I know I said I would only write positive articles for the rest of the year. But I never said I wouldn't post rockin' ones from other folks. Check out this link to an article by Laura Snook on MSN UK.
http://news.uk.msn.com/high-on-life.aspx#toolbar
If you have questions about chiro care and ADHD, call Dr. Linda. 781-273-0099. Better yet, invite her to come talk to your group, she's quite the fountain of knowledge. She amazes me every day. And this is her turf. She helps these kids live better, healthier lives. Naturally!
Contact Dr. Linda directly: lindaslak@comcast.net
Enjoy the article!
Dr. Jean-Marc
drslak@aol.com
www.drslak.com
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
Snow
Snow 101
Shoveling snow is one of New England’s facts of life. As a chiropractor, I get to not only do my share of shoveling; I also get to fix you after you shovel. In my 20 years here, I have learned the keys to successful snow management. I considered writing a book entitled “A Chiropractor’s Snow Shoveling Secrets to a Better Back” but instead, I’ll just tell you.
The first item to consider is whether someone else could do it for you. That is the ultimate back protecting strategy. (In the book, I would have saved that for the end). If that is not an option or, if you prefer shoveling, several tricks will improve your outcome. Now, when I speak about outcome, I do not refer to the quality of your shoveling achievements but to the way you feel and function the next day.
Tip #1: Your power comes from the center of your body. Strengthen your core in advance. It will increase your output, stamina and have a powerful protective effect. Then focus on your core while moving the snow.
Tip #2: Switch sides. As you move snow around, use the shovel on one side then the other. It might feel awkward in the beginning but you will be using your body more evenly and it will make you smarter. Yes, smarter. Every time you do something differently, you build new neural pathways that are linked to intelligence and memory. (This would be the book’s subtitle: Shovel Your Way to a Higher IQ). It’s called neuroplasticity.
Tip#3: Depending on how wet or dry, limit the amount you lift with each shovelful. With heavy snow, a 2 or 3 inches thick layer is as heavy as you want to lift.
Tip #4: Get adjusted regularly. I cannot overstress the immense protective power of regular adjustments.
After all this advice, if you still have pain following your snow encounter, please call and come right away. Waiting to see if it will go away just does not work. By the time you feel discomfort beyond fatigue, inflammation and joints dysfunction are present. These are components of subluxations that include nerve disruption. Short or long term problems are the inevitable consequence of subluxations. The ONLY solution is an adjustment. Maybe that book would have landed me on Oprah? It would certainly have been useful. See you soon for your next adjustment.
Dr. Jean-Marc
drslak@aol.com
www.drslak.com
Shoveling snow is one of New England’s facts of life. As a chiropractor, I get to not only do my share of shoveling; I also get to fix you after you shovel. In my 20 years here, I have learned the keys to successful snow management. I considered writing a book entitled “A Chiropractor’s Snow Shoveling Secrets to a Better Back” but instead, I’ll just tell you.
The first item to consider is whether someone else could do it for you. That is the ultimate back protecting strategy. (In the book, I would have saved that for the end). If that is not an option or, if you prefer shoveling, several tricks will improve your outcome. Now, when I speak about outcome, I do not refer to the quality of your shoveling achievements but to the way you feel and function the next day.
Tip #1: Your power comes from the center of your body. Strengthen your core in advance. It will increase your output, stamina and have a powerful protective effect. Then focus on your core while moving the snow.
Tip #2: Switch sides. As you move snow around, use the shovel on one side then the other. It might feel awkward in the beginning but you will be using your body more evenly and it will make you smarter. Yes, smarter. Every time you do something differently, you build new neural pathways that are linked to intelligence and memory. (This would be the book’s subtitle: Shovel Your Way to a Higher IQ). It’s called neuroplasticity.
Tip#3: Depending on how wet or dry, limit the amount you lift with each shovelful. With heavy snow, a 2 or 3 inches thick layer is as heavy as you want to lift.
Tip #4: Get adjusted regularly. I cannot overstress the immense protective power of regular adjustments.
After all this advice, if you still have pain following your snow encounter, please call and come right away. Waiting to see if it will go away just does not work. By the time you feel discomfort beyond fatigue, inflammation and joints dysfunction are present. These are components of subluxations that include nerve disruption. Short or long term problems are the inevitable consequence of subluxations. The ONLY solution is an adjustment. Maybe that book would have landed me on Oprah? It would certainly have been useful. See you soon for your next adjustment.
Dr. Jean-Marc
drslak@aol.com
www.drslak.com
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Immune Power
Adjustments Are Key to Proper Immune Function!
The nervous system controls and coordinates every function in the body. That is one of the foundation statements of the efficacy of chiropractic care. Two new articles review in extraordinary details how immune cells and functions are guided by nerves. They also demonstrate how nerve dysfunction and interference will lead to immune problems and imbalance.
