Chiropractic Moments

Functional Neurology & Chiropractic

2011-11-25T15:04:00.001-08:00

Such amazing strides are being gained in the world of functional neurology and helping to really put chiropractic on the map. Many have heard that Sidney Crosby had a horrible, career ending concussion while playing hockey. After many failed attempts by his doctors, he was giving up hope. Along came Dr. Carrick and Life University! Our little campus of 2000+ students has now gained worldwide recognition as Sidney not only came and sought treatment but returned to the ice this past week, scoring 2 goals and assisting 2 more. As chiropractic gains recognition, we are needing to also realize that our profession is seeing some changes. We are nervous system doctors, and that includes the brain. Understanding how eye movements affect the brain (and visa versa) chiropractors,with the help of functional neurologists, are making great strides not only into concussion science, but also Alzheimer, Parkinsons and many other issues of the brain and nervous system. Our time is coming and our goals are big! "The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in a proper diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease." Thomas Edison.

Watch this video and see a glimpse into this amazing world of Functional Neurology and the happenings at Life University.

http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/daily-planet/november-2011/daily-planet---november-23-2011/#clip573633

2011-11-25T13:53:00.001-08:00

Fever Increases Immune System

2011-11-25T13:25:00.001-08:00

A new study adds more reason to why our bodies employ fevers as a defense against sickness.

Researchers from Roswell Park Cancer Institute found that a higher body temperature can help our immune systems to work better and harder against infected cells. The finding was published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology.

"Having a fever might be uncomfortable, ....but this research report and several others are showing that having a fever is a part of an effective immune response," John Wherry, Ph.D., deputy editor of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, said in a statement.

Before, researchers thought that fevers worked by hindering dangerous microbes from multiplying, Wherry said.

But "this new work also suggests that the immune system might be temporarily enhanced functionally when our termperatures rise with fever," he said in the statement, though he noted that the finding should only prompt people to reconsider how they treat mild fevers, and not fevers that are dangerously high.

For FULL ARTICLE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/03/fever-immune-system-cells_n_1074445.html

This is something that chiropractors and natural health experts have been saying for a long time, but to think there is now a 'study' that proves it. (Who needed this study??) A fever is not a problem. It's telling you that something is going on inside your body and that your body is working properly in trying to kill whatever is invading it. The fever is the natural defense mechanism of the amazing brilliance of the human body. God created this defense so that invading organisms don't fully overtake us. The body responds in such a brilliant way, elevating the temperature to just the right number that is needed to kill whatever the attacker is. Next time you have a temperature, don't think of it as being sick, but instead you are healthy and your body is doing exactly what it was created to do! SURVIVE and thrive!

Even though this research is saying fevers are BENEFICIAL, notice that they are still refering to what they call 'mild' fever. What exactly is a 'mild fever'?

We need to remember that 98.6* F is 'normal' but that doesn't mean it's normal for YOU. It's an average of all the temperatures out there so if you run higher or lower than this magic number, you're still ok. When you realize that temperatures are based on an average and that each of our bodies are created unique and totally individualized it makes this 98.6 number seem a little less important. If your temperature is normally 97.8 a temperature of 98.6 would be considered 'mild' to you. However, the body doesn't 'normally' spike temperatures to more than it can handle. A temperature of 103, while not considered 'mild' by the standards of scientists and pharmaceutical companies, is still your body working. To hinder this would hinder your body from it's work.

You are now empowered in a way that Tylenol and Motrin wish you weren't. Next time you get a fever, don't go grab some acetaminophen. Instead, thank God for creating such a powerful system in your body, call your chiropractor and tell him/her you are running a fever and would like to come and get checked and adjusted so your body can fully do what it needs to do to fight off whatever is coming against you!

Breech Pregnancy Returned to Normal with Chiropractic - A Case Study

2010-03-31T05:08:00.000-07:00

I'm a chiropractic student right now. When I graduate I will also get my midwifery certification as that is my true passion. Knowing that, my chiropractor gave me this. I thought I'd pass it on. :)

A documented case study showing chiropractic care helping a breech pregnancy was published on April 7, 2008, in the scientific periodical, the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research (JVSR). In this case, a 28 year old woman returned to the chiropractor in her 34th week of pregnancy. She had previously been receiving chiropractic care for headaches and sacroiliac pain.

