyclic ...
10/18/2026

The fastest way we know to calm down in real time takes about 30 seconds.

It is called the double inhale sigh, or cyclic sighing:
1. Breathe in through your nose.
2. At the top, sip in a little more air.
3. Let it all out slowly through your mouth, longer than the breath in.
Repeat 2 or 3 times.

Your body already does this on its own after crying or a long day. Breathing in leans toward activation, and a long breath out leans toward calm, so a slow exhale is one of the quickest ways to work with your nervous system.

Our blog post covers the why, and two more patterns to practise.

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Holding your breath while you read email?Check right now. Is your breath high in your chest, shallow, or paused altogeth...
10/18/2026

Holding your breath while you read email?

Check right now. Is your breath high in your chest, shallow, or paused altogether?

Many people hold their breath without realising it, especially while concentrating at a screen. It is small, but it adds up. A held or shallow breath feeds back to the brain as a sign that something is wrong, so a stressed breath can keep a stressed state going all day.

The fix is just as small. Before you open the next message, let your shoulders drop and take one slow breath out, longer than the breath in. Then read.

Your nervous system is where health begins. Small signals of safety, sent often, are how it settles.

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End of the week question: what steadied you?Maybe it was a person. A walk. A song in the car. A prayer, or a quiet minut...
10/18/2026

End of the week question: what steadied you?

Maybe it was a person. A walk. A song in the car. A prayer, or a quiet minute on the porch before everyone woke up.

Noticing what helps your body settle is not a small thing. It is how you find your way back to it on a harder week.

Tell us in the comments. Someone else may need your answer.

10/17/2026

Name it to tame it.

When a feeling is big and blurry, it is hard to do anything with it. Putting it into a word helps. Research suggests that labelling a feeling can quiet the brain's alarm response, which is why it often feels a little smaller once you have named it.

Try it now:
1. Pause and notice what you feel, and where.
2. Give it one word. "I feel tense." "I feel let down." "I feel restless."

It does not have to be the perfect word. Close is enough. Then notice whether the feeling eases, even a little.

If feelings have been hard to name or hard to carry for a while, talking it through can help. Molly Hinke-DeWild, LISW, offers therapy for people located in Iowa, in person in Bettendorf or by telehealth. It starts with a free 15 minute consult.

If you are in crisis, call or text 988 any time. In an emergency, call 911.

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Pain that has stayed longer than it should?Your pain is real, and your brain and nervous system help set its volume. Why...
10/17/2026

Pain that has stayed longer than it should?

Your pain is real, and your brain and nervous system help set its volume. Why Am I Still in Pain? is a free online program from Matt DeWild, RN, that explains how that works in seven plain language lessons.

Each day brings a gentle practice for breath, movement, balance or sleep, designed to help turn the volume down alongside your medical care.

You do not need to be a client. Start it from our programs page.

New, severe or worsening pain, numbness or weakness should always be checked by a doctor first.

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By late afternoon, even small choices feel heavy. What to eat. Which email to answer. Whether to say yes.Decision fatigu...
10/17/2026

By late afternoon, even small choices feel heavy. What to eat. Which email to answer. Whether to say yes.

Decision fatigue is real for people who make many decisions a day. Each one draws on the same limited capacity, and a nervous system under pressure has less of it to spare.

A few things many leaders find help:

Make your most important decisions in your best hours
Turn repeated choices into routines
Take real breaks, away from the screen
Protect your sleep, which refills the tank

Our blog post goes deeper.

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Eight hours in bed. Still exhausted by breakfast.Time in bed and restful sleep are not the same thing. A body that stays...
10/17/2026

Eight hours in bed. Still exhausted by breakfast.

Time in bed and restful sleep are not the same thing. A body that stays on guard can sleep lightly for hours and still miss the deeper rest it needs. Blood sugar, stress, alcohol, late screens and gut health can all play a part too.

If you wake up tired most days, it is worth a proper look, starting with your doctor to rule out medical causes like sleep apnea or thyroid problems.

Functional health coaching with Matt DeWild, RN, then looks at the whole picture: how stress, sleep, food and daily rhythm connect for you.

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2209 Falcon Avenue
Bettendorf, IA
52722

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 2:30pm
Tuesday 8am - 2pm
5pm - 11pm
Wednesday 8am - 2:30pm
Thursday 8am - 2pm
3pm - 11pm
Friday 8am - 4pm
5pm - 10pm

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