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Dwell as near as
possible to the channel in which your life flows.
-Henry David Thoreau
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. –Lao
Tzu
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Chiropractic: Health from within
· Half Full or Half Empty
· The Latest on Potential Dietary Supplement legislation
· Flu Shot and Alzheimer’s
· Take Two Aspirin and Prolong the Flu
· College Football and Chiropractic
· Does Your Spine Curve?
· Chiropractic and Spinal Research
· Words Of Wisdom
· Humor
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Health
From Within
You were born with and have a natural healing ability or “inner
healer” that is always working to make you 100% whole, healthy and
happy. It’s always there.
An Experiment
What would happen if you cut your hand? You’d bleed, of course,
but almost immediately afterwards the blood around the cut would
begin to clot, sealing off the wound and preventing further blood
loss and infection. The act of clotting is made up of at least
fifteen different chemical reactions! Your blood, however, will clot
even if you haven’t studied biology.
Further, any dirt or bacteria and other germs that got in the cut
would be hunted down, attacked and gobbled up by a vast, natural,
antibiotic army made up of white blood cells, neutrophils,
eosinophils, leukocytes, mast cells, killer cells, antibodies, and
others that constantly patrol and protect your nooks and crannies.
But you don’t have to know their names, what they look like, or
even know they exist for them to work.
A Cancer Patient?
If you cut the hand of a cancer patient, they would heal. If they
can heal their cut, why can’t they heal their cancer? They can!
Medical journals contain many stories of recoveries from
“incurable” diseases. Something woke up their natural “inner
healer” and the cancer began to dissolve. This has been documented
with nearly every disease known and is referred to as “spontaneous
remission.” (1) But must we wait to get a serious disease before
we awaken our “inner healer?”
Walking Medicine Cabinets
While there is undoubtedly a time and a place for medical care,
swallowing drugs while your general health deteriorates is not the
way to live one’s life. We all know of people who are walking
medicine cabinets, who take many drugs but are not healing.
Where Does
Healing Come From?
Chiropractic recognizes that all living things have an inborn or
innate wisdom constantly working to maintain us in health and heal
us if we are injured or diseased.
Spinal Nerve
Stress (Vertebral Subluxation)
There is a physical condition which interferes with the expression
of our inner wisdom, preventing us from expressing our utmost
healing potential. It is called the vertebral subluxation complex or
spinal nerve stress. This condition irritates our nervous system,
distorts our physical posture, drains our energy, weakens us, blocks
up our natural healing energies or vitality, lowers our resistance
to disease and our ability to adapt to physical, emotional, and
spiritual stress.
The Chiropractic
Adjustment
Chiropractors spend years of specialized training learning to locate
subluxations and correct or relieve them with a procedure called a
spinal adjustment. This begins a process that unlocks your energies,
balances your body and awakens your “inner healer.”
It doesn’t matter what disease or condition you have, when your
subluxations are corrected your inner healer is given a boost and
your body (and mind) can better experience health and healing and
wholeness. Everyone needs a chiropractic spinal checkup. It may make
the difference between natural healing and drug use, between a life
of ease and a life of dis-ease (disharmony).
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The Latest On
Potential Dietary Supplement Regulation.
Last months information regarding dietary supplements raised a lot of
questions from our patients. And I have gained new information
since. Much of the current problems with dietary supplement regulation
lies with the FDA's activity in regulating the industry. Last month
I wrote that the FDA provides guidelines for good manufacturing
practices. I was incorrect, the FDA actually only requires supplement
companies maintain a good manufacturing processing procedure and
manuals. When I learned of this I spoke with someone a
Nutriwest and they informed me that the FDA inspects their plant
yearly through the Wyoming Department of Agriculture.
Apparently the FDA does not have the funds to directly inspect the
plant. I also learned that the FDA has a very limited budget
to enforce the Dietary Supplement Health and Safety Act of
1994. For this reason Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has
introduced a new bill called the DSHEA Full Implementation and Enforcement Act
of 2003 S-1538. For more info about this bill go to http://olpa.od.nih.gov/tracking/senate_bills/session1/s-1538.asp.
Hopefully in the end we will still end up with open access to dietary
supplements.
Half Full or
Half Empty?