In week 34 of her pregnancy, the woman's nurse midwife recommended that she return for chiropractic care after it was discovered that the presentation of her current pregnancy was breech. She had previously carried her first pregnancy in a breech presentation until 37 weeks until seeking chiropractic care.

This study notes that approximately 3%-5% of term pregnancies in the United States result in a breech presentation, while 80%-100% of those breech presenting fetus’ are delivered by cesarean section. Breech presentation is when a fetus is set up for the birth with the buttocks or feet toward the birth canal rather than the normal head first, known as the "cephalic presentation".

Upon chiropractic examination, the breech presentation was confirmed and the chiropractic analysis and procedure known as the "Webster Technique" was utilized to determine intrauterine constraint and initiate correction.

Two days after receiving chiropractic care using the Webster Technique, the woman returned to her nurse midwife for her follow up visit. That examination showed that the fetus had turned to a normal presentation. In the conclusion of this case report, the chiropractor, Dr. John Cameron Thomas noted, "The importance of preventing intrauterine constraint and cesarean section deliveries is apparent. For women who desire to deliver vaginally, there are options that can be performed before having a scheduled cesarean section.

http://www.fergusonfamilychiropractic.com/

Pregnant Woman has Natural Birth After Two Cesareans with Chiropractic - Case Study

2010-03-31T05:07:00.000-07:00

From the March 11, 2008, issue of the the scientific periodical, the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research (JVSR), comes a case study involving a pregnant women who was suffering from back pain and therefore sought out chiropractic care. This was her third pregnancy and the previous two pregnancies resulted in cesarean births. The 29 year old woman was hoping to deliver this baby vaginally.

In this case, the woman started chiropractic care in her 34th week of pregnancy because of suffering from back pain. She reported having experienced on and off lower back pain throughout her pregnancy. She had also had similar problems in the third trimester of her previous pregnancy.

A chiropractic examination was performed and the determination of subluxations was made. Care was initiated focusing mainly on the lower spine. On the patient's 4th visit, she reported that her low back pain had improved significantly and she was "getting around better" than before the care.

In the 40th week of her pregnancy, the woman went into labor. She labored 12 hours at home with her husband before going to the hospital. Although she reported that the medical staff was extremely anxious, given her previous birth history, she delivered a healthy baby girl, naturally and without the use of medications or a Caesarean surgical procedure, as had been the case in her prior births.

The study authors, Joel Alcantara, BSc, DC and Ingrid Hamel, DC, FICPA, concluded, "This case report described the successful chiropractic management of a patient with pregnancy-related low back pain and possibly facilitated a successful vaginal birth despite two previous Caesareans."

http://www.fergusonfamilychiropractic.com/

The "Rules" Of Childbirth

2010-03-31T05:06:00.001-07:00

This was something that a group of OB nurses on Cafemom.com were talking about. The post asked what rules they'd like to see in the delivery room, and this is the 'humor' that they came up with. SAD!!!!! This is what they want YOU to do in YOUR birth!! Have you considered the idea of homebirthing, lately?

Rules of the Labor and Delivery area

1. Don't ask me if my wheel can tell you if you got knocked up on the 15th or the 16th. That's too damn close to have 2 different partners anyway... Just suffer for 8 more months, assuming the father is not the one it should be.

2. Bed rest does not include walking around Walmart, or running by the mall to pick up something.

3. Don't come in the middle of the night because you've been throwing up for a week... and then ask me to get you something to eat.

4. Breathing hard, and faking to your family like you're having contractions, WON'T open up your cervix.

5. Tears, and rolling around in the bed also will NOT open your cervix.

6. Doing sit ups while in the bed to make the monitor "go up".... also..... WILL NOT open your cervix.

7. Until your cervix is opening.....don't plan on staying.

8. If you fight with your boyfriend and need a little TLC... go to his mother's house, not the labor room.

9. If you are there with someone in labor, don't try to read the strip and tell me what's going on. You don't know the difference between a fart and a contraction and you'll likely just piss me off and delay your loved one getting pain medication or her epidural.

10. When I ask the patient a question, that's who I want the answer from... OK? I don't need her mother to tell me when she had sex last....

