August 2018
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In our continuing quest to introduce more people (including children) to the
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Enjoy the benefits of chiropractic – the largest natural, drug-free, surgery-free, expressive healthcare system in the world.
More and more families are discovering that periodic chiropractic checkups and adjustments promote health and healing without drugs and dangerous medical treatments.
More and more people are turning away from symptom treatment and choosing natural ways of achieving and maintaining health.
Tired of taking drugs and the medical runaround? Welcome to the world of chiropractic – discover how natural health can be.
This Issue’s Table of Contents
- How Safe Is Chiropractic?
- Questions And Answers About Chiropractic
- Nourishing Traditions
- Researching Chiropractic
- Success Story
- Humor
- References
In This Issue…
How safe is chiropractic care? Do I need chiropractic care for the rest of my life? What do little known facts about earthquakes reflect about our lives? What can you do about making your gut healthy? Why do you need bones around your brain and spinal cord? And don’t forget the humor section! There’s something for everyone. In this issue.
How Safe is Chiropractic?
This may seem a little grim, but it is a well-known fact that the best way to determine the safety of healthcare professions is by comparing malpractice premiums.
Chiropractors pay a small fraction of the malpractice premiums that medical doctors pay, especially orthopedists, surgeons and osteopaths.
In fact, chiropractic is one of the safest, if not the safest, of all the healing arts.
Questions and Answers About Chiropractic
Question: Do I need to see a chiropractor for the rest of my life?
Answer: No, only for as long as you’d like to remain healthy.
That might seem like a coy answer but life is constantly giving us stress – whether it be from gravity, emotional issues or toxins in the environment. In order to deal with these stresses, we need to be functioning at our optimum. A balanced body structure, free from nerve pressure (subluxations), is essential for you to live your fullest.
These stresses quietly build up. See your chiropractor for a “stress-release” from subluxations and you and your family will be healthier.
Nourishing Traditions
Feed your microbiome (your gut or intestinal flora)
You should include a lacto-fermented food with cooked foods: fermented vegetables (sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles); fermented dairy products (yogurt, buttermilk, cheese); beverages (kombucha, kvass, lacto-fermented sodas); and even lacto-fermented meat and fish.
Avoid these foods and drugs that damage your gut flora
- Refined carbohydrates (sugar, high fructose corn syrup, white flour)
- Extruded grains (cold breakfast cereals)
- Antibiotics and oral contraceptives
Go to www.westonaprice.org for nutrition information and recipes about fermented foods.
Researching Chiropractic
Chiropractic clinical case histories have been a regular feature of our patient newsletter since its inception. There seems to be no limit to the health problems that respond to chiropractic care. How many people suffering, on drugs, facing a life of limitation could be helped by chiropractic care?
Probably most of them.
Urinary incontinence in a pregnant patient. The patient presented for chiropractic care during the second trimester of pregnancy with complaints of urinary incontinence of more than three years’ duration.
Her history revealed a previous traumatic birth with severe perineal tearing immediately preceding the onset of her incontinence problem. She was unable to hold much urine and would frequently urinate on herself when sneezing or coughing.
The patient was diagnosed with vertebral subluxation of the sacral and lumbar region,
as well as incoordination and muscle spasms.
Chiropractic adjustments were utilized to correct her sacral and pelvic subluxations. After six office visits, she reported complete resolution of her urinary incontinence. (1)
A three-year-old with autism. A three-year-old autistic boy had a history of chronic constipation, fussy eating, easy gagging and vomiting, poor sleeping habits, poor weight gain and hyper-sensitivity to touch.
Chiropractic care for vertebral subluxation was provided for 9 visits over 12 weeks. The boy showed improvement in behavior, communication and sociability as his subluxations were reduced. (2)
Sporadic hemiplegic migraine. A 36-year-old woman had been suffering from off-and-on hemiplegic (side of head) migraines (SHM) since she was 17. Her symptoms included numbness and paralysis on the left side of her body including her face. She was prescribed Topamax™ and Celexa™ by her MD with no improvement.
Chiropractic examination revealed subluxations of her lower neck (cervical spine), upper thoracic spine (mid-back) and pelvis. She had four chiropractic adjustments. Her longstanding migraines completely resolved. (3)
Did You Know?
Your brain extends down your back as your spinal cord – a collection of billions of nerves wrapped in a tight bundle.
Messages from your brain travel down nerves through your spinal cord, branch out and reach all your muscles, glands, joints, ligaments and organs. This communication is essential for ideal health.
It’s so important that your spinal cord is surrounded by bones – your spinal column – permitting movement plus providing protection. Sometimes your spinal bones lock up or subluxate and irritate the very nerves they are supposed to protect. The result can be dis-ease or body malfunction.
The goal of your chiropractor is to locate these areas of stress – subluxations – that cause body malfunction, and correct them. DC means more than Doctor of Chiropractic – it means Doctor of Cause.
Success Story
Pain from my lower back to my toes
I was having pain down the side of my right leg, from my lower back to my toes. Went for 6 weeks of physical therapy and when I was finished I still had pain. 1 visit with Dr Horning, the pain subsided 90%
AMAZING!!
Thank you Dr Horning!
Suzanne H.
Humor
If you've ever noticed, when Bart Simpson is writing something 100,000 times on the chalkboard as a punishment in the opening sequence of The Simpsons, he is always writing something different -- and often quite hilarious. These are the collected writings of Bart Simpson from the chalkboard exercises during the opening credits.
- I will not carve gods.
- I will not spank others.
- I will not aim for the head.
- I will not barf unless I'm sick.
- I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty.
- I saw nothing unusual in the teacher's lounge.
- I will not conduct my own fire drills.
- Funny noises are not funny.
- I will not snap bras.
- I will not fake seizures.
- This punishment is not boring and pointless.
- My name is not Dr. Death.
- I will not defame New Orleans.
- I will not prescribe medication.
- I will not bury the new kid.
- I will not teach others to fly.
- I will not bring sheep to class.
- A burp is not an answer.
- Teacher is not a leper.
- Coffee is not for kids.
- I will not eat things for money.
- I will not yell "She's Dead" at roll call.
Best eulogy ever.
Rabbi Sapperstein, fresh out of rabbinical school, had to officiate his first funeral for a homeless man with no friends or family. The funeral was to be held at a new cemetery across town and this man was the first to be laid to rest there.
Rabbi Sapperstein arrived late, but noticed a few workers gathering around the grave opening. Young and enthusiastic he poured out his heart and soul as he gave his sermon and recited the prayers. He was so powerful that he brought the cemetery workers to tears.
When the service was over, the rabbi walked to his car and as he opened the door he heard one worker say to the other, “I never seen anything like that before and I've been putting in septic systems for over 20 years."
References
1. Davis A. Resolution of chronic postpartum urinary incontinence following chiropractic care for vertebral subluxation. Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health, Chiropractic. May 21, 2018:49-52.
2. Russell D. Improvement in behavior, communication & sociability in a child with autism following chiropractic care for vertebral subluxation: a case report and review of the literature. Journal of Pediatric, Maternal & Family Health, Chiropractic. May 16, 2018:40-48.
3. McHenry N, Long R. Resolution of severe hemiplegic migraine following chiropractic care for vertebral subluxation: a case report & review of the literature. Annals of Vertebral Subluxation Research. May 7, 2018:84-88.