Dr. Slak Recognized as Research Pioneer!
I am tickled pink! Not only are the Red Sox World Series Champions, the Patriots undefeated and BC #2 in the country (OK, that’s all the sport news you’ll get out of me) but I also got what amounts to the biggest compliment of my career.
As most of you know, I have been working on designing, organizing and running a study on the effect of chiropractic adjustments on asthma at Harvard Med School. It has been a long and tortuous road that has tested my persistency many times. Finding money to finance the study was somewhat easier than expected and I am very grateful to Life University for stepping up to the plate.
The most frustrating hurdle I ran into is the lack of people in the chiropractic profession who have the skills required to write the necessary paperwork. I met with several doctors over the last two years who were enthusiastic about my project, wanted a piece of it, but eventually fell through when it came time to do the work. Last week, I brought out the big guns. I invited Dr. Joel Alcantara, Director of Research for the ICPA (www.icpa.org) to work with me.
The ICPA is one of the largest chiropractic organizations in the world and a leader in chiropractic research. Dr. Alcantara flew in from his home base in the San Francisco area to meet with my research partners at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. There, he was briefed on the revolutionary technology we plan to utilize and the details of the study design.
As we walked out of that meeting, he looked at me and said: “Dr. Slak, do you realize what your study means?” I replied hesitantly: “We’ll be able to reach and help more people?” (Is this a test?). Dr. Alcantara exclaimed: “This study leapfrogs any chiropractic research ever done by 20 years!” This, my friends, is a proud moment. Being recognized professionally in such a manner is truly extraordinary and I am very grateful to Dr. Alcantara for giving me such an accolade.
Jean-Marc Slak, DC
www.drslak.com
Monday, October 29, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
We are one interconnected whole
Relativity
Two diverse schools of thoughts and disciplines; contemporary physics and holistic chiropractic health care. The more I read about general relativity and quantum mechanics, the more striking it becomes that everything is interdependent and connected. This interconnection of everything when applied to our body, our cells and the integration provided by the nervous system are an interesting parallel to the one universal view that Einstein brought us.
Einstein’s fantastic insight was that the whole universe is connected, it is “related”. He discovered that time, space, energy and matter are all tied intimately together. This looks to me like a cosmologic version of what I profess daily regarding your body’s oneness. The same rational predicates the necessity for a comprehensive approach to health and wellness, including chiropractic adjustment to organize the process optimally, nutrition, exercise, rest and mental attitude.
As I read about the quantum uncertainty principle, I realize the similarity to what we witness in our body as we heal, age or youth. But I still don’t quite understand enough about quarks and strings to do much more than admire the poetic beauty of the idea that if I change the words of science into the words of love and life, it works perfectly well.
And this is the key insight: modern science has not only met, but far exceeds the medical application of these principles to our health. Chiropractic is the future of health care because it works at that wholeness, interconnection level. Being adjusted puts your body in harmony not only with itself, but also with the world around you and Einstein told us that it is the whole universe. Take thoughtful care of your body, your world definitely depends on it. See you this week for your life tuning and harmonizing adjustment!
Dr. Jean-Marc
http://www.drslak.com/
Two diverse schools of thoughts and disciplines; contemporary physics and holistic chiropractic health care. The more I read about general relativity and quantum mechanics, the more striking it becomes that everything is interdependent and connected. This interconnection of everything when applied to our body, our cells and the integration provided by the nervous system are an interesting parallel to the one universal view that Einstein brought us.
Einstein’s fantastic insight was that the whole universe is connected, it is “related”. He discovered that time, space, energy and matter are all tied intimately together. This looks to me like a cosmologic version of what I profess daily regarding your body’s oneness. The same rational predicates the necessity for a comprehensive approach to health and wellness, including chiropractic adjustment to organize the process optimally, nutrition, exercise, rest and mental attitude.
As I read about the quantum uncertainty principle, I realize the similarity to what we witness in our body as we heal, age or youth. But I still don’t quite understand enough about quarks and strings to do much more than admire the poetic beauty of the idea that if I change the words of science into the words of love and life, it works perfectly well.
And this is the key insight: modern science has not only met, but far exceeds the medical application of these principles to our health. Chiropractic is the future of health care because it works at that wholeness, interconnection level. Being adjusted puts your body in harmony not only with itself, but also with the world around you and Einstein told us that it is the whole universe. Take thoughtful care of your body, your world definitely depends on it. See you this week for your life tuning and harmonizing adjustment!
Dr. Jean-Marc
http://www.drslak.com/
Monday, October 15, 2007
Chiropractic's Protective Effect
Numbers
Saturday night, Linda and I were attending a chiropractic meeting (I know, we need to get a life). I was the MC for the evening and I had the pleasure of introducing our main speaker, Dr. John Madeira. He took us through some interesting information and then he asked a life changing question.
