Kettlebells And Chiropractic - A Winning Combination!

March 18, 2009

After 14 years as a successful chiropractor I have finally discovered what I believe to be the very best tool for improving the back-strength and overall health of my patients. That tool is the kettlebell something I had never heard of until two years ago. I have to admit that initially they intimidated me until I needed them for my own injury. The Doctor Becomes a Patient Growing up I was always extremely athletic in high school and college. I lettered in volleyball, softball, and basketball, and I became a Doctor of Chiropractic because I knew firsthand how important a strong and well-aligned body is for physical activity. As an athlete and a doctor I never experienced any problems with back pain until about 5 years ago. I was adjusting a very large male patient 6 3 300lbs , something I never had a problem with in the past because of my use of proper techniques. Somehow this time was different. When I applied my force into this patient s body to adjust his hips nothing moved. I felt like I had just attempted to pass my hands through a pillar of marble. The resulting wave of resistance immediately reverberated through my entire spine. At that moment I knew I was...

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Treatment Options For People With Lung Cancer

January 30, 2009

Several lung cancer treatments are currently available and the determination as to which one is prescribed depends on the lung cancer stage that has been diagnosed, the location of the cancer, and the patient s health. The most common treatments for lung cancer include Surgery, Radiation, Chemotherapy, and Targeted Therapy. Surgery Surgery involves cutting away a cancerous tumor and a portion of the tissue that has surrounded the tumor. Sometimes the surgical treatment involves removal of the entire affected lung. Surgery is often effective, but recovery time can be long. Because the surgeon will have to cut through the rib cage to get to the lungs, there will be pain and bed rest for one to two months after the procedure. In addition to traditional surgical methods, other types of surgical procedures can be used depending on the location of the tumor and also the patient s physical condition. A craniotomy, which is basically surgery performed through a hole made to the skull can be prescribed to tumors located in the brain. For small tumors, a procedure whereby a video camera is inserted into a tiny incision helps the surgeon zero in on a tumor. Because the...

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Keys To Building Character

November 24, 2008

2006 Keys to Building Character I m worried about how to help my son and daughter turn into ethical, caring people, especially with all the questionable influences out there these days. It s a real issue. With the loss of community in the past two generations now the village it takes to raise a child looks more like a ghost town , an increasingly look out for yourself economy, and a vulgar and self-absorbed culture penetrating every corner of our lives - including children s television and advertisements - yes, we really have to wonder these days about how best to encourage good character in our precious children. From our professional perspectives - and our lessons and mistakes in raising our own children - we offer these keys. Support Your Own Health and Well-Being As the saying goes, you know the tree by its fruits. Our children consider the choices we ask them to make - many of which involve delaying or saying no to certain pleasures - and they naturally wonder what the rewards will be to offset those costs. Kids are concrete, and if they see their parents being happy, successful, and fulfilled in their own lives, they re more likely to conclude that good...

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Your Powerful Imagination

September 21, 2008

It is a common belief that the human brain is somehow empty at birth, and as the child begins to grow and receive stimulus, the neurons start making connections. Science is now discovering, however, that the reverse may be true. The infant is actually born with many more neuron connections than most adults have. It may be that learning does not happen by making neuron connections, but rather by weeding out those that are not used. If this is true, then we are all, literally, born with brilliant minds and we must use it or lose it. In the first weeks of life, most babies will babble every possible sound imaginable. Yet, these children will later lose the ability to create sounds that are not a part of the language they have been trained to speak. Therefore, the child s environment will play a tremendous role in brain development. Scientists claim that in our society the average individual uses only 5 - 10 of the brain s potential. Imagine what your life could be like if you were able to stimulate your mind into activating even a small portion of that unused potential. Begin by asking yourself: 1. If I could have anything at all, what would it be. What would I need to...

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Look Up! - The Power Of Expectations

August 5, 2008

We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves Brian Tracy As we know, UP is a direction. More importantly, it is a direction that we want to go. The first step in moving UP is to set our sights beyond our current circumstances. Inherent in the definition of UP is that it never stops. There is always one more rung on the ladder, one more battle to fight, one more person to help, and one more analogy to make. So, wherever we are today, we have room to improve. What s holding us back. One of the main things keeping us from achieving more is that our expectations are set too low. When an expectation is set, our minds are so powerful and complex that our actions immediately begin to line up with that expectation. Merton coined the phrase self-fulfilling prophecy to describe this phenomenon in his 1957 book Social Theory and Social Structure. Wikipedia defines a self-fulfilling prophecy as a prediction that, in being made, actually causes itself to become true . In George Bernard Shaw s play Pygmalion, Eliza Doolittle is transformed from a Cockney flower girl to a lady. What made the difference. The image that she had of herself changed when others...

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