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Healthy Living Chiropractic Newsletter & January Promotion 220 West Park Place, Newark 19711 302-368-0124 |
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Hello {FIRST_NAME},
January Promotion!
Happy and Healthy 2012 New Patient- Free Exam & Consultation “Breast is best”   “Breast is best” is now accepted beyond all doubt as the proper nutrition for babies. Studies show that it’s also a very good thing for mothers. In fact, mothers who breast-feed have a lower risk of getting breast cancer (1) and breast-fed babies have a decreased risk of getting breast cancer when they grow up. (2) Women who breast-fed had less breast cancer and infants who were exclusively breast-fed for 16 weeks or more had a 50% lower rate of acute otitis media (ear infections). (3)
If breastfeeding is natural feeding, then formula feeding is artificial feeding. Obstetrician Mayer Eisenstein writes: "Formula is no magic concoction. Anyone who reads the ingredients on a can of infant formula will see that it is simply a recipe of cow's milk, sugar and water. Although “experts” may assure you that pasteurized cow's milk, refined sugar and chlorinated tap water is an adequate substitute for breast milk, there is no evidence (none) that this is true and mountains of evidence that infant formula can be detrimental to your baby's health. (4)
What part of your body does this? They are your natural shock absorbers. They take the pounding of walking, running and even standing. They are flexible and elastic and give you strength. They are like a golf ball or a jelly donut – lots of wrappings that surround a gel-like center. They thicken during the nighttime and thin out as you walk and sit. That’s why you’re a little taller in the morning than you are at night. If they are stressed they might become brittle and tear.  What are they? If you said, “intervertebral discs,” go to the head of the class. Discs are like pads that fit between your vertebrae. They help give your spine its curves. Except for the top vertebrae under your skull (your atlas), every spinal bone has a disc underneath it connecting it to and separating it from its vertebra neighbor.The tough wrappings on the outside are called the annulus fibrosis and the inner gel-like center is called the nucleus pulposus. If your intervertebral discs are damaged your entire spine can be thrown off-center, your nerves can become inflamed and you won’t have flexibility, strength and comfort. You may experience back pain, leg pain, sciatica and weakness. Bone spurs and degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine can develop and this is called degenerative disc disease (DDD). It doesn’t have to be part of growing older. To prevent DDD you need to keep yourself hydrated, stay physically active, and see your chiropractor to keep your discs free from stress! Don’t assume you need disc surgery merely because an MRI shows your discs are not well. Many people who have "normal" backs have MRIs that show disc herniations, degenerative changes and narrowed spinal canals. Just because you have symptoms doesn’t mean your disc is causing the problem. Don’t just jump into surgery – always get other opinions – especially from a chiropractor or two. In conclusion - get regular chiropractic adjustments to help keep your discs healthy.
Did you know?
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle studied to be a doctor at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, where he was greatly influenced by a professor who used deductive reasoning to diagnose diseases. Upon graduation, Doyle opened an office in Hampshire; when the practice failed to generate enough patients, he would pass the time by writing detective stories. Words of wisdom  Even when I’m sick and depressed, I love life.– Artur RubensteinWho can protest and does not is an accomplice of the act. – Talmud Bavli, Tractate Shabbat 54b Young devil, old saint. – English saying Follow us on  
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