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503-MY-SPINE (697-7463) |
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Watson Chiropractic, P.C.
Jan 2006 Newsletter
503-MY-SPINE
(697-7463)
New
Year's Resolution #1 - Loose
Weight: Another new year is
upon us, and with it comes an opportunity to make some improvements in
our lives by making those "New Year's Resolutions".
On the top of most people's list is
weight loss. This
year I'm preparing for all those questions I'm about to get on
weight loss.
Here's a suggestion
for you "hard losers". Try digesting better while
you sleep. Take a liver and gallbladder support supplement, with
rubidium and HCL to support fat digestion and sugar handling.
At the same time, take something with valerian, passiflora, and
magnesium to relax the body. The idea is to get the body to
rest fully and digest thoroughly during your sleeping hours. When
you wake up in the morning, do not eat a protein-based meal, simple
sugars, or simple carbs. Instead, eat something complex like
vegetables, or have some old fashioned rolled oats with raisins for
flavor. By avoiding a protein based breakfast, simple sugars, and
simple carbs, you give yourself more time to digest the meal from the
day before. This all helps you make a metabolic shift towards a
more efficient metabolism. I have seen it work for many of my
patients. The supplements I recommend are GB Plus, Hypo-D, RB-Zyme,
and Formula 303. Take 1 each before bedtime. Contraindicated
for anyone with digestive tract ulcers or a history of digestive tract
ulcers.
Weight Loss
special good through Feb 28th 2006 Purchase these 4 supplements
for $50.00 (GP Plus, Hypo D, RB Zyme, and Formula 303 are normally
$70.00 for all four).
My
Day In Court: Sooner
or later it had to happen. After 12 years of practice and hundreds
of personal injury cases, I ended up on the stand testifying on behalf
of an injured patient. In the past, these things have settled
prior to the court date, but not this time. I was on the
stand for 1 hour and 45 minutes.
I have always
taken care to be very detailed and thorough with my record keeping, and
chart notes, and was pleased to see them in action. This was a
case where the patient was referred to many other doctors and
specialists, several complex tests were performed, and I arrived at an
impairment for this patient. In short, the file was several
hundred pages and very complex.
In the end, I felt
the truth was revealed to the jury during my testimony. I was
happy to help in this patient's case and found the experience overall to
be satisfying.
Insurance
Info: Nina needs your new
address (if you have moved) and your new insurance card (if
you have one). We continue to bill insurance for those who have
it. We are also looking into other managed care plans as there are
a couple that we are not in yet, although we are in most all networks
now.
I
would like to take this moment to shed a little light on the difficult
job Nina has, and what a great job she does for all of you. Every
insurance company is different, and most all our patients have different
plans. I've seen the statements she gets from the insurance
companies. I have no idea how she makes sense of them - but she
does, and she does it well. Next time you see Nina busy at work
you may want to cheer her on and give her a nice compliment or
"thank you" for her diligence on you behalf. Kudos to
Nina.
This
Months specials: We had a
great response to our gift certificates and sold all 25. Thank
You! As a result many new patents come in for care at a very
reduced rate, and many returning patients came in for reduced adjustment
fees. Generally speaking, our Thursdays are not our busiest
day of the week, in light of that, I have two specials that occur
on Thursdays for the month of January, 2006. We have a
little room in the schedule so let's get to work and help some more
people get healthy.
*To receive the
"Thursday Special" offers, you MUST - WITHOUT
EXCEPTION, bring in a copy of this e-mail or print the
coupon off our home page at www.watsonchiropactic.com.
Brand
New Dojo In Town: United Studios of
SELF DEFENSE (USSD) recently moved into the old Blockbuster space,
just down the street from the office. My son Garrett is the first
student to sign up. After meeting with the instructor Michael
Hamm, I can tell it won't be long before this place is busy with men,
women and children learning important skills. Martial Arts builds
confidence, physical awareness, and stamina. For children,
physical exercise early-on sets the stage for a healthy life-long habit
of exercise. And, for adults it's never too late to start a
healthy exercise habit.
USSD
trains their students in the "Shaolin Kempo" style of self
defense. They have over 160 studios nationwide, and this is their
first studio in Oregon. The
instructor, Michael Hamm, is offering 2 free weeks of training to patient's,
who mention our office, or this e-mail. This is a
great deal - JUST FOR YOU, and I recommend you take advantage of it
ASAP. This is not an offer you will likely see anywhere else.
So go for it! Do something fun, healthy, and exciting.
Call
Michael Hamm at 503-675-2488 to sign up, or get more info.
For
more about USSD go to www.ussd.com
for general info, or go to www.ussd.net
for their online magazine.
The
Ancient History of Humor and Health (from
"Humor for Your Health")
There is a deep, historical
relationship between the two words humor and health. Their interaction
is essential for our well-being.
The word humor derives from the
Latin word umor, which means fluid or liquid; to be moist. At least as
early as 2500 B.C., ancient Greek and Ayurvedic medicines, along with
traditional Chinese medicine, linked the body with the cosmos. They
believed the Earth's elements were converted during digestion into
three body fluids called humors; vatta (wind-breath), pitta (bile) and
kapha (phlegm). In 400 B.C., Hippocrates helped refine the Greek idea
of there being four humors, and in the 2nd century A.D. the physician
Galen wrote extensively on them. It was believed the four humors
related to the elements and the seasons, and were qualities of
temperament and disposition:
The Body's 4 Humors
In almost all individuals, one
humor was thought to dominate both personality and health problems. It
was the job of medicine to keep one's humors in balance with the
treatment of herbs and food. This was carried over during the Middle
Ages and the Renaissance, where patients were diagnosed on the basis
of being in good humor or poor humor in relation to their state of
health. Medicine started to expand its theory and distance itself from
the four humors as a practice in the late 1700s, but the sentiment has
carried over into present-day health thinking. If one appears happy,
carefree and lighthearted, one is judged to be fine, o.k., doing well
and coping well, regardless of any ailment.
Your humor then, flows with your
health. It reflects your individual characteristics of joy and
happiness expressed in body, mind and soul.
Managed
Care Humor (California consumer health care council)
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