Why Chiropractic?

 "Chiropractors do something that many physicians have lost sight of. They use touch to maintain a compassionate and humane connection with their patients."
Dr. Larry Dossey, National Institutes of Health

Touching Patients Promotes Healing!
This is part of the recipe found in chiropractic. Another part has been the concern for the integrity of the patient's nervous system because the nerve system controls and regulates all functions of the body. Chiropractic has built a solid reputation based on the profession's ability to consistently produce miraculous results. Touching patients and removing interference to their nervous system insures the best possible healthy future for patients.

"The More Mechanically Distorted A Person Is, The Less Energy Is Available For Thinking, Metabolism & Healing."
Roger Sperry, Ph.D.
1988 Nobel Prize for Brain Research

Posture is affected by and affects every aspect of our lives. An individual's state of nutrition, exercise, stress management, body fat control and mental development can all be associated with posture. Posture is one of the most overlooked keys to optimum health and performance. Good posture improves fitness, thinking ability, emotional state and general vitality. Why? Simple. Posture is affected by the position and function of the spinal column. This also affects the function of the spinal cord and spinal nerves. Your posture, therefore, is a window to the spine and the spine is a window to the nervous system.
Optimum Posture = Optimum Spine = Optimum Nerve System = Optimum Health.

Ear Infections Over-Treated

In the United States, 97.9% of children diagnosed with otitis media (ear infection) were given antibiotics by their doctors. In his study, " Acute Otitis Media in Children: Role of Antibiotic Therapy," Dr. Thomas Lehnert M.D. concluded that there was a " definite need for antibiotics in only 5-10% of the cases."

Imagine if these same kids were under Chiropractic Care!

Mother's and Infants

 Health Status
The infant mortality rate in the USA now ranks 23rd out of 29 industrialized nations. The USA ranks well below most other industrialized nations, and its ranking has slipped sharply since 1960.

Good News for Babies and Mothers
Mothers should breast-feed their babies at least 12 months, providing no other drink or solid food for the first 6 months according to a recent policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Why the change? Studies in recent years show that nursing protects babies from a variety of ailments and lowers the mothers chances of getting ovarian and premenopausal breast cancer.

The best part of this research also proves what chiropractors have been saying for 100 years. The lead researcher said, "We're learning there are hundreds of components in human milk that we didn't know were there, and we can not duplicate them."
Indeed, there is an inborn wisdom in all of us. Express it!

Ever Since

"Ever since I had the baby..." "Ever since I hurt my back...." " Ever since I moved the piano..." Ever since is a handy peg to hang things on, especially when it comes to health matters." "I've had this pain ever since I painted the ceiling." "Johnny hasn't been the same ever since he fell." Here's a whole new way to look at this:
Join your friends and neighbors who have been feeling great "ever since" starting a wellness program with us!

Healthy vs. Not Being Sick

 Being Healthy Means I'm Not Sick....Right?
Most North Americans have adopted the mistaken belief that not being sick means that they are healthy. In our pursuit of "not being sick," we have sought to reduce or eliminate symptoms from our lives through the use of over-the-counter medications. Not only does this course of action defy logic; it can be damaging our health in the process. A recent article in USA Today revealed: What do you mean.....not logical?
Would you rather be wealthy or not poor?
Would you rather be smart or not stupid?
Would you rather be happy or not depressed?
Would you rather be healthy or not sick?

You see, you get what you go after. Why pursue "not being sick" when your real objective is to be healthy. If you pursue "not being sick," that is the best you can hope to attain. Stop holding yourself back with limiting beliefs. The choice is yours...the number below is ours! (203) 743-2225

Immune Response

 What difference is there in the two people that caused one to have disease while his partner escaped? Why?
Could it be that the problem was not all the "germ" but rather the individual susceptibility to disease?

The Secret of Health and Happiness
According to Nobel Prize winner Dr. Hans Selye, one of the world's greatest pathologists: "The secret of health and happiness lies in successful adjustment to the ever changing conditions on this globe; the penalties for failure in this great process of adaptation are disease and unhappiness... Many common diseases are largely due to errors in our adaptive response...many nervous and emotional disturbances, high blood pressure, gastric and duodenal ulcers, and certain types of sexual, allergic, cardiovascular, and renal (kidney) derangements appear to be diseases of adaptation." So, what controls the immune system?

The purpose of the brain and nerve system is to control the function of every tissue, organ and system of the body. How is your nervous system today? Call us to find out!

