Welcome to our office's Chiropractic
newsletter. We'd like to entertain you, inform you (and even inspire you
a little).
The robbed man that smiles, steals something from the thief. -
William Shakespeare
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape. - Unknown
Compassion is the chief law of human existence. - Fyodor Dostoevsky
I deem it the duty of every man to devote
a certain portion of his income for charitable purposes; and that it is
his further duty to see it so applied; to do the most good of which it
is capable.
- Thomas Jefferson
Table of Contents
Chiropractic is mysterious? No way!
What is chiropractic?
So many people receive regular chiropractic care as a part of their lives.
They get a periodic chiropractic checkups and (if needed) adjustments
for themselves and their family. Subluxation-free people are shown to
feel great and are happier and healthier. To many people, if there are
health issues in their families, the chiropractor with his/her drug-free
approach is the first healthcare provider they call.
 Some lucky people have even been under chiropractic
care since they were children!
 Yet to others chiropractic care is something
mysterious. Why? Simply because they've never seen a chiropractor. Here
we have a doctor who doesn't give drugs, shots, surgery or do invasive
procedures and some people are more afraid of going to a chiropractor
than going under the knife. We've even known people like that.
 Do your friends a favor - introduce them
to us. Even if they just come in with you and wait in the waiting room,
just seeing other practice members and our professional office is enough
to defuse a lot of fear. Maybe they'll even ask us some questions - and
we'll be happy to answer them.
Do drugs make you healthy?
True health does not mean merely being symptom-free or "feeling ok." True
health is a properly working body: lots of energy, proper alignment, restful
sleep and the strength to deal with life's physical and emotional  stresses. If simply being free of symptoms
were the only sign of good health, then aspirin, drugs and other medicines
would make you healthy. But are people taking the most drugs the sickest?
Drugs don't make you healthy. They may reduce or alter your symptoms,
but that does not make you healthy. What makes you healthy? Life makes
you healthy. Having 100% life flowing through you, having a body free
of spinal nerve stress so the energies from the brain can travel freely
to every part of your body is what health is all about. And that's the
goal of the Doctor of Chiropractic.
Chiropractor helps professional football
team
 Almost every NFL team has a Doctor of Chiropractic
on staff. Why? Apart from helping players with injuries chiropractic care
keeps their spines and bodies balanced and aligned and does it without
drugs or surgery.
Chiropractic athletes have better coordination, improved strength and
can run faster than control groups of athletes.
 Among team chiropractors
is Dr. Doug Miller (right) who has been adjusting the Baltimore Ravens
professional football team for ten years. He was on the playing field
when the Ravens won the 2000 Super Bowl. Ravens trainer Bill Tessendorf
says, "A player favoring a knee or an ankle can cause alignment problems
elsewhere. A chiropractor can help with a lot of those issues."
Dr. Miller adds a larger dimension to chiropractic awareness: "Its not
just about relieving pain from backaches and injuries. It's about achieving
optimum health," he says. (1)
Why refuse the flu shot?
 Not wanting Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a
good reason.
Since flu shot season is approaching we think it appropriate to remind
everyone that according to Hugh Fudenberg, MD, the world's leading immunogeneticist
and 13th most quoted biologist of our time (over 850 papers in peer reviewed
journals), if an individual has had flu shots their chance of getting
Alzheimer's disease increases greatly. (2)
Dr. Fudenberg feels the mercury and aluminum in flu shots (and many childhood
and RhoGam shots) build up in the brain causing AD. Is that why Alzheimer's
is expected to quadruple? (3)
Flu hysteria is on the way (again)
Reports said that "Influenza kills 30,000 to 40,000 Americans every year."
(4)
Hogwash! It's simply not so. How may people really die of Influenza? Here
is what the CDC says:
In 2002: 753 died of the flu (5)
In 2001: 267 died of the flu (6)
In 2000: 2,175 died of the flu (7)
In 1999: 1,685 died of the flu (8)
These were no doubt people who were frail, sickly, weak, malnourished
and unhealthy to begin with. Dying from the flu is, in fact, a very rare
occurrence - research shows the flu shot does not affect mortality of
elderly people.
In conclusion - the flu shot is dangerous and useless. Below is one more
reason why children especially should NOT get a flu shot.
Flu shots increase asthma attacks
In the Archives of Diseases of Children the authors of a published
study found that vaccinated children had a significantly increased risk
of asthma-related clinic and emergency room visits. (9)
Please send this flu information to everyone you know.
Celibacy or
Chiropractic?
 Pubic symphysis dysfunction is a condition
that a pregnant woman may suffer from as a result of the changes her body
goes through while carrying her unborn child. They may spend months in
dire pain on walking and turning in bed.
The medical treatment is contraception (don't get pregnant) or nothing
(live with the pain) or celibacy or all of the above.
Pubic symphysis dysfunction is usually due to a subluxation of the lower
spine or public bones (located in front of the pelvis). It usually responds
to one or two chiropractic adjustments. (10)
Girls' consumption
of French fries linked to breast cancer in adulthood
 This information from the Natural Health Newsletter by Randall Neustaedter OMD. Subscribe to this free newsletter at www.hpakids.org.
A large study found that one additional serving
of French fries per week consumed during ages 3-5 years increased the
risk of breast cancer by 27%. The study also found reduced risk of breast
cancer for children who consumed whole milk (compared to skim and low-fat
milk), butter and liver. A problem with fried foods is the presence of
a class of carcinogens called acrylamides, formed when starchy carbohydrates
like potatoes, corn, oats or wheat are subjected to high temperatures
(above 360 degrees) for prolonged periods, as in deep-frying. French fries,
potato chips, doughnuts, and even oven-baked French fries contain acrylamide.
