Planet Chiropractic

From a chiropractic standpoint the studies are missing a key factor: spinal movement. When the spine moves in a balanced and relaxed manner many things happen that calms the body’s natural stress response. Add to this the relaxing mindset of God’s green earth and you have the mind-body connection.

Controversy surrounding the prescription stimulant medication Adderall has been in the press frequently this past week. Adderall, a prescription amphetamine, typically prescribed for children and adults with ADHD, is becoming more popular for its off label uses. Among the many side effects for those taking Adderall, a decrease in appetite, insomnia, increased anxiety and irritability are all potentials.

As some of you may already know, the Connecticut Chiropractic Council received a letter from American Specialty Health Networks, Inc. (ASH), alleging that the CCC has been involved in improper activities aimed at undermining ASH’s recruitment of DC’s under its service contract with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has advised the CCC that it has commenced an investigation into the same or similar subject matter.

I attended elementary school way back in the early 1960s. Things were different back then, we only had black and white television, and there were only three channels to watch on TV. We were also only given 3 vaccines that I recall. There was one smallpox and a couple of polio vaccines, one live and one dead.

Member organizations of the Chiropractic Coalition, including the International Chiropractors Association (ICA), the Federation of Straight Chiropractors and Organizations (FSCO) and the World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA) will be meeting in Washington D.C. on Thursday, April 26th, to promote an agreed legislative agenda that includes Medicare improvements, better access to chiropractic care for military veterans, commissions for doctors of chiropractic as military officers, chiropractic inclusion in the TRICARE program for military dependents and retirees and other key initiatives.

In the brave new world of medicine, spin doctors are emerging as the most powerful of doctors. While the clinical doctors are busy trying to stave off the suffering and premature death of their patients using drugs and surgery, the spin doctors are busy capturing market share for their corporate clients.

Chiropractic audio podcasts have returned to Planet Chiropractic. Our chiropractic website began doing audio presentations, featuring chiropractors from around the globe, in the late 1990s. Before people were popularly listening to mp3 file formats and podcasts, planet chiropractic delivered audio and video in formats such as Real Media (.rm), Windows Advanced Streaming Format (.asf), and QuickTime movie formats (.mov), with file downloads that could take up to an hour to receive, when using a dial-up modem service.

Autism is a modern tragedy that has cruelly transformed the normal joys of family life into heartbreaking trials for the moms, dads, sisters and brothers of an estimated 560,000 children in the United States. A new report from the CDC tells us one child in 150 has Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), up from one child in 10,000 twenty years ago. The spectrum includes neurodevelopmental disorders such as ADHD/ADD, Asperger’s Syndrome, speech delay, developmental delay and learning disabilities.

The man known as the father of medicine is quoted as saying, “Natural forces within us are the true healers of disease.” He also said, “It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has.” That was Hippocrates, who walked upon the planet four or five hundred years before another famous healer named Jesus showed up. Jesus is said to have talked about healing forces of divine love inside every one of us that miraculously make us healthy. This kind of talk was apparently not popular with certain leaders of that era. I guess some things never change.

Rumors have been circulating for quite some time now that Van Halen would be reuniting with David Lee Roth in the near future. As it turns out, the rumors are true. Van Halen officially announced on their web site yesterday (February 2, 2007) that the band would be reuniting with Diamond Dave (David Lee Roth) for a 2007 North American summer tour.

A group of students on Palmer College of Chiropractic’s Davenport Campus are taking steps to make their dreams of practice success a reality. While they’re at it, they’re hoping to help their fellow chiropractic students and new graduates achieve practice success as well. Their road map to success is called Palmer Destination Success. The program kicks off with its first seminar–A Journey From Within–on March 31, 2007.

This year’s Super Bowl (XLI) at Dolphin Stadium in Miami will mark the 40th anniversary of the first AFL-NFL championship game, in which the Green Bay Packers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Los Angeles, California.

Chiropractic is also good for the heart, by way of the nervous system, and the removal of spinal stress. When we talk about the heart most people think about blood, and the job the heart does pumping that blood throughout the body. But what about the connection between the brain and the heart, we don’t hear as much information about that.

I received some startling news the other day and now I’m bugged. “You’re going to just stand there and tell me that 90 percent of my body is made up of microbes?” I gasped.

It’s that time of year when yellow page company marketers and magazine advertisers begin calling chiropractic offices (as well as other local service providers) with their pitches for yellow page advertising. Wondering how well these sites would perform in different states, I decided to review the search logs for planet chiropractic during the months of August through December 2006 to discover which states in the nation would be most likely to get consumer traffic for chiropractic related search terms.

