THE SPINAL COLUMN

EXPLORE CHIROPRACTIC

                       Mike Headlee, D.C.

             

                                        

                       223 Third St NW                       Phone: 218-333-8811

                       Bemidji, MN  56601                 Fax:     218-333-8813

www.explorechiropractic.com

December 2010

Welcome to our office's Chiropractic newsletter. We'd like to entertain you, inform you and even inspire you a little.  We’d love to hear from you; feel free to write to us with any questions or comments.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. – Walter Bagehot

Ever Hear the Words “You Should Have Been Here Years Ago?”

We chiropractors often see people for the first time after they’ve been living in unhealthy bodies for many years. How often we wish that we could turn back the clock for patients who needed chiropractic care years or even decades ago but who first began care only today. The admonition “you should have come here twenty years ago” might hold truth but it doesn’t really help the latecomer to our offices. Hopefully this person will bring his/her children and grandchildren in for chiropractic spinal checkups so that in another 30 or 40 years they won’t be hobbling in to see the next generation of chiropractors and hear the same sad words of wisdom.
Why don’t more people come in for spinal health maintenance? Why do they live with uncorrected spinal nerve stress for years on end?
Because they don’t know.  If their parents had brought them to a chiropractor for periodic spinal checkups they probably would have been spared much suffering and illness. Please bring in your children for care so they’ll be healthier for the rest of
their lives.

Chiropractic and Spinal Research
Asthma. A 9-year-old girl was on asthma medication and inhalers for 7 years. Her medication was causing headaches and stomach pains and was causing difficulty in school. After 3 months of care, she was off 5 of the 6 prescribed drugs. Her teacher remarked about how the change had been so remarkable and the girl, when asked about her care said, “Chiropractic is awesome.” (1)

Congenital torticollis. A two-month-old female presented with obstetrical brachial plexus injury (Erb’s Palsy) who had been under the care of several medical pediatricians without resolution. The condition showed complete resolution under chiropractic care without any complications or residual impairments. (2) Attention deficit disorder. A 12-year-old boy was diagnosed as ADD, with asthma and seizures. Positive personality change had been noted almost immediately at the beginning of spinal care and after 8 adjustments his parents had withdrawn all medication with the cooperation of their doctor. (3)

Bone Density Increases With Chiropractic Care
Can chiropractic make your bones stronger? There was a recent study that looked at bone mineral density (BMD) in patients under chiropractic care for a year or more. In this 34-month study, 33 patients, all over the age of 21, had their bone mineral density measured before care and after 1, 6, and 12 months of care. After 12 months of care, "Significant positive changes in BMD were noted in the majority of cases," including 3 cases that started with low BMD moving to the normal range.(4)

Humor
I don’t deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don’t deserve that either.
– Jack Benny

As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did. – Robert Benchley
The other night I ate at a real family restaurant. Every table had an argument going.

Things The Movies Taught You (Part 2)

All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets that reach the armpit level on a woman, but only to the waist level on the man lying beside her.

All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French bread.

It's easy for anyone to land a plane, provided there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.

Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.

You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.

Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German or Russian officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German or Russian accent will do.

The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.

A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating, but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.

If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.

If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noise in their most revealing underwear.

All bombs are fitted with electronic timing devices with large red readout's so you know exactly when they're going to go off.

A detective can only solve a case once he has been suspended from duty.

If you decide to start dancing in the street, everyone you meet will know all the steps.

When they are alone, all foreign military officers prefer to speak to each other in English.

Police departments always give their officers personality tests to make sure they are deliberately assigned a partner who is the total opposite.

References
1. International Chiropractic Pediatric Association Newsletter. June 1993.
2. Hyman CA. Chiropractic adjustments and congenital torticollis with facial asymmetry: a case study. ICA Review. September/October 1996;41-45.
3. Webster L. First report on ADD study. Int’l Chiropractic Pediatric Association Newsletter. Jan. 1994.
4. Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research. September