Newsletter - March 2011
What has made chiropractic so popular? Why do tens of millions of people visit their neighborhood Doctor of Chiropractic? And the numbers are growing! It’s because Doctors of Chiropractic can locate and correct subluxations, small distortions in your spine and body structure that can cause tremendous health damage if not corrected. Tired of being sick and tired? Welcome to the world of chiropractic ~ discover how natural health can be. I like winter because I can stay indoors without feeling guilty. – Teresa Skelton
This issue has a lot of valuable information you may not see anywhere else. If you have any questions or comments please write to us. Feel free to send this to your friends and relatives and if you’d like a hard (printed) copy, stop by the office. Stay warm – spring is coming. TABLE OF CONTENTS • Headaches and chiropractic • Chiropractic and pregnancy pain • A quarter of US children on drugs all the time • Words of Wisdom • Hormone replacement therapy drugs Prempro® and Premarin® … • Interviews with Andrew Wakefield, M.D. • Kids get measles from the measles vaccine! • Did you know? • Researching Chiropractic • Please keep your laptop off of your lap • Do you have a non-vaccinated child? Please take this survey. • Humor • References Headaches and chiropractic What Puts the Ache in Headache?
The ache in headache does not come from your brain—your brain cannot feel pain. During brain surgery a patient is often wide awake feeling nothing, even talking to the surgeons and nurses while his/her brain is being operated on (a local anesthetic numbs the scalp). So what puts the "ache" in headache? It's the non-brain structures: blood vessels, membranes and cranial nerves in the brain and skull. When these structures are stretched, compressed, irritated, inflamed or infected headaches often result. The Chiropractic Approach Why have millions of headache sufferers turned to the natural, drug-free chiropractic approach to health? (1) That's because chiropractic has a unique healing approach—chiropractors are the only health professionals trained to analyze your body for a serious and often ignored condition that can damage your nerves, inflame your tissues, cause muscles to tighten and knot, weaken your body, cause fatigue and set the stage for sickness and disease. This condition is called the subluxation. Just as you may have a cavity in your tooth and be unaware of the damage it's causing, so a subluxation may be causing serious harm to your body—sometimes for years—without your knowledge. The Chiropractic Checkup
Not A Headache Therapy
For over a hundred years headache and migraine sufferers have turned to chiropractic for help, and yet chiropractic is not a headache therapy or treatment. Chiropractic's role is not to treat any specific disease, but to care for the person who has the condition by ensuring that their entire body functions better by correcting their subluxations. Anyone suffering from headaches (and any other condition) should make sure the nervous system and structural system is free from subluxations—for the health of their whole body, not just certain parts. Chiropractic and pregnancy pain The study interviewed the first 100 pregnant women presenting at a chiropractic clinic. The interview included reasons for visiting the clinic, average weeks of pain, where they were in pain and the number of chiropractic visits. The study found that 90% of the patients’ chief complaint was pelvic pain and for 30% of the patients chiropractic was their first choice for care. Those who had never had back pain before waited the shortest time before seeking care. The authors also found that the longer the patients waited to seek chiropractic care the more areas of pain they experienced and the more areas of the spine needed adjusting. (5) A quarter of US children on drugs all the time Advertising really does work
PS. Aren’t you glad you know a safe, natural approach towards healthcare? Most people only know the drug approach. Words of Wisdom
Your essential self lies in an inseparable bond with the Source of Light. From there it extends a glimmer of itself below to illuminate the darkness. – Tzvi Freeman Hormone replacement therapy drugs Prempro® and Premarin® … Pfizer’s hormone drugs Prempro® and the related Premarin® and Provera® cause a 26% increase in breast cancer, 41% increase in strokes, 29% increase in heart attacks, 22% increase in cardiovascular disease and a 100% increase of blood clots. As if that weren’t enough it’s also been linked to deafness, urinary incontinence, cataracts, gout, joint degeneration, asthma, lupus, scleroderma, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and lung, ovarian, breast, endometrial, gall bladder and melanoma cancers. The cancer rate in the U.S. and Canada fell when women quit hormone therapy in 2002 (as did the U.S. heart attack rate in women). But doctors are still recommending these drugs. Interviews with Andrew Wakefield, M.D. Dr. Wakefield is the British gastroenterologist who was viciously attacked for reporting that parents told him their children developed autism after vaccination. Below are an audio interview and a video interview of his side of the story. After you watch and listen, you decide. http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=B9D23224EC0AE34FD5415B72B27B1BE5 Watch Dr. Andrew Wakefield on the Alex Jones show. Kids get measles from the measles vaccine! This is coming from the MMWR which is the U.S. government’s own publication. We've always known that vaccinated kids can contract measles. There are numerous reports in the medical journals of epidemics in fully vaccinated populations. Here is just one from Illinois in which 17 high school students who were fully vaccinated came down with measles even though 99% of the high school population was vaccinated with the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. (7) Did you know? Dr. Seuss’ first book, And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street, was rejected 27 times before he stepped into an office elevator and bumped into an old friend who happened to be working at a publishing house. Dr. Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham after being challenged by Bennett Cerf (his editor) to produce a book using fewer than fifty different words. Researching Chiropractic She was checked and corrected for vertebral subluxations during a 7-month period. During that period she was re-evaluated and exhibited a considerable improvement in her physical, emotional and social well-being. The researchers employed a Self-Rated Health/Wellness (SRHW) survey that was taken prior to care and at subsequent progress visits that assessed her physical state, emotional/mental state, her stress levels, life enjoyment and her Overall Quality of Life. (8) Pervasive developmental disorder. A three-year-old boy, who was diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder by a pediatrician, had communication problems, apraxia and speech delay. The child received chiropractic care over the course of 5 months to his upper cervical (neck) and sacral regions.
Please keep your laptop off of your lap A new study finds that using your laptop computer where it was designed to be used (in your lap) can lower your sperm count. Researchers took the temperature in the testes of men working on their laptops. In just 10-15 minutes, the temperature down there rose to levels high enough to damage sperm production. (11) Do you have a non-vaccinated child? Please take this survey. Studies published in medical journals reveal that non-vaccinated children are significantly healthier than vaccinated children. One such study on the health of non-vaccinated children is being conducted right now and you can be a part of it. It is a short survey. So far over 700 parents have participated, but to have accurate results at least 2000 participants are needed. Please go to http://www.vaccineinjury.info/vaccinations-in-general/health-unvaccinated-children.html Humor What are grandparents? (Taken from papers written by a class of 8-year-olds)
Bye!!! Please write or stop by and give us your feedback. Are there any subjects you’d like to hear about? Anything you dislike? Feedback is always important to us. And, of course, if you’d like hard copies of this newsletter stop by the office and we’ll give you some for your friends and relatives. If they have e-mail, have them write to us and we’ll add them to our subscriber list. References 1. Eisenberg DM. Unconventional medicine in the United States. NEJM. 1993;328:246-252.
6. So young and so many pills. Wall Street Journal. December 28, 2010. WSJ.com. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203731004576046073896475588.html?mod=ITP_personaljournal_0 7. www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000359.htm 8. Mahanidis T, Russell D. Improvement in quality of life in a patient with depression undergoing chiropractic care using Torque Release Technique: a case study. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research. January 31, 2010. 9. Fedorchuk C, Campbell C. Improvement in a soldier with urinary urgency and low back pain undergoing chiropractic care: a case study and selective review of the literature. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research. April 28, 2010:1-5. 10. Handt M. Improvement in a child with pervasive developmental disorder undergoing chiropractic care. Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health – Chiropractic. 2011;1:5-8. |