Welcome to our chiropractic office
newsletter.
We hope to inspire you, teach you and have a little fun.
We ache, because that is human. To learn from it, that
is wisdom.
– Deng Ming-Dao
TABLE OF CONTENTS
· Pregnancy
and Chiropractic
· Eliminate due date?
· Antibiotics and Asthma
· Chiropractic and Spinal Research
· Parents of Autistic Children Sue Drug Firms, Dental Groups
· Words of Wisdom
· References
Pregnancy
and Chiropractic
So many
women who received care during pregnancy say to us: How in the world do
other women get through pregnancy without [chiropractic] adjustments? -
Carol Phillips, DC
If you
are pregnant one of the best things you can do for yourself and your baby is
see a doctor of chiropractic. Pregnant women are very prone to subluxations
(spinal misalignments causing nerve interference) because hormonal changes can
cause relaxation of ligaments and increased spinal instability. This can result
in pain, spinal imbalance, weakness, fatigue and breech presentations. Chiropractic
care provides so many things a pregnant body needs: a flexible and balanced
spine, hips and pelvis; internal organs without postural stress and freedom
from nerve stress – all essential for a healthy pregnancy and delivery.
In short – along with a better diet;
exercise and avoiding drugs, alcohol and cigarettes – chiropractic care should
be an essential part of every pregnancy.
Eliminate
Due Date?
While we’re on the subject of pregnancy,
the “due date” may be a thing of the past. Only 5% of babies show up “on time”
anyway. Dr. Vern Katz, of the Center for Genetics and Maternal Fetal Medicine
in Oregon says that a due date frustrates and makes expecting parents anxious
if their baby is late. This, in turn, tends to put pressure on doctors to ''do
something.” As a result, the number of induced labors has skyrocketed in the
last few years, many of them unnecessary.
One reason due dates are flawed is that the 14-days-from-the-last-period formula
doctors use to figure it out is flawed. "How often," Katz asks, "does conception
occur exactly 14 days to the minute after the first drop of menstrual blood
appeared?" Variability among women is also a factor. Women expecting twins or
in poor health with hypertension or diabetes can all expect to deliver early.
Katz suggests that doctors start using the concept of a "delivery week." (1)
Antibiotics
and Asthma
Drugs often have unknown side effects,
especially on the very young. In a study of 456 children, aged five to 10, by
researchers in New Zealand, children given antibiotics in the first year of
life had four times the risk of developing asthma. Taking antibiotics after
age one increased asthma by one and a half times compared to children not given
antibiotics. (2) One study revealed that young children under chiropractic care
used little, if any, antibiotics. Why? They didn’t need them. Chiropractic care
kept their bodies unsubluxated so they could fight off infections naturally.
(3)
Chiropractic
and Spinal Research
Did you know there are thousands
of papers on the wonders of chiropractic and spinal care in health and disease?
Anyone who has any kind of health problem needs chiropractic care. Is there any disease or condition you’d like to know about? Ask us.
Multiple Sclerosis and Chiropractic A 47-year-old
woman first experienced MS symptoms at age 44. She noticed her thinking wasn’t
as clear, she had less bladder control and developed leg weakness and nerve
sensations in her arms and legs. For three years her symptoms steadily worsened.
An MRI revealed nerve lesions. She began chiropractic care; an upper cervical
(upper neck) subluxation was located. The chiropractor adjusted (corrected)
the subluxation and monitored her spine. After 4 months of chiropractic all
her MS symptoms had disappeared. A follow-up MRI showed no new lesions and a
reduction of existing lesions. Two years later all MS symptoms remained absent.
(4)
Parents
of Autistic Children Sue Drug Firms, Dental Groups
In an April 4, 2002 news report
form Reuters News Agency the parents of a group of children with autism are
suing several U.S. drug companies and dental associations, charging that vaccines
and dental fillings containing mercury caused or contributed to their child’s
autism. The families are seeking unspecified damages on behalf of their children.
Seven other suits have been filed. The groups charge that the dental associations
mislead consumers by not telling them that amalgam fillings contained mercury
and could, when implanted in women's mouths, expose fetuses and nursing infants
to toxic levels of mercury. The drug companies are being sued for not warning
parents that children receiving vaccines containing the mercury-based preservative
thimerosal were at higher risk for mercury poisoning, which has symptoms of
autism.
Words
of Wisdom
It is essential
to know that to be a happy person, a happy family, a happy society, it is very
crucial to have a good heart, that is very crucial. World peace must develop
from inner peace. Peace is not just the absence of violence but the manifestation
of human compassion.
– Dalai Lama
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries,
is not "Eureka!" (I found it) but "That's funny...”
– Isaac Asimov
Want copies of this newsletter for your friends? Stop
by the office and we’ll give you some hard copies. Please remember that everyone
needs to be free from subluxations so bring your friends and loved ones for
a spinal checkup.
If
you are not currently a patient and would like to become one please contact
us.
References
1. Obstetrics and Gynecology. December, 2001.
2. Asthma Update, Baltimore, MD in Bottom Line Personal, October 2000.
3. Van Breda,W and Van Breda J. A comparative study of the health status of
children raised under the health care models of chiropractic and allopathic
medicine. Journal of Chiropractic Research Summer 1989, 101-103.
4. Elster E. Upper cervical chiropractic management of a multiple sclerosis
patient: a case report. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research. May
2001; 4(2).
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