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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
- Office News
- Herb of the Week
- Product of the Week
- Office Special – Spine Supports
- Patient Success Stories
- What is Love?
- Bring in Your Children and Grandchildren
- Hospital calls for ban on baby walkers.
- Another Medical Journal Praises
Chiropractic
- What is Your Optimum Daily Requirement?
- Words Of Wisdom
- Chiropractic Patients Have Fewer Strokes
- Women Who Use Artificial Sweeteners Gain
Weight
- Good Vaccine News
- Happy People Are Healthier
- Chiropractic and Spinal Research
- Humor
Office News
A BIG thank you goes out to all of you who
made our Christmas in June such a success! With your help, we were able to help make kids and
families healthier and happier by bringing much needed relief to the family
shelter at La Mesita and by seeing many new families during our new patient
coupon special. We are dedicated
to making your family healthier and happier too!
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers for
me this past week and my grandmother who passed away last Monday. I could feel your concern and I appreciate
your support. Thanks for being
easy on Dr. Ross while I was away too!
;) –Dana
Herb of the Week
  Vitamin C – What a wonder
vitamin! Used as a daily
supplement, Vitamin C has been shown to fight cancer, boost immunity against
cold and other infections, lower cholesterol and combat cardiovascular
disease. It also has been show
to speed wound healing, maintain good vision, counteract asthma, help
overcome male infertility, protect against smoking and various pollutants,
combat gum disease and is useful in the treatment of some mental disorders. Have you had your “C” today?
Product of the Week
Purity Perfect Vitamins – Check out this fabulous multi-vitamin
for adults… This optimally
balanced, phyto-nutrient rich formula has more folic acid for better
cardiovascular health and helps mood and memory. It contains organically bound selenium which helps fight
against cancer. It contains
Flora-Gro lutein for healthy eyes, and contains no wheat, corn, dairy,
flavorings, colorings, sweeteners or preservatives. Purity Perfect Multi-vitamins rebalances your
calcium-magnesium ratio too, in favor of muscle-relaxing, anxiety-relieving
magnesium. It highly absorbable
and always fresh and affordable.
These capsules are made with the highest grade ingredients and are
available in the office today.
In Office Special
Spinal Supports – For a limited time we are offering spinal supports for your car
or office chair for just $55.00 each.
These supports usually sell for $89.95! If you sit a lot in an office chair, or are drive long
distances, there’s no better time to pick up one of these supports to help
keep your spine in line! y.xing, anxiety-relieving magnesiLimited
supply.
Patient Success Stories
More success stories from our patients… Chiropractic can assist in healing many more complaints than
such a sore back… its amazing
what our bodies can do to heal when interference is removed!
Adult
male patient notes recovering faster after physical activities and decreased
neck pain after beginning care.
Female
patient reports her acid reflux is gone with chiropractic care.
Male
patient used to suffer with headaches twice a week that would lay him up for
1-2 days. He experienced no
headaches for a week after his first adjustment, and continues living
virtually headache free with continued care.
Mom
notes her baby under chiropractic care is clicking noticeably less while
nursing.
Female
patient’s blood pressure continues to drop even though pregnant, even when blood
pressure meds lowered, and it now continues to be normal under chiropractic
care.
Newborn
favoring one breast over the other to nurse. After first adjustment, baby is nursing well on both.
After
first adjustment, hip pain and range of motion in neck and hip much
improved.
What is Love?
"Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it
everyday." Noelle, age 7
 "Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who
are still friends even after they know each other so well." Tommy, age
6
"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all
the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only
one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore." Cindy, age 8
"My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing
me to sleep at night." Clare, age 5
"Love is when mommy gives daddy the best piece of chicken." Elaine,
age 5
"Love is when mommy sees daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is
handsomer than Robert Redford." Chris, age 8
"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone
all day." Mary Ann, age 4
"You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you
mean it, you should say it a lot. People forget." Jessica, age 8
Bring in Your Children and
Grandchildren
 We chiropractors often see first time patients who have been
living in unhealthy bodies for many years. How often we wish that we could
turn back the clock for those who needed chiropractic care years or even
decades ago but walked into our office today for the first time in their
lives. Our saying “You should have come here twenty years ago” might hold
truth but it doesn’t really help the latecomer to our offices. Hopefully
we’ll see his/her children and grandchildren in for chiropractic spinal
checkups so that in another 30 or 40 years they won’t be hobbling in to a
chiropractor with a badly subluxated body.