11. This day and time, if a patient is between the ages of 37 and 42... she has had approximatley 2-5 partners. If she is between the ages of 28-36, the average is 7. If she is in her early to mid twenties, then her age is how many partners she's had... If she is a teenager, then "too numerous to count" applies. (and she has had, or currently has chlamydia or trich)

12. Open your damn legs. If you were a virgin, you wouldn't be here.

13. Shave that shit. If we wanted a trip to the jungle... we'd go there.

14. Clean your ass before you come in. Unless you have the umbilical cord hanging out, are in a serious accident, or are bleeding profusely, take time to wash it up a bit... it's going to be on display.

15. You'd better be nice to your nurse. She, not the physician, decides when you get pain medication... There is such a thing as placebo. We can also make you wait the entire 2 hours... adding 45 minutes for our convenience... or we can give it to you 15 minutes early.... it's all in your attitude.

16. The fewer visitors you have in with you... the better mood your nurse will be in.

17. Get rid of that one "know it all" visitor before it's too late. She can ruin the entire experience for you by pissing me off.

18. If this is your 6th baby, either get the epidural before you come in, or don't plan on one.

19. Don't blame us when you're baby can't say it's own name when it's 5. Chances are, it was the cocaine you snorted in the parking lot, just before you were rushed in abrupting.

20. If your pulse is 50 when you come in... from all the downers you've been downing... chances are your baby will be several bricks shy of a full load. It's your fault, not ours.

21. When I ask you if you smoke... you should include marijuana in that answer. Other things that should be included are, hashish, crack, meth, and any other illegal drug that you may have smoked. Nicotine is the least harmful of all the crap you could smoke...dummy.

22. Don't bitch at us because your baby has to stay in the hospital until it's 2 months old, weaning off of Methadone or Morphine. Regardless of what the bullshit clinic says to you.... Methadone is NOT healthy for babies.

23. If you call us and say you're bleeding profusely, then I'd better see some blood when you come in. Do you know how many people we notify for shit like that!

24. Hard labor doesn't just stop with 1 bag of IV fluids. We know a faker when we hydrate one.

25. If you're an addict, we already have a preconceived notion about you, and we probably don't like you. Nothing personal... it's just the way it is. You chose that life... now live it.

26. Regardless of the fact that your neighbor's sister's aunt had a baby at 30 weeks and it is perfect... that does NOT mean we're going to let you have yours at 30 weeks.

27. Your neighbor's sister's aunts baby likely had to stay in the hospital for 6 weeks, and could possibly have problems that you're not aware of... dumb dumb.

28. You'd better tell us if you're on narcotics... trust me...... We'll know soon enough, because our drug of choice is Stadol.... HA HA.

29. If you have track marks on your arm, "NO YOU CAN NOT GO OUT AND SMOKE" with your IV. What do you think we are, Stupid?

30. Don't scream. We hate screamers. It get's on our nerves and we just sit at the desk looking at each other and grinning and making faces. It's not to your advantage.

31. If you don't have custody of your 3 other kids, chances are you won't go home with this one either. We ARE calling Social Services. That's our job.

32. If the baby's dad is in jail, and he's still your boyfriend, we automatically assume "birds of a feather flock together

This is for real. I wish I was making it up. this list was created by a group of OB nurses on a message board http://www.cafemom.com/group/14160/

I am NOT the exception

2010-03-30T17:54:00.000-07:00

I am not the exception

I am the norm.My birth is normal~~unhindered~~standard~~regular~~easy~~simple.
It amazes me how when people hear about my birth experiences, they are amazed that a birth can be like that. They say things about how I must not have had contractions NEARLY like they did. They say things about how their birth was so painful that even the doctors were astonished by it. They say that I am so brave (or maybe so stupid to risk what I did).

