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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.
Don't forget to go for a spring walk.
Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
- Hippocrates
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. - Voltaire
Half the modern drugs could well be thrown out the window, except that the birds might eat them. - Martin H. Fischer
TABLE OF CONTENTS
. Office News
. Wellness Corner - Importance of Fruits and Vegetables
. TMJ and Chiropractic
. You are on fire
. Ear infections usually clear up on their own
. TV news report - Chiropractic helping kids with ADHD
. 102 and loving the Sox
. Sunlight is healing
. Babies fed breast milk are smarter, have less bed wetting and show brain development improvements
. Humor
. References
Office News
Our annual "Christmas in July" is just a month away! During the month of July, we are again taking donations to help A New Leaf (formerly PREHAB of Arizona) and offering discount coupons for new patients and re-activation patients who visit the office during July. Our new patient appointments are limited this year and will be filled on a first come first serve basis. So be sure to refer your friends early so they can take advantage of this opportunity. You all have been so generous in the past... lets make 2007 the best year yet for A New Leaf and their families! New Patient Coupons are available in the office and more information and details will be available on our website:
www.RechargeYourLife.com
Back by popular demand, Dr. Ross will be speaking again on Thursday, June 28, 2007 at the Embassy Suites in Tempe (SW corner of US 60 and Rural) at 7pm. If you missed his lecture in February, you've got to plan to come to this one! Dr. Ross is a WONDERFUL speaker... funny and engaging... and has great information to share with you... He will be speaking on the connection between nutrition and disease, easy steps to take to get your family healthy, and simple ideas on improving your nutrition. You are in for a real treat... a limited supply of complimentary tickets are available at the office... call or visit to reserve yours now... 480-730-7950. You won't want to miss it!
Wellness Corner - Importance of Fruits and Vegetables
Your mother was right! Eating your fruits and vegetables really does make you healthy! They aren't just diet food any more! Researchers and health organizations around the globe are finding out more and more about the preventative and healing power of produce. You can't watch TV or read a magazine without hearing about the phytochemicals in plant foods that protect our cells from the damaging effects of oxidation. They are nature's FARMacy! Many health organizations are now recommending we eat 7-13 servings of fruits and veggies everyday... the sad part is, most of us don't, can't or won't.
In fact, 90% of American adults and 93% of children don't get enough fruits and vegetables everyday to combat disease, which shows up in our health statistics for this country... 1 in 2 men will have cancer in their lifetime, 1 in three women will have breast cancer, a million Americans will have a heart attack this year, and half of them will die from it, asthma in children is up over 200%, and by age 12 children have the beginning stages of hardening of the arteries. We are filling up on dead and processed foods that come in a package or from a drive through and our health is suffering because of it.
But there's good news! Whether or not these diseases are in your family history, you need to know you can do ALOT about preventing them simply through getting enough fruits and vegetables each day. Nutrition plays a key role in all degenerative diseases. If you are among the 90% who can't, won't or don't get enough fruits and vegetables everyday... there's Juice Plus=2B... 17 vine-ripened, raw, pesticide-free fruits and vegetables and gluten free grains in a capsule, chewable or gummie. Dr. Ross and his family take it, Ms. Dana and her family take it, and Miss Rachel takes it... and so do many of Dr. Ross' patient families... we are all placing this safety net under our families to ensure we are getting enough antioxidants in our diets each day...
If you want to learn more about this new concept in whole food nutrition... contact Dr. Ross or Ms. Dana for a CD or DVD to watch to learn more. It's a simple way to improve the overall nutrition of your family and combat and prevent disease on a cellular level!
TMJ and Chiropractic
 If you place your fingers in front of each ear and open your jaw, you'll feel lots of wiggling. This is where your skull's temporal bone attaches to your mandible (jaw): the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Lots of ligaments, cartilage, fascia, discs, muscles, nerves and blood vessels run in, around and through it.