He polled the audience and selected the 5 chiros who had been in practice the longest. They all had over 25 years of active patient care. Although Dr. Madeira did not know it, he picked five people with large busy practices. What he asked these five chiropractic veterans was; “out of your regular patients, those who get adjusted weekly or at least twice a month, how many, in 25 years, have died of heart attack?” As you know, heart disease is America’s #1 killer, responsible for almost 900,000 deaths per year. In 25 years and tens of thousands of patients, these 5 chiros had a grand total of 10 patients who died of heart attacks.
Dr. Madeira then asked how many of these same patients, who are very faithful and assiduous with their adjustments, died of cancer. The answer was a grand total of 17 for these five chiros. Linda and I did a quick mental recall of our experience and our numbers were also unbelievably low.
Consistent, long term chiropractic care has an amazing protective effect on human health. From an intellectual stand point, I have always known that when your spine is adjusted, your nervous system works more efficiently, therefore leading to better health and well being. But looking at these numbers in terms of lives saved, in the way Dr. Madeira illustrated, reset my focus on how truly essential regular, life long chiropractic care is for everyone. See you this week for you life saving, protective adjustment. And please, don’t leave your family behind!
Data form www.americanheart.org
Dr. Jean-Marc
Saturday night, Linda and I were attending a chiropractic meeting (I know, we need to get a life). I was the MC for the evening and I had the pleasure of introducing our main speaker, Dr. John Madeira. He took us through some interesting information and then he asked a life changing question.
He polled the audience and selected the 5 chiros who had been in practice the longest. They all had over 25 years of active patient care. Although Dr. Madeira did not know it, he picked five people with large busy practices. What he asked these five chiropractic veterans was; “out of your regular patients, those who get adjusted weekly or at least twice a month, how many, in 25 years, have died of heart attack?” As you know, heart disease is America’s #1 killer, responsible for almost 900,000 deaths per year. In 25 years and tens of thousands of patients, these 5 chiros had a grand total of 10 patients who died of heart attacks.
Dr. Madeira then asked how many of these same patients, who are very faithful and assiduous with their adjustments, died of cancer. The answer was a grand total of 17 for these five chiros. Linda and I did a quick mental recall of our experience and our numbers were also unbelievably low.
Consistent, long term chiropractic care has an amazing protective effect on human health. From an intellectual stand point, I have always known that when your spine is adjusted, your nervous system works more efficiently, therefore leading to better health and well being. But looking at these numbers in terms of lives saved, in the way Dr. Madeira illustrated, reset my focus on how truly essential regular, life long chiropractic care is for everyone. See you this week for you life saving, protective adjustment. And please, don’t leave your family behind!
Data form www.americanheart.org
Dr. Jean-Marc
Monday, October 1, 2007
Slak Chiropractic Group
Nutrition for Your Life
Nutrition for Life, the course, is coming to Middlesex Community College! Many of you remember the in-house nutrition workshops I gave for several years. It started as a one hour quick hit on the salient topics that most people simply never heard about that are key for survival in today’s world.
It soon turned into a two and a half hour mammoth talk because the problem with the “Standard American Diet” being dangerous to your health needed an alternative solution. And it needed it urgently. I filled in the gaps, made charts, created hand-outs, answered questions and advocated Omega 3 supplementation. In the last couple of in-house nutrition workshops, I asked wellness coach Joan Turnberg to come give me a hand. She graciously brought in a more practical side to the data-heavy sessions my left brain created.
After the last 2 workshops, it became evident that the demand for this info is bigger than I can give in-house and that I needed an expanded format. So I approached MCC with an outline for a course spread over 3 nights. As luck would have it, they were interested in starting a selection of wellness courses.
The greatly enhanced, presented jointly with Joan, new Nutrition Workshop will start Tuesday, October 2, 2007. It will run for 3 consecutive weeks on Tuesdays from 7 until 9 PM at the Bedford campus of Middlesex Community College. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am about it. The material and presentation, the lecture and workshop aspects of this course will transform your life. If you wonder if what you eat is good for you; or if you suspect it isn’t but you just don’t know what else to do, this course is for you. It will improve your health and well being and it can make your quality of life expectancy much longer.
To register for the course, call MCC at 781-280-3669 and speak with Marci Barnes. Call today before the course is full.
Dr. Jean-Marc and Dr. Linda can be reached at 781-273-0099 and jmslakdc@gmail.com
Nutrition for Your Life
Nutrition for Life, the course, is coming to Middlesex Community College! Many of you remember the in-house nutrition workshops I gave for several years. It started as a one hour quick hit on the salient topics that most people simply never heard about that are key for survival in today’s world.