Yes- it wasn't in a hospital. No doctor was there telling me to push when I didn't feel like it. No pelvic exams to check my dilation and progress. No emergency, no drugs, no nurses telling me to count to 10 and then blow. No c-section, no forceps, no episiotomy, no stitches. Just my husband and I along with a midwife who sat on the bed and watched. Its been 2 years since my first homebirth. It's been 2 years since I reached into the water, between my legs, and pulled the baby out and to my chest. I've loved telling my story and talking to women who are unlearned in this area. Educating a woman about her body and how it functions is a new found passion of mine. Isn't simply sad that women have truly no clue on how their body works. The brainwashing needs to stop. After learning about the history of obstetrics, it infuriates me to no end how these professionals feel the need to manage something unmanageable. Just recently Asia Carrera (who is a former porn star, true) had a UC (unasisted childbirth...no doctor, no midwife, NO ONE but her and her daughter). Her story is simply beautiful and perhaps she can enlighten the rest of the world in discovering how their own bodies can function. Of course, many will write her off because her former porn status. She is still a woman who reached deep within herself to deliver her baby into an environment that wasn't hostile and full of noise and lights. She birthed her baby on the floor in front of her fireplace! How truly romantic and peaceful!

Those of us who birth this way know that we aren't alone. We know that the homebirth idea is becoming more and more popular as women are seeing themselves as the empowered creatures that God created us to be. Yet to many, we are some strange breed of creatures. I hope that in the future, women will realize that deep within them lies a strength to birth in a new found way. That they will understand that the 'emergencies' they face in the hospital setting are often times CREATED by the hospital staff through the various interventions. Pitocin to speed things up, often cause such INTENSE contractions that epidurals become almost mandatory. Pitocin contractions don't cause the cervix to relax enough during contractions, which makes c-sections almost inevitable. Epidurals can often slow down labor and progress as well. When the female body is left to do what it knows to do, it normally functions in a way that delivers a beautiful baby with little effort and must ease.

I am *not* the exception.

By: Kelly Milano

Please email me at kmilano@gmail.com before you reprint!!

Train Vs. Educate

2010-03-29T17:27:00.001-07:00

Train vs Educate

I recently read a great quote. It said "The definitions of "train" vs. "educate"; to train is to not deviate to the left or right, but go straight ahead. To educate is to broaden one's mind on a subject."

This is our medical profession to a T! We have trained them on how to react to situations. They are trained to not do a breech delivery. They are trained to not vaginally deliver twins. They are trained to vaccinate, trained to push for epidurals, trained to do routine c-sections. But are they truly educated? Are they educated on the risk of vaccinations? Are they educated on the dangers of induction? Are they trained on the hazards of repeat and routine c-sections?

We as normal everyday patients, have been trained as well. We've been trained to accept everything our doctors tell us fact. We've been trained to not ask questions or not doubt what we are being told. We are trained, just like we would train a dog, to speak when spoken to in the doctors office and not cause a scene. We train our dogs to jump through hoops and roll over and play dead, just like we've been trained to do when it comes to our opinions and ideas about our health, our bodies or our decisions.

It's time we EDUCATE ourselves!!! It's time we stop being simply trained and start researching and finding our voice. It's time we stand up for ourselves in the delivery room, to our doctors, to the insurance companies and the government.

EDUCATE YOURSELF AND FIND YOUR VOICE!!!

Periods Return Because of Chiropractic Care

2010-03-28T09:21:00.000-07:00

Last Sept I went in for to a chiropractor for the first time because I hurt my neck. Not only did she help me with that but she got my periods back on track. I was thrilled because we were tring to get pregnant and that is hard when you are not regular. And well here I am pregnant! She also really helped my moods.

Lynette R.

Lynette-Homeschooling SAHM of boys ages 2 and 5. Living in WI. Expecting baby #3!

The Big Idea

2010-03-28T09:13:00.001-07:00

The Big Idea

A slip on the snowy sidewalk in winter is a small thing. It happens to millions.
A fall from the ladder in the summer is a small thing. It also happens to millions.
The slip or fall produces a subluxation. The subluxation is a small thing.
The subluxation produces pressure on a nerve. That pressure is a small thing.
That decreased flowing produces a dis-eased body and brain. That is a big thing to that man.
Multiply that sick man by a thousand, and you control the physical and mental welfare of a city.
Multiply that man by one hundred thirty million, and you forecast and can prophesy the physical and mental status of a nation.
So the slip or fall, the subluxation, pressure, flow of mental images, and dis-ease are big enough to control thoughts and actions of a nation.

