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Six Secrets to a Healthy, Pain-Free Body

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

I have spent my entire adult life studying methods, little known treatments, and proven ways to end the most common adult health problems.
I specialize in Orthopedics and Pediatrics. I perform spinal adjustments, do a lot of nutritional counseling (for strengthening of the immune system), exercise instruction, non-invasive sinus and ear drainage, and accu-pressure trigger point therapy (for headaches and intense muscle spasms).Everything that I do is 100% natural.
I offer result oriented chiropractic care in an office that genuinely cares about improving the health and well being of our patients. I am fully dedicated to educating our parents and children about the harmful effects of drugs, while at the same time, explaining the incredible benefits of chiropractic care, nutrition, exercise, and a positive mental attitude. Our ultimate goal is to show parents and children with health problems how to live a normal life – without needless drugs, potions, procedures.
I have focused my efforts in practice on only the best techniques that correct health problems - at the root cause and that have been proven without a shadow of a doubt to work safely, quickly and painlessly (No painful, useless needles here).
Here’s what this means for you: Within days you can usually notice a change in the way you feel…less pain, more range of motion, more energy, more flexibility.
Here’s why:
SECRET #1:
Your nervous system controls the function of every cell, tissue, organ, and system in your body…especially your Immune System. Can you guess what happens if anything disrupts this all-important nervous system?
A poorly functioning body and immune system results.
Ron Pero, head of cancer research at the University of Lund, in Lund, Sweden and Chief of Cancer Research at New York Preventive Research Center says that restoration and correction of the spine can increase the strength of your immune system by 200% - 400%!!
So, what does this mean for your child? And why does it apply to you?
Your spinal cord “links” your brain to the rest of your body, and makes everything work as a ‘System’. Why should you care?
“Health is a condition of wholeness in which all of the organs of the body are functioning 100% all of the time.” Webster’s Dictionary
Well, what if something disrupts this “vital link”? Do you think you’d have some problems? Maybe some pain? Maybe a headache? Maybe tingling and/or numbness?
Consider this - The “guardians” of your spinal cord are THE VERTEBRAE!
Your vertebrae protect your spine from damage or harm and also allow you to twist, turn, bend, and move around without much restriction.
But, sometimes these “guardians” get knocked out of place. For example: The birthing process…falling while learning how to walk…poor posture…lifting…twisting, playing contact sports, driving for long periods of time, etc.
Let’s talk specifics.
Your spinal column has 24 vertebrae (guardians). Twenty-four moving bones that make up your spinal column, and protect your spinal cord.
Like any other set of joints in your body, if these vertebrae aren’t perfectly aligned, they don’t function properly. You can have pain, decreased range of motion, muscle imbalance, scoliosis, headaches, organ or gland dysfunction, and more (we’ll talk about more specifics later).
Many everyday activities, like standing up all day long, can cause these bones to get out of their “normal” position. Think about how your child sleeps, or sits at his desk in school, or watches television. (You get the picture.)
Do you know what happens when these bones get even a little “stuck” out of place?
They press on and interfere with the vital link – your spinal cord – and this causes your nervous system to “dysfunction”. What that really means is, ultimately, these misalignments interfere with the way your body functions.
“90% of the stimulation and nutrition to the brain is generated by movement of the spine” Dr. Roger Sperry, Noble Prize recipient for brain research.
Can you imagine how your body would function if you had only a few “stuck” vertebrae out of place…your brain certainly wouldn’t be able to get all of the vital information it needed to function properly.
And, consider this -
I’ll bet you that at least one (but probably more) of these vital bones is out of alignment, and you never even knew it. Has anyone ever checked to see if all of your vertebrae are in perfect alignment? (The truth is, only Chiropractors are trained to feel whether vertebrae are in perfect alignment.) These misaligned vertebrae (called SUBLUXATIONS ) may be causing your problem – NOT the lack of muscles relaxes or pain killers in your body!
And you certainly wouldn’t ignore a fire alarm in your house if it were to go “off”, would you? But, when people are in pain, many actually ignore their own body’s fire alarm (the pain and symptoms) and simply wait for it to go away. Health problems just don’t go away. There’s a better way.
SECRET #2:
The first step to eliminating your pain is a
Thorough examination by someone who really knows what to look for!
The first thing we do is find out ALL ABOUT YOU. What we call a complete “case history.” This is the first step. I want to know things like what falls you suffered as a child, what sports you may have played, what you do for a living, and so on. This “vital information” will usually give me the secret clues and answers to some of your health problems.
The next thing is, of course, an orthopedic examination. But this is unlike any “traditional” examination. This is a very specific Chiropractic examination.
First of all, there isn’t a lot of cold, painful, “probing”. I look carefully at your posture (I do a scoliosis check)…I check your and muscle strength…and other totally painless neurological tests.
What am I looking for? You guessed it:
A DYSFUNCTIONAL NERVOUS SYSTEM! - AND I CAN FIND OUT EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW INSIDE OF JUST 10 – 15 MINUTES!
What about Sciatica? I can tell within 5 minutes if there is pressure on that nerve. What about tingling and numbness in the arms? If the nerves that control the arms are being interfered with - I can tell within 2 minutes.
(An important side-note: I will even agree to “buy” your first consultation with me – a real $135.00 value (x-rays included if necessary). See enclosed special gift certificate. But make sure you call me before the date stamped on the certificate!)
Consider this: “The weight of a dime on a nerve negatively alters nerve impulses by 60%. When a subluxation (misaligned vertebrae) occurs, a vertebrae this is misaligned forces weight onto the nerve. This weight then alters the impulse of that nerve, thus blocking information being sent from the brain. Studies show that organs supplied by pinched nerves tend to deviate from a healthy condition.”
Dr. Su, University of Colorado
I’ll tell you if I find any subluxations (misaligned vertebrae) and how it’s affecting your overall health and well being! (It’s quite amazing. Your body will show me visible signs of why you’ve been in pain or sick. The BIG, important issue is:
MAKING SURE YOU USE SOMEONE WHO KNOWS HOW TO READ YOUR SPINE!