With at least 12 million Americans taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, mostly statins, and experts’ recommendations that another 23 million should be taking them, it’s important to remain educated on this issue, the primary one being that they’re linked to many, many dangerous side effects.

News reports have pointed to the rising price of drugs as the major reason medical care costs people an arm and a leg these days. Medications used as directed are recognized as a leading cause of preventable death each year. The medical literature tells us that many current, standard drug protocols are linked to the rise of chronic illness and autoimmune disorders in our country.

LOS ANGELES – Local residents are fortunate that chiropractic is a hands-on business, as one Los Angeles chiropractic office remained open on Friday, despite a loss of electricity to nearly the entire community. Thousands of Department of Water and Power customers, as well as Edison customers, were left without electricity on Friday, after Thursday nights fierce gusts of wind knocked down or hurled tree limbs into electrical lines, blacking out areas of Marina del Rey, West Los Angeles, Westchester, Venice and Mar Vista.

It’s official, 2007 is here. Below are some simple things to keep in mind while maintaining great health habits this year. Health begins at the cellular level. Each portion of our body–our skin, blood, bones, and organs–is made up of cells (about 75 trillion of them!) Each of those individual cells has five fundamental needs.

The Cedar Incident, as it is called, is the largest fire ever recorded in California history. Now I don’t know about you, but calling that unimaginably devastating fire an “incident” just sounds puny and disrespectful. I think of an incident as a minor annoyance that is only slightly painful, such as the Invisible Skateboard Incident last night on my dark front porch.

So what is it we want more of? Is it a better physique, more energy, stronger relationships, a happy family, a sense of purpose, or better health? Any or all may be on our list as desires or dreams, but have we really considered what “lies in our way” of reaching them? What bad habits, beliefs, or excuses have we continued to carry forward that in the past seemed to have ruled the day?

Chiropractors across the United States have been reporting a spike in visits from university and college students during the past two weeks as they prepare for final examinations.

TICKEL, Dr. William E. Known as Will to his friends, was born the son of an ironworker 60 years ago in May in a steel and paper mill town along the Miami River in southern Ohio. He was a chiropractor and one of the vanishing breed of “old-timers” who practiced innately by hand only.

Healing is nothing short of pure magic. We can see it happen, we can describe it and even assist in its amazing mystery, yet Nature’s magic remains far beyond the bounds of human comprehension. We are talking about real magic, not the kind of conjured illusions and clever deception performed by show people for entertainment. Trying to describe real magic is tricky. As author Tom Robbins has pointed out, “Using words to describe magic is like using a screwdriver to cut roast beef.”

The following submitted article comes from the chiropractic office of Dr. Michael J. Moore, a Redding California Chiropractor and graduate of Palmer Chiropractic College Davenport, Iowa.

Professionalism and ethics is the theme for the upcoming Association of Chiropractic Colleges Research Agenda Conference 2007 (ACC-RAC 2007), which will be held March 15-17, 2007, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Go to www.c3r.org/accrac for information and registration.)

William Meeker, D.C., M.P.H., long-time Palmer administrator, researcher and faculty member, has been named president of Palmer College of Chiropractic’s West Campus in San Jose, California, effective January 3, 2007.

Researchers are using a new form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to show that sitting in an upright position places unnecessary strain on one’s back, leading to potentially chronic back pain problems if one spends long hours sitting. The study was conducted at Woodend Hospital in Aberdeen, Scotland, and was presented earlier this week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Using some new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, Scottish and Canadian researchers have found that sitting in an upright position places unnecessary strains on one’s back. According to researchers, sitting in an upright posture for long periods of time (hours) can lead to chronic back pain.

An estimated 18 million consumers visited chiropractic offices across the United States during the past few days, making it one of the busiest times of year for chiropractors nationwide.

According to recent research, which was sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canadians have been abusing prescription painkillers in greater numbers than they have heroin.

Emmitt Smith, the former NFL Dallas Cowboys football star, has been named the winner of the popular USA reality TV show “Dancing with the Stars.” Smith, the NFL’s all-time leading rusher, three-time Super Bowl champion and chiropractic advocate beat out actor Mario Lopez (saved by the bell) in the final dancing competition Wednesday night.

There is no evidence antibiotics do any good for the great majority of patients suffering with acute bronchitis, and medical doctors should cease routinely prescribing them, according to recent reports by university researchers.

It is important to be aware of the risks involved when considering taking any drug or vaccine or putting a drug or vaccine into a young ones body. A new study has revealed that the flu vaccine is associated with an increased risk of developing a debilitating neurological disorder known as Guillain-Barré syndrome.