Now comes a man. And one man is a small thing.
This man gives an adjustment. The adjustment is a small thing.
The adjustment replaces the subluxation. That is a small thing.
The adjusted subluxation releases pressure upon nerves. That is a small thing.
The released pressure restores health to a man. This is a big thing to that man.
Multiply that well man by a thousand, and you step up the physical and mental welfare of a city.
Multiply that well man by a hundred thirty million, and you have produced a healthy, wealthy, and better race for posterity.
So, the adjustment of the subluxation to release pressure upon nerves, to restore mental impulse flow, to restore health, is big enough to rebuild the thoughts and actions of the World.
The idea that knows the cause, that can correct the cause of dis-ease, is one of the biggest ideas known. Without it, nations fall; with it, nations rise.
The idea is the biggest I know of.
BJ Palmer, D.C.

Vaccination Ingredients

2009-05-26T16:19:00.000-07:00

• Phenol (poison)
• Formaldehyde (cancer causing)
• Alum (preservative)
• Acetone (nail polish remover)
• Aluminum Phosphate (toxic, deodorants)
• Glycerin (toxic liver, kidney, lung damage)
• Monosodium Glutamate (MSG allergic)
• Toxic Metals, lead, cadmium, aluminum and mercury (thimerosal)
• Fecal matter, dog kidney, monkey kidney
• Horse serum, pig blood, horse blood
• Calf serum, rabbit brain
• Yeast proteins
• Antibiotics
• RNA and DNA from growth medium including retro viruses from animals
• SV 40 cancer causing from monkeys

Vaccine Production

• Virus is gathered from sick infected person or animal…urine, blood, feces, pus
• Must be grown on a toxic medium: decomposing animal organs such as baby hamster kidneys, monkey kidneys, aborted fetal lung tissue (rubella vaccine called RA27/3)
• Once grown, virus is inactivated with formaldehyde or other agents
• All substances are unnatural, synthetic, immune suppressing and/or carcinogenic

Vaccine Facts:

• The amount of vaccines has increased from 3 in 1950 to: 23 doses of 13 diseases by 2002
• 74 injected bacterial/viral components for 15 diseases by age of 6 in 2004

Parents Know Your Rights:

• Every state has exemptions available to them (religious, philosophical and medical exemptions)
• If you do not know your rights, you cannot exercise them!
• Complete list of state exemptions available at National Vaccine Information Center

References:

1) Are vaccines safe? By Mary Tocco. For updated information and to schedule Mary Tocco to speak at your next event, please visit: www.childhoodshots.com or call her at (231) 642-7984

2) National Vaccine Information Center www.nvic.org

I am a Chiropractor

2009-05-26T15:48:00.000-07:00

As long as I have these 2 hands, I will use them!

2009-05-26T15:44:00.000-07:00

D.D.’s Trial: In the early part of 1906 D.D. and B.J. were indicted by the Grand Jury of Scott County, Davenport, for practicing medicine without a license. D.D.’s trial was first. The courtroom was crowded during the trial. The jury entered the room and the judge asked the foreman of the jury if they had reached a decision.

“We have your Honor”, the foreman answered. The judge nodded and the foreman continued. “We, the jury find the defendant, Daniel David Palmer, guilty as charged.” The court buzzed and the judge again rapped his gavel. “Has the defendant anything to say in his behalf?”

“May I be allowed to address the court?” D.D. asked. The judge consented. D.D. walked slowly to where the jury sat and looked at each person slowly. Many of them lowered their eyes. “You may have judged me, gentlemen, having in mind some of my actions that have taken place while I lived in Davenport for the past 30 years. This would not be fair, as you were told I was being tried for practicing medicine without license. I cannot change your verdict, but I would like it known to you and all who sit in this courtroom, that the only thing I have done wrong was in getting sick people well where medicine failed. If sick people had been able to get well under medicine, they would not have tried the method which I have discovered. If they had not gotten well under my care, these same people would not have to come back.

“I am not guilty,” he shouted, making people in court jump. “Medicine is guilty…for not getting these sick people well.”

“Our ancestors came to this country and fought for freedom.” He continued in a soft, passionate voice. “I believe freedom also constitutes a patient having his choice in a doctor and to select the type of healing his intelligence finds best to regain his health. Because medicine has failed in these cases, do these pool souls have to spend the rest of their lives suffering?”