SECRET #3:
The secret of Nutrition: Everything you learned in school was true - “you are what you eat”. In today’s world the quantity of food required to feed the masses has altered the soil. The once mineral rich, vitamin rich soil has been depleted. Just
Eating the right foods is not that easy for a lot of people. Today everyone has a busy schedule, and putting together a balanced diet is very difficult. So, special attention is paid to the diet. This is a very important piece of the puzzle. I have been studying herbs, vitamins and minerals for almost 10 years and if you’re interested, I’ll tell you about
Special vitamins, minerals and herbs that should be included in your diet to give you maximum energy, decreased stress, and a stronger immune system

SECRET #4:
Once I find the “problem” I’ll tell you HOW TO FIX IT!
Once we find out what’s wrong, we can correct it. Often times permanently.
Once I find out which vertebrae are of place (A subluxation) I can correct them and gently restore them to normal alignment.
In fact, I do all of the work! It’s painless.
And that leads us to our next secret…

SECRET #5:
The power of the “ADJUSTMENT”! Remember we talked about ALIGNMENT? Remember how we said that if you’re not properly aligned, your immune system, your brain - your entire body functions at less than 100%?
Well, the magic of putting the vertebrae back into alignment so we can reconnect 100% of the normal exchange of information from the brain to the rest of the body so you don’t have any pain is called an ADJUSTMENT.
This little-known (and virtually ignored) treatment flat out WORKS better than anything else I’ve ever studied. And I’ve seen it work on thousands of people with all types of pain.
In fact:
IF MORE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD OR KNEW ABOUT THIS AWESOME
“TOOL”, WE’D PUT TYLENOL, BAYER, AND NYQUIL
OUT OF BUSINESS!
Here is some information you may not have known about Sports and Chiropractic:
A study in the March/April 2002 issue of the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics finds that more and more professional sports teams are utilizing chiropractic care for their team members.
This survey study targeted the head athletic trainers of the 36 National Football League (NFL) teams. The trainers each had at least 17 years of experience and at least one year of experience as a head trainer.
Questionnaires the trainers answered revealed that:
• 45% of the trainers themselves had been to a chiropractor.
• 71% of the trainers had worked professionally with a chiropractor.
• 77% of the trainers have referred players to a chiropractor.
• 31% of NFL teams use an official team chiropractor.
• 100% of the trainers revealed that some players use a chiropractor without being referred by the team doctor.
• 81% of the trainers agree that there is a role for chiropractors in the NFL.
• While 31% of the teams have a chiropractor officially on staff, an additional 12% of teams that do not have chiropractors on staff refer players to chiropractors.
So, let’s get back to our discussion.
I use techniques - all PROVEN to work and all 100% “natural” that help return vertebrae back to where they belong. And, the most amazing part is:
THIS WHOLE PROCESS DOESN’T HURT ONE BIT!
There is actually no pain during the process – just a little pressure.
See, there are hundreds of ways of using carefully directed – controlled and focused “pressure” to restore normal position to these misaligned vertebrae.