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What’s Your Optimum Daily
Requirement?
 Minimum daily requirements of vitamins and minerals (MDR) are
the least amount you need to prevent you from serious illness or dying. But
who wants to remain in a state that’s just above the brink of disease and
death? That isn’t optimum health. Wouldn’t you rather have your maximum or
optimum daily requirement of what you need so you can function at your
physical and emotional best?
Physical or emotional symptoms may surface after you’ve been suffering from a
“deficiency of health” a state of physical and/or mental dis-ease for a long
time. But why wait for a medical crisis before you address your health? To be
at your maximum you need to function without spinal nerve stress (subluxations)
and chiropractors specialize in locating and correcting them. Don’t wait
until you are sick to address your health; do it now while you have energy
and strength.
Words of Wisdom
 “No doctor can heal, nor can anyone else produce healings for
you, but when correct adjustments are made, the body’s  self-healing process begins and dis-ease turns to ease. In
chiropractic, we seek to maintain your innate control by releasing
interference to nerve supply so that normal function can be restored and the
body can heal itself. Correct skeletal alignment is essential for a healthy
body, mind and spirit.” - DD Palmer, discoverer of chiropractic, pictured
here in this 1910 photo. Dr. Palmer discovered chiropractic in 1895.
If we don't change, we
don't grow. If we don't grow, we are not really living. Growth demands a
temporary surrender of security. – Gail Sheehy
It is not what we see
and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that
which we think and feel and do, first for the other fellow and then for
ourselves. – Helen Keller
Chiropractic Patients
Have Fewer Strokes
 A literature review in the September 2001 Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research
reports that patients under chiropractic care experience strokes at a
considerably lower rate than people who are not under chiropractic care. The
review found that people not under chiropractic care suffer strokes at a rate
more than twice that of people who are under chiropractic care. Some of the
studies reviewed put that number much higher saying non-chiropractic patients
are 27,500 times more likely to have a stroke than chiropractic patients. (2)
In another study, researchers found that the strain required to damage
healthy vertebral arteries was approximately nine times greater than that
produced by spinal adjustment. Indeed, many adjusting techniques are
specific, using so little force that it is over 1/100th or 1/1000th the kind
of force that can cause any problems. (3)
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Women Who Use Artificial
Sweeteners Gain Weight
This may come as a shock but no artificial sweetener has ever been proven to
help people really lose weight or to help diabetics control their disease.
Since 1952, repeated studies on saccharine show that it increases the
appetite and may promote the growth of cancer. The FDA agrees it is a
carcinogen.
Aspartame (Nutrasweet ™, Equal™) appears worse. It breaks down into dangerous
substances when heated and changes brain chemistry. Hundreds of FDA reports
claim that is causes dizziness, depression and headaches. And to put the
icing on the cake (pardon the expression), women who use artificial
sweeteners gain weight and put it on more quickly than women who don’t.
(4)
Good Vaccine News. It may be just the
beginning of a new trend. The San Francisco Chronicle in “Vaccination
Backlash”, documents that over 50% of entering kindergarteners in the Yuba
River Charter School have opted out of vaccinations. The paper followed the
story with a six-page weekend magazine. The parents interviewed see natural
doctors, use midwives and acupuncturists and pursue a healthy lifestyle. Read
the article at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/05/25/CM171959.DTL
Happy People Are Healthier
Want to live longer and healthier? More and more studies are showing that
optimism, relationships, music, spirituality, love and joy have been linked
to a healthy immune system, longer life, better peace of mind and better
physical and mental health. Worry, fear, depression, anxiety, stress,
loneliness and helplessness have been linked to a weakened immune system,
heart disease, arthritis, infections, colds, cancer and higher death
rate.
As Hans Selye, Ph.D., world renown stress researcher, writes:
All I can say as a scientist is that the
majority of physical illnesses have in part some psychosomatic origin.
Andrew Weil, MD says:
Doctors who ignore the mental and
spiritual dimensions of their patients will never be able to teach about
health or practice genuine preventative medicine.
An unhealthy spine, an unhealthy nervous system, toxins, lack of exercise,
poor diet and other factors have been linked to a spectrum of emotional (or
“mental”) disorders from depression and anxiety to psychosis. First and
foremost, keep your spine healthy. Just like good nutrition, it is essential
for proper physical and emotional well-being.
Chiropractic and Spinal Research
 Chiropractic is the most popular natural, drug-free healthcare
system in the world because of millions of success stories. If there is any
condition you’d like to know about please write us.