D.D. raised both his hands, fingers outstretched, palms towards the jury. With a look on his face of strong conviction, his long hair hanging loosely, Dan said, “As long as I have these two hands and there are sick people to get well, I will use them.”

Breech Baby turned using Webster Technique

2008-06-04T17:18:00.001-07:00

When I was pregnant with my son, I found out that my baby was breech at 38 weeks. My dr said that we could schedule an external cephalic version followed by induction if successful or c-section if not. Or we could just schedule the c-section. My dr doubted that an ECV would be successful at this point because my baby was 9.5lbs. None of those options were acceptable to me. I came home and began to research. I found out about the Webster technique and went to www.icpa4kids.com to find a chiropractor in my area certified in Webster. I called each one within a 50 mile radius and discussed their personal success rate with them. I found one that I really clicked with. She had a lot of experience with Webster including performing it on women who were already in labor. I went to her the next day and was surprised at how simple and non-invasive the Webster Technique was! As I made the 45 minute drive home, I felt my baby flip to the vertex position. It was truly an amazing feeling! I finally had relief from that big hard head that was poking me in the ribs. Over the weekend my baby returned to the breech position so I returned to my chiropractor. At this time I was 39 weeks. I had Webster again and my baby returned to the vertex position. I continued to get Webster every couple of days until I went into labor and had the beautiful natural birth that I dreamed of.

Erin T

Ear Infection Relief

2008-06-03T17:08:00.000-07:00

Another story!

Benjamin has trouble with ear infections and this week he started showing signs of his ears hurting. We went to the office as normal on Monday and told my dad Ben's ear was bothering him. Dad looked at it and said the one ear was indeed infected. I asked him if I should call the doctor and get a antibiotic filled for him. He said no and went and gave him an adjustment, cleaned out his ear with peroxide then alcohol then this "Miracle Oil" that my Mom ordered out of some catalog. Wednesday we checked Benjamin's ear, there was NO sign of inflammation or infection in either of his ears. As a child I was put on so many antibiotics that when I get sick as an adult they almost have to do it thru an IV and make it a very high dose because nothing works on me. Tubes were not an option and I was always left to suffer. Jason, my husband suffered from ear infections as a child and had tubes. I am just so glad Benjamin can be healed non invasively and he doesn't have to go thru what his dad and I went thru!

Isn't that awesome! Someone so small can do so much!

*Submitted by lovingwhatis*

Chiropractor of the Future

2008-06-03T17:04:00.000-07:00

So... where should I start.
My dad is a chiropractor and 2 of my uncles were chiropractors and I have a cousin that is a chiropractor... so I guess it is in our blood.
My son is 16 months old and we go to work in my dad's office 3 times a week and Benjamin goes along... I swear the patients only come to see him... but anyway... Benjamin has grown up in the office. We have been working there since he was 5 months old so he knows his way around. Benjamin has been mimicking my dad for a long time. He would put his hand on the wall and tap on it with the other one, just like my dad did to him when his sinuses would act up. A couple of weeks ago I had a patient come out and tell me that Benjamin gave her an adjustment. I laughed and went on my way. Well yesterday I went back to my dad's desk to ask for an adjustment and Benjamin went into the room and stood right by the table. I laid down and he started pushing on me and kinda made a "hugh" sound like my dad does. I started laughing. I just know he will be one too! More power to him!

*Submitted by lovingwhatis*

From Patient to Chiropractic Student

2008-06-03T16:55:00.000-07:00

I had headaches in grade school and was a very poor student because of it. I barely made it into college, but I became a single mom before graduation. I had seen some chiropractors during high school, but it never really helped my headaches long term. When my headaches got so intense that they made me vomit, I wanted to end my life. I knew going to an MD, I would get pills to cover up what was wrong.

I decided to give chiropractic a try. This chiro explained subluxation and nerve interferrence. I eventually became headache free. My daughter was checked at 5 days old, but was subluxation free. She was such a happy baby...it was amazing.

I moved hundreds of miles from there, and continued to search for a chiro that was on the same wavelength, but with no luck.

I had my second child, but she was sick constantly. I took her to two different chiros in the first two years of her life, and was very frustrated because I knew the power of chiropractic.