The amazing part is, the pressure that I use feels like a deep muscle massage - only it does a lot more than relax the muscles! It actually “re-aligns” the entire spine – and restores all of the normal electrical flow from the brain to the body. Remember, if your brain can’t communicate to a specific organ, muscle, or gland, it can’t function at 100% - This is what leads to pain so much of the time.

SECRET #6:
Consistency is the key!
The sixth ‘secret’ is consistency. Do you know that most people I know get their car’s oil changed every three months? I mean, they wouldn’t DARE let it go more than one full “season” without changing it.
What happens if you NEVER change your car’s oil?
YOUR ENGINE LASTS ABOUT 2 YEARS BEFORE YOU
START TO HAVE BIG PROBLEMS!
Well, if you’ll spend just about the same (or even less) than the price of an oil change to come in, and get your spine adjusted , your BODY will be given a chance to function as close to 100% as possible – without pain. The effects are too numerous to mention.
Just be CONSISTENT.
If, however, you try to short-cut, or look for the “quick-fix”, the same vicious cycle will kick in over and over and over again. How many times have you ignored your pain and symptoms? Or allowed your pain to get covered up with drugs? If medicine was able to get us healthy, nobody would ever get sick!
Fact: “80% of the children in this country will receive their first course of antibiotics by the age of 6 months.” American Academy of Otolaryngology
What are we teaching our children about medication?…and this is the reason why most people run to the medicine cabinet when they have a health problem – this is what we are taught from the time we are a baby! Covering up symptoms with drugs cannot be the best way to get and keep ourselves healthy!
This is why in 1998 the Washington Post reported that medicine was the fourth (incorrectly prescribed) and sixth (correctly prescribed) leading cause of death in the United States.
Just think about that.
Remember this secret of CONSISTENCY: It works!
TAKE ACTION NOW THAT YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!
What separates the people who get free from pain, from those poor unlucky people who spend their whole lives needlessly sick or in pain and on countless doses of different prescription drugs… IS:
ACTION!
Serious1y. Think about it.
If you value your health as much as I KNOW you do (if you didn’t, you wouldn’t have read this far), then the price of my care is, by comparison, peanuts. What is your health and happiness worth to you?
DON’T JUMP OVER DOLLAR BILLS TO CHASE PENNIES.
Take a look to see what could change if you stopped experiencing as much pain:
• You can work and play harder
• You can wake up everyday and not have to worry about the pain.
• You can start enjoying your hobbies again.
• You can feel much better about your life and health.
You get the picture. Just think about it.
You will find two things when you come to my office:
#1: I am a VERY good listener… and I won’t let you or “be in the dark” about anything.
#2: I explain EVERYTHING in exact detail, so you understand what’s going on at all times.
Keep in mind that my approach is 100% “natural”. And that means I DO NOT use:
• drugs
• needles
• surgery
Most everything I do feels like a deep muscle massage, or like an athletic stretch. Some of what I do is quite relaxing. Other things I do feel a bit different.
But there’s almost nothing I do that causes pain. Remember what chiropractic is all about:
GETTING RID OF THE CAUSE OF YOUR PAIN AND HEALTH PROBLEMS…
NOT CAUSING MORE OF THEM!
I see a surprisingly wide variety of health problems. See if any of the following applies to you:
• Headaches
• Pain, tingling, and weakness
• Neck Pain
• Burning into the extremities
• Mid Back Pain
• Arthritic problems
• Low Back Pain
• Athletic problems
• Sciatica