That is why, when the TMJ joint is misaligned, you can have all kinds of problems: trouble opening the mouth wide; clicking or popping sounds; a locked jaw; headache; hearing loss; tinnitus (ringing in the ears); throat fullness; facial swelling; shoulder, cheek or jaw pain; neck ache; facial nerve pain; ear or eye pain; dental pain; nausea; blurred vision and dizziness.(1)
Spine and TMJ problems appear related and for that reason more TMJ sufferers are benefiting from chiropractic care. (2) By relieving pressure on the spine and cranial bones, chiropractic may relieve or correct TMJ problems. (3)
Conversely, an unhealthy skull/jaw alignment can put great stress upon the spinal column. There are documented cases of dental problems that, once corrected, have helped chiropractic patients to better hold their spinal adjustments. (4-5)
All TMJ sufferers need a chiropractic checkup. Anyone who has been to the dentist should follow up with a quick stop at their chiropractor.
You are on fire
 Billy Joel's song "We didn't start the fire" deals with modern history but it could also be applied to our own bodies.
Why? Because we really are on fire. No kidding. At this moment, as you quietly sit reading these words, you're burning, breathing in oxygen, mixing it with fuel and giving off heat and energy.
So why don't you burn up?
A forest fire, a candle flame, a match, or a burning bush (except in the Bible) are considered out-of-control fires - the high heat burns up the tree, candle, match, etc. - and the fire can spread and cause widespread damage.
But your fire is different. It's not overheating and burning you up, nor spreading and engulfing others. If you had that kind of fire you'd shortly be nothing more than a pile of ashes. Instead your fire operates at low temperatures: slow, controlled, contained and constant.
Why? It is because a special kind of protein (enzymes) permits burning at low temperatures - 98.6 degrees F. on average. (Your body temperature actually changes throughout the day - it's lowest in the morning, highest at night).
Your controlled fire permits you to use the energy to think, contract muscles, digest food and do thousands of other things you need to do to stay alive.
 You didn't start the fire - you got it from your parents who got it from their parents who got it from their parents, and on and on and on - but you must tend the fire carefully.
That means healthy fuel - nutrient-dense foods such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds, sunlight, rest, exercise, enjoyment, fulfillment and avoiding toxins; and (very important) seeing your chiropractor to ensure a healthy nervous system and taking your Juice Plus=2B everyday.
Regular chiropractic care will keep you free from subluxations so your body will work without nerve interference. Fruits and vegetables are full of antioxidants that neutralize the effect of the fire. Both will help ensure high resistance to disease, proper system function and health so your fire will burn bright and clear and will give off much light so you'll enjoy a long, healthy life.
Ear infections usually clear up on their own
 In a study of 283 children given prescriptions for antibiotics, two-thirds of the children's parents delayed getting the prescription filled for 48 hours. And then they never filled the prescription - the kids were all right.
Researchers studying the data discovered that the children who did not receive antiibiotics recovered at the same rate as children who started taking them immediately. (6) According to USA Today, many parents and doctors these days are taking a "watchful waiting" approach with children older than 2 who have ear infections, the most common childhood illness. Many are forgoing antibiotics because of worries about drug resistance and evidence that most ear infections will heal on their own. (7) And finally, according to research from the New England Journal of Medicine, "Inserting tubes in children with persistent fluid in the ear does not lead to better developmental outcomes as the children age." (8)
Note: When children receive antibiotics for ear infections they get more infections. When they recover on their own (without drugs) their resistance improves.
TV news report - Chiropractic helping kids with ADHD
102 and loving the Sox
Sunlight is healing
 Vitamin D has been studied for its ability to prevent cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, and colon cancer - and new research shows it might fight pancreatic cancer - the 4th leading cause of cancer deaths in the US. Just a few minutes of natural sunlight helps your body synthesize vitamin D. Other sources of Vitamin D are eggs (buy organic from free range chickens, of course), liver, fatty fish such as salmon, sardines, herring and raw milk. We don't recommend pasteurized, low fat or skim milk as good sources since artificially added Vitamin D is not in its natural balance and is not used as well by your body. The natural sources are the best.
Babies fed breast milk are smarter, have less bed wetting and show brain development improvements
 A study in Pediatrics finds that premature children fed breast milk in the hospital did better on tests of mental development later in life than did those fed only formula.
