Straighten Up America

1
THE WELLNESS CENTER OF NY
ITS YOUR HEALTH AND WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY
2
Dr. Craig Fishel

• The Wellness Center of NY
• 115 East 57th Street
• New York, NY 10022
• www.thewellnesscenterofny.com
• drfishel_at_thewellnesscenterofny.com

3
Straighten Up America

• Fitness Fun for Everyone
• Healthy Child and Adult Version

4
Straighten Up America

• Program Goals
  
• 1. To improve posture and function
• 2. To stabilize core musculature
• 3. To enhance spinal and neurological health
• 4. To prevent spinal subluxations

5
Basic Rules

• 1. Think positively. Enjoy the moment. This is
  serious fun.
• 2. Straighten up. Stand tall with a confident
  inner winner posture (ears/shoulders/hips/knees/
  ankles in an approximately straight line).
• 3. Breathe calmly, deeply and slowly from your
  stomach region.
• 4. Move smoothly. Do not jerk or bounce.

6
Notice

• Check with your doctor of chiropractic or
  other health care practitioner before beginning
  Straighten Up to make sure the exercises are
  appropriate for you and your specific needs. If
  you experience recurring, sharp or shooting pain,
  stop and report back to your doctor. You may need
  to modify the exercises.

7
Inner Winner Posture
1.

• 1. Straighten up. Stand tall with a confident
  inner winner posture (ears/shoulders/hips/
  knees/ankles in an approximately straight line).
• 2. Pull your belly button in toward your spine.

2.
8
Trap Openers
1.
2.

• 1. Breathe deeply and calmly, relaxing your
  stomach region. Let your head hang loosely
  forward and gently roll from one side to the
  other.
• 2. Using your fingers, slowly massage the area
  just below the back of your head. Move down to
  the base of your neck.
• 3. Then relax your shoulders and slowly roll them
  backwards and forwards. Enjoy for 15 seconds.

3.
2.
2.
9
The Eagle and the Hummingbird
1.

• 1. In inner winner posture pull your belly button
  in toward your spine. To begin the Eagle, bring
  your arms out to the sides and gently draw your
  shoulder blades together. Breathe in as you
  slowly raise your arms, touching your hands
  together above your head. Slowly lower your arms
  to your sides as you breathe out. Perform
  movement 3 times.
• 2. Next make small backward circles with your
  hands and arms, swaying from side to side in the
  Hummingbird. Enjoy for 10 seconds.

2.
2.
10
The Butterfly

• 1. Place your hands behind your head and gently
  draw your elbows backward. Slowly and gently
  press your head backward and resist with your
  hands for a count of two and release. Breathe
  freely. Perform 3 times.
• 2. Gently massage the back of your neck and head
  as you relax your stomach region with slow, easy
  breathing.

11
Shaking It Loose

• Shake
• limbs loosely
• for 15 seconds.
• This one is pure
• fun.

12
Straighten Up America Getting Started

• 1.Straighten Up America is intended to be
  incorporated in a healthy lifestyle of prudent
  active living. Consistent healthy choices and
  healthful habits form the bedrock of a healthy
  life. Our hope is that you make Straighten Up a
  daily part of a vibrant empowering lifestyle for
  the whole family.
• 2. This version of Straighten Up is designed
  for healthy children and adults to practice
  daily, like brushing your teeth.
• 3. Consult with your doctor of chiropractic or
  other health care provider before practicing this
  module, especially if you have spinal
  disabilities or other disorders which limit
  movement.

13
After studying health care trends for well over
a decade, it is clear that there are two very
powerful health care trends going in opposite
directions.
14
Health Care Trend 1
The collapse of the allopathic medical model of
disease care
15
Americans are obsessed with health. We make up
about 4 of the worlds total population, yet we
expend almost 50 of all the money spent on
medical care. According to the World Health
Organization, the U.S. currently ranks 25th in
world health.
Source Newsweek, February 26, 2001
16

• 38 of liver failures were associated with
  excessive acetaminophen use.
• 8 to 10 of end-stage kidney disease may be
  attributable to acetaminophen.
• Taking more than 1,000 pills in a lifetime or
  more than 365 pills per year appears to double
  the odds of developing kidney disease.