Do you experience any of these symptoms, even occasionally? If so, you can and should consider coming in for the free exam. What have you got to lose?
Even if you suffer only occasionally, if help is available, why not take it?

And even if “suffer” is too strong of a word to describe your situation, even if you aren’t experiencing health problems right now… it still makes sense to make sure they are properly “aligned”.
I hope you’ve learned a lot about how to keep yourself healthy - and STAY out of pain.

Who’s Healthier: Introverted Or Extroverted Personality Types? How this mind-body connection controls your chemistry and what you can do about it!

Sunday, September 20th, 2009

You’re probably one or the other, or, at least, more one than the other. What am I talking about? Introverted and extroverted personality types.
Some people just love social settings. They are usually the “life of the party” and tend to make whatever they are doing a party of its own. While these people love and thrive on the energy of most social settings, others do not.
Introverts hide from groups of people and would much rather spend their time in solitude. The same party that charges up the extrovert completely drains the introvert. One can easily say, especially in today’s society where everyone is so connected… It’s Tough Being Shy.
But, what if being shy was actually bad for your health? And, what if new research actually showed it can even double your risk of death within five years? If that just shocked you a little, you will be very interested in this: According to a study in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity, low levels of the extroversion personality trait may signal that blood levels of a key inflammatory molecule (interleukin 6) have crossed over a threshold linked to a doubling of risk of death within five years.
According to a June 17, 2009 press release by the University of Rochester Medical Center, “Long-term exposure to hormones released by the brain of people under stress, for instance, takes a toll on organs. Like any injury, this brings a reaction from the body’s immune system, including the release of immune chemicals that trigger inflammation in an attempt to begin the healing process. The same process goes too far as part of diseases from rheumatoid arthritis to Alzheimer’s disease to atherosclerosis, where inflammation contributes to clogged arteries, heart attacks and strokes.”
Medical science is beginning to study the mindbody connection more and more. In doing so, it is discovering just how profound an effect personality and stress can have on one’s health and wellbeing.
But the big question is: Now that research is showing the health benefits of having an extroverted personality – Could An Introvert Become An Extrovert…And get the same health benefits?
According to the University of Rochester Medical Center press release: “The findings recall an idea described as early as 1911 by French philosopher Henri Bergson that he called élan vitale or ”life force,” according to the authors. This aspect of adult personality may be linked to childhood temperament as well. Some babies are very relaxed, other babies are active. Activity levels may reflect a fundamental, biologically-based energy reserve, although no one has explained the biochemistry behind it.”
It seems that people may simply be born introverts or extroverts. But, your increasing your activity levels may be one thing you can change that can be of great benefit to your health. Even though you cannot change your innate personality – physical exercise may be linked to the activity level in extroverts – which may help lower IL-6 levels. But, here’s something interesting the researchers said, “Beyond physical activity, some people seem to have this innate energy separate from exercise that makes them intrinsically involved in life.”
So the question is: Are some people just born with a different “life force” that gives them more energy or can you change your habits and state of mind and give yourself more “life force”? Who knows for sure. One thing is for certain that you need to keep your stress levels low and have a positive attitude. Whether its physical stress that can be corrected with proper chiropractic care, or emotional stress that can be calmed with relaxation, you need to stay healthy.
For more tips, visit the blog section at www.BackCareCentral.com or www.TitanTherapy.com or www.InjuredPain.com and learn about new and exciting ways to stay healthy.