This chemical is monitored in drinking water because of its ability to
cause cancer. (11)
The September issue of CancerWire is now
available.
Natural cancer cures are available. Subscribe for free at http://www.cancermonthly.com/cancerwire.asp.
The shots aren't
working so let's sell (i.e. inject) more
Pertussis boosters for adolescents?
 Instead of promoting natural immunity, breastfeeding,
natural birth and other healthy lifestyles, infants and children are given
five DPT (diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus) shots. They don't seem to be
working because pertussis (whooping cough) is still increasing and conditions
caused by vaccines such as autism, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes,
ADD, ADHD, learning disorders, allergies and others are skyrocketing.
Now the Society of Adolescent Medicine wants 10 to 12-year-olds
to get DPT shots. Almost all children recover from pertussis, few recover
from autism. For example in 2004 there were over 1,200 cases of whooping
cough in Colorado but only one death. It is not known if the lone death
was from pertussis or due to other conditions. (12) Note: DPT has long
been considered the most dangerous shot of all causing brain damage, encephalitis
and death. The shot isn't even needed. Deaths from whooping cough decreased
nearly 98% BEFORE the vaccine was mandated. That's why more and more parents
are saying "KEEP YOUR SHOTS AWAY FROM MY CHILD."
Humor
My wife and I were happy for 20 years. Then we met. - Rodney Dangerfield.
Finally, an honest politician
 W.C. Fields took a fling at presidential politics
and wrote a book, Fields For President, published in 1940.
Fields built his campaign around a winning slogan - "A chickadee in every
pot" - and made candor his chief concern in addressing the American people:
"When, on next November fifth, I am elected chief executive of this fair
land, amidst thunderous cheering and shouting and throwing of babies out
the window, I shall, my fellow citizens, offer no such empty panaceas
as a New Deal or an Old Deal or even a Re-Deal. No, my friends, the reliable
old False Shuffle was good enough for my father and it's good enough for
me...and remember, the major responsibility of a President is to squeeze
the last possible cent out of the taxpayer."
Some facts about the 1500s:
Most people got married in June because they
took their yearly bath in May and still smelled pretty good by June. However,
they were starting to smell so brides carried a bouquet of flowers to
hide the body odor. Hence the custom today of carrying a bouquet when
getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house
had the privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and
men, then the women and finally the children - last of all the babies.
By then the water was so dirty you could actually lose someone in it.
Hence the saying, "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water."
Houses had thatched roofs - thick straw - piled high, with no wood underneath.
It was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the dogs, cats and
other small animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it
became slippery and sometimes the animals would slip and fall off the
roof. Hence the saying "It's raining cats and dogs."
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed
a real problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could really
mess up your nice clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung
over the top afforded some protection. That's how canopy beds came into
existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence
the saying "dirt poor."
The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the winter when
wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on the floor to help keep their footing.
As the winter wore on, they kept adding more thresh until when you opened
the door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed
in the entranceway. Hence the saying a "thresh hold."
When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It
was a sign of wealth that a man "could bring home the bacon." They would
cut off a little to share with guests and would all sit around and "chew
the fat."
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content
caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning
and death. This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400
years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of
the loaf, the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or "upper
crust."
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometimes
knock them out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road would
take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on
the kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around
and eat and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom
of holding a "wake."
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places
to bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones
to a "bone-house" and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1
out of 25 coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they
realized they had been burying people alive. So they thought they would
tie a string on the wrist of the corpse, lead it through the coffin and
up through the ground and tie it to a bell. Someone would have to sit
out in the graveyard all night (the "graveyard shift") to listen for the
bell; thus, someone could be "saved by the bell" or was considered a "dead
ringer."
 Bye, and thanks for reading this far down.
Thanks for being our patient, and letting us care for you. We really do
appreciate you. Write back and let us know what you think of our newsletter.
Want copies for friends? Let us know. Don't forget to stop by for a spinal
adjustment so you can be at your best. And remember, friends don't let
friends stay subluxated. 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
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References
1. The Catonsville Times (Maryland), June 30, 2005.
2. Dr. Fudenberg at the NVIC International Vaccine Conference, Arlington,
VA September, 1997. Quoted with permission.
3. John's Hopkins Newsletter, November 1998. Note: Dr. Fudenberg's
web site is: http://members.aol.com/nitrf. I
recommend you visit it. Fascinating stuff there.
4. http://www.acponline.org/journals/news/jul-aug04/vaccinations.htm
5. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_13.pdf (p.16)
6. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr51/nvsr51_05.pdf (p.16)
7. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr49/nvsr49_12.pdf (p.15)
8. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr49/nvsr49_08.pdf (p.28)
9. Christy C, Aligne CA, Auinger P et al. Effectiveness of influenza vaccine
for the prevention of asthma exacerbations. Arch Dis Child. 2004;89(8):734-735.
10. Fallon J Chiropractic and pregnancy, a partnership for the future. ICA Review Nov/Dec 1990. pp. 39-42.
11. Michels KB et al. Preschool diet and adult risk of breast cancer. International Journal of Cancer. 2005(Aug 10). Epub ahead of print.
12. The Denver Post www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2753934,00.html 03/10/05.
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