Chiropractor - “Hey Mary, where are your kids?”   Mary - “I left them home, they don’t have any back pain…”  Chiropractor - “That might be true, but are they subluxated?”

Studies show that stress from the birth process alone is enough to produce pediatric Subluxations – subtle, yet significant vertebral misalignments which alter normal nerve function in children.  And don't forget the stress they experience from falling off bikes, rough housing with siblings or just trying to fit in at school.  Kids are inherently subluxation prone!

If you bring your kids to the dentist for preventative maintenance as soon as they get teeth, it only makes sense you bring them to the Chiropractor as soon as they get a spine.  In other words, don’t leave them at home… get them checked EARLY and REGULARLY for Subluxations.  You’re investing in their health and their future when you do.

Clark Griswold stands with bated breath and extension cord in hand as a childlike giddiness overtakes him.  The family drum roll commences, he makes the anticipated electrical connection and VOILA... nothing happens.

Clark has a power problem.  Although the extension cords are all connected and each individual Christmas light has been inspected with precision, he's still not connected to the source.  It isn't until his wife 'adjusts' the switch in the garage and turns the MAIN Power on that the light show begins.  She'd actually make a good Chiropractor!

If your wiring is connected and your body parts have all been dutifully inspected by the best doctors in the world, you still won't function to your potential if you're not connected 100% to your source... the Life sustaining Power that flows from your Nerve System.  Make sure you and your family stay connected to it with regular Chiropractic care during this bustling holiday season.

You walk into your Chiropractor's office, hop on a table and point to where it hurts. But the Chiropractor adjusts a totally different part of your spine… not even close to where you feel the pain. Why is that?

There's an old saying that goes when you step on a dog's tail, it barks out the other end.  In Chiropractic, that means where you hurt (the bark) isn't necessarily where the problem is (the tail).  Many times the symptom you feel in one area is due to a remote cause.  For example, someone with sciatica may feel pain down their leg, but the cause of the problem is a Vertebral Subluxation in their spine.

Chiropractors recognize that if you address the cause of the symptom, the body will no longer have a need to produce it. That's why Chiropractors focus on fixing underlying problems and not superficial effects.  Chasing after symptoms is like a dog chasing its own tail – spinning around and around until it gets dizzy, confused and frustrated.  It's much smarter to address the underlying cause from the start.

Structures built on strong foundations last.  The same goes for your health.  If you want a healthy body for Life, you need to build it on a solid foundation of health care that will support it for a lifetime.

Chiropractic's foundation is its Principle – a belief that we all possess an intelligent, vitalistic force within that maintains our existence and keeps our bodies working in perfect order. When this Power is allowed to express itself 100%, health supports us. When the Power is interfered with, we succumb to dis-ease. Eating properly is important, as is exercise... but if the Power that holds your body together doesn't flow, the most important house YOU live in will crumble.

Health built on a foundation of drug therapy is risky and doesn’t stand for long. Health build on a foundation that supports the innate wisdom of the body, can weather any storm. What foundation is your health built on?

It's Thanksgiving time, and in staying with custom, we'd like to share with you a few things we are truly grateful for this year.  Here's a short list...

We're thankful for Subluxation free spines, slippery joints and healthy sagital curves.  Supple muscles with elastic stretchiness.  Patent nerve systems, through which the power of innate intelligence flows, coordinating all the functions that support Life.  An abundance of trusted referrals, standing room only orientations and miracle testimonials.  We're especially grateful for our Principle, and the many lives that have been saved by its faithful application.

But most of all we're thankful for all our patients, staff and ChiropracTIC fanatics worldwide who, through their trust and unrelenting desire to advance Life, have come to appreciate these things as well.   Our practice is nothing without you - our Chiropractic family.  Have a blessed Thanksgiving, above down, inside and out.

This year, like every year, people will line up at their local pharmacies and walk-in clinics to get their flu shot. Here's some odds you should know before rolling the flu shot dice this year.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in the last 14 flu seasons, the seasonal flu vaccine has been less than 50 percent effective against circulating strains for that year more than half the time.  For the 2015/2016 flu season FluMist, the live virus nasal spray that typically has been recommended for children in recent years, had a failure rate of 97 percent. The 2017 flu vaccine was only 36 percent effective at best. More specifically, the CDC estimated last year's flu vaccine was 25 percent effective against the A(H3N2) virus; 67 percent effective against A(H1N1)pdm09 viruses and 42 percent effective against influenza B viruses. The majority of influenza last year was caused by the A(H3N2) virus, which was the least effective vaccine strain virus in the flu shot. (1)

What we DO know for sure... 100 percent of the time, your body will have contend with the formaldehyde, thimerisol, aluminum, phenol, glycol, nonoxynol, octoxinol 9 and antibiotics injected into your blood stream when you receive the shot (2) - a chemical cocktail that taxes the immune, circulatory, eliminative, glandular and nerve systems beyond what Mother nature intended.  Are Big Pharma's odds good enough to take that gamble?

(1) 2017/2018 Flu Vaccine Update - Dr. Mercola

(2) Flu Vaccines are Toxic - Wendy Myers, FDN-P, CHHC