I am hanging out with some friends and students after teaching Knee Chest adjusting at the Gonstead Extravaganza at the Gonstead Clinic in Mt. Horeb Wisconsin. There is a certain high I get from helping other doctors and students become better Chiropractors.
Today there were some great questions and everyone really showed they learned a lot. Dr. Jeanne Taylor from Santa Cruz California taught the class with me in this joint venture between GMI and GCSS.
Besides the feeling I get from teaching I love how much better it makes me. With all these students scrutinizing my every move, I really have to know my stuff. The real payoff is on Monday morning when my patients look at me after I adjust them and say, "You taught a seminar this weekend didn't you?". When I ask why they always say, "because you are better."
So, that's why I volunteer my time to teach so often, I help the world, I feel great and I become a better Chiropractor.
Showing posts with label Health care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health care. Show all posts
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Time to Crawl
There are certain events in our lives that are considered miles stones. Graduating from High School and College, Getting married and your first job. But long before that, we all had several big milestones that most of us will never remember, our developmental milestones.
Early on infants need to smile, hold their head up and track object move in front of them. As the grow they will start moving more and then we look for them to roll over,stand and of course crawl. Crawling is arguably the most important milestone because of its tremendous effect on brain development. Some studies have shown that babies who crawl longer become more coordinated and score higher on aptitude tests.
It is always frustrating for parent when their children don't reach these milestones on time. Well Tuesday in the office I was blessed to help a child reach one. Sadie is a beautiful young girl who first came to see me because she was crabby and not feeding well. She also had a misshapen head from the delivery process. I helped her with the crabbiness and the feeding and my wife helped reform her head with CST (Cranio Sacral Therapy) and she seemed to be doing pretty well. But, she didn't want to crawl. On Tuesday I adjusted her sacrum and set her on the floor so I could check her mom, and as I was checking her mom for subluxation, Sadie started to crawl!
I will never lose the excitement I feel when someone experiences the full expression of life they get from getting adjusted and thank God he made me a Chiropractor!
Early on infants need to smile, hold their head up and track object move in front of them. As the grow they will start moving more and then we look for them to roll over,stand and of course crawl. Crawling is arguably the most important milestone because of its tremendous effect on brain development. Some studies have shown that babies who crawl longer become more coordinated and score higher on aptitude tests.
It is always frustrating for parent when their children don't reach these milestones on time. Well Tuesday in the office I was blessed to help a child reach one. Sadie is a beautiful young girl who first came to see me because she was crabby and not feeding well. She also had a misshapen head from the delivery process. I helped her with the crabbiness and the feeding and my wife helped reform her head with CST (Cranio Sacral Therapy) and she seemed to be doing pretty well. But, she didn't want to crawl. On Tuesday I adjusted her sacrum and set her on the floor so I could check her mom, and as I was checking her mom for subluxation, Sadie started to crawl!
I will never lose the excitement I feel when someone experiences the full expression of life they get from getting adjusted and thank God he made me a Chiropractor!
Monday, April 20, 2009
Bird Flu Accidentally Sent As Vaccine
In case you needed that last little bit of information to complete the vaccine puzzle, here it is.
Baxter Labs, just across the state line in Illinois, started a chain of events that caused the live bird flu virus to be shipped as a completed vaccine to 18 different countries! Now I dont buy into the whole "vaccines are being used to control population" conspiracy, but this could make you start to wonder.
Besides making you say, "Hmmmmmm", the article does give a clear example of how ridiculus the argument for vaccines is and how corrupt the vaccine PR machine is.
"Officials say the 37 people who were exposed to the virus have so far not shown any signs of infection. However, an Austrian news article from February 11 reports a Vienna hospital treated 19 outpatients on February 9 because of exposure to “bird flu virus.” The article said no one was sick, there was no evidence of infection, and the females were prophylaxed with antivirals (presumably Tamiflu)."
So 37 people were definately exposed and none, not a single one shows anysign of infection. Note that this was not some passing, "I think I saw a bird that might have been infected" exposure. This was 100% exposed in a closed lab exposure with no sign of infection. Then in Vienna they "treated" 9 for exposure and the females were prophylaxed ie vaccinated with something, tamiflu, that we already know doesnt work. THe cool thing is the next paragraph.
"People infected with a mixture of H5N1 and H3N2 viruses could become incubators for a hybrid virus able to transmit easily to and among people."
THe first paragraph is science; people were exposed, no one got sick. All facts. THe second paragraph is all scare tacit and lies. THe fact is there is nothing to suggest that anyone has ever or will ever become an incubator or be able to transmit easily to and among people. But saying that gets you them more money.
