Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. – Vaclav Havel

The Most Popular Natural Healthcare...

Chiropractic is the largest, natural, drug-free healthcare system in the world! Chiropractic helps people recover from illness and disability faster and helps them minimize drugs and surgery.

Chiropractic improves physical and emotional health; chiropractic patients report less stress, more vitality and more enjoyment in their lives! (1-3) Is it any wonder why so many millions of people are turning to natural, drug-free chiropractic?

What Is Chiropractic? Chiropractic is a system of healthcare that releases a serious stress from your body: the vertebral subluxation complex (spinal nerve stress). This is a spinal distortion that affects your nerves, muscles, internal organs, discs, bones, brain, posture and overall health. If you have one, you can’t be fully healthy.
How Do You Get Subluxations?

Subluxations are caused by stress – any kind of stress: accidents, sitting or working in the same position, poor posture, sports, even emotional upset. A subluxation gotten from a childhood fall can cause problems in adulthood.

How Do You Get Rid of Subluxations? Get an adjustment! Your Doctor of Chiropractic is specially trained to analyze your body for Subluxations and safely, gently and painlessly correct them using specialized spinal adjustment techniques.

Nearly everyone has Subluxations in their spine; it is a “hidden epidemic.” For that reason spinal check-ups by a Doctor of Chiropractic should be a part of everyone’s healthcare. You get your eyes, teeth and blood pressure checked! Why not your spine?

Please tell those you care about to come in for a spinal checkup. Friends don’t let friends stay subluxated.

Chiropractic and Spinal Research...

Remember, a person with any kind of health problem needs chiropractic. Feel free to forward these studies to others.

Schizophrenia. 8 children, 4 normal and 4 toe walkers (diagnosed with schizophrenia) had chiropractic care. All 8 children vocalized, verbalized and appeared more alert and responsive after spinal adjustments. Parents of the 4 toe walkers additionally reported no observable dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) during family meals. The parents also reported undisturbed and less disrupted sleeping patterns since the initial adjustment. After 180 days, all toe-walking ceased.(1)

Allergies, asthma, improved breathing, better digestion and better vision. In a Swedish study, patients from 87 chiropractic offices reported on conditions helped. Among them were: improvements with asthma/allergies and breathing, improved digestion, clearer/better/sharper vision, improved circulation, and improved acne/eczema. (2)

Crohn’s Disease and Allergy. 17 Crohn's patients received chiropractic care and 34 acted as controls. All patients continued their medication. 12 of the 17 chiropractic patients showed long-term and stable remission of their symptoms and of these, 9 experienced an alleviation effect. The researchers report “subluxation is a common and characteristic finding in patients with allergies and Crohn's disease.” (3)

Allergy. Patients at a chiropractic college clinic often presented with ear-infection, sinus problems, allergy, bedwetting, respiratory problems and gastro-intestinal problems. Complete or substantial improvement was noted in 61.6% of pediatric patients of their chief complaint with 60.6% receiving “maximum” improvement. 56.7% of adult patients received “maximum” improvement. (4)

Exercise: Do you have to kill yourself to look great?

Do you feel guilty because you don’t look like the incredible Hulk or at least Spiderman (and don’t they wear body suits anyway?). Don’t knock yourself out to get in shape, a new study from Yale shows that even a little exercise, done regularly can work wonders.

173 overweight or obese sedentary women (50-75) were split into two groups: one just did stretching exercises and the other did some moderate exercise such as brisk walking done for an average of 3.5 days/176 minutes a week.

The walking group showed significant reductions in fat and weight. But don’t stroll, walk briskly. Why not make an after dinner “constitutional” every evening? It used to be what everyone did. (5)

SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome...

Worried about SARS? Media hype notwith-standing let’s look at the numbers. There are over 200 “probable” or “possible” cases of SARS in the US and no deaths. Worldwide the SARS death rate is 4%, much lower than flu or pneumonia.

Of the 10 Canadians that died, the median age of death was 70.2. This illness is not killing the healthy or those born after 1933 and until the facts are in we may learn even more, for example, did those who die have the flu shot, antibiotics or other drugs? So don’t panic. The best way to defend yourself from any virus or bacteria is to have a healthy immune system. (4)

Events Calendar

May 5— Patient Orientation, 6PM

May 5 to 9—spring into health--daily adjustments for one fee of $59(individual), $79(couple), $99 (family) or 3 co-pays (whichever is less)--call for details/scheduling

May 12 to 31— refer your mom for free visit and be entered into a drawing for a mini-spa package. call for details/scheduling

May 21—patient orientation, 6pm

Breastfeeding appears to confer long lasting increases in a child’s cognitive ability and educational achieve-ment into young adulthood.

Breast fed children score higher in stan-dardized tests, teacher ratings and academic outcomes in high school. (7)

Vision is not enough. It must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. – Vaclav Havel

At the center of the Universe is a loving heart that continues to beat and that wants the best for every person. Anything that we can do to help foster the intellect and spirit and emotional growth of our fellow human beings, is our job. Those of us who have this particular vision must continue against all odds. Life is for service. – Fred Rogers ("Mister Rogers") 1928-2003

Nothing that’s forced can ever be right, if it doesn’t come naturally leave it.- Al Stewart

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. Albert Camus

1. Receptor based manip-ulative lesions in children who toe walk. Press H. Proceedings of the National Conference on Chiropractic and Pediat-rics. Oct, 1993 Palm Springs, CA. Pub. Inter-national Chiropractors Asso-ciation,  Arlington, VA.

2. Leboeuf-Yde C, Axen I, Ahlefeldt G, et al. The types and frequencies of non-musculoskeletal symptoms reported after chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 1999;22(9):559-564.

3. Takeda Y, Arai S, Touichi H, Mieda T. Long term remission and alleviation of symptoms in allergy and Crohn's disease patients following spinal adjustment for reduction of vertebral sub-luxations. JVSR.March 2003; 4(4).

4. Nyiendo J. Olsen E. Characteristics of 217 children attending a chiro-practic college teaching clinic. JMPT. 1988;11(2):78084.

5. Journal of the American Medical Association. 2003; 289:323-330.

6.http://www.newswire.ca/ government/ontario/english/ releases/April2003/11/c0428. html and  http://www.who.int/csr/ sarsarchive/2003_ 04_17/en

7. Horwood LJ, Ferguson DM. Breast feeding and later cognitive and academic outcomes. Pediatrics. 1998; 101(1).

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