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Welcome to our office's Chiropractic newsletter. We'd like to entertain you, inform you (and even inspire you a little).
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
- Socrates
To remain young, one must change. -
Alexander Chasea
It's hard to believe that spring is really, really close. Hang in there..
TABLE OF CONTENTS
. Office News
. Wellness Corner - Healthy Happy Kids
. Patient Success Stories
. What is health?
. Beware of the new cervical cancer vaccine (Gardasil)
. Another benefit to breastfeeding
. Chiropractic and children
. Breast cancer deaths drop - why?
. Words of wisdom (Grandparents)
. Chiropractic and Spinal Research
. References
Office News
In our efforts to try to better accommodate our after-school and after-work patients, we are trying to open up some wellness appointment times after 3:30pm. If you have a standing appointment any time after 3:30pm and your schedule is flexible, we would love to hear from you! Anyone who is able to switch to either morning or early afternoon on a permanent basis will receive a $20 credit on their next month's bill! If you are interested in switching or need more information, please call Rachel at the office!
We will be closed Friday, March 23, 2007, as Dr. Ross will be out of town for a conference. Please contact the office to reschedule any standing appointments for that day. Thank you!
LOST AND FOUND: We have had a Nintendo Game System at the office for quite a while... if you think you've lost yours, call Rachel with the color of the player and the name of the game inside of the player to claim it! Someone has got to be missing it!
Wellness Corner - Healthy Happy Kids
"More children are harmed by poor nutrition than by drugs, alcohol and smoking combined."
David Katz, MD, Director of Yale University Preventative Medicine, and medical expert for Oprah Magazine
You make sure your kids get chiropractic care each week, brush their teeth each morning to prevent cavities, go to school each day, do their homework, and get a good night's sleep... as least the majority of the time, right? What about ensuring your children get the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables every day? Did you know that only 5% of children get the recommended minimum of 5 servings each day? And that's if you include ketchup and french fries as vegetables! It's no wonder that children are starting to get adult diseases such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and end up suffering with more and more cases of asthma, ADD, and allergies than ever before. Children are eating less and less whole foods and more and more processed foods these days. Their little bodies are generally overfed, but under-nourished. They are not getting the nutrition they need to fight disease and infection if they are not getting the minimum amount of raw fruits and vegetables EACH day.
But there is hope for the picky eater, the family on the run and the 90% of adult Americans who don't get the recommended 9-13 servings a day... a simple whole food supplement that comes in a capsule, chewable or gummie form: Juice Plus+. It's an excellent safety net to place under your family to ensure they are getting the nutrition they need on a daily basis to fight disease and promote health.
Dr. William Sears, America's foremost pediatrician, author of over 30 books and medical expert for Parenting and Baby Talk Magazines (www.AskDrSears.com), believes that the vast majority of health issues facing kids these days is directly related to nutrition. He is so certain that nutrition makes a difference in a child's life, that he founded the Children's Research Foundation which funds a worldwide Children's Health Study. This study provides free Juice Plus+ to school aged children in exchange for filling out 3 questionaires throughout the year which reports the changes seen in the participants. The great news is, if your children are between the ages of 6 and 15, they are eligible to participate in this study too! A paying adult sponsor is required for each free child, and both adult and child have to be new to Juice Plus+. A sponsor can be a parent, and older sibling (18+), grandmother, grandfather, uncle, aunt, etc.
Here are the results so far from the 70,000+ families that are participating in this study... these results show that Juice Plus+ makes a HUGE difference in the health and well being of children everywhere. Wouldn't you like your child to experience some of these benefits below? Notice that the longer you take Juice Plus+ the better the results!
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Category
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After 4-8mos
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After 1 Year
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Eating Less Fast Food/Fewer Soft Drinks
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61%
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73%
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Eating More Fruits and Vegetables
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43%
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62%
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Fewer Doctors Visits
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46%
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65%
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Taking Less Prescription/Over the Counter Meds
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41%
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59%
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Less School Missed
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39%
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58%
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Positive Benefit of Some Kind
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90%
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92%
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Increase Awareness of Health
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80%
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90%
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Call the office for more information on how you can enroll your child in this amazing study! We love our kids here at the office! You and your child are important to us!
Yours in Great Health,
Ms. Dana
Wellness Coordinator for Dr. Kevin Ross
(480) 730-7950
Patient Success Stories
Here are some great success stories from our office:
Male patient wasn't sick for a year after adding Juice Plus to his diet over a year ago! Patient is doing well!!
Female patient reports sore shoulder cleared up after adjustment.
Female patient reporting better bowel function since taking Juice Plus+!
Patient reports numbness and burning in neck is gone within one month of starting chiropractic care at the office.
Pregnant patient notes after 1st visit being able to handle pregnancy better and walking better.
Child with constipation cleared and returned to normal bowel function after ilium adjustment.
Female adult reports that pain with breathing cleared immediately after rib adjustment.
Male patient reports had numbnes in fingers all but gone in 6 visits!
Patient reports back pain is virtually non-existent now.
Voice teacher notes improvement in singing since starting care.
Female patient says her shoulders stopped hurting since starting regular care.
All of these patients above had one thing in common... they had subluxations that were preventing their bodies from working properly or had nutritional deficiencies. They did not know they had subluxations because subluxations are usually painless and have no symptoms themselves. They 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 spine 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 the nerve interference caused by subluxations from the very beginning.
What is health?
Everyone wants to be healthy - especially when they are suffering. But what is health? It's more than being symptom-free. Many people "feel fine" only to drop dead of a heart attack, suffer a stroke or get diagnosed with a t errible illness. And all the time they "felt fine" (although they probably lost a lot of feeling over the years). True health means your body is working right which expresses itself as lots of energy, structural balance, restful sleep, deep breathing, optimism, joy, creativity, inspiration and growth.
