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Happy Fall!
 
Welcome to our office's Chiropractic newsletter. 
Our mission is to work as a dedicated team supporting and educating our community. We encourage better health
through Chiropractic with integrity and compassion
in a fun, friendly atmosphere                    

It's great to be back at Van Every!  Let me introduce myself. I'm Heather Cecil, the Massage Therapist. I have been working with the wonderful family at Van Every Family Chiropractic Center since September 2002.  I recently returned after taking a 4 month leave to have a little girl.  My husband Joe and I have been married for six years and are so happy to make this first addition to our family.  Her name is Kaitlyn Jane Cecil and she was born on Mother's Day weighing 9lbs 7oz and 22 inches.  Talk about a wonderful gift!  She is really growing like a weed and is currently 4 1/2 months old and 16lbs 27inches.  Not to mention tons of fun!

In celebration to my return to the office I am offering a special good thru the month of November to all first time clients only.  Mention this ad and receive a full hour of massage therapy for $40 (regularly $50).  By appointment only, please call 248-616-0900.

Heather & Kaitlyn

Your body is mostly water.

You need to be properly hydrated to live and be healthy. Sadly, a large proportion of the population is dehydrated – and they are suffering for it. 

Research shows that dehydration makes you age faster, weakens your joints, contributes to disc and spinal problems and can cause depression (our brain is mostly water).

Other conditions linked to dehydration are high blood pressure (your blood is thicker so your heart has to work harder to pump it), constipation, asthma, allergies and obesity. These (and many other) problems have cleared up by rehydration. It usually takes about two weeks to rehydrate yourself.

How do you become dehydrated? It’s easy if you drink coffee, tea, soda and juices instead of water when you are thirsty. Those drinks may quench your thirst, but they do not rehydrate you.

It’s best to drink water at room temperature or warmer. (Avoid distilled and ice water.)

Remember, all people can benefit from chiropractic care no matter what condition they may have. If you have any specific questions please feel free to contact us.
Neck Pain. Patients were evaluated at least three months after stopping care at which time disability and pain intensity was measured. Seventeen patients (49%) reported their improvement as "excellent" and another 14 (40%) did so as "good." The mean patient-rated improvement was 88.2%.  (2)
Vision. This paper describes 17 consecutive patients from 9-52 years of age who had concentric narrowing of the visual fields. Some of their symptoms included headaches, dizziness, blurred vision, photophobia and fatigue. Complete recovery of the visual fields and many accompanying symptoms occurred in 11 patients who completed the course of chiropractic treatments.
Example: A 21-year-old male suffered from severe headaches, blurred vision, memory disturbance and postural hypotension for 7 months shortly after being knocked unconscious by a blow to the head. A narrowing of the visual fields was found and the patient received spinal care. After the first visit the headaches stopped, memory improved and dizziness decreased. Visual fields returned to normal by the second visit. (3)
Headache, depression & poor appetite. 13-year-old male. Upon presentation, patient was in considerable pain, wearing dark glasses and earplugs to compensate for increased sensitivity to sound and light. One week beforehand he had been injured in a football game collision. Medical doctors had given the child painkillers and he was hospitalized in traction for two weeks with no improvement. Following his initial adjustment the patient could ride home without wearing his sunglasses and for the first time in two weeks expressed an interest in food. He reported feeling “the best I’ve felt in six weeks.” (4)

Three hundred thousand (300,000) ear tube operations/year ($2,000-$4,000 each) and no proof they work

Jack L. Paradise, MD, U. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, did a study of 6,000 babies. By age three, 429 had persistent fluid in their ears. Half got ear tubes, the other half didn’t – and there was no difference in outcomes between the two groups. Paradise’s advice for parents of such kids: “Don’t just do something. Sit there.” (5)
Our comment: They should all try chiropractic adjustments.

Bypass that bypass

Each year doctors perform 400,000 bypass surgeries and 1 million angioplasties (mesh tubes are placed in diseased arteries to hold them open). Most people believe that such surgery is life saving but the data says otherwise…. ”Cardiologists like to open up arteries,” says David D. Waters, MD, Chief of Cardiology at SF General Hospital, “but there is no evidence that opening up chronically narrowed arteries reduces the risk of heart attack.” (6)
Our comment: Natural approaches are a lot safer, cheaper and effective.

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See you next month. Want hard copies of this newsletter to give to your friends, co-workers and relatives? Perhaps you’d like us to include other e-mail addresses. Call us at 248-616-0900, stop by, or email the office at: info@vaneverychiropractic.com.  Please remember that everyone needs to be free from subluxations so bring your friends and loved ones for a spinal checkup.

For additional information about
Dr. Anna Saylor-Wither, Dr. Christie Prosper, and our office.
Please visit us on the web at: www.vaneverychiropractic.com.

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