Welcome to our office's Chiropractic newsletter.
We'd like to entertain you, inform you (and even inspire you a little).

  
Dr. Anna Wither                          Dr. Christie Prosper

The chances are that you found out about our office from a friend, relative or co-worker so please return the favor and tell others. There are millions of people – adults, the elderly, infants and children with the vertebral subluxation complex in their bodies – living with pain, disease, and all kinds of physical and emotional stresses and conditions that may arise when subluxations are present. Please tell others they often have an alternative to drugs and surgery. They’ll thank you and our office will thank you by offering you a free visit on our hydrobed! Go to www.vaneverychiropractic.com to download our new patient form.(Found under 'Our Services' then 'forms to download.')

Between your spinal bones (vertebrae) are flexible, gel-like pads called intervertebral discs. You have 23 discs and they help give your spine its curves, flexibility and strength (a curved, flexible spine is much stronger than a straight, rigid one). Discs act like shock absorbers so your vertebrae don’t crash into each other when you walk (which would be very painful); they also connect your vertebrae together.

Discs affect your height too – you are about ¼"- ½" taller when you wake up than when you went to bed the night before because walking and sitting make your discs thin a little each day; they expand back while you lie in sleep (astronauts gain about 1" in height due to weightlessness).

A proper alignment between the disc, the vertebrae and other structures in the spine is essential for healthy discs and that is why chiropractic has such an excellent record with disc sufferers, often saving them from the bleak prospect of back surgery. MRI and CT scans have shown that chiropractic care can reduce and correct lumbar disc protrusion or hernation.

Chiropractic spinal care may help prevent disc deterioration and herniation in the first place. Can you visit a chiropractor even if you’ve already had surgery? Yes! Chiropractors have helped many people relieve the pain and frustration of failed back surgery and may help prevent future operations. However surgery permanently changes the body – it’s far better to prevent such operations, especially since they often don’t work. See the next article.

Half a million Americans will get back surgery this year and many doctors believe most of them don’t need it. Why? First, because the operation has a very high failure rate (the pain comes back, never leaves or gets worse); second, surgical accidents can cause impotence and bladder problems; and third, natural approaches such as chiropractic can get most people better at a fraction of the cost without the dangers of surgery. 

For disc herniations or painful “pinched” nerves thousands of Americans who aren’t lucky enough to try chiropractic care go under the knife and have spinal surgery. From 1993 to 2003 the number of spinal fusion surgeries more than quadrupled, from 60,972 to 297,883 according to the Health-Care Cost and Utilization Project. Costs went from $24,045.00 to $48,672.00. If you know anyone facing this surgery, please refer them to our office.
Note: The National Institutes of Health is spending $14 million to find out if back surgery even works. (1)

Do you know anyone living on drugs? They may have years of uncorrected subluxations in their body. Please tell them about chiropractic.
Surveys show people are very happy with their chiropractors. In one survey 83.3% rated their chiropractic experience as excellent. As many as 92.5% stated they would definitely recommend their chiropractor to others. (2)
Improvement in hearing. The first chiropractic patient had his hearing restored after 17 years of deafness. A more recent study was performed to see if a single chiropractic adjustment showed improvement in hearing. Fifteen patients (9 male, 6 female) were all classified as hearing impaired. After one adjustment 6 had hearing restored, 7 improved and 2 had no change at 40dB while 11 improved, 4 had no change and 3 missed a tone at 25dB. (3)
Learning and behavioral problems. A 1975 study compared chiropractic care with drug treatment in children with learning and behavioral dysfunction.
Chiropractic was found to be "more effective for a wide range of neurological dysfunctions (13 different conditions were compared). (4)

You need fat in your diet. You need fat for a healthy life. Low fat, low-cholesterol diets weaken bones (fats are needed for calcium absorption into bones), make you more susceptible to cancer, mental illness (most of your brain is cholesterol), and suicide and also weaken your immune system. Get rid of trans-fats such as margarine, which is practically plastic and use butter, natural oils and fats instead.

I’m Dr. Anna Wither’s dog Luschka. I got my name from a joint in your neck called the Joints of Von Luschka. I am a Border Collie that Dr. Wither adopted as a puppy when she was in Chiropractic College. I am the oldest dog in the office (and I think the smartest!) I love anyone who will throw a Frisbee for me. Just don’t say the word too loud if you do not plan on taking me outside. We always keep a supply of those wonderful flying discs around the side yard. My hobbies are going to the dog park, watching squirrels and lying in the reception room chair. So if you would like to sit down just ask me to move.