“The Perfect Stress Reboot”

Have you ever had to restart your PC after the hard drive froze?  You hit 'Control+Alt+Delete' to reboot the operating system and get everything running smoothly again.  Your human computer (Nerve System) needs a periodic rebooting too.

Your Nerve System gets overwhelmed from daily stress.  An urgent work deadline, unexpected family crisis or any inconvenient change in your routine are unsolicited stresses (spyware or a virus) that bog down your nerves.  The result – your body slows down, runs sluggish and eventually "freezes up" with an illness.  Getting a Chiropractic adjustment is like hitting the Control+Alt+Delete buttons.  It clears your Nerve System of unwanted stress and gets you running fast again. 

The stress our grandparents experienced in a week, today we get in just 24 hours!  If you're not purging the tension from your Nerve System on a regular basis, your hard drive could crash.  Get 'rebooted' routinely with Chiropractic care and stay ahead of the failure.

Medical Inc. (Summer 2012)

This is a must watch movie for the summer.

“Unwind with Chiropractic…”

Ever feel 'wound up' from the stresses of life?  You feel tight and distorted, like a rubber band that's been twisted to the brink of snapping?  That tension you're feeling isn't in your head… it's actually in your Nerve System.

The constant, never ending stress of life builds tension in your nerves like an over twisted rubber band that robs you of experiencing the fullness of Life.  Chiropractors refer to this state as being 'Subluxated.'  If you don't regularly purge this tension from your nerves, it builds silently until a physical or emotional crisis manifests.  The solution… release the tension with preventative Chiropractic care, and get control of your Life again!

Chiropractic care gently removes stress from your spine and spinal cord before a critical failure can occur.  This is one 'rubber band' you need to keep clear!  Unwind your stress with regular Chiropractic adjustments and start experiencing the tension free Life you were born to have.

“Time to Get in Gear…”

When you turn your neck or twist your back does your spine snap, grind and ratchet like a bicycle chain stuck in mid gear?  That grating noise could mean something's out of alignment. Your spine is made up of movable bones called vertebrae, each joined perfectly together like the links of a bicycle chain.  If one or more of these joints become stuck and misaligned it can slowly wreak havoc on the mechanical integrity of your entire spine.  The result – pain, stiffness and premature arthritic changes. Don't neglect the noises.  Abnormal grinding (crepitus) of spinal joints may indicate early degenerative joint disease.  Remember, unlike a bicycle chain, you can't replace spinal 'links' when they get damaged.  Get your spine tuned up by a Chiropractor who is thoroughly trained in restoring the normal mechanics of your spine, and protect yourself from premature wear and tear.

“Treating the Bark vs. Adjusting the Cause…”

You walk into your Chiropractor's office, hop on a table and point to where it hurts.  But the Chiropractor adjusts a totally different part of your spine… not even close to where you feel the pain.  Why is that?   There's an old saying that goes when you step on a dog's tail, it barks out the other end.  In Chiropractic, that means where you hurt (the bark) isn't necessarily where the problem is (the tail).  Many times the symptom you feel in one area is due to  a remote cause.  For example, someone with sciatica may feel pain down their leg, but the cause of the problem is a Vertebral Subluxation in their spine. Chiropractors know that if you address the cause of the symptom, the body will no longer have  need to produce it.  That's why Chiropractors focus on fixing underlying problems and not superficial effects.  Chasing after symptoms is like a dog chasing its own tail – spinning around and around until it gets dizzy, confused and frustrated.  It's much smarter to address the underlying cause from the start.

Frozen banana dipped in yogurt and granola

Frozen banana dipped in yogurt and granola. Forget the ice cream! This healthy alternative saves you a days worth of sugar intake.

Ingredients:
Bananas (as many as you have yogurt)
Greek yogurt
Homemade granola (see this older post)

1.Dip the bananas, whole or half into the yogurt. Coat all around.

2.Roll in the granola.

3.Place on wax paper and put into the freezer.

4. Serve. You can place sticks into the banana before freezing to hold or place the banana in a bowl to serve with fresh toppings.

“Symptomatic Whack-a-Mole”

The object of the carnival game Whack-a-Mole is to use a mallet to hit as many critters as possible when they pop up in random succession.  Trouble is, as you hit one mole, three more pop up and disappear before you can nail them all.  Whack-a-Mole is a perfect metaphor for how people are medicated today.  Unfortunately in this game you end up on a ton of drugs, for a bunch of problems, with no actual improvement in your health.  

According to a NCHS Data brief by the CDC, over the last 10 years the percentage of Americans who took at least one prescription drug in the past month increased from 44% to 48%.  The use of two or more drugs increased from 25% to 31%.  The use of five or more drugs increased from 6% to 11%.   Yet despite taking all these drugs, the US embarrassingly ranks 37th among the world's industrial countries when it comes overall health.

For Chiropractors, health is not defined by how many symptoms you can temporarily 'whack away' with drugs, but how well your body can adapt to its environment and heal under its own innate abilities.  You have more healing intelligence in your little finger than all the doctors and pharmacies in the world put together. Big Pharma doesn't believe so, but Chiropractors do.  Keep your Nerve System clear and you won’t have to play their failing game.