Source Time, April 9, 2001 The New England
Journal of Medicine
17
The American Diabetes Association estimates that
nearly 6 million Americans are walking around
with undiagnosed diabetes and could be headed
for disabling, even deadly, complications. Diabet
es is called the silent killer because many
people have it for years before being diagnosed.
Source USA Today, March 27, 2001
18
Each year thousands of people who get the vaccine
nevertheless still get the flu. Asking all
healthy adults to get vaccinated could actually
backfire.
Source Newsweek, October, 2002
19
Health Care Trend 2
Society is rapidly moving toward the wellness
model of health care.
20
Source USA Today, April 30, 2001
21
WHAT IS HEALTH? HOW DOES ONE KNOW IF THEY ARE
HEALTHY?

• This is usually answered How we feel
• Best answer is an optimal state of
  function,regardless of how we feel.

22
This point is well proven by our current state of
health in U.S. The 2 diseases that kill more
people than any other diseases are?

• 1. Heart Disease
• 2. Cancer

23
5 Components to Health and Wellness

• Proper Nutrition of Fuel for the body
• Exercise Both cardiovascular/aerobic and
  resistance/muscle training for lean mass.
• Reduction and Avoidance of all medication
• A Balance of stress and sense of Peace
• A well functioning Nervous System

24
The Nervous System

• The nervous system controls and coordinates all
  functions of the body.

Source Grays Anatomy, 29th Edition, Page 4
25
The MASTER System

• Your BRAIN, SPINE, and SPINAL NERVES make up your
  bodys MASTER control system. When the nervous
  system is FREE of all interference, your body can
  function at its MAXIMUM level. When there is
  nerve interference in the spine, dis-ease or
  disharmony occurs

26
The Nervous System
Brain Spine Spinal Nerves Nervous System
27
WE Know That.

• The body is a self-healing, self regulating
  organism - with the nervous system functioning
  as the master control system of the body
• If the nervous system is compromised in any way
  (interfered with) the body cannot function
  normally

28
Brain Impulses

• Dr. Seth Sharpless at the University of Colorado
  showed that the weight of a dime on a nerve
  alters (brain) impulses by 60.

Can you imagine living with only 40 function?!
Sharpless SK "Susceptibility of spinal roots to
compression block." The Research Status of Spinal
Manipulative Therapy. NINCDS monograph 15, DHEW
publication (NIH) 76-998155, 1975
29
How is the Nervous System checked for
subluxation?

• Posture
• Balance
• Xray

30
(No Transcript)
31
(No Transcript)
32
(No Transcript)
33
Normal Neck or Cervical Spine

• C-Curve
• Spinal Cord Can flow
• No Interference

34
Abnormal (very commonly seen)

• Loss of C-curve
• Interference to Spinal Cord and Nerves
• Decreased health function
• Person will not always feel this

35
(No Transcript)
36
Normal mid-lower or Thoraco-lumbar

• Level hips/pelvis
• Spine can easily flow
• Health maintained

37
Abnormal

• Left lateral bend or scoliosis
• Interference to spinal cord
• Loss of health

38
(No Transcript)
39
How do you know if your nervous system is working
optimally?

• You need to have it checked to know.
• Most people have never had it checked correctly.
• We will check you!!
• See HUE right now and he will make you an
  appointment.

40
The next step is a first step

• Get checked MAKE THE APPOINTMENT NOW!
• Life, health, happiness and acquiring knowledge
  are all processes.
• We offer many different classes so that you and
  your family can gain the knowledge necessary to
  enjoy a happy, healthy life.
• We will bring any workshop to your work place or
  Organization. Talk to us about this.