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Positive Health And WellnessPresents

• The Community Health
  Attitudes Challenge

A Chiropractic Equity Offices Program

• Level I

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Dorlands Medical Dictionary Defines Health as

• A condition of OPTIMUM
• physical, social,
• mental well being,
• and not merely
• the absence of
• diseases or infirmities.

Health is more than just feeling good.
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What controls all the physical aspects of health?

• Grays anatomy, the accepted authority on the
  human body, states, the nervous system controls
  all of the organs, systems, and cells of the
  body
• It is critical that the messages from the brain
  travel down the spinal cord, through the spinal
  openings, and reach the body systems without
  interference.

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Health Formula

• Websters Dictionary states,
• Health is when
• all of the organs
• are functioning at
• 100 all of the time.

Health is not Drugs or Surgery.
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Health TimeFunctionParts

• Can you replace missing Parts?
• Can you Push back time?
• We can improve function!
• Removing factors
• that interfere with
• function improves
• health.

Chiropractic improves function.
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What causes interference ?

• Chemical, physical, mental stress affect the
  bodys ability to function at 100.
• Chiropractors focus on how these interferences
  affect the nervous system.
• Subluxations cause interference.
• Chiropractors look for and remove subluxations.

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How does Chiropractic keep you healthy?

• Chiropractic does not cure.
• Only your body can cure itself.
• Chiropractic, by removing interference
• from the nervous system,
• allows your body to
• function at a
• higher level of its
• potential.

The Body is a self-maintaining,
self-correcting organism.
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• A Comparative Study of the Health Status of
  Children Raised Under the Health Care Models of
  Chiropractic and Allopathic Medicine - Wendy M
  van Breda, D C and Juan M van Breda, D C
• Abstract
• Two hundred pediatricians and two hundred
  chiropractors that were randomly selected were
  surveyed to determine what, if any, differences
  were to be found in the health status of their
  respective children as raised under the different
  health care models.
• The results of the study confirms the benefits of
  the chiropractic model of care on the health
  status of children.

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• Research Team Finds Body Pathway , Which
  Could Help in Treating Disease
• A research team from the University of Calgary
  was represented by one of its members, Dr. Ron
  Mathison at the Visiting Scholar Program at LACC
  last March. Dr. Mathison spoke on The Role of the
  Sympathetic Nervous System in Systemic
  Immunological Function. The teams research in
  this field was reported in the Edmonton Journal
  By Karen Sherlock, Staff Writer
• An Alberta research team has discovered a
  pathway between the nervous system and the
  immune system that may have broad implications
  for preventing and treating disease. The findings
  lend strong weight to what chiropractors have
  been claiming for decades says one of the
  researchers that the health of the nervous
  system and the spine can have a direct effect on
  the bodys ability to fend off disease.

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• The effects of Specific Upper Cervical
  Adjustments on the CD4 counts of HIV Positive
  Patients.
• The effect of specific upper cervical adjustments
  on the immune system CD4 cell counts of HIV
  positive individuals was measured by CD4/mm3 in
  the blood. These tests were preformed by the
  patients independent medical center where they
  were under medical supervision for the condition.
  The measured CD4 counts in the regular group were
  dramatically increased over the counts of the
  control group. A 48 increase in the CD4 cells
  was demonstrated over the six months duration of
  the study for the adjusted group.

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Misuse of Antibiotics is causing disastrous
effects on public health.

• Antibiotics do not kill viruses.
• Bacteria have adapted to their former
  enemy, and now not only resist
  antibiotics, but actually eat
  some as food.
• Bacteria are getting stronger,
• while our immune
• systems are getting
• weaker, having relied on
• antibiotics for defense.

There is a strong link between regular
chiropractic care increased immune system
function.
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Medical facts

• Existing research offers no compelling evidence
  that children with acute ear infections routinely
  given antimicrobials have a shorter duration of
  symptoms, fewer occurrences, or better long term
  outcomes than children who did not receive them.
  (British Medical Journal)
• Up to two-thirds of all people who go to MDs
  for Pain related problems are misdiagnosed.
  (AMA Science news July 17, 1999)

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Causes of preventable death in the United States.

• 1- Cigarette Smoking.
• 2- Alcohol
• 3- Medical Malpractice--Accounts for 80,000
  reported deaths per year 1 death
  every 7 minutes!
• 4- Traffic Fatalities
• 5- Firearms
  Ralph Nader - Public Citizen -
  May/June 94

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More Medical facts

• 180,000 people die each year partly as a result
  of Iatrogenic (doctor caused) injury, --the
  equivalent of three jumbo jet crashes every two
  days. (JAMA-12/21/94)
  
  
  
• Prescription drugs put 8.8 million people into
  hospitals each year, and account for up to 28 of
  all hospital admissions.
  (American Medical News)

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Helping your body to function better Chiropractic
actually improves your Quality of Life.

• Scientific research studies published in the
  British Medical Journal concluded, long term
  Chiropractic care has a direct effect on the
  Quality of Life (Aug 1995)
• Prof. F. Splendoris research in Italy (87)
  concluded, A most meaningful indicator of the
  effectiveness of Chiropractic is the improvement
  it produces in the quality of life, not only
  because of its curative effect but also thanks to
  its preventative and rehabilitative functions.

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How do you measure the nervous systems level of
function?

• Blood tests, irritability, energy levels are
  affected if the nervous system is not functioning
  properly.
• SEMG, EEG, Bilateral Weight Scales, Thermal
  Scans, Heart Rate, Hand Temperature, Galvanic
  Skin Response Visual Patterns are some of the
  methods and instrumentation used to determine the
  level of neurological function.

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Pre and Post Brain Scans (EEG) Pre adjustment
20 Minutes post adjustment
This could be your Brain on Chiropractic
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• Gravity, Posture and the Nervous system
• Better than 90 percent of the energy output of
  the brain is used in relating to the physical
  body in its gravitational field. The more
  mechanically distorted a person is, the less
  energy available for thinking, metabolism and
  healing.
• Roger Sperry, Ph.D - Nobel Prize for Brain
  Research

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Removes interference from the nervous system

• Methods vary from light touch, to machine
  controlled contact.
• The intent of an adjustment is
• to remove interference from
• the nervous system,
• thereby allowing a
• restoration of
• normal function so
• that the body can
• return to its optimum
• health.

Every cell in the body is controlled by the
nervous system.
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Find where your nervous system fits in this chart!
Balanced Good immune system, Positive mental
attitude, Active, Good stress control, Ability
to focus, No illness
Instability PMS, Migraines, mood swings,
bi-polar disorders, Inconsistent
reactions
Under-aroused Poor focus, lethargic, ADD, ADHD
Recurrent infections, constipation
Over-aroused High BP, Ulcers, Restless sleep,
Teeth grinder, Allergies, Asthma
Exhausted MS. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,
Fibromyalgia, CA
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When do subluxations start?

• Before birth - Genetic - trauma
• Birth - C-section or forceps deliveries
• German medical research (Gutmann)
• suggests that one of the causes
• of middle ear infections is
• birth trauma.
• Gutmann recommends that
• Chiropractors be
• consulted to adjust
• babies, because Chiropractic
  deals with the cause of the
  problem.

Falls, fights, accidents sports injuries
accumulate as layers of damage.
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How often should children be checked for
subluxations?

• Dentists discovered that regular daily brushing
  flossing resulted in less cavities.
• Today we understand that a healthy
• childhood gives you a better
• opportunity for health in later life.
• Research now shows that many
• injuries can cause permanent
• damage if not addressed
• within 3 weeks.
• Weekly Chiropractic check-ups
• reduce this risk.

The goal of this office is to have your kids
healthier than you are.
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How do I know if my family or I have subluxations?

• If your goal is optimum health, waiting until
  something hurts is too late.
• Asking your MD about Chiropractic is like asking
  a plumber about an electrical problem.
• The best way to know if you or your family
  need Chiropractic care, is to make an
  appointment for a Chiropractic exam.

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• Whom do you know
• that needs information
• about Chiropractic
• and this office,
• because they are not
• experiencing the
• quality of life
• they deserve.

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• The Community Health
  Attitudes Challenge

• Your Choices
• 1. Allow Chiropractic the opportunity to
  improve your Quality of Life.
• 2. Share this important information with
  someone who needs to improve their Quality of
  Life.
• 3. Help to improve the Quality of Life of your
  community by inviting the Doctor to speak at
  your work place, home, or club.