"Disease Care," vs. Health Care

The Cost of Calling "Disease Care" Health Care
According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, an estimated 100 million Americans suffer from chronic health problems such as cancer, heart disease and arthritis - and they spend $425 billion each year on drugs and surgery! Despite massive fundraising efforts for medical research, experts agree that we are no closer to discovering a cure or effective treatment in most cases. In fact, studies estimate that the number of Americans with chronic conditions will increase to 148 million by the year 2030 and the direct costs will rise to $798 Billion. These chronic conditions currently account for 3/4 of ALL deaths in the U.S.

Calling "Disease Care" Health Care is a contradiction in terms and has resulted in more disease and less health for Americans. Chiropractic is Health Care and results in more health and less disease...Change your thinking...Change your approach...Change your life!

Spotlight
Teaching health care professionals more about alternative health care, with its emphasis on healing instead of technology, may do as much to improve the health of our citizens as any scientific discovery about the diseases that still plague us.
Marc Micozzi
Chronicle of Higher Education

The Bottom Line
We know darn well that the body is a self-regulating and self-healing organism as long as the system that integrates all function (the nervous system) is permitted to function without interference.

Pharmaceutical Industry Wants Your Child!

 The Politics of Medicine
The $75 Billion pharmaceutical industry is looking for more customers and they think children are the best bet. Ritalin has been such a huge financial success that Eli Lilly, the company that makes Prozac, the most popular antidepressant, wants the FDA to approve the use of Prozac by children. Prozac sales have dropped 7.7% since 1995 as the adult market for Prozac for the depressed became saturated. However, an estimated 4 million children are clinically depressed.

In 1996 alone, 600,000 children were given Prozac despite a lack of evidence showing that this drug has any short or long term benefits for children. In fact, the result of 5 clinical trials demonstrated that such medications brought relief in only 8 - 45% of children while placebos (containing no active ingrediants) actually helped more children, in the range of 17-68% according to Professional Psychology; Research and Practice 1996. Even so, Prozac prescriptions for children under the age of 12 increased by 212% since 1994.

Why?
Once children have a drug habit, the pharmaceutical companies can count on their business for life. The fact that most studies have shown that antidepressants work no better than placebos on children and that they can produce serious side effects appears to be of no concern to those companies "looking for expanded markets." Chiropractic works for better health and emotional well being...Call us today!

Back to Basics

 A Short History of Medicine:
Funny, Perhaps. Food for thought, Yes!

Back Pain

 "Back Pain" What Works
A recent book by two neurologists, Drs. Kandel and Sudderth, recommends chiropractic. They say, "Chiropractors are doing something right. They have hoards of satisfied patients who swear by chiropractic and reject the advice of most medical professionals to avoid the chiropractic profession."

Drs. Kandel and Sudderth review the education of today's chiropractor, "Chiropractors go through a demanding and thorough training program. The graduates of chiropractic colleges leave with a grasp of anatomy of the spine and nervous system as well as various techniques relevant to spinal disorders. They are taught when not to adjust patients."
Finally, they reveal their own experience concerning the safety of working with chiropractors : "Despite sharing thousands of patients with chiropractors, we are unable to report a single injury received by one of our patients while being adjusted."

High Blood Pressure

 Blood Pressure Drug Doesn't Help Hearts
A study published in the June, 1998 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that "more than 6 million elderly Americans are being given blood pressure drugs that do nothing to prevent heart attacks or fatal strokes." The study found that those people taking "beta blockers," who had no underlying heart disease, did not decrease their risk of heart attack, sudden death or stroke.

The Bottom Line
How to avoid nursing homes, hospitals and high blood pressure? Chiropractic has, for years, been associated with better health in the elderly. In fact, elderly chiropractic patients report better overall health, have fewer chronic conditions, spend fewer days in nursing homes and hospitals, are more mobile in their communities and are more likely to report strenuous levels of exercise than their non-chiropractic counterparts.

Healthy Lifestyle

 Get Walking!
The research suggests that for people in their 60's, 70's, or 80's becoming and remaining more active is easy and has great benefits. Over a 12 year period, the study found that "walking just two miles a day can cut the risk of dealth almost in half."
New England Journal of Medicine

Make a Healthy Lifestyle a Decision You Can Live With:
  1. Establish and maintain a healthy diet.
  2. Reduce your physical, chemical and emotional stress levels.
  3. Balance a reasonable amount of rest with a reasonable amount of exercise.
  4. Develop emotional self-control.
  5. Establish and maintain normal nerve system function allowing you to properly comprehend yourself within your environment by making chiropractic care a regular part of your healthy lifestyle!

The Prescription Party

 Adverse Reactions to Conventional Prescription Drugs
cause at least 100,000 dealths a year and more than 2 million serious complications in hospitalized patients according to a recent study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.

The Bottom Line
Until we, as a society are willing to stand up and say enough already, the drug industry will continue the prescription party. We spend more money every year on the problems drugs cause than on the original problem the drug was supposed to help. Take responsibility to build your health from the inside out!