Before you put anything into your body, make sure you have asked all the questions you feel you need to and make sure you have them all answered to your satisfaction and before you get vaccinated read ALL the small print on the waiver they make you sign.
Click here for the full article.
Baxter Labs, just across the state line in Illinois, started a chain of events that caused the live bird flu virus to be shipped as a completed vaccine to 18 different countries! Now I dont buy into the whole "vaccines are being used to control population" conspiracy, but this could make you start to wonder.
Besides making you say, "Hmmmmmm", the article does give a clear example of how ridiculus the argument for vaccines is and how corrupt the vaccine PR machine is.
"Officials say the 37 people who were exposed to the virus have so far not shown any signs of infection. However, an Austrian news article from February 11 reports a Vienna hospital treated 19 outpatients on February 9 because of exposure to “bird flu virus.” The article said no one was sick, there was no evidence of infection, and the females were prophylaxed with antivirals (presumably Tamiflu)."
So 37 people were definately exposed and none, not a single one shows anysign of infection. Note that this was not some passing, "I think I saw a bird that might have been infected" exposure. This was 100% exposed in a closed lab exposure with no sign of infection. Then in Vienna they "treated" 9 for exposure and the females were prophylaxed ie vaccinated with something, tamiflu, that we already know doesnt work. THe cool thing is the next paragraph.
"People infected with a mixture of H5N1 and H3N2 viruses could become incubators for a hybrid virus able to transmit easily to and among people."
THe first paragraph is science; people were exposed, no one got sick. All facts. THe second paragraph is all scare tacit and lies. THe fact is there is nothing to suggest that anyone has ever or will ever become an incubator or be able to transmit easily to and among people. But saying that gets you them more money.
Before you put anything into your body, make sure you have asked all the questions you feel you need to and make sure you have them all answered to your satisfaction and before you get vaccinated read ALL the small print on the waiver they make you sign.
Click here for the full article.
Chiropractic for Kids!
How about this video? A medical Doctor who is pro-Chiropractic! Actually, their opinion seems to have more to do with the economy than science. Last summer I had dinner with a friend of mine who is an MD. I asked him why Md's are more accepting of Chiropractic in conservative Green Bay than they are in liberal Madison. His answer was simple, money. Apparently Md's make more money her in Green Bay, than they do in Madison, a lot more. He said that when they are making lots of money, the Md's don't have to worry about us Chiropractors getting people healthy and taking money out of their pockets. It has to be true, because until the economy turned south, every time a patient talked to an MD about seeing me or Chiropractic in general, their response was positive.
Notice I said until.... In the past month I have heard 1-3 negative things about Chiropractic from Md's, via patients a week. One patient may have a kidney stone so her MD said not to come in! I cant imagine what he thinks goes on in a Chiropractic office but her certainly needs to find out! Chiropractic is gentle and healing and certainly is less forceful than most hospital deliveries.
Did you know that the average amount of force used to pull the baby from the birth canal is over 80 pounds? 80 pounds! That is 10 times your infants weight. No one would ever think of carrying their child by his or her head, but the Md's think it is alright to pull them out that way. My office is across the street from the Cerebral Palsy center. Did you know that almost all cases of CP are caused by, you guessed it - birth trauma.
Sorry for the rant. Enjoy the video and take the advice of an honest and truly patient focused medical expert - take your child to the Chiropractor.
Sorry, but I cant get the video to load so click here to see the video.
Notice I said until.... In the past month I have heard 1-3 negative things about Chiropractic from Md's, via patients a week. One patient may have a kidney stone so her MD said not to come in! I cant imagine what he thinks goes on in a Chiropractic office but her certainly needs to find out! Chiropractic is gentle and healing and certainly is less forceful than most hospital deliveries.
Did you know that the average amount of force used to pull the baby from the birth canal is over 80 pounds? 80 pounds! That is 10 times your infants weight. No one would ever think of carrying their child by his or her head, but the Md's think it is alright to pull them out that way. My office is across the street from the Cerebral Palsy center. Did you know that almost all cases of CP are caused by, you guessed it - birth trauma.
Sorry for the rant. Enjoy the video and take the advice of an honest and truly patient focused medical expert - take your child to the Chiropractor.
Sorry, but I cant get the video to load so click here to see the video.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Value
The coolest thing happened in the office yesterday. A patient, who is not wealthy, but not destitute either, wanted to know if we had provisions for him to pay for someone else's care. Not someone he knew, just someone that needed care.
You see he values his Chiropractic care sooooo much, that he wants someone else to get what they need. Not what they want but what they need. When my staff told me this I was floored. I was touched, proud, elated; all at the same time.
Chiropractic is one of the most important things you could spend your money on. You get one life, one spine and one nervous system. If they don't work right, you don't work right. You malfunction, breakdown and eventually die.
