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Physiotherapy has been a part of chiropractic care since its early days in the 1880s. Today’s Chiropractic Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (DACRB) Specialist is a chiropractor who has had extensive postgraduate training in physiologic therapeutics and rehabilitation to help treat injuries that may have been caused by auto, the workplace or sports. A DACRB practitioner uses a ...

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Ancient peoples closely observed and interacted with the rhythms of their immediate environment. The sun rose in the East and set in the West. Day followed night, and approximately 12 hours later night followed day. The seasons progressed through a more leisurely, although no less regular, rhythm. A season of rebirth and new growth followed a season of restriction and retrenchment. A season of increasing sunshine, longer days, and bounteous expansion was succeeded by a season of harvest, transformation, and preparation for the next round of seasonal change. The moon waxed and waned. Tides rose and tides fell. The life cycles of all creatures – humans, animals, fish, birds, insects, and plants – were precisely attuned to the natural rhythms of the complex world in which they survived and thrived.

Life flows and life ebbs. The rhythm of life is sinusoidal. Rise to a peak. Rest momentarily. Return to baseline, then descend to a trough. Rest momentarily. Return to baseline, then ascend again to a peak. Breath in, breath out. Heart beats, heart relaxes. Muscles contract, muscles relax. Plough a field. Sow a crop. Reap the harvest. Allow the land to recover. A year or two later, plough the field again. Cyclical, rhythmical, sinusoidal activities.

When a person is healthy, all aspects of her physical functioning are aligned with these ancient rhythms.1,2 Disease always reflects an aberration – a defect – in the cyclical, sinusoidal patterns of normal physiology.3 Persistent low back muscle contractions without corresponding relaxation cause pain. Persistent muscle contractions in small arterial blood vessels cause high blood pressure. Persistent abnormal cellular growth without corresponding cellular death results in cancer. Persistently elevated or depressed hormonal levels cause specific forms of disease. The list of these ebb-and-flow abnormalities – the named diseases – is extensive.

The nervous system is also affected by defects in normal rhythm. Epilepsy reflects an extreme of rhythmical aberration – jagged, compressed peaks of electrical discharge suddenly traversing large areas of a person’s brain. On a subtler scale, small groups of nerve cells may fire inappropriately due to distortions in normal ebb-and-flow patterns. If such an altered pattern persists, these groups of nerve cells may transmit incorrect information to other important systems. Pain, symptoms, and even disease may result from such faulty connections.

Honoring the deep nature of how our bodies work goes far toward alleviating many disease states. Getting back into the natural rhythms of being human certainly helps many conditions involving back pain, neck pain, and headaches. Chiropractic care is an important part of helping reestablish the normal ebb and flow. Contact our office today and set an appointment to further discuss how chiropractic care may help reestablish your ebb and flow.

1. Bowen RS, et al: Sex hormone effects on physical activity levels: Why doesn’t Jane run as much as Dick? Sports Med 41(1):73-86, 2011

2. Mazzoccoli G: The timing clockwork of life. R Biol Regul Homeost Agents 25(1):137-143, 2011

3. Hansen TW, et al: Predictive role of the nighttime blood pressure. Hypertension 57(1):3-10, 2011

Getting Sinusoidal

Contract. Relax. This is the basic mechanism of muscular action. Problems develop when there’s too much of one or the other. In most cases, too much contraction is the culprit.

Persistent muscular contraction in the lower back or neck, for example, leads to a cascade of troublesome effects. Toxic metabolic end-products – including lactic acid – accumulate. These small molecules irritate local nerve endings and cause ongoing pain. Muscle spasm results which narrows local blood vessels. Too little blood reaching the area deprives tissues of oxygen and other important nutrients. Cellular damage results with further build-up of noxious metabolites.

Chiropractic treatment encourages a return to normal sinusoidal balance by restoring normal spinal alignment. Spasmodic muscles are enabled to relax. Blood vessels can now supply appropriate amounts of oxygen and nutrients. Metabolic waste is removed. Vitality is restored and pain resolves. Spinal muscles and spinal joints return to operating in a natural ebb-and-flow rhythm.

