Saturday, December 12th, 9:00 a.m. - Noon ~ Santa visits Van Every

Please join us at Van Every Family Chiropractic Center for goodies, photos and fun as we welcome Santa for a visit on After Santa gets adjusted, his lap will be available. So bring your holiday wish list and your smiles because we will be taking souvenir pictures for you to remember your visit. Receive a Free 5X7 Photo!

 

Since flu shot season is upon us we thought it appropriate to remind you that according to Hugh Fudenberg, MD, the world's leading immunogeneticist and 13th most quoted biologist of our time (over 850 papers in peer reviewed journals), if an individual has had five consecutive flu shots their chance of getting Alzheimer's disease is ten times higher than if they had no shots. (1)

 

Dr. Fudenberg reports this is due to the mercury in flu shots (and many childhood and RhoGam shots); these toxins build up in the brain causing cognitive dysfunction. Alzheimer's is increasing – is that why? (2)

 

By the way, to disprove the Alzheimer’s/flu shots connection, some MDs went to nursing homes and asked people with Alzheimer’s if they remember getting a flu shot. Most said they didn’t remember getting one. Not surprising since Alzheimer’s victims may not remember the name of their spouse or if they had breakfast. This is no joke! Based on this “research” the MDs concluded that flu shots didn’t increase the risk for Alzheimer’s. But they wrote a disclaimer at the bottom of their report: “Because of the self-reported nature of the risk factor questionnaire we cannot exclude the possibility of recall bias.” (3)

 

Can you believe that the media reported this as “proof” the flu shot was safe? They didn’t mention the disclaimer. Maybe they all had too many flu shots?

 

The New England Journal of Medicine published a study of 240 persons who were vaccinated with the swine flu vaccine. 45% had “system adverse events” such as headache, malaise and myalgia. Sounds like the flu to us.

 

Three subjects had an “influenza-like illness”, one of whom tested positive for 2009 H1N1 on day 8 after vaccination. So, either you can GET H1N1 from the vaccine, OR you have been vaccinated and can still get flu-like symptoms. Why bother? Also, don’t forget Alzheimer’s. (6)

 

Blood pressure is something all of us have – and need – so our blood can flow to every part of our bodies. However, there’s no ‘just right’ blood pressure that applies to everybody; 120 over 80 is just average. Like the idle of a car, some people run a little high, others a little low. Blood pressure also fluctuates based on the time of day, exercise, alcoholic intake and emotional tension. If blood pressure stays very low it’s called hypotension and when it remains very high it’s called hypertension.

 

A Defense?

Although the cause of high blood pressure is a mystery, theories regarding it’s cause abound. There is even the possibility that in some people an elevated blood pressure serves an important purpose, that it may be the body’s defense against pressure on the brain and spinal cord; the body responds by raising blood pressure.

 

The Medical Approach

Most M.D.s lower blood pressure with prescription drugs. These drugs have many potential side effects. One of the most common side effects of the drugs is impotency.

 

But is artificially lowering blood pressure the correct way to address this problem? Shouldn’t we be asking questions such as, ‘What is causing the blood pressure to raise?’ and ‘Does high blood pressure serve a purpose?’, and ‘Are we just treating symptoms?’ One physician writes about high blood pressure: “It really isn’t a disease in itself but is rather a symptom of smoking, obesity, or perhaps inactivity. . . perhaps physicians should stop taking blood pressures and should start weighing people and asking them about exercise, diet, smoking, and work habits”. (7)

 

Dehydration

According to F. Batmangehlig, author of Your Body’s Many Cries for Water, high blood pressure can be the result of dehydration. When a person is dehydrated their blood becomes a little thicker and a little heavier. Hence the heart needs more force (pressure) to pump it through the body. By drinking more water blood pressure may lower naturally. (8)

 

High blood pressure and Tylenol

Women who take over-the-counter medicines for headaches and inflammation such as acetaminophen (Tylenol) or ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) increase their chances of developing high-blood pressure. (9)

Check out this news report on high blood pressure and chiropractic.

 

 

 

Dogs are often used as a form of therapy in hospice settings and nursing homes and as companions to the disabled. Pet ownership among the elderly has a positive effect on physical and emotional well-being, according to the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. (10) In fact, hospitals and nursing homes have begun taking down the "No Dogs Allowed" signs from their doors because of the healing effects of dogs.