People who
view aging as a positive experience live an average of 7˝ years
longer than those who look at it negatively. Pessimists have a risk
of death 19% greater than average. The power of optimism is even
greater than that of lower blood pressure or reduced cholesterol –
each of which lengthens life by about 4 years, according to some
studies. (2)
Flu Shot and
Alzheimer’s
Since flu shot season is nearly here, let’s consider the findings
of Hugh Fudenberg, MD, the world's leading immunogeneticist and 13th
most quoted biologist of our times (850 papers in biomedical
journals). His research revealed that if an individual had five
consecutive flu shots his/her chances of getting Alzheimer's Disease
was ten times higher than if they had one, two or no shots. (3) Dr.
Fudenberg explained that the aluminum and mercury in the flu shot
(also in many childhood shots) build up in the brain causing damage
(mercury also has an affinity for kidney tissue). Is this why
Alzheimer's is expected to quadruple? (4) Note: Ethylene glycol,
phenol, formaldehyde and other chemicals are also in the flu shot.
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Take
Two Aspirin and Prolong the Flu (or nearly any illness)
While we’re on the subject…taking aspirin, Tylenol ™ or other
fever reducers could prolong the flu by up to 3˝ days according to
researchers at the University of Maryland. Fever is the body's
natural way of fighting infection and fever fighters interfere with
that process.
"You're messing with Mother Nature," says Dr. Leland
Rickman, at the University of California, San Diego. An elevated
temperature "may actually help the body fight the infection
quicker or better than if you don't have a fever."
Researchers found that influenza A sufferers who were treated with
aspirin or acetaminophen extended their illness from five days to
about 8˝ days.
College
Football Team Benefits With Chiropractic
Virginia Tech's football team has had an impressive record over the
last several years. Some of the credit is attributed to chiropractic
care. Junior quarterback Grant Noel feels that chiropractic gives
him better flexibility and range of motion. "Just getting my
back adjusted and loose helps with my trunk mobility as far as
twisting and throwing."
With the success of the football team, athletes from the school’s
swimming, diving, lacrosse, soccer, and basketball programs have
begun regular adjustments. Mike Gentry, the assistant athletic
director, says, "Chiropractic helps our athletes return to
competition faster if they have sustained some injuries, and it
seems to be preventative, in the sense that it keeps our athletes
more mobile and flexible and feeling better." |
Does
Your Spine Curve?
When you
look at a person (or a mirror) face-to-face, the spine should be
more-or-less straight. However, from the side, the spine should have
some nice curves going up and down its whole length, from your neck
to your tail bone.
Are curves important? They sure are. A curved spine is much stronger
and flexible than a straight spine. When we look at an X-ray and see
(in side view) less or no curves we are very concerned. Such a spine
is a prime candidate for degeneration with ligament and muscle
weakness, disc pressure, nerve irritation, poor posture, pain, lack
of energy and dis-ease (body malfunction).
When you are first born you have only one curve – the fetal curve.
After a few months you begin to raise your head and your neck
(cervical) curve appears and after you start to stand you develop
your lower back (lumbar) curve. Your fetal curve persists in your
mid-back. It’s best to sleep on your side, but not in a fetal
position as that reverses your neck and lower back curves and puts
stress on your spine.
Remember, even after your aches, pains and other symptoms disappear
your spine may still be unhealthy, having suffered from years of
subluxations. For that reason, it’s important to keep all your
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Chiropractic
and Spinal Research
Did you know
there are case studies of people with nearly any physical and mental
disease or disorder recovering after a chiropractic spinal
adjustment? You never know the power you have within you until
it’s turned on. Here are a few examples of what chiropractic can
do.
Neck and Head Pain. “A young women was in a car accident 18
months ago and had been in pain with her neck and head ever since.