Migraine
Headache. Half of 127
migraine sufferers were given chiropractic adjustments for six months. The
other migraine sufferers just had medical care. Subjects in the chiropractic
group demonstrated statistically significant improvement in migraine
frequency, headache duration, disability and medication use. 22% of those
undergoing chiropractic care reported more than 90% reduction in migraines
after two months. About 50% reported significant improvement in severity of
migraine episodes. (5)
ADD,
Enuresis, Toe Walking.
This is the case of a six-year-old boy suffering from nightly bedwetting
(nocturnal enuresis), attention deficit disorder and toe walking. He walked
with his heels 4 inches above the ground. The medical specialist recommended
cutting both Achilles’ tendons and breaking ankles to achieve normal posture and
movement. The parents brought him to a chiropractor. The chiropractor found
subluxations of atlas, occiput, sacrum and pelvis. After 4 weeks of care both
heels dropped 2 inches and the bedwetting frequency decreased to 2-3 times
per week. His medical doctor was shocked at his recovery under chiropractic
care. (6)
Herniated
Cervical Disc. A 60-year-old woman
with a herniated cervical disc diagnosed by MRI suffered from deep, constant,
burning aching and numbness in her left arm, severe neck and left shoulder
pain and hand weakness. Surgery was recommended but she began chiropractic
care instead. Within 5 months her pain and numbness disappeared and her
grip-strength returned to normal. (7)
Asthma
and Chiropractic. 81 asthmatic
children were placed under chiropractic care. After 60 days of care 90.1% of
the children reported improvement compared to their pre-chiropractic scores.
30.9% of them voluntarily decreased their dosage of medication by an average
of 66.5%. 24 of the patients who reported asthma attacks 30 days prior to the
study had significantly decreased attacks by an average of 44.9%. (8)
Humor
Little Harold was practicing the violin in the living room while his father
was trying to read in the den. The family dog was lying in the den, and as
the screeching sounds of little Harold's violin reached his ears, he began to
howl loudly.
The father listened to the dog and the violin as long as he could. Then he
jumped up, slammed his paper to the floor and yelled above the noise,
"For Pete's sake, can't you play something the dog doesn't
know?!"
The District Attorney stared at the jury, unable to believe its verdict.
Bitterly he asked, "What possible excuse could you have for acquitting
this man?"
The foreman answered, "Insanity."
The D.A. said, "All twelve of you?"
Some
reasons to be grateful if you grew up speaking English:
1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture.
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out.
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present
the present.
8) At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) After a number of Novocain injections, my jaw got number.
19) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
20) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
21) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
22) I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.
 Bye! Enjoy the summer! Come in and tell us about
all your wonderful vacation plans. We can’t say it enough: thanks for being
our patient and letting us care for you and your loved ones. We really do
appreciate you. You are part of the vanguard of people who understand the
importance of drug-free, natural healthcare. Write back and let us know what
you think of our newsletter. Want free copies for friends? Let us know. Don’t
forget to stop by for a spinal adjustment so you can be at your best.
Remember: friends don’t let friends walk around with subluxations in their
bodies. We fix spines while you wait so bring in your friends and loved ones
for a spinal checkup.
Have a Safe and Healthy Day!
Dr. Ross
References
1. Khan S, Cook J, Gargan M et al. Asymptomatic classification of whiplash
injury and the implications for treatment. Journal
of Orthopaedic Medicine. 1999;21(1):22-25.
2. Cohn A. A review of the literature regarding stroke and chiropractic. The Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research.
2001;4(3):42-59.
3. Symons BP, Leonard T, Herzog W. Internal forces sustained by the vertebral
artery during spinal manipulative therapy. Journal
of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics. 2002;25(8):
504-510.
4. From a survey of 80,000 women conducted by the American Cancer Society
reported in The Walking Magazine,
1990.
5. Tuchin PJ, Pollard H, Bonello R. A randomized controlled trial of
chiropractic spinal manipulative therapy for migraine. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological
Therapeutics. 2000:23(2):91-95.
6. From the records of Rejeana Crystal, D.C., Hendersonville, TN in the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association
Newsletter, May/June 1997.
7. Brouillette DL, Gurske, DT. Chiropractic treatment of cervical
radiculopathy caused by a herniated cervical disc. Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics.
1994;17(2):119-123.
8. Graham RL, Pistolese RA. An impairment rating analysis of asthmatic
children under chiropractic care. Journal
of Vertebral Subluxation Research. 1997;1(4):1-8.
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