13 month old Sleeping Through the Night after One Adjustment

This was posted yesterday on our Facebook page by a patient and I just had to share it. This family had never been under chiropractic care before and came in when the dad was having some major back pain. The entire family decided to join in. During one of the appointments (in which the kids weren't scheduled to get adjusted), Dr. Kelly noticed that the 13 month old just didn't look like he was feeling good. She asked if she could go ahead and check him and asked if he'd been fighting an ear infection. Using the Activator adjusting tool, she gently put the Atlas (top bone in the spine) back into place and let the parents know that there was a good chance that the ear drained of all the fluid overnight. Sure enough he woke up the next morning with the drainage, no fever, no more fussiness. The mom posted the following: 

I just want to say Thank You to Dr Tim & Dr Kelly we as a family have started seeing them and my 13
month old had an adjustment last week after being super fussy and holding, his ear for days
(he's also teething). The night after his adjustment he slept thru the night something he's never
ever done and the nxt morning his ear had drained. Since then he sleeps all night every night this
 Mommy is super happy and want to say you two are the Best!!

Did you notice that line about him sleeping? He had "never ever" slept through the night! For a sleep deprived mommy, a baby sleeping through the night is a HUGE thing. It's now been 5 nights since that first adjustment and he is still sleeping through the night! It makes you wonder what kind of pressure and pain the atlas was causing that kept him from sleeping all night long. I believe this little boy is going to see some great results under chiropractic care!


Have you had your child checked?? 

Functional Neurology & Chiropractic

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

Flu Season

Fever Increases Immune System

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

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.


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

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

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/