She received months of physical therapy, drugs, etc., and was told
to live with it. After her FIRST adjustment, she woke the next
morning without a headache for the first time since the accident and
has been pain-free since!! She reports that her life is getting back
to normal and she was able to play with her niece and nephew like
she used to as well as many things we all take for granted.” (5)
Hyperactivity, stuttering, slow learner, retarded growth. A
7-year-old boy was diagnosed with hyperactivity, stuttering, slow
learning, retarded growth, and with one leg shorter than the other
(walked with a constant limp). The MDs recommended breaking the
short leg and inserting metal rods in an attempt to equalize the
lengths. The parents brought him to a chiropractor. Chiropractic
examination revealed vertebral subluxations of the sacrum, 5th
lumbar and atlas (C-1) vertebrae. These were adjusted. By the 8th
adjustment his legs balanced for the first time in his life, the
stuttering stopped, his grades in school went from non-satisfactory
to satisfactory and his hyperactivity had abated. (6)
Chronic Colitis and Increased Fertility. A 32-year-old female
with chronic colitis and infertility. The patient had her chronic
condition of colitis relieved and relatively simultaneously became
pregnant after giving up on allopathic fertility treatments for 7
years. (7)
Bed-wetting, hyperactivity and seizures. An 8-year-old girl
with epilepsy (10-12 seizures/day), nightly bed-wetting, attention
deficit disorder and mood swings had been to 5 pediatricians, 3
neurologists and 6 psychiatrists and was on many drugs. Her MDs said
she’d never ride a bike nor do things like normal children do. She
was in special education classes. By the 2nd week of chiropractic
care, her bed-wetting began resolving and by 6 months it stopped.
After 1 year of care the seizures were much milder at 8-10/week and
she was released from psychiatric care as “self-managing.” She
now rides a bike, roller skates and ice skates like a normal child
and will soon be off all medication. She is leaving special
education to enter regular school. (8)
Words of
Wisdom
It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education. –
Albert Einstein
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of
shape. – Anon.
Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes. – Oscar
Wilde
Seven Days
Without An Adjustment Makes One Weak.
Give us a call to have your spine checked today!
Humor
Seen on a T-Shirt: NyQuil -The stuffy, sneezy,
why-the-hell-is-the-room-spinning medicine.
Will Rogers: “I never met a man I didn’t like.”
Georgie Jessel: “I once had a wife who felt the same way, and she
turned out to be no bargain.”
Parenthood
I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening
when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She
was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my
5-year-old shout from the back-seat, "Mom! That lady isn't
wearing a seat belt!"
My son Zachary, 4, came screaming out of the bathroom to tell me
he'd dropped his toothbrush in the toilet. So I fished it out and
threw it in the garbage. Zachary stood there thinking for a moment,
then ran to my bathroom and came out with my toothbrush. He held it
up and said with a charming little smile, "We better throw this
one out too then, 'cause it fell in the toilet a few days ago."
On the first day of school, a first-grader handed his teacher a note
from his mother. The note read, "The opinions expressed by this
child are not necessarily those of his parents."
A woman was trying hard to get the ketchup to come out of the jar.
During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year-old
daughter to answer the phone. "It's the minister, Mommy,"
the child said to her mother. Then she added, "Mommy can't come
to the phone to talk to you right now. She's hitting the
bottle."
A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women's
locker room. When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with
ladies grabbing towels and running for cover. The little boy watched
in amazement and then asked, "What's the matter? Haven't you
ever seen a little boy before?"
It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of
the station. As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was
barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me.
"Is that a dog you got back there?" he asked. "It
sure is," I replied. Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then
towards the back of the van. Finally he said, "What'd he
do?"
Bye, and thanks
for reading this far down. Thanks for being our patient, and letting
us care for you. We really do appreciate you. Don’t forget to stop
by for a spinal adjustment so you can be at your best. And remember,
friends don’t let friends stay subluxated.
References
1. O’Regan and Hirshberg. Spontaneous Remission: An Annotated
Bibliography. Sausalito, CA: Institute of Noetic Sciences. 1993.
2. Levy BR. Yale School of Public Health. Journal of Personality and
Social Psychology.
3. Address by Hugh Fudenberg MD at the NVIC International Vaccine
Conference, Arlington, VA September, 1997. (Dr. Fudenberg's web site
is: http://members.aol.com/nitrf )
4. John's Hopkins Newsletter. Nov 1998.
5. Cases of the Week by Joe LeBarbera, DC
6. Webster, L. Chiropractic Showcase. Summer 1994;2(5).
7. The Resolution of Chronic Colitis with Chiropractic Care Leading
to Increased Fertility Blum, CR JVSR August 31, 2003, p 1-5.
8. Langley C. Epileptic seizures, nocturnal enuresis, ADD.
Chiropractic Pediatrics. 1994;1(1).
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