Welcome to our office's Chiropractic newsletter. We'd like to entertain
you, inform you (and even inspire you a little).
At the deepest level, it's real love
and care that people crave. Give those things, and you'll receive them.
Through your caring deeds and actions, you'll truly make your mark on the
world. - Doc Childre and Howard Martin, The HeartMath Solution
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Stay
younger longer and healthier with chiropractic
  It's
been said that age is a feeling, not a number. We're sure you know those
who are active, healthy, full of life and "sparkle" well into "old" age
while younger people are sickly, aged and really old. Can chiropractic
help you stay younger, healthier and prevent premature aging? Research
is increasingly saying "yes." Read on...
When you have subluxations your bones become
fixated (locked, jammed or stuck). This causes degeneration: the joint
fills up with scar tissue (fibrosis), tightens, becomes arthritic and
prematurely ages. The first symptoms may not be pain but stiffness and/or
loss of range of motion: you can't turn, twist or move body parts as easily
or completely. (1)  Subluxation degeneration often takes years to develop but accidents can
age people "overnight." (2)
 Chiropractic
to the rescue! Chiropractic adjustments unlock or un-jam your joints,
increase your range of motion and begin to reverse degeneration. (3)
Keep your body moving and aging will be
delayed. We'll make sure your parts are unlocked and have more flexibility
so you'll stay active. If you want to stay young and flexible keep in
mind one dictum, "The body is made to move." (4)
More
chiropractic good news (your DNA likes us)
Chiropractors have long observed that regular chiropractic care helps
you better handle stress, improves health and keeps you younger. More
research is backing up these observations.
It is known that stress makes you produce
lots of free radicals, chemicals that damage your DNA,  inhibit DNA repair and cause faster aging. In a recent study 25 patients
under short-term chiropractic care were compared to 21 patients under
long-term chiropractic care (at least two years) and 30 non-chiropractic
controls.
The exciting news is this - long-term chiropractic
patients showed more antioxidants in their blood (serum thiols). These
are chemicals that fight free radicals, protect your DNA and hasten DNA
repairs.
What are you waiting for? You're not getting
any younger. Get an adjustment today (bring your friends and family too).
(5)
Words
of Wisdom
Loving a child doesn't mean giving in
to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach
him to love what is difficult. - Nadia Boulanger (celebrated French
conductor)
If one completes the journey to one's
own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else. -
Father Thomas Keating
Mommy's
all night pharmacy
 Antibodies,
or immune molecules, in a mother's breast milk are transferred to the
baby, giving them immunity to illnesses that the mother is immune to.
If your newborn is exposed to a germ, it will go from the baby's mouth
through the breast to the mom's immune system. She will make antibodies
to that germ and transfer them back to the baby at the next feeding. Studies
repeatedly reveal that babies who are breastfed exclusively have better
functioning immune systems in the long-term as well.
Cure
for the blues
Click on the link below and follow instructions...its absolutely true!!
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/%7Egeoffo/humour/flattery.html
Great,
new e-newsletter: http://www.cancermonthly.com/
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decisions. Every month, Cancer Monthly summarizes the latest clinical
results of cancer therapies presented by oncologists, researchers, and
other cancer professionals working in hospitals and research institutions
around the world.
Solving
the real drug problem
 The
real drug problem is the legal drugs that kill hundreds of thousands of
people each year. Death from illegal drugs does not compare to that. Want
to teach your kids to not take drugs - legal and illegal? Show them a
better way to deal with life's stresses, aches and pains than taking drugs.
Explore drug-free healthcare - and bring your kids with you when you visit
the chiropractor, homeopath, naturopath, nutritionist or other healer.
The April 5, 2004 issue of the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC)
reports on a study from Metropolitan State University in Minneapolis that
shows that children and teens are more likely to use non-medical alternatives
if their parents did too! According to the researchers: "Not surprisingly,
the most significant factor that determined whether a pediatric patient
would use complementary or alternative medicine is whether an adult in
the family used it." (6)
And
now for something completely different
 Now
this is really important - according to a Yahoo! News release,
researchers from the University of California say that if men share household
chores...their wives will find them more attractive.
This
is modern medicine?
"More than half of all medical treatments,
and perhaps as many as 85%, have never been validated by clinical trials."
(7-8) Yes, this is modern medicine. Drugs, surgical procedures and medical
treatments are often dangerous, killing hundreds of thousands Americans
each year and injuring many times that number.
And
they're calling us dangerous?
 One
response to the damage caused by unproven and untested drugs and medical
procedures is that lots of people are turning to the world of drug-free,
natural, safer healthcare. The medical response is typical.
On April 9, 2005 Dr. Gong-Soog Hong and
her team presented findings at the annual meeting of the American Council
on Consumer Interests in Columbus, Ohio revealing that more than 70% of
adults aged 50 or older use some type of alternative therapy, such as
herbal medicine, meditation, or chiropractic. Obviously they are seeking
safer, more effective, health optimizing care. Dr. Hong, reflecting the
medical mindset said: "many of these remedies are largely untested, and
experts still don't know if they interfere with many combinations of drugs
older adults are taking." (9)
Is this the only thing Dr. Hong sees? The
medical profession simply refuses to see the handwriting on the wall and
is in a state of denial. It needs collective psychotherapy.
Patients will continue to seek safer, less
expensive, more effective care as long as modern medicine remains so dangerous
and expensive and concentrates more on treating symptoms than correcting
the cause of dis-ease.
Humor
TEENAGERS ARE LIKE CATS
 1.
Neither teenagers nor cats turn their heads when you call them by name.
2. No matter what you do for them, it is
not enough. Indeed, all humane efforts are barely adequate to compensate
for the privilege of waiting on them hand and foot.
3. You rarely see a cat walking outside
of the house with an adult human being, and it can be safely said that
no teenager in his or her right mind wants to be seen in public with his
or her parents.
4. Even if you tell jokes as well as Jay
Leno, neither your cat nor your teen will ever crack a smile.
5. No cat or teenager shares your taste
in music.
6. Cats and teenagers can lie on the living
room sofa for hours on end without moving, barely breathing.
7. Cats have nine lives. Teenagers carry
on as if they did.
8. Cats and teenagers yawn in exactly the
same manner, communicating that ultimate human ecstasy: a sense of complete
and utter boredom.
9. Cats and teenagers do not improve anyone's
furniture.
10. Cats that are free to roam outside
sometimes have been known to return in the middle of the night to deposit
a dead animal in your bedroom. Teenagers are not above that sort of behavior.
Thus, if you must raise teenagers, the
best sources of advice are not other parents, but veterinarians. It is
also a good idea to keep a guidebook on cats at hand at all times. And
remember, above all else, put out the food and do not make any sudden
moves in their direction.
When they make up their minds, they will
finally come to you for some affection and comfort, and it will be a triumphant
moment for all concerned.
 See
you next month. Don't forget to stop by for a spinal checkup and an adjustment
(if needed). And bring in the family too - kids do better at school when
they aren't subluxated (really!)
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
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3. Whittingham W, Nilsson N. Active range of motion in the cervical spine
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4. Weiniger SP. Conscious Posture. BodyZone.com Press, 2004 (projected).
5. Campbell CJ, Kent C, Banne A, Amiri A, Pero R. Surrrogate indication
of DNA repair in serum after long term chiropractic intervention - a retrospective
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6. http://www.reflector.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/prnt/524935.h... Prevalence of complementary and alternative medicine use in US children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med .2004;158:292.
7. Millenson MM. Beyond the Managed Care Backlash: Medicine in the
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