Of 1,035 premature babies, one-quarter were fed only formula. The researchers found that on the average, the babies given breast milk scored higher on tests of mental development when they were 18 months old than the babies fed formula only.
http://www.bestsyndication.com/Articles/2006/dan_wilson/health/07/070906_breast_milk_better_for_brain_in_premature_babies.htm
Humor
My young grandson called the other day to wish me Happy Birthday. He asked me how old I was, and I told him, "62." He was quiet for a moment, and then he asked, "Did you start at 1?"
After putting her grandchildren to bed, a grandmother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin. At last she threw a towel around her head and stormed into their room, putting them back to bed with stern warnings. As she left the room, she heard the three-year-old say with a trembling voice, "Who was THAT?"
A grandmother was telling her little granddaughter what her own childhood was like: "We used to skate outside on a pond. I had a swing made from a tire; it hung from a tree in our front yard. We rode our pony. We picked wild raspberries in the woods." The little girl was wide-eyed, taking this in. At last she said, "I sure wish I'd gotten to know you sooner!"
My grandson was visiting one day when he asked, "Grandma, do you know how you and God are alike?" I mentally polished my halo while I asked, "No, how are we alike?" "You're both old," he replied.
A little girl was diligently pounding away on her grandfather's word processor. She told him she was writing a story. "What's it about?" he asked. "I don't know," she replied. "I can't read."
I didn't know if my granddaughter had learned her colors yet, so I decided to test her. I would point out something and ask what color it was. She would tell me, and always she was correct. But it was fun for me, so I continued. At last she headed for the door, saying sagely, "Grandma, I think you should try to figure out some of these yourself!"
When my grandson Billy and I entered our vacation cabin, we kept the lights off until we were inside to keep from attracting pesky insects. Still, a few fireflies followed us in. Noticing them before I did, Billy whispered, "It's no use, Grandpa. The mosquitoes are coming after us with flashlights."
When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, I'm not sure." "Look in your underwear, Grandma," he advised. "Mine says I'm four to six."
A second grader came home from school and said to her grandmother, "Grandma, guess what? We learned how to make babies today." The grandmother, more than a little surprised, tried to keep her cool. "That's interesting," she said, "how do you make babies?" "It's simple," replied the girl. "You just change 'y' to 'i' and add 'es'."
Children's Logic: "Give me a sentence about a public servant," said a teacher. The small boy wrote: "The fireman came down the ladder pregnant." The teacher took the lad aside to correct him. "Don't you know what pregnant means?" she asked. Sure," said the young boy confidently. "It means carrying a child."
A nursery school teacher was delivering a station wagon full of kids home one day when a fire truck zoomed past. Sitting in the front seat of the fire truck was a Dalmatian dog. The children started discussing the dog's duties. They use him to keep crowds back," said one youngster.
"No, said another, "he's just for good luck."
A third child brought the argument to a close. "They use the dogs," she said firmly, "to find the fire hydrant." 
 Bye. See you next month. Don't forget to stop by for a spinal checkup and an adjustment. And bring in the family too - for a healthier spring!
Have a great and healthy day!
Dr. Ross and Staff
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References
1.
Boniver R. Temporomandibular joint dysfunction in whiplash injuries: association with tinnitus and vertigo. Int Tinnitus J. 2002;8(2):129-131.
2.
Raphael KG, Klausner JJ, Nayak S, Marbach JJ. Complementary and alternative therapy use by patients with myofascial temporomandibular disorders. J Orofac Pain. 2003;17(1):36-41.
3.
Alcantara J, Plaugher G, Klemp DD, Salem C. Chiropractic care of a patient with temporomandibular disorder and atlas subluxation. JMPT. 2002;25(1):63-70.
4.
Chinappi AS & Getzoff H. The dental-chiropractic cotreatment of structural disorders of the jaw and temporomandibular joint dysfunction. JMPT. 1995;18(7):476-481.
5. Curl D. Chiropractic, dentistry, and cervical adjustments. Dynamic Chiropractic. August 29, 1990;21.
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Spiro DM et al. Wait-and-see prescription for the treatment of acute otitis media: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2006;296(10):1235-1241.
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USA Today. December 12, 2006.
8. New York Times. January 30, 2007.
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