It soon turned into a two and a half hour mammoth talk because the problem with the “Standard American Diet” being dangerous to your health needed an alternative solution. And it needed it urgently. I filled in the gaps, made charts, created hand-outs, answered questions and advocated Omega 3 supplementation. In the last couple of in-house nutrition workshops, I asked wellness coach Joan Turnberg to come give me a hand. She graciously brought in a more practical side to the data-heavy sessions my left brain created.
After the last 2 workshops, it became evident that the demand for this info is bigger than I can give in-house and that I needed an expanded format. So I approached MCC with an outline for a course spread over 3 nights. As luck would have it, they were interested in starting a selection of wellness courses.
The greatly enhanced, presented jointly with Joan, new Nutrition Workshop will start Tuesday, October 2, 2007. It will run for 3 consecutive weeks on Tuesdays from 7 until 9 PM at the Bedford campus of Middlesex Community College. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am about it. The material and presentation, the lecture and workshop aspects of this course will transform your life. If you wonder if what you eat is good for you; or if you suspect it isn’t but you just don’t know what else to do, this course is for you. It will improve your health and well being and it can make your quality of life expectancy much longer.
To register for the course, call MCC at 781-280-3669 and speak with Marci Barnes. Call today before the course is full.
Dr. Jean-Marc and Dr. Linda can be reached at 781-273-0099 and jmslakdc@gmail.com
Youthing Faster
Slak Chiropractic Group
Youthing Faster
Yes, I’m on a youthing kick. As you know, chiropractic adjustments make it possible for your body to self regulate optimally. We saw how that is done in the 2005 study that demonstrated the presence of increased thiols level in chiropractic patients. That means their DNA repair ability is greater than non-chiro patients. That’s one of the reasons why I would not want to miss my regular adjustment, ever. Plus, it feels good.
Another habit that will accelerate youthing involves taking omega 3 (fish oil) daily. I just read an article that summarizes some of these youthing effects. “N-3 (omega 3) fatty acids are essential for normal growth… and are beneficial in the management of hypertension, diabetes, arthritis and other autoimmune disorders, and cancer”. The authors further establish that the effects of omega-3 and exercise are similar. Specifically, the effects are “opposite of those of aging”. That’s why I call it youthing.
The recommended maintenance dose in this article is 1 to 2 g per day and the ratio of EPA to DHA is key to it’s effectiveness. It should be 2 to 1. So let’s recap youthing 101: get adjusted, take fish oil, exercise, meditate/pray, rest/recover and I count on seeing you in the office this week for your youthing adjustment and at Middlesex Community College for the nutrition course.
Artemis P. Simopoulos, MD. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Athletics. Current Sport Medicine Reports. July 2007, 6:230-236
Surrogate Indication of DNA Repair in Serum After Long Term Chiropractic Intervention – A Retrospective Study –JVSR. Clayton J. Campbell, Christopher Kent, Arthur Banne, Amir Amiri, and Ronald W. Pero [February 18, 2005, pp 1-5]
Dr. Jean-Marc and Dr. Linda can be reached at 781-273-0099 and drslak@aol.com
Youthing Faster
Yes, I’m on a youthing kick. As you know, chiropractic adjustments make it possible for your body to self regulate optimally. We saw how that is done in the 2005 study that demonstrated the presence of increased thiols level in chiropractic patients. That means their DNA repair ability is greater than non-chiro patients. That’s one of the reasons why I would not want to miss my regular adjustment, ever. Plus, it feels good.
Another habit that will accelerate youthing involves taking omega 3 (fish oil) daily. I just read an article that summarizes some of these youthing effects. “N-3 (omega 3) fatty acids are essential for normal growth… and are beneficial in the management of hypertension, diabetes, arthritis and other autoimmune disorders, and cancer”. The authors further establish that the effects of omega-3 and exercise are similar. Specifically, the effects are “opposite of those of aging”. That’s why I call it youthing.
The recommended maintenance dose in this article is 1 to 2 g per day and the ratio of EPA to DHA is key to it’s effectiveness. It should be 2 to 1. So let’s recap youthing 101: get adjusted, take fish oil, exercise, meditate/pray, rest/recover and I count on seeing you in the office this week for your youthing adjustment and at Middlesex Community College for the nutrition course.
Artemis P. Simopoulos, MD. Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Athletics. Current Sport Medicine Reports. July 2007, 6:230-236
Surrogate Indication of DNA Repair in Serum After Long Term Chiropractic Intervention – A Retrospective Study –JVSR. Clayton J. Campbell, Christopher Kent, Arthur Banne, Amir Amiri, and Ronald W. Pero [February 18, 2005, pp 1-5]
Dr. Jean-Marc and Dr. Linda can be reached at 781-273-0099 and drslak@aol.com
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