We will spend $5000 on orthodontics but balk at paying out of pocket for Chiropractic care. Get that out of your mind.
You are important.
You are worth it.
You deserve it.
Get your nervous system checked this week, then write me and tell me how great it was.
You see he values his Chiropractic care sooooo much, that he wants someone else to get what they need. Not what they want but what they need. When my staff told me this I was floored. I was touched, proud, elated; all at the same time.
Chiropractic is one of the most important things you could spend your money on. You get one life, one spine and one nervous system. If they don't work right, you don't work right. You malfunction, breakdown and eventually die.
We will spend $5000 on orthodontics but balk at paying out of pocket for Chiropractic care. Get that out of your mind.
You are important.
You are worth it.
You deserve it.
Get your nervous system checked this week, then write me and tell me how great it was.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
The Politics of Health
With all this bailout buzz going around, everyone is wondering what the effects are going to be on our health care system and ultimately on us. It is difficult to say just how big of an impact the government will have on our health care system but if history repeats itself, the effects will not be good.
JFK said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what can you do for your country." Our government can not solve our health care crisis. We must solve it so the government does not have to worry about it. To solve the health care crisis we must start with knowing two things:
1 where we are now and
2 where we are going.
Where are we - The current health care crisis is not that we rank 21st to 38th in the world in health care, or that we spend way too much money for poor results, or that prescription drugs are killing hundreds of thousands of people each year. (I could go on but you get the point.) These are all symptoms. The crisis is two fold. First, most people have no idea what health is and second that even if everyone knew what health is, there is no plan. In fact, here is the average Americans 'health plan" in action.
Step 1. Do nothing. Literally, we are a society of lazy, TV watching bums. 50 years ago the average 20 year old could do 20 chin ups, now the average 20 year old would be lucky to get 3.
Step 2. Eat like crap. According to our government, the most eaten vegetable is a french fry. Don't even get me started.
Step 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2.
Step 4. Develop a symptom and ignore it.
Step 5. Once ignoring it fails, try and over the counter drug.
Step 6. Try another.
Step 7. See step 4.
Step 8. Go see your MD and get a prescription drug.
Step 9. Try a different prescription drug.
Step 10. Have a surgery to remove something.
Step 11. Sue your MD
This would truly be funny if it weren't so true. The basic problem is no one ever thinks to address what health is and try to attain that. In the simplest terms, health is every part of your body functioning at 100%, all of the time.
All your body parts + 100% function + 100% of the time = Health
This is why drugs and surgery can never produce health. Drugs do not give 100% function and if you have a surgery and have something taken out, then you no longer have 100% of your body, so you can never be truly healthy.
Real health comes from within, it is a mindset and a lifestyle. It involves making better choices, like healthy eating, core supportive exercise, stress management and, of course, regular Chiropractic care. When you put all of this together, amazing changes will happen to your health.
JFK said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what can you do for your country." Our government can not solve our health care crisis. We must solve it so the government does not have to worry about it. To solve the health care crisis we must start with knowing two things:
1 where we are now and
2 where we are going.
Where are we - The current health care crisis is not that we rank 21st to 38th in the world in health care, or that we spend way too much money for poor results, or that prescription drugs are killing hundreds of thousands of people each year. (I could go on but you get the point.) These are all symptoms. The crisis is two fold. First, most people have no idea what health is and second that even if everyone knew what health is, there is no plan. In fact, here is the average Americans 'health plan" in action.
Step 1. Do nothing. Literally, we are a society of lazy, TV watching bums. 50 years ago the average 20 year old could do 20 chin ups, now the average 20 year old would be lucky to get 3.
Step 2. Eat like crap. According to our government, the most eaten vegetable is a french fry. Don't even get me started.
Step 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2.
Step 4. Develop a symptom and ignore it.
Step 5. Once ignoring it fails, try and over the counter drug.
Step 6. Try another.
Step 7. See step 4.
Step 8. Go see your MD and get a prescription drug.
Step 9. Try a different prescription drug.
Step 10. Have a surgery to remove something.
Step 11. Sue your MD
This would truly be funny if it weren't so true. The basic problem is no one ever thinks to address what health is and try to attain that. In the simplest terms, health is every part of your body functioning at 100%, all of the time.
All your body parts + 100% function + 100% of the time = Health
This is why drugs and surgery can never produce health. Drugs do not give 100% function and if you have a surgery and have something taken out, then you no longer have 100% of your body, so you can never be truly healthy.
Real health comes from within, it is a mindset and a lifestyle. It involves making better choices, like healthy eating, core supportive exercise, stress management and, of course, regular Chiropractic care. When you put all of this together, amazing changes will happen to your health.
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