Back in our earliest ancestor's years, they naturally followed a no-carb diet as they hadn't learned how to cultivate grains. They relied solely on protein and fat up until about 10,000 years ago when "modern humans" discovered agriculture. If the diet rich in protein and fat had not worked for our ancestors then they would ...

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Will You Participate?

It’s finally here!  The moment you’ve all been waiting for!  The Doctor Supervised Fall Clean Up Starts Tomorrow !  Will you participate in this 9 day program designed specifically to restore balance to your Large Intestine, Lungs and Skin.  That’s right, it will help to clean out all the garbage and toxins that have built up within each of them due to pollution, processed foods and poor health habits.  It is the time of year where the energy is highest in these three organs, and the BEST time of year to clean them out.  It is the time for Letting Go!  Doing this just before Winter will allow for the body to recycle itself this Winter with less stress and more clarity.  And who couldn’t use more clarity in their life?

What does it entail?  Modifying your diet for the 9 days, of which it repeats itself 3 different times, so in reality, you modify your diet 3 times during the 9 day process.  Is it hard?  Please!  Anyone can do this for 9 days.  What are the possible side-effects to this program?  Lowered Cholesterol, Lowered Blood Pressure, less problems related to Colitis, Diverticulitis, Irritable Bowel, Upper Respiratory conditions such as Colds, the Flu, Bronchitis, Asthma, Skin conditions such as Eczema, Psoriasis, Hives, Rosacea, and Dandruff.  Would losing any of those be of benefit to you?  How about increased energy and better sleep?  Would those interest you?  What if the mucus your body creates, if that was to stop, along with the post nasal drip?  How would that make you feel?  All of this is possible.  And all of it can happen for you, but it would require a certain level of commitment on your part.

Call the Office at (845)561-2225 and ask us to order the necessary products for your Doctor Supervised Fall Clean Up Program.  We can usually have the product available for you within 2 days of calling.  But don’t wait!  Occasionally, our supplier is on back-order.  So why wait?  Call the Office NOW and tell us to order enough for your Doctor Supervised Fall Clean Up Program.  Again, it’s only 9 days.  It will make a huge difference in your health, vitality and energy.  It will minimize the likelihood of developing sickness this Winter, and will set the body up so that next March, you can Spring into great health.

Call the Office TODAY and arrange for a time where you and I can get together for about 15 minutes and discuss what specifics are necessary for you and your Doctor Supervised Fall Clean Up Program.  Appreciating that everyone is different, taking the time to ask your body what is needed to support your Doctor Supervised Fall Clean Up Program is important.  If you are going to commit to the 9 days, we want to create the greatest amount of change within your system, restoring the normal function to those three organs, the Large Intestine, Lungs and Skin.

The program period runs from Tomorrow, October 21st through December 9th.  And the Doctor Supervised Fall Clean Up Program is only for 9 days of those 7 weeks.  Look at your calendar.  Thanksgiving is on the 22nd of November.  Getting this 9 day program in before that Thanksgiving Thursday will allow for you to clean things out before you overload your system with Holiday Cheer.  If you aren’t organized enough before then, and after the long weekend of turkey and relatives, you’ll want to help yourself?  That’s still not a problem.  You can fit the 9 days in before the 9th of December.  While your calendar is out, call the Office and tell us when you want to do this program.  It’s for you.  It’s for your health. Why wouldn’t you want to give yourself an early holiday gift by giving yourself the opportunity to restore your internal balance?  Call the Office and take advantage of the time of year and the natural energy to support these cleansing organs.  Call the Office TODAY!  (845) 561-2225. Do it NOW!

Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) is a full-contact sport that combines techniques from a range of different martial arts. The sport can involve techniques from Brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling, judo, karate, kickboxing, ,muay thai and taekwondo. The strikes and holds involved in MMA are pretty tough on the musculoskeletal system and they frequently cause injuries, more often than ...