All Natural Healing

 Benefits of Vitamin E
In addition to enhancing the function of their immune systems, "Finnish men who took 50 mg of vitamin E daily for 5 to 8 years had a 32% lower rate of prostate cancer as well as a 41% lower death rate from the disease than men who did not take the supplement."
Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Hugging
Hugging is healthy. It helps the body's immune system, it keeps you healthier, it cures depression, it reduces stress, it induces sleep, it's invigorating, it's rejuvenating, it has no unpleasant side effects, and hugging can be considered nothing less than a miracle to our mental, physical and social well being.

Hugging is all natural. It is organic, naturally sweet, no pesticides, no preservatives, non-toxic, no artificial ingredients, and 100% wholesome. Hugging is practically perfect. There are no moveable parts, no batteries to wear out, no periodic check-ups, low energy consumption, high energy yield, inflation proof, non-fattening, no monthly payments, no insurance requirements, theft-proof, non-taxable, non-polluting and, of course, fully returnable.

Chiropractic
Chiropractic philosophy is based on the fact that each patient carries his/her healer within. Chiropractic's role is to free the inner healer and allow the body to do what only it knows how to do - heal itself from the inside out.

Top 9 Foods for Fitness

 The '98 January/Febuary issue of Fitness magazine advises keeping these nine foods in your diet.
  1. Eggs: one egg has the same amount of protein as an ounce of meat.
  2. Yogurt: one cup of yogurt offers 45% of daily needs for calcium.
  3. Orange: one orange provides more vitamin C than you need for the entire day and is a good source for folic acid, fiber and potassium.
  4. Oats: the number 1 source of cholesterol-lowering soluble fiber.
  5. Kale: has more nutrients in greater amounts than most other vegetables.
  6. Tomato Sauce: has more health benefits than fresh tomatoes because it is more concentrated. Women who eat a lot of tomato sauce are less likely to develop cervical cancer.
  7. Salmon: one of the best sources of omega-fatty acids, which cut heart attack risk and possibly lower blood pressure.
  8. Cereal: dishes up good doses of colon cancer preventing fiber, B vitamins and iron.
  9. Beans: one-half cup contains about 7 grams of protein 7 grams of fiber and 10% of the RDA for iron.
Don't Forget
Digestion and absorption of nutrients are controlled and coordinated by the nervous system. Make sure all your systems are functioning properly with a chiropractic check-up.

Stress

 Fighting Stress Supports Cancer Survival
Research published by the National Cancer Institute reported a link between high stress levels and lowered immunity in women after breast cancer surgery. And, at Penn State University, they found more than 3 independent studies indicating that patients with breast or prostate cancer who learn to manage stress appear to live longer than equally ill patients who do not learn to control their response to stress.

The Bottom Line
"It's just more evidence that stress relief and social support can prolong life." For stress busting support, get on a regular schedule of chiropractic care and check out help on the Internet by visiting: www.stop-n-start.com.

Avoiding Stress Can Prevent a Cold
"Juggling many social roles and keeping a desired job may be among the best 'medicines' around to prevent catching cold" according to a study published in USA Today. The study suggests that, "when you know your're under stress, take better care of yourself than usual. Instead, we tend to do just the opposite."

What incredible insight this medical research has. What makes more sense, is to take a pro-active rather than reactive approach to health and increase the body's ability to adapt to stress.

Facts on Total Wellness

 from Dr. Joseph Pizzorno Based on these Numbers you would think that the US is the healthiest country in the world....but we're not. We're not even close to being the healthiest. Why? Because the premise is faulty.
We don't need more drugs to be healthy, what we need are bodies that work right with a properly functioning nervous system.

Pain Misdiagnosis Anyone?

 Up to 2/3rd Of All People Who Go To MDs For Pain Related Problems Are Misdiagnosed!
For years, the medical profession has stressed the importance of proper diagnosis. If they can't correctly label the illness, they can't treat it, they say.

Research by Dr. Nelson Hendler was presented at a recent American Medical Association briefing on pain and it indicated that the overall rate of inaccurate or incomplete diagnosis was between 40 and 67%. He concluded that these "wrong "diagnosis happen when a physician is unable to identify the cause of the patients problem.

Did you know?
Chiropractors call themselves Doctors of Cause because our emphasis is on finding the cause of an individual's health problem. M.D.'s, on the otherhand, make a diagnosis by putting a label on a condition and then attempt to eradicate the condition's symptoms by either taking out body parts or introducing toxic chemicals into the bloodstream!!!

Chiropractic Patient Satisfaction

According to "A Review of Current Research", Patients believe that chiropractic health care has resulted in:
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