Time is a created thing. To say "I don't have time,"
is like saying, "I don't want to." - Lao-Tzu

Doctor of Cause

Chiropractors spend thousands of hours studying how to locate and correct a major cause of stress and body malfunction (dis-ease): the subluxation. Subluxations are areas of stress inside your spine and body structure that lead to lowered resistance to disease, inefficient body function, altered chemistry, distorted posture and balance, accelerated aging and premature death.

Only a chiropractor is trained to locate and correct vertebral subluxations using specialized techniques called chiropractic spinal adjustments. Without subluxations your natural healing wisdom, your innate intelligence or inner doctor, can function more efficiently. The initials DC stand for Doctor of Chiropractic, but to many it also stands for "Doctor of Cause."

"The birth process, even under optimal controlled conditions, is potentially a traumatic, crippling event for the fetus...the application of standard orthodox procedures may prove intolerable to the fetus. Most signs of neonatal injury observed in the delivery room are neurological." (1)

For these reasons all infants need a chiropractic checkup to see if they have subluxations (nerve stress) in their bodies. Subluxations may cause serious health problems in infancy and in later life. Chiropractors are specially trained to locate and remove subluxations helping your child's body to work as naturally as possible.

There are numerous reports of babies suffering from colic; diarrhea; constipation; crying; vision, hearing, neurological, digestive and developmental problems and more responding to chiropractic care.

Home birth or hospital birth?

The late Robert Mendelsohn, M.D. one of America's leading pediatricians, wrote: "If you have your baby in a hospital, you will be exposed to an array of obstetrical hazards. Having your baby at home is less risky. Procedures such as ultrasound diagnosis, internal fetal monitoring, excessive use of sedatives, pain relievers and anesthetics, pitocin-induced labor, and the temptation to resort to delivery by caesarean section, are largely avoided when you play it safe and have your baby in your very own bed."(2)

For these reasons, you'll find natural childbirth, home birth, breastfeeding and similar practices more common among chiropractors' families.

In conclusion

Give your baby the best possible chance to have a healthy life. That includes natural childbirth, breastfeeding, and avoidance of drugs and medical procedures (except in emergencies). You have your baby's eyes checked, heart checked, hearing checked—why not include a chiropractic spinal checkup? It could change their lives.

Disc herniation and back surgery

A study of CT scans showed that 27% of healthy people over the age of 40 had a herniated disc, and 60% had spinal abnormalities that were judged significant. And yet none of these people had nagging back pain. Just because a disc is unhealthy does not mean it is the cause of the back pain. That's why the majority of disc operations fail. (1)

Chiropractic has an excellent record with disc sufferers, often saving them from the bleak prospect of surgery. Chiropractic care is also often effective at helping those who already have gone through orthopedic surgery. Why? Because it doesn't treat symptoms - it addresses the cause.

Dr. John Upledger, developer of CranioSacral Therapy, writes: "Although ‘curing' may remove the symptoms of a disease from the outside, so to speak, it usually leaves the underlying causes of the symptoms untouched." (2) Remember, the pain is not the problem; it is a warning that there is a problem. When you correct the cause then the pain, inflammation and suffering will in almost all cases disappear.

This has been verified by the FBI (their link is included below). Please pass this along to others if you have a mind to do so. This scam is REAL, and it is spreading fast. The scam preys upon anyone who is inclined to take a jury summons seriously - as most of us do.

The caller will claim to be a jury coordinator, inquiring about your failure to respond to a jury summons. If you protest that you never received a summons for jury duty, the scammer will ask you for your Social Security number and your date of birth so he or she can verify their information in order to "cancel an arrest warrant."

Make no mistake about it: this is an identity theft scam. The fraud has been reported so far in 11 states. It is particularly insidious because they use intimidation over the phone by pretending they are with the court system. The FBI and the federal court system have both issued nationwide alerts on their web sites warning consumers about the fraud.

Check it out here: http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june06/jury_scams060206.htm

It's also at snopes.com: http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

The above photos show chiropractors present and past. On the left is a photo that was taken in the early 1900s of DD Palmer, the discoverer of chiropractic. On the right are chiropractors reviewing a spinal x-ray.

Humor

When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover that they are not it. - Bernard Bailey

English Signs Abroad
Here are some signs and notices written in English that were discovered throughout the world. You have to give the writers an 'E' for effort.

In a Copenhagen airline ticket office: We take your bags and send them in all directions.

On the door of a Moscow hotel room: If this is your first visit to the USSR, you are welcome to it.

In a Norwegian cocktail lounge: Ladies are requested not to have children in the bar.

In a Budapest zoo: Please do not feed the animals. If you have any suitable food, give it to the guard on duty.

In the office of a Roman doctor: Specialist in women and other diseases.

In an Acapulco hotel: The manager has personally passed all the water served here.

In a Tokyo shop: Our nylons cost more than common, but you'll find they are best in the long run.

From a Japanese information booklet about using a hotel air conditioner: Cooles and Heates: If you want just condition of warm in your room, please control yourself.

From a brochure of a car rental firm in Tokyo: When passenger of foot heave in sight, tootle the horn. Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigor.