Battle Ground Back and Neck Pain

Who needs Chiropractic? Everyone can benefit from a chiropractic check-up…..EVERYONE!

Let me explain.

You may be a patient, but unless you’ve referred all your family to this office, you need to read this handout.

Children benefit wonderfully form chiropractic adjustments. Since their bones are growing rapidly, it is important to maintain proper mobility and alignment in young spines. This assures each child a long lasting and healthy spine (much like regular dental check-ups). So many patients neglect to take care of their children. The children are not complaining, so the parents ASSUME they are healthy.

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Just a short note…

According to a February 2008 report in the journal “Spine”, a new study finds there is NO evidence of excess risk of stroke following chiropractic spinal manipulation. In the study, researchers noted that patients are no more likely to suffer a stroke following chiropractic treatment than they would after visitng their family doctor’s office.

The study goes on to say that any observed association between vertebrobasilar artery (VBA) stroke  and chiropractic manipulation is likely due to patients with an undiagnosed vertebral artery dissection seeking care for neckpain and headache BEFORE their stroke.

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One day, a young man was cleaning out his late grandfather’s belongings when he came across a bright red envelope. Written on the front were the words, “To My Grandson”. Recognizing his grandfather’s handwriting, the boy opened the envelope. A letter inside said:

Dear Son,

Years ago you came to me for help. You said, “Grandpa, how is it that you’ve accomplished so much in your life? You’re still full of energy, and I’m already tired of struggling. How can I get that same enthusiasm that you’ve got?”

I didn’t know what to say to you then. But knowing my days are numbered, I figure I owe you an answer. So here is what I believe. I think a lot of it has to do with how a person looks at things. I call it ‘keeping your eyes wide open’.

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Your body is an amazing system. If you take good care of it, it will take good care of you. Here are just a few things you may not know that I’d like to share with you today.

• The thickness of your skin varies from 1/2 to 6 millimeters, depending on the area of your body.
• The four taste zones on yoru tongue are bitter (back), sour (back sides), salty (front sides), and sweet (front).
• The five senses are sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste.
• Your body contains eight pints (3.79 liters) of blood.
• The strongest muscle of the body is the masseter muscle, which is located in your jaw.
• Muscles normally account for 40% of one’s body weight.
• There are 230 joints in the body, 37 of which are in your neck.
• The large intestines are five feet (.61 meters) long, and are three times wider than the small intestines.
• Most people shed 40lbs (16.14 kg) of skin in a lifetime.
• Your body is 70% water.
• When you sneeze, air rushes through your nose at a rate of 100mph (160.93 km/hr).
• An eyelash lives about 150 days before it falls ou t.
• Your brain sends messages at the rate of 240 mph (386.23 km/hr).
• About 400 gallons (1,514.16 liters) of blood flow through your kidneys in one day.
• You blink your eyes about 20,000 times a day.
• Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day.
• Humans breathe 20 times per minute, more than 10 million times per year and about 700 million times in a lifetime.
• You have about 100,000 hairs on your head.
• There are 10 million nerve cells in your brain.
• Each of your eyes has 120 million rods, which help you see in black and white.
• Each eye has six million cones, which help you see in color.
• One in 12 men is color blind.
• Placed end to end, all your body’s blood vessels would measure about 62,000 miles (99,779.33 km).
• You see with your eyes and hear with your ears, but your eyes must send a message to your brain in order for you to see, and your ears must send a message to your brain in order for you to hear.
• Your brain weight 2% of your total body weight. It uses 20% of your body’s energy.

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