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It just amazes me how fast
summer gets by us. I hardly even got a tan. Oh well,
fall is my favorite season. The crisp air and the
sound of the rustling leaves makes me want to have a bowl of soup
and sit by the fire. We just got back from a
camping/fishing trip and are ready to put those weekend getaways
aside until next year. However, it's no reason to be a couch
potato. This is the time of year when many people start
packing on the extra weight. With the holidays and the
desire to have more insulation it's easy to let 5 or 10 extra
pounds slip on. Make a plan to stay active. Join
a gym, or buy some really good outdoor rain gear. Go ahead
and splurge on this one. Gym fees are at the most, a hundred
bucks a month. Good rain gear can be expensive, but
look at it this way. Would you rather pay a couple
hundred for some good rain gear, or buy a whole new
wardrobe for the new and larger you next spring? Oh yea, I
bet a couple hundred bucks sounds a lot less painful than a new
larger swim suit. Catch my drift. Snow drift that is :
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We have changes again this
month. We got a sound system in the office.
We stream music off the internet, and have a volume control, and
speaker in both treatment rooms and in the reception.
Its a very nice addition and I am very pleased to have
it. And yes, that is my shiny new truck in the parking lot
and yes it's red.
Your privacy and the
Internet
Your privacy is important
to me. Your healthcare information is not on a computer
that is "plugged into" the internet. Period.
Explanation: We have an
internet network to make appointments and manage our website
as well as send and receive information. And, we have Nina's
computer that is not plugged in to the internet. Your
clinical chiropractic healthcare information is only on the
non-Internet (Nina's)computer. However, if you use our
online appointment book, the information that you enter into that
is on a computer that is plugged into the internet. Although
it is encrypted and password protected, it could be
compromised. Fortunately, the only info that someone
would gain access to would be your name, street address, e-mail
address, phone number, name, and appointment times. And,
with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and a username and password that is
case sensitive, and at lease 6 characters it's very
unlikely. Once again, your diagnosis codes and treatments,
along with other "healthcare" information is not on
a computer that is plugged in to the internet.
What
does the word chiropractic mean?
Dr. DD Palmer discovered chiropractic in 1895. He had no special
name for his discovery, he referred to it as his "hand
treatments." One of the first beneficiaries of Palmer's hand
treatments, was a Minister and a Greek language scholar, Rev. Samuel
Weed. Dr. Palmer asked Rev. Weed to suggest some Greek names for his
discovery because it was derived, in part, from ancient Greek
healing arts. Rev. Weed took the Greek word for hand, chiros, and
done by, pracktos and put them together to form chiropractic,
meaning done-by-the-hand.
In 1897 Palmer founded the first school of chiropractic to teach
this old-new drugless healing method. The Palmer School of
Chiropractic, first under his leadership and later under that of his
son, Dr. B.J. Palmer, became the largest school of its kind. Within
twenty years the number of doctors of chiropractic would number in
the thousands.
Football
and chiropractic
With football teams clashing it out on the field chiropractors are
not far behind. There is significant chiropractic participation in
US professional football. In a survey, 77% of National Football
League (NFL) trainers reported referring a player to a chiropractor,
with 45% of the NFL trainers reporting that they themselves had seen
a chiropractor. In addition 31% of NFL teams have a chiropractor
officially on staff, and an additional 12% of teams refer players to
chiropractors. (1)
If you play football or any sport, you'll find that chiropractic
spinal care will help your speed, coordination, reaction time. In
one study athletes under chiropractic care had an 18% faster
reaction time than controls.
Sometimes the difference between winning and losing can be
hundredths of a second. With that in mind, chiropractic might make
the difference between first places and everything else.
Get the winning edge - get a chiropractic check-up, especially
before any competition. (2)
Flu
shot hurts asthmatics
"Got asthma - better get a flu shot" is what medical
doctors have been telling patients. However, more recent research
reveals that just the opposite may be true: giving an asthmatic a
flu shot doesn't protect him/her from attacks but instead makes
their condition worse. Researchers took 800 asthmatic children and
were placed into two groups of 400 each. One group got the flu shot,
the other didn't. Researchers were surprised to find that the
children in the vaccinated group were nearly twice as likely to
visit the ER because of their asthma. (3)
It's
a new school year. Make sure your back-packing children have a
healthy spine.
Bring in your children for a back-pack check-up. I recommend
the Chiropak made by Samsonite.
Keys
to a happy marriage
Besides loving and trusting your spouse people feel happiest in
relationships where they feel the other person helps them achieve
their own personal goals.
Individuals who perceived themselves as having high levels of
support from their spouses in their personal pursuits reported
greater marital satisfaction than their less-supported peers.
Working together to achieve shared goals, (buying a home or having
children) reported increased marital satisfaction. (4)
Most
ear infections clear up without antibiotics
A newly released report from the Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) found that two-thirds
of children with uncomplicated ear infections recover from pain and
fever within 24 hours without antibiotics and over 80% recover
within 1 to 7 days. In other countries otitis media is not always
treated with drugs at the first sign of infection. Rather, in
children over the age of 2 years, the norm is to watch and see how
the infection progresses over the course of a few days. The report
notes that in the Netherlands the rate of bacterial resistance is
about 1%, compared with the US average of around 25%. (5)
Words
of Wisdom
Between stimulus
and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and
power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and
freedom. Victor Frankl
There is surely
nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's
whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully
understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do,
and nothing else to pursue. - Hagakure
The most important
thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come
in.
His voice dropped to a whisper. Let it come in. We think we don't
deserve love, we think if we let it in we'll become too soft. But a
wise man named Levine said it right. He said, 'Love is the only
rational act. Morrie Schwartz, quoted by Mitch Albom,
"Tuesdays with Morrie
Breastfeeding
Reduces Obesity
Breastfeeding is the best thing your can do for your baby to give
them the best start in life. Breastfed babies are shown to be
physically and neurologically healthier than artificial (formula)
fed babies. The longer a child is breast fed, the greater the
benefits.
In a recent study it was found that breast milk contains a protein,
adiponectin, that could reduce the risk of obesity later in life.
Researchers found that the longer a child is breastfed, the lower
their risk of obesity.
Adiponectin is secreted by fat cells and affects how the body
processes sugars and fatty substances in the blood. (6)
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Remember,
if you or anyone you know or care about is involved in sports have
them come in for a spinal check-up so we can locate and correct any
subluxations in their spine. It may make the difference between
winning and losing, health and disease, quickly healing or remaining
sick.