Dr. Ross' Healthy Living Chiropractic Newsletter |
Now is the season to know that everything you do is sacred. - Hafiz
Have a wonderful Holy-day season
May this be a time for renewal, peace, wisdom and healing. Thank you for joining our practice and letting us introduce you, your friends and family to the wonders of chiropractic and drug-free, natural healthcare. If we haven't seen you in a while please stop by for a checkup (your body will thank you) and share season's greetings with us.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Office News
- Patient Success Stories
- Your own private army
- Your own private drug-store
- Thoughts about Vioxx
- No wonder you're tired...
- Words of wisdom
- Chiropractic = less back pain drugs, X-rays, less back surgery, lower costs
- Back Surgery or no-surgery = No difference
- Chiropractic and spinal research
- Happy New Year
- Humor
- References
Office News
The office will be closed both Fridays on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve. Please call the office as soon as possible to reschedule your normal Friday appointments for Monday or Wednesday. These are filling up quickly, and we want to be able to accomodate you. From all the staff here at the office, we wish you a very blessed and healthy Christmas and New Year!
Dr. Ross is now taking appointments for in-depth exams of the knees, ankles, feet, shoulders, elbows and wrists. If you are experiencing any problems in these areas, call us to set up a 15 minute exam to determine if additional care would be helpful. The exam is $25 and most additional care is included with your wellness care checks. In some cases, orthodics are necessary and are the patients responsibility, and not included in your wellness care. We are already seeing some great results with this new care, let us know if we can help you!
Do we have your current mailing address and phone number? You should be receiving mailings from us about twice a year. Be sure to update us with your new address or telephone if it has changed in the past year or if you are not receiving any mail from us. May we also suggest leaving a cell phone number on file in case of an emergency and we have to get a hold of you at the last minute regarding your appointment. It saves a lot of time and wasted trips!
We now have Referral Packets available at the office! This great information packet details the importance of Chiropractic, and helps answers a lot of questions prospective patients might have. This packet includes an awesome CD on "Living Your Life Without Limits". If you haven't heard this CD, pick one up for yourself! Its worth the listen! Its chock full of statistical and scientific information about why Chiropractic Care is important and works. It is presented in a easy to understand and entertaining way and is easy to get through. Once you're done with it, either bring the CD back or pass it along to a friend. Lets get the word out that Life is Better Without Subluxations!
Patient Success Stories
Child patient before Chiropractic Care was sick all the time, but in the last 6 months under Care has only had one fever!
Female Patient reports doing much better and has so much more energy since starting Chiropractic care.
Male patient with knee problems report increased Range of Motion by almost 30% after new knee care Dr. Ross is currently incorporating into the office.
Pregnant Mother reports no more headaches after 1st visit and sleeping better!
Male patient reports experiencing the least amount of headaches he's ever had in his life after just 6 visits.
All of these patients had one thing in common... they had subluxations that were preventing their bodies from working properly. They did not know they had subluxations because subluxations are usually painless and have no symptoms themselves. The subluxations were keeping them from being as healthy as they could have and should have been.
Health is natural. If you know of someone who is not as healthy as they should be, recommend they have their spines checked for subluxations by a chiropractor today!.And above all, if you know of someone with a child or have a child yourself, have their spines checked for subluxations... you could prevent a life time of sickness by keeping their nervous system free of nerve interference caused by subluxations.
Your own private army
You have, inside of you, a vast army with advanced weaponry on a constant search and destroy operation to find, repel and eat any invader.
Eat? Well that's how your immune system kills bacteria, viri, all kinds of germs - even cancer cells.
Your immune system is part of your marvelous healing ability that is designed to keep you perfectly healthy for well over 100 years. Your healing ability is able to cure even "incurable" diseases, everything from the common cold to cancer.
Working under the direction of your inner healer, your body's wisdom, your immune system patrols your every nook and cranny, searching to keep your body safe and secure.
Your immune system needs good weapons and for that reason you have your own private drugstore.
Your own private drug store
Yes, your marvelous body makes every drug and chemical you need to lead a healthy, happy life. According to David Simon, MD, "The human body has an internal pharmacy...it's more powerful than the outer pharmacy. When we are healthy our bodies can produce anti-depressant drugs, anti-anxiety drugs, immune-enhancing drugs, digestive system normalizing drugs, sleep-inducing drugs. Most new pharmaceuticals are designed to mimic the body's natural internal pharmacy." (1)
Your brain and many of your internal organs, hormones, glands and tissues work together to keep your internal pharmacy functioning properly. Your army needs healthy, natural, nutrient dense foods (as opposed to refined, artificial "junk" foods) as raw building materials and proper energy and communications to coordinate operations. 
The quality of your raw materials (food) comes from your conscious choices about what to eat and drink. How do you ensure the quality of your internal communications? That's the role of your chiropractor. Chiropractic is a powerful way to free your spine and nerves of nerve interference caused by vertebral subluxations.
If you have subluxations in your body, you cannot function at your best and your "army" will be held back.
To help keep your (and your loved ones) immune system and natural healing ability functioning at their optimum with high resistance to disease - get a chiropractic spinal checkup. It's a great way to celebrate the season.