With God's grace, the chiro that helped me with my migraines moved within 1 1/2 hours from us. We drove there three times a week and within a short time, my daughter was completely off of her prescription meds. What I knew was possible all along.

I decided that I wanted to help others the way my family and I had been helped.

I am attending college at Northwestern in Minnesota. I am looking forward to helping my patients bodies heal themselves, and am very excited about educating the public about subluxations.

Dentists got people to take caring for their teeth more seriously, and I intend to get them to take caring for their spine more seriously!!

Blessings,
Jan
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Blind Man Suddenly Sees Again

2008-05-04T08:15:00.000-07:00

Blind Man Suddenly Sees Again
DUBUQUE - Doctors aren't quite sure how it happened, but a Dubuque man can see clearly after being blind in one eye for more than a decade.

It happened after a trip to the chiropractor.

Twelve years ago Doug Harkey's left eye suddenly stopped working. "I woke up one day and I didn't have vision in one eye."

And as quickly as he lost sight, he got it back.

Harkey said, "he just did his normal adjustment and, voila!

After a routine visit to Chiropractor Tim Stackis, Harkey says a miracle happened.

"My blind eye starting watering after I left there and it watered for 45 minutes straight. It started making my good eye water. I went to wipe my right eye and I could see out my left again."

Doctor Stackis said the bones in the Harkey's neck were out of alignment.

Stackis said, "That interferes with the messages and energy the brain sends down to the rest of the body."

Harkey now has the depth perception he'd been missing, just what he needs as he's about to walk down the aisle with his fiancée next month.

Harkey’s Fiancée, Gina Connolly said, "I'm not use to him not running into things or stepping on our feet."

Doctor Stackis and Harkey were both surprised by what happened.
Harkey said, "He has miracle hands, I guess."

Was it a miracle? Harkey’s not sure how to explain it, he’s just glad it happened.

Harkey says his eye doctor says with the help of corrective lenses he will be able to almost perfectly out of both eyes.

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/13718517.html

Immunization Information

2008-04-05T13:19:00.000-07:00

Have you ever taken a look at what is in the immunizations we give our children? It takes a lot of work to investigate each one, so many parents choose just to trust their doctors. I found this today and thought it was very well laid out.

Just a bit of background on a few of the vaccines....
formaldehyde...remember dissecting in highschool? Remember the horrible stinky liquid that animal was in to 'preserve' it? That is being injested into our children!!!! (And to think that the smell of it made many of us gag or throw up!)

Phenol, also known under an older name of carbolic acid, is a toxic, colourless crystalline solid with a sweet tarry odor (From Wikipedia). Phenol is a byproduct of distilling tar.

human diploid cells from aborted fetal tissue....anywhere you see human diploid, this is what it is.
http://www.informedchoice.info/cocktail.html

guinea pig embryo cells, think of that the next time you hold little fluffy.

Whiplash

2008-04-01T03:45:00.001-07:00

When I was 17, I was involved in a car accident. I was in my best friends car riding in the front passenger seat. It was at night, and it had been raining all day. We were stopped at a red light waiting for it to turn green when we were hit from behind at about 30 mph. Luckily I was wearing a seatbelt, but came within an inch of almost hitting the windshield. Luckily, no injuries...so I had thought.

The next morning, I remember not being able to move out of bed. I called out to my mom in tears because I thought I was paralyzed ( so it had seemed ). She helped me out of bed, but I couldn't move my neck.

My dad suggested my mom to take me to a chiropractor. No ER, no medical doctor...just straight to a chiropractor. Back in 1987, chiropractors were just becoming noticed, or maybe that is when the first time I have ever heard of one.

I didn't know what to expect. I had no idea what I was about to experience.

The first thing they did was take a whole body x-ray. It was kind of neat to see a full length shot of my entire anatomy. I do remember the first thing the doctor asked me. He had asked me if I wore heels. At first it took me by surprise because I kept thinking, I am here because I cannot move my neck and he's interested in my shoes!?!? He was right. I wore heels or as I used to call them..."pumps" almost everyday with my jeans ( we are talking about the 80's...what girl didn't). He continued to say that he could tell by the way my pelvis tilted back. Interesting, I thought. But what about my neck???

