#1 Pet Peeve

I know its the season to be grateful and all that (see previous post), however I feel the need to vent today. I have heard three people this past week tell me that they told their friends about our office and wanted them to come here. The response has been "I went to a Chiropractor already and I had a bad experience". I got to admit that this has to be my Top Pet Peeve! This is the same type of reasoning as getting a bad haircut and never getting a haircut again, or eating a bad meal at a restaurant and never going out to eat again! Their is no difference if you just fill in the blanks. What's worse is that this is their well being and health.

Encourage your friends and family to try us. If they say the above Pet Peeve you can call them out on it and blame it on me.

Muchas Gracias!

"It is not by a man's purse, but by his character, that he is rich or poor"
- BJ Palmer, DC Developer of Chiropractic

Now is a great time to extend your gratitude for all the positive things in your life. From the most seemingly irrelevant (I am always grateful for hot water in the morning!) to the most precious (I am always grateful for my family!). Write at last 3 different things each night for 3 days - good way to see how lucky you really are.

An Exercise in Resiliency

Today our business neighbors next door (Drycleaning service) accidently drove their delivery van into our front window at the office! Instead of being angry, me and my staff went on with seeing our clients. No one was hurt and business insurance should take care of the expenses. Only thing is I wished it would be a sunnier day (Its cold and rainy). How we choose to react to situations and being mindful can make a big difference in our stress levels and our health.

Processed Americans

When the Recession news first began hitting the media, my first thought was "Good. Maybe we will take a closer look at our spending habits and our diets". I had figured that we would do a lot less spending and more cooking at home. However, a recent article in the Charlotte Observer Money Wise section (D) on November 8, 2009, This recession looks fat on us, reported that recent surveys found that American's are turning more to cheaper processed food items. My feeling is that we are working more and looking to spend less. Groceries are expensive. Real food is expensive and access to real food via supermarkets makes them even more expensive. I look forward to the day when we can have CONVENIENT access to fresh, wholesome, real food without going to a retail outlet (the supermarket). The more farmer's markets the better. Please support your local market by going at least twice a month and tell them how grateful you are for their availability. Our health and our waist lines count on it.

TESLA ROCKS!

No, not the band. I mean the man, NIKOLA TESLA. The past couple of weeks we have had an amazing machine, called the MG-33 (that is based on Tesla's work with electromagnetic fields) here in the office. The response has been really good. My understanding is that this method of treatment has been used by Eastern Euopeans for as long as 50 years!! The technology is just now being utilized here in the USA for human performance, healing, and more. Most people are familiar with it as a method for speeding the recovery of injuries, e.g. in professional sports. I hear the Chiropractor for the Philadelphia 76'ers uses it for their basketball players to cut rehab times in half. Call us to experience a demonstration for FREE by mentioning this BLOG. Call (704) 521-1389 today. Learn more at http://www.pemfinfo.com/

18 Hours and Counting...

NC Chiropractors are required to take 24 hours of Continuing Education every year. I actually love to learn new things and recently came away with some of the following at a recent class:

- A one day dosage of over the counter NSAID's (e.g. Ibuprofen) raises the risk of heart attack by 47%
- Chiropractic is 5 times more effective than drugs for pain management
- Research shows that it takes only 1000 accumulative doses of Tylenol to reach Kidney failure
- Omega 3's are the number one missing nutrient among Americans
- $5 Billion total yearly Chiropractic economic production. $32 Billion yearly total marketing expenditure by pharmaceutical companies.
- Vitamin D supplementation, particularly at higher doses, may protect against colds and flu
- Good and proper biomechanics ("movement") is important to physiology and systemic health and wellbeing
-The lowest exposure of aspartame at 80ppm caused a 62% increase in lymphomas and leukemia
- There are no significant (high potency) vegetarian sources of EPA (a vital Omega 3)

Of course there is more, but it would take alot of space...

CROP WALKIN'

My son, Jacob (age 9), and I participated in the CROP WALK today. We walked 4 miles to help raise awareness and money for hunger. It was a fun time spending it with my little guy. We talked about many things, and he even learned about foot biomechanics, microtears, and keeping his feet healthy.