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Professional dancers are a pretty select group. These elite athletes are arguably among the fittest people in the world. Dance training provides flexibility, strength, speed, and agility – qualities of which we’d all like to have more. As a result, the dancer’s experience provides lifelong guidance for the rest of us as we pursue our own fitness-and-exercise quest.(1,2,3)

Here are three key fitness tips from the dance world:

1. Hard Work. Dance training provides everything an athlete needs. But there’s a lot of personal discipline and effort involved. That said, the results are magnificent. If we want comparable [for us] magnificent results, we must put in the time. We must do the hard work.

2. Process and Practice. Dancers know they’re in it for the long haul. They’re committed to the process of becoming a dancer and to the practice required to get where they want to go. It’s a goal that takes years to accomplish and it’s a goal that has no end-point.

Adults who want to get fit, be fit, and stay fit need to remember this long timeline. Fitness doesn’t happen in a month or even three months. Sure, you can make good fitness gains, getting slimmer and stronger, having more endurance. But the real power comes from embracing the process and practice of fitness. The real power comes from a long-term commitment to being fit, healthy, and well. To being willing to take small steps, just as dancers literally do, day after day.

3. Mind-Set. A dancer’s mind-set is all about the moment, it’s all about the work-at-hand. Looked at from this perspective, being a dancer is a Zen process. The work of dance is the work of right-now. Whatever a dancer is doing in the moment has to be the best that dancer can do. Otherwise, what’s the point? If the work of the moment isn’t the very best you can do, you’ll learn nothing, gain nothing, and your time and effort are wasted. More importantly, neither you, nor your body, nor your brain will grow.

Dancers learn these lessons in their very first class. Maximum effort is required all the time. It is supremely exciting and life-affirming to be part of such demanding activity. Strength training can be just like this. Running can be just like this. All our core exercise classes, spin classes, and yoga classes can be just like this, too.

What we can learn from dance and dancers is the value of bringing a total-commitment mind-set to all our fitness activities. Of course, there will be days when we don’t completely get our act together. That’s fine. That’s part of what it means to be human. Our level of commitment is what keeps us going. Dancers know this. Deep in their muscles, deep in their bones. We can all learn a great deal from their approach to health and fitness.

1. Rinne MB, et al: Is generic physical activity or specific exercise associated with motor abilities? Med Sci Sports Exerc 42(9):1760-1768, 2010

2. Cowen VS: Functional fitness improvements after a worksite-based yoga initiative. J Bodyw Mov Ther 14(1):50-54, 2010

3. Granacher U, et al: Effects of a Salsa Dance Training on Balance and Strength Performance in Older Adults. Gerontology 2012 Jan 6

Chiropractic Care Helps You Get the Most from Exercise

When we exercise we often come up against our physical limitations. Tight back muscles or tight hamstrings can frequently limit what we’re able to do. Tight shoulders and tight hips create other kinds of restrictions. Occasionally, such physical limitations can lead to injury.

Chiropractic care helps remove the roadblocks that are causing these issues. Your chiropractor analyzes your musculoskeletal system, paying special attention to your spine, and uses gentle treatment to correct misalignments and joint dysfunctions. By restoring more normal biomechanics, your chiropractor enhances your ability to exercise fully and freely.

Additionally, your chiropractor may make recommendations regarding safer, smarter, and more efficient methods of stretching, warming up, and cooling down. As a result, over time you gain more and more benefit, reaping the rewards of time well spent.

Scar tissue is the body's natural reaction to injury, no matter how small or slight. Everyday actions that most people wouldn't regard as an injury create scar tissue. Everyone will develop scar tissue at some point in their life. Repetitive motions lead to micro-trauma and as part of the body's healing system, scar tissue is ...

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Many believe that each of us has our own unique metabolic “type” and that if you eat according to that type you’ll feel better, have more energy, and enjoy better physical, mental and emotional health. Since each person’s metabolism functions differently, how can anyone possibly believe that one particular diet is the answer to every person’s perfect weight and health maintenance program?