After my examination, I overhear him explaning to my mom as to what happened to my neck. Apparently, the force of the crash extended my neck forward, and when it bounced back, 2 of the vertabraes in my neck, basically "crunched" into each other. So, what he needed to do was "uncrunch" them. I definately wasn't prepared for my first "adjustment" but let me say, when I left there, I was able to move my neck. It was VERY tender and sore and had to wear a neck brace for 2 weeks, but let me tell you...it was a moment I will never forget.

I went to him 3 times a week for a month and fully recovered. He said I may later in my adult life have problems with my back because of this injury. I am happy to say that I am very lucky that has NOT happened yet. BUT, if it ever does, I will know who to go to.

Renee M.

Overcoming bedwetting

2008-03-31T19:56:00.000-07:00

Another success story in our house is that our now 10 year old son has had bed wetting issues since he was potty trained. For years everyone told us it was normal for boys, but this didn't seem 'normal'. It was a nightly occurance and sometimes would happen two times a night. Last quarter at school, our intern decided to try a sacral adjustment on him. That night, our son wet the bed more than I'd ever seen. It was really bad and I was really concerned. But the next several nights, he stayed dry. Our chiropractic intern told us that with a deep sacral adjustment, sometimes that happens. We quickly realized that if our son got a sacral adjustment, he had huge success. He is now wetting the bed MAYBE once every 2-3 weeks, instead of nightly. We are very pleased!!!

Kelly M

Fighting Constipation

2008-03-31T19:53:00.000-07:00

I guess I should probably post a couple of my own. We have so many success stories in our household, but these are the most 'dramatic'. My daughter has had constipation for all of her 7 years of life. It was not uncommon for her to go a full week without ever 'going' and it would take her an hour of sitting in the bathroom before she could ever actually go. This quarter we got an amazing intern at school who had heard of some success with constipation by adjusting the Atlas. He decided to try toggling her atlas and immediately we saw results. She is now going approximately every other day-still not ideal, but a HUGE improvement. Now we don't go a single week without having her toggled and the results are amazing!

Kelly M

Adj. a 6 month old baby who had never pooped

2008-03-31T19:52:00.000-07:00

Not long after we took Adrik, my mom was in a grocery store, and somehow got on the subject of chiropractors with the cashier, and mentioned that we had taken Adrik. The lady in line behind my mom was holding a baby, I can't remember how old, less than 6 months. The lady said that her son hadn't EVER pooped, since he was born. The doctors were all VERY concerned, and had run all kinds of tests. They had said that he needed MAJOR surgery and it would be very risky. Someone had suggested they take the baby to a chiropractor just a last-ditch effort before sending him to such a traumatic surgery. So, they did, and the baby pooped while the chiropractor was working on him!!! The baby had been having regular bowel movements since then, but they were still seeing the chiropractor for a while, just in case. My mom said it was a really cool story, and the mom of this baby was almost in tears as she was telling it!

Lisa F.

Adjustments to a 3 month old

2008-03-31T19:51:00.000-07:00

We took Adrik to a chiropractor when he was 3 months old! He was VERY stiff when he was born, and would arch backwards so badly that we literally could not hold on to him. We were told he may have cerebral palsy, then we were told he had a simple torticollis, and all sorts of other things. Finally someone suggested a chiropractor and we thought, "why not?!" The guy we went to had young children of his own and told us that he had adjusted all of them before they even went home from the hospital! We realized that Adrik had been head down and very low in my pelvis for the entire last trimester, and a vacuum had been used on him during birth. Those two things were causing his stiffness, and after just a couple of appointments he was totally fine! The chiropractor didn't actually "crack" him or anything, but had other techniques for adjusting such a small baby.

Lisa F

Here I go again...

2008-03-31T17:20:00.000-07:00

Yep, ANOTHER blog. I'm finding that these are just great ways to organize information while sharing it with other people as well. Lately I've had so many people wanting to share their Chiropractic success stories with me. These stories are so inspiring to me and I know that they will be what keeps me going when things get stressful and chaotic. It'll help me remember why I'm doing what I'm doing. So, if you have chiropractic success stories, I'd love to add them.

And please, no taking of the stories off of this blog. I've gotten permission from each person to post their story, but that does NOT make them free public access. Please emial me if you want permission from the person who's story is here and I will contact them for you.