If simply being free of symptoms were the only sign of good health, then aspirin, drugs and other medicines would make you healthy, and the people taking the most drugs would be the healthiest. But - are they? As soon as the drugs wear off the masked symptoms come back, along with the need for more, perhaps stronger, drugs.
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 nerve stress so the energies from the brain can travel freely to every part of your body. That's what health is all about and that's the goal of the Doctor of Chiropractic.
When do people start to deteriorate?
 Apart from sudden trauma the development of disease is often a slow, gradual, inexorable process. Look at the sick old people around you. Do you think that consciously and willingly, they gave up, overnight, the vibrancy in their step, the sparkle in their eyes, the joy in their being? The silent weakening, wearing down and stiffening of their lives, and the resulting boredom happened slowly, ever so gradually. No one wakes up suddenly older.
We have to make a choice: to change or die. Too often we make no choice, and that's our choice. As the poet W.H. Auden wrote: "We would rather die than change...." But every moment is an opportunity. Start re-connecting your energies and rebalance your being with chiropractic care for you and your family; eat natural, nutrient dense foods, take a whole food supplement to ensure you are getting all that you need (Dr. Ross recommends Juice Plus+
); drink healthy un-chlorinated, un-fluoridated water; avoid toxic chemicals; get sunlight; exercise; nurture your relationships (emotional connections) and live creatively so you're not bored. Life is not for the weak - start getting stronger by living in harmony with nature. We'll do everything we can to help you.
Beware of the new cervical cancer vaccine (Gardasil)
From the article: "Around 60% of those who got Gardasil or the aluminum placebo suffered side effects such as headache, fever, nausea, dizziness, vomiting, diarrhea, myalgia. Gardasil recipients had more serious adverse events such as gastroenteritis, appendicitis, pelvic inflammatory disease, asthma, bronchospasm and arthritis." See paper at
http://www.whale.to/vaccines/lobato.html
Another benefit to breastfeeding
In addition to the many benefits of breastfeeding (healthier immune system, better weight, emotional stability), new research shows breastfeeding helps babies handle stress better. The study found that children who are weaned naturally were less affected by anxiety as they grew older than children who had formula milk. This dovetails with other research indicating breastfed babies have healthier brains and nerves.
http://www.whatistheword.com/story/Lifestyle_929.html
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Chiropractic and children
Case studies and clinical reports and countless parents report what we see in our office every day -
that children under chiropractic care stay healthy and get healthy without dangerous drugs.
There are many ways that infants, babies and children get subluxations: the birth process, falls, accidentally being dropped (it happens more than you think) and even sleeping in bad positions can put severe stress on the body, interfering with nerve, brain, organ and tissue health and resistance to disease.
Many children with physical disorders, learning disorders and emotional problems need a chiropractic spinal checkup. It can make all the difference in the world to them. And it's drug-free.
Breast cancer deaths drop - why?
A recent study found that the most common form of breast cancer dropped by 15% between August 2002 and December 2003. The reason? Researchers believe it is because millions of women stopped hormone replacement therapy. (3)
Words of wisdom (Grandparents)
 Grandmother - a wonderful mother with lots of practice.
Author unknown
Grandmother - grandchild relationships are simple. Grandmas are short on criticism and long on love.
Author unknown
I wish I had the energy that my grandchildren have - if only for self-defense. -Gene Perret
Grandchildren are God's way of compensating us for growing old.
Mary H. Waldrip
You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.`- Proverb
An hour with your grandchildren can make you feel young again. Anything longer than that, and you start to age quickly. Gene Perret
The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby's grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.
Dave Barry
One of the most powerful handclasps is that of a new grandbaby around the finger of a grandfather. Joy Hargrove
It's amazing how grandparents seem so young once you become one. Author unknown
If your baby is "beautiful and perfect, never cries or fusses, sleeps on schedule and burps on demand, an angel all the time," you're the grandma. Teresa Bloomingdale
Chiropractic and Spinal Research
 Remember, everyone, no matter what condition they may have, needs chiropractic care to ensure their body is working without subluxations. If you have any specific questions please feel free to contact us.
Learning disabilities, dyslexia and chiropractic. In a review of papers on the effect of chiropractic on learning disabilities and dyslexia (eight studies and 25 anecdotal reports), researchers found that all of the studies reviewed suggested a positive effect of chiropractic on individuals suffering from learning disabilities and dyslexia. (6)
References
1. Johnson C. Strategies for healthy weight loss: From Vitamin C to the glycemic response. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 2005;24(3): 158-165.
2. Montgomery SM, Ehlin A, Sacker A. Breast feeding and resilience against psychosocial stress. Arch Dis Child. Pub online first: 3 August 2006. http://adc.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/adc.2006.096826v1
3. Reduction in hormone replacement therapy linked to drop in breast cancer cases. 29th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium - Summary Coverage. Cancerconsulants.com
http://professional.cancerconsultants.com/conference_sabcs_2006.aspx?id=38795
4. Research presented March 4, 2006, at the annual meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society in Denver. The research was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. News-Medical.Net, March 7, 2006. http://www.news-medical.net/?id=16395
5. Gilbert K. Dear Chiropractor: Help Me Kick the Habit quoting the research of Holder, JM. Increasing retention rates among the chemically dependent in residential treatment: Auriculotherapy and subluxation-based chiropractic care. The Molecular Psychiatry Abstract March, 2001.
6. Pauli Y. The effects of chiropractic care on individuals suffering from learning disabilities and dyslexia: A review of the literature. JVSR. January 15, 2007;1-12. http://www.jvsr.com/abstracts/index.asp?id=280
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