There are natural ways of seeking wellness and  natural ways to get healthy. When Chiropractic was discovered in 1895 it challenged the world of drugs and surgery. It was a long, lonely battle but now chiropractic is the largest natural, drug-free healthcare system in the world. More and more people are turning away from symptom treatment and choosing natural ways of becoming and staying healthy.
 

Looking for more than a drug approach?
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Prayer to the soul is what food is to the body. - Judah Halevi, 11th century poet

No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the legislature is in session.
- Mark Twain

 We wish you a very blessed and Happy Easter to all of our patients and friends! 

 

Does your budget need an "adjustment"?  Know someone who needs chiropractic care? Don't forget that every time you refer someone to us who completes an initial exam and consultation, you receive a free visit or $20 off your monthly plan! Help yourself by helping someone else!

 

We have no upcoming closures this month. See you at your regularly scheduled appointment!  Haven't been in for awhile?  We miss you!  Come and see us and let us get you "back" on the road to better health!

 

 

 

"I'm burning up", "I'm hot under the collar" and other phrases refer to extreme emotional states. But you don't need to go to extremes - you're on fire all the time, awake and asleep.
 

Put your hand in front of your mouth or nose and exhale. What do you feel? Heat! Warm air! Where is the heat coming from? From your fire, of course. You're burning right now as you read these words.

  
Your fuel - food mixing with the oxygen you breathe - is creating fire and the result is heat and lots of other energy as well. Every cell in your body is on fire.
 

So why don't you burn up? Why don't we have flames coming out of us? We aren't really on fire, are we?
 

We are. Our fire is quiet and slow. We burn ever so carefully so we won't damage our insides and get, well, burnt. Our energy is released in little bits, in controlled amounts and steadily, as needed, not explosively as when we burn paper or wood.
 

All living creatures are on a slow fire. A very slow, low-temperature fire. How do they do this? They use special chemicals, proteins, called enzymes to keep the fire under control.
 

Since you are always burning food you lose weight with every breath. You lose water too! What an odd fire - a wet burning one.
 

When did your fire begin? 
 

You were born on fire. Your brain cells were dividing, your heart was racing, your blood was streaming even in utero - you were hot even then. But where did your fire come from? You didn't start the fire. You received the fire from your parents. They received their fire from their parents, and they from theirs going back and back and back to the beginning.
 

Life is a struggle to keep your fire burning bright. Nurture your fire, let it burn pure and true, let your light shine as a blessing to all. Don't let it get extinguished. 
 

Make sure you eat nutrient dense foods that have not been denatured by refining and by added chemicals. Eat organic fresh food. As a general rule eat foods that can go bad, before they go bad.
 

Force your fire to burn hot by exercising so that sweat and extra heat can expel and burn away wastes. Go for nice walks - in the woods or a park if possible.
 

Drink plenty of good water so your slow fire can burn evenly.
 

And get a chiropractic checkup. Chiropractors help keep your energy pathways from being blocked or obstructed so that your "fire' may flow properly to all your nooks and crannies, to every cell, tissue, organ and system so that you may function at your optimum.
 

Burning does cause sparks called "oxidation" in your body!

 

All fires create smoke and sparks... and your body is no different.  This process is called oxidation and it forms free radical molecules that attack your healthy cells and causes aging, illness and disease.  So what can you do about them?  You need smoke and spark extinguisers, or anti-oxidants!  Antioxidants come from fresh, raw fruits and vegetables (not cooked!) That's what makes fruits and vegetables so healthy, and why every major health organization recommend eating 7-13 servings of them a day!  It's to combat free-radicals and to protect our cells from disease and illness.  Disease is so much easier to prevent than it is to cure! 

 

That's why I'm so excited about Juice Plus!  It's an EASY and AFFORDABLE way to get 17 different fruits and vegetables and whole grains into your diet everyday and Juice Plus has been proven to eliminate ALOT of free radicals in the body!  Isn't that exciting?  My family takes their Juice Plus everyday!  What are you waiting for? Protect you and your family's body today with Juice Plus... talk to me on your next appointment about it or call the office for more information!

 

For many decades chiropractic care has been a blessing to pregnant women. Chiropractic has become the drug-free, natural, safe and effective approach to the fatigue, stress, exhaustion and pain (especially in the back, hip and pubic area) that sometimes occur in the later months of pregnancy. (1-4)
 

In addition to making pregnancy much more comfortable, chiropractic adjustments help pregnant women have easier births.
 