Too many people rely on the "external" pharmacies rather than cultivate their internal pharmacy. Your internal drug store makes the perfect drugs for you and doesn't have side effects or cause damage, unlike the artificial drugs so many people take. There is no such thing as a safe drug; every pharmaceutical can cause damage. Critics have come forth claiming that many of the drugs presently being taken by millions of people are dangerous.
The recent Vioxx scandal revealed more than the dangers of prescription drugs. It revealed that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to protect the public when it approved Merck's Vioxx despite evidence suggesting that the drug caused heart attacks and strokes. (2) David Graham, MD, MPH scientist and "whistleblower" revealed to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee that the number of deaths from heart attacks and stroke from Vioxx is now estimated to be between 88,000 - 138,000.
Vioxx may be the tip of the iceberg, "Graham says he has heard concerns similar to his from counterparts who monitor medical devices and...vaccines, but they're reluctant to come forward." (3)
No wonder you're tired - In 24 hours as an adult...
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Seven Days Without An Adjustment Makes One Weak - Bob Rush, DC
Chiropractic = less back pain drugs, X-rays, less back surgery, lower costs
Apart from childbirth, back pain is the 2nd leading cause of physician visits, the most prevalent chronic medical condition and the #1 cause of long-term disability.
A study in The Archives of Internal Medicine compared 700,000 people with chiropractic coverage in their insurance plan and 1,000,000 without chiropractic coverage. The chiropractic group needed less X-rays, MRIs, surgery and hospitalization.
The chiropractic group spent 28% less for back pain, 23% reduction in the use of X-rays, 37% less MRIs, 41% less hospitalizations for back pain, and 32% less back surgeries. The overall per-member, per-year healthcare cost was 12% less for patients with chiropractic coverage resulting in a $16 million savings. (4)
Back surgery or no-surgery = No difference
64 patients with chronic lower-back pain and disc degeneration were given spinal fusion surgery or non-surgical therapy. There was no difference in the outcomes of both groups, except the cost of the non- surgical group was much cheaper, with no complications. "The main outcome measure showed equal improvement in patients with chronic low back pain and disc degeneration," whether or not the patients had surgery or non-surgical care. The findings suggest that back pain treatment costs could be reduced, but also that many patients may no longer need to undergo surgery." (5) Imagine what the results could have been if they used chiropractic?
Chiropractic and Spinal Research
Dizziness. Fifteen individuals who suffered from cervical vertigo began chiropractic care. After five sessions over a 41 day period 60% of patients reported complete remission of vertigo. 20% of patients reported consistent improvement with rare, mild recurrence of symptoms. Only two patients were still using medication compared to nine originally. (6)
Torticollis. A two-month-old female presented with obstetrical brachial plexus injury (Erb's Palsy) that had been under the 
care of several medical pediatricians without resolution. The condition showed complete resolution under chiropractic care without any complications or residual impairments. (7)
Have a great New Year.
Make sincere resolutions from your heart. Heal yourself so you can h
eal others; heal others so you can heal yourself. Love yourself so you can love others; love others so you can love yourself. We are all connected and any good we do will circle the globe many times over.
Let's use this New Year to do more than celebrate the passing of our earth around the sun. Let's make it an opportunity for reflection of what we've accomplished and what is yet to be done. May we rededicate ourselves to personal growth; may we grow in understanding and personal honesty. In our search for wholeness and healing we will awaken painful memories - may we have the courage to look at them without turning away. Pain may be a pathway to growth; it often leads us to the deeper parts of our being so greater love, healing, wisdom and happiness may emerge.
Thank you for letting us be a part of your personal healing journey. It's been an honor to take care of you and be your chiropractor. We look forwards to a New Year of greater healing, growth and peace. See you next year.
Love,
Dr. Ross and Staff
PS. We can't forget the humor section can we?
My Dad Is Better Than Your Dad
Three boys are in the school yard bragging about their fathers.
The first boy says, "My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, they give him $50."
The second boy says, "That's nothing. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a song and they give him $100."
The third boy says, "I got you both beat. My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a sermon...and it takes eight people to collect all the money!"
Thanks and have a great and healthy day!
Dr. Ross
References
1. Gazella KA. David Simon, MD Practicing mind-body-soul medicine. Alternative Therapies. Nov/Dec 2004;10(6).
2. British Medical Journal. 2004;329:1255.
3. USA Today.11/29/2004,
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-11-29-fda-graham_x.htm
4. Legorreta AP, Metz RD, Nelson CF et al. Comparative analysis of individuals with and without chiropractic coverage: patient characteristics, utilization, and costs. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2004;164:1985-1992.
5. Brox IJ, Sorensen R, Friis A, Nygaard Řet al. Randomized clinical trial of lumbar instrumented fusion and cognitive intervention and exercises in patients with chronic low back pain and disc degeneration. Spine. 2003;28(17):1913-1921. http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/2356ca.htm
6. Bracher ESB, Almieda CIR, Almieda RR et al. A combined approach for the treatment of cervical vertigo. JMPT. 2000;23(2):96-100.
7. Hyman CA. Chiropractic adjustments and congenital torticollis with facial asymmetry: a case study. International Chiropractors Association Review. September/October 1996; 41-45.