 

For example, studies revealed that people on Medicaid or Medicare who own a pet make fewer visits to the doctor. The unconditional acceptance and love dogs gives to their owners positively impacts their owners’ emotional health, particularly among the elderly.

 

Some of the benefits of dog ownership include:

 

• Helping newcomers with transitions and meeting new friends
• Raising overall morale
• Encouraging exercise and activity
• Helping people cope with illness, loss and depression
• Reducing stress levels
• Bringing joy and laughter to daily life
• Giving the person something to do, talk about and think about, other than him or herself
• Providing a source of touch
• Boosting self-confidence and self-esteem
• Promotes communication between elderly residents and neighbors

 

When we reach out to the animal world we are touching something healthy and powerful within ourselves.

                                                                                     Bric and her Uncle Billy enjoying the train ride

Still more reasons to show that all people – no matter what their health – need chiropractic care.

 

Tourette’s Syndrome. A 20-year-old female began experiencing motor and vocal tics at the age of three. She had never taken medication for TS, but had tried to control it by taking magnesium and calcium supplements.

 

Chiropractic care was administered after initial exam revealed disturbances to the nervous system resulting from vertebral subluxation. Subluxations were diagnosed based on findings from posture, static and motion palpation, thermography and static surface electromyography. The patient was seen 32 times over the course of one year. She experienced significant decreases in the occurrence and severity of her motor and vocal tic episodes as well as an improvement in headaches. (11)

 

Knee pain. A 35-year-old male patient suffered from chronic knee pain after dislocating his knee playing football 15 years earlier.

 

The patient was symptom free after initial chiropractic care, but in 1991 was in a car accident and received a whiplash injury. The knee began to swell and lose range of motion, stability and strength and patient described chronic, sharp and deep stabbing knee pain. After a medical examination, knee surgery was considered. The patient was adjusted at C1 (atlas) and his chronic knee pain resolved immediately. (12)

 

Chiropractic and infertility. Three women whose chief complaint was the inability to get pregnant engaged the services of a local chiropractor. The chiropractor found subluxations in all of them and then began a course of spinal adjusting. Within three months of the introduction of chiropractic care, all three women conceived. (13)

References

 

1. Dr. H. Fudenberg at the NVIC International Vaccine Conference, Arlington, VA, September, 1997. Quoted with permission.

2. John's Hopkins Newsletter. November 1998.

3. Verreault R, Laurin D, Lindsay J et al. Past exposure to vaccines and subsequent risk of Alzheimer’s disease. CMAJ. 2001;165(11):1495-1498.

4. France EK, Smith-Ray R, McClure D et al. Impact of maternal influenza vaccination during pregnancy on the incidence of acute respiratory illness visits among infants. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:1277-1283.

5. Interview with epidemiologist Tom Jefferson, MD. Spiegel on-line international. July 21, 2009.

6. Greenberg ME, Lai MH, Hartel GF. Response after one dose of a monovalent Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccine — preliminary report. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1-10.

7. Bernard RF. Letter to the editor. The People’s Doctor. 1986;8(5).

8. Batmanghelidj F. Your Body’s Many Cries for Water. Falls Church, VA: Global Health Solutions, 1992.

9. Curhan GC, Willett WC, Rosner B et al. Frequency of analgesic use and risk of hypertension in younger women. Arch Intern Med. 2002;162:2204-2208.

10. Thorpe RJ, Simonsick EM, Brach JS et al. Dog ownership, walking behavior, and maintained mobility in late life. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2006;54(9):1419-1424. 

11. Stone-McCoy P, Muhlenkamp K. Reduction of motor and vocal tics in a female undergoing chiropractic care to reduce vertebral subluxation. Journal of Pediatric, Maternal and Family Health – Chiropractic. 2009;3:1-6.

12. Brown M, Vaillancourt P. Case report: upper cervical adjusting for knee pain. Chiropractic Research Journal. 1993;2(3):6-9.

13. Alcantara J, Stern G, Oman RE. Female infertility, subluxation & chiropractic care: a case series and selective review of the literature. Journal of Pediatric, Maternal and Family Health – Chiropractic. 2009;2:1-10.