Further, chiropractic may prevent or reverse a breech presentation. Why? Spinal distortions (subluxations) can cause the pelvis to constrict a little and make it difficult or impossible for the unborn child to turn into proper position. I am trained in the Webster Protocol which has an 85% success rate at turning babies... and unlike an inversion procedure at the doctors office, its painless and perfectly safe for mother and baby.  It works with the body, not against it!  If you hear of someone who is presenting breech, be sure to refer them to the office!  I am happy to do a consultation with anyone!

 
When the chiropractor corrects subluxations the entire structural system, including the pelvis, relaxes. Labor and birth are easier and a breech baby may turn into the proper position so a Caesarian section would not be needed.
 

To ensure a more relaxing pregnancy, labor and delivery, a balanced, stress-free spinal column and body structure is essential. Every pregnant woman should get a chiropractic checkup.

 
You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of  focus. - Mark Twain

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one.
- Benjamin Franklin

 

Instead of living breast milk designed over million of years to fulfill all your child developing needs, scientists developed a dead chemical substitute called formula. The physical and neurological differences between formula-fed and breast-fed babies is shocking. Simply stated, a synthetic or formula-fed child is far more liable to be obese, stressed and will be physically and emotionally sicker than a breastfed child.
 

Breast-fed infants score higher on developmental and visual tests than formula-fed babies (5) and mothers who breast-feed have a lower risk of getting breast and ovarian cancer. (6-7)
 

One interesting observation has to do with length of breastfeeding. Researchers found that the longer a baby is breastfed, the more intelligent the child. (8)
In addition, formula-fed babies have higher rates of: middle ear infections, pneumonia, gastroenteritis (stomach flu), urinary tract infections and necrotizing enterocolitis, a digestive tract disorder that is a leading killer of premature infants.

Breast-fed infants, on the other hand, have added protection against: heart disease, immune system cancers such as lymphoma, bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and allergies, respiratory infections, eczema and Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

 

Less than 2% of the 739 international drug trials published between 1996 and 2002 had independent experts. Among the 2%, six had to be stopped early because of toxic effects on the child patients. Deaths were highest in trials involving premature babies. (9) What about the other 98% of the trials that had no independent oversight? We won't know until the drugs are in use whether the trials were truly safely done.
 

Aren't you glad you and your children go to a chiropractor and take Juice Plus? Both natural preventative measures that keep you and your children off pharmaceuticals and on the road to excellent health!

 

Much of the high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in processed foods is tainted with the toxic metal mercury. Mercury was found in nearly 50% of tested samples of commercial HFCS. (10) According to David Wallinga, M.D., co-author of the study, "We are calling for immediate changes by industry and the FDA to help stop this avoidable mercury contamination of the food supply." Another study by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy detected mercury in nearly one-third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products including:

. Quaker Oatmeal to Go bars . Jack Daniel's Barbecue Sauce . Hershey's Chocolate Syrup . Kraft Original Barbecue Sauce . Nutri-Grain Strawberry Cereal Bars . Manwich Gold Sloppy Joe . Market Pantry Grape Jelly . Smucker's Strawberry Jelly . Pop-Tarts Frosted Blueberry . Hunt's Tomato Ketchup . Coca-Cola Classic: no mercury found on a second test . Yoplait Strawberry Yogurt . Minute Maid Berry Punch . Yoo-hoo Chocolate Drink . Nesquik Chocolate Milk . Kemps Fat Free Chocolate Milk

Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Irritable bowel syndrome (also called mucous colitis and nervous bowel) affects millions. It is an uncomfortable condition with cramping, abdominal pain, diarrhea or constipation, heartburn or upper abdominal indigestion. In this study a 25-year-old woman with chronic irritable bowel syndrome for the past five years visited a chiropractor. Her symptoms began to disappear that day and two years later she remained symptom free. (11)

Disc Herniation. Twenty-seven patients with painful disc herniations of the neck and low back (lumbar) spine received chiropractic care. MRIs revealed that in 63% of the patients the herniations had completely disappeared or been reduced. (12)

Chronic ear infections. A child with chronic ear infections since birth received a chiropractic adjustment at 11 months of age. After 8 weeks of care the child no longer experienced ear infections nor had any drugs or antibiotics. Improvements in personality and behavior were noted by mother, babysitters and chiropractor. (13)

 

Importance of Walking 
 
1. My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60..   Now he's 97 years old ... and we haven't a clue where he is.
2. I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
3. I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I'm doing.
4. If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.
5. I know I got a lot of exercise the last few years . just getting over the hill was enough.
You could run this over to your friends, but just e-mail it to them.
 

Thoughts for the sane

I live in my own little world. But it's OK. They know me here.
If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
I don't approve of political jokes. I've seen too many of them get elected.
I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore, I am perfect.
Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?
Snowmen fall from Heaven unassembled.

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Have a great and healthy day!
Dr. Ross and Staff

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