Eating according to your metabolic type may help you combine the proper amounts of carbohydrates, fats and proteins to avoid feelings of hunger, cravings, irritability, nervousness, restlessness, anxiety, anger and reduced energy levels that often occur an hour or so after eating.

Although scientists have not yet validated metabolic typing, if you are interested in optimizing your health, maintaining a healthy weight, lessening your chances of premature aging, and increasing your energy – then one of the things you can do is to learn what your metabolic type is and then to eat appropriately for your type.

It is suggested that there are three metabolic types: protein types, carb types and mixed types. Each type should eat according to the following suggested guidelines:

• Protein types should eat diets that include plenty of proteins, fats and oils, while keeping carbohydrates at a minimum. A typical nutritional ratio might be 40 percent protein and 30 percent fats and carbohydrates.
• Carb types should incorporate a high carbohydrate, low fat diet into their lifestyles; they typically require about 60 percent carbs, 25 percent protein and 15 percent fat, although the carbs selected are important and should not include a lot of grains.
• Mixed types require relatively equal ratios of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates.

Metabolic typing may be a way to improve your physical health. It’s best done through blood, urine, saliva and glucose tolerance testing and through blood and body typing and analyses. Search the Internet and you’ll discover self-assessment tests and other helpful information about metabolic typing. Stop into the office and we, together can help you figure out what your best type is and what that means for your long-term health. Please call us at 845-561-2225 to schedule some time for us to address this important health topic.  Your health will improve once you apply “your type.”

That’s Right! In 10 days, you will be able to begin The Doctor Supervised Fall Clean Up Program, designed to reduce and eliminate all your toxins within your Large Intestine, your Lungs and your Skin!  Where else can you go to do that?  And with the holidays coming up beginning next month, each and every one of you could so benefit from taking out all the sludge and garbage within those organs, before you start depositing more holiday garbage in.

Let’s face it!  You are going to go to holiday parties.  You are going to eat poor quality food.  You are going to consume larger amounts of sugar, alcohol and foods you only eat this time of year.  We can all agree that will occur.  And as a result, you will develop the potential to being sick throughout the winter.  You will create the basis for all the winter syndromes.  The Flu, Upper Respiratory conditions, such as Asthma, Bronchitis, Pneumonia, Sinus Infections; or perhaps the dry skin that cracks, Psoriasis, or Eczema;  or perhaps Colitis, Diverticulitis, Irritible Bowel, increased Constipation or Diarrhea.  Is that something you have experienced in the past around this time of year?  Or, perhaps after the holidays you have been known to put on 10 to 30 lbs. of new found excess weight.  Will that be you this Holiday Season?  It doesn’t have to be!

You have a six and a half week window to do this 9 Day Program.  It’s only 9 Days. It starts in 10 days! Anyone can commit themselves to Just 9 Days!  And in those 9 days between the 21st of October, through the 9th of December, you can clean out the 3 organs that are most active this time of year.  You can use the body’s natural energy and capitalize on it to create the greatest positive effect.  This is your health we are speaking of here.  Can you imagine a Winter without sickness? Can you picture a Winter of ideal health?  How about one of Better Health?

What do you need to do?  Call the office and ask us to get together the necessary products to do this 9 Day Program.  It’s just 9 Days.  It starts in 10 Days.  We need time to order the specific products you will need.  If this is something you’ve been waiting for since last Spring, then appreciate it starts in 10 Days.  Call (845)561-BACK (2225) and ask us to order your product, so you can get the program started.  If we don’t order the product ahead of time, you may not be able to do the 9 Day Program in a smooth and seamless way.  So please make your life and the life of the Office easier by calling ahead of time and telling us you want to do the 9 Day Program.  Do the Fall Clean Up Program!  Start your Winter off right!  Do the Fall Clean Up Program!

Sugar is in nearly everything we eat. In the typical western diet, the amount of sugar that has been added to food products brings our consumption of the sweet stuff up to 22.7 teaspoons per day. In order to extend the shelf life of processed food, sugar is added. While we know that sugar ...

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