Whether you are looking at an endemic inflammatory background that sets the stage for degenerative diseases (like arthritis, type 2 diabetes, cancer and heart disease) or abnormal immune responses like allergies or frequent viral infections, the nervous system is the key to proper function. As you remember, spinal subluxations disrupt nerve and energy flow. Therefore, when you are subluxated, your immune system is compromised. This means that your ability to quickly dispose of pathogens (flu, viruses and bacteria) and your ability to adapt to your environment (allergies) are diminished.
Of course, you want better than compromised immune function for you and your family! Fortunately, chiropractic adjustments are the most efficacious way to remove nerve interference. Years of experience and patient results show how powerful the effect of adjustments is on the immune system. Research has well documented this positive influence in many ways from decreased infection rates to improved thion levels and even amelioration of CD4 cell levels in AIDS patients. So give yourself and your family the gift of a powerful immune system by making sure that you are free of spinal subluxations. See you and your family soon for your immune optimizing adjustment!
Dr. Jean-Marc
Sterberg E, Nature Reviews Immunology, April 2006.
Kin N and Sanders V, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, vol 79, June 2006
Drslak@aol.com
www.drslak.com
The nervous system controls and coordinates every function in the body. That is one of the foundation statements of the efficacy of chiropractic care. Two new articles review in extraordinary details how immune cells and functions are guided by nerves. They also demonstrate how nerve dysfunction and interference will lead to immune problems and imbalance.
Whether you are looking at an endemic inflammatory background that sets the stage for degenerative diseases (like arthritis, type 2 diabetes, cancer and heart disease) or abnormal immune responses like allergies or frequent viral infections, the nervous system is the key to proper function. As you remember, spinal subluxations disrupt nerve and energy flow. Therefore, when you are subluxated, your immune system is compromised. This means that your ability to quickly dispose of pathogens (flu, viruses and bacteria) and your ability to adapt to your environment (allergies) are diminished.
Of course, you want better than compromised immune function for you and your family! Fortunately, chiropractic adjustments are the most efficacious way to remove nerve interference. Years of experience and patient results show how powerful the effect of adjustments is on the immune system. Research has well documented this positive influence in many ways from decreased infection rates to improved thion levels and even amelioration of CD4 cell levels in AIDS patients. So give yourself and your family the gift of a powerful immune system by making sure that you are free of spinal subluxations. See you and your family soon for your immune optimizing adjustment!
Dr. Jean-Marc
Sterberg E, Nature Reviews Immunology, April 2006.
Kin N and Sanders V, Journal of Leukocyte Biology, vol 79, June 2006
Drslak@aol.com
www.drslak.com
Monday, November 12, 2007
Free Military Care Program
Military Care Program
I live in a black and white world. My value system has a strong compass that sorts out right and wrong decisively and quickly. But some issues of personal ethics can be more complicated and it can be difficult to know what to do in seemingly out-of-my-control situations. Yet, I feel compelled to act.
Such a situation presented itself when our country went to war. On the one hand, I think wars are not the solution as a general rule. On the other hand, as this war unfolded, I felt a growing sense of compassion towards our brothers and sisters who are putting their lives on the line to serve our country.
These personal sacrifices our service men and women make tug at my sense of moral obligation to help those in need as well as my feelings of civic duty. So something had to be done.
In light of our strong sense that we should not rest until all we can do has been done, and done well, Dr. Linda and I have made a commitment to help our returning military personnel. We have joined a national effort, with several dozen chiropractic offices around the country, we are offering a chance to regain health and wellbeing to our returning warriors with our Military Care Program.
Think about it, wearing 50-75 pounds of equipment, jumping off trucks, witnessing the horrors of war, bearing the stress of incessant anxiety about your safety and that of your friends. All this winds up the nervous system and will lead to long term health problem that will affect the combatants the rest of their lives.
Well, that’s what chiropractic is best at! Solving these nervous system problems, releasing the body’s innate ability to express health and balance itself right. These folks need us desperately and we are stepping up to the plate to do our part in helping them recover their health.
On Veterans Day, Dr. Linda and I are proud to announce the Military Care Program at Slak Chiropractic. To fulfill our commitment to facilitating a better, healthier world, we are offering a full year of chiropractic care to our military personnel returning from Iraq or Afghanistan at no charge. See you soon for your life adjustment!
Dr. Jean-Marc
drslak@aol.com
www.drslak.com
I live in a black and white world. My value system has a strong compass that sorts out right and wrong decisively and quickly. But some issues of personal ethics can be more complicated and it can be difficult to know what to do in seemingly out-of-my-control situations. Yet, I feel compelled to act.
Such a situation presented itself when our country went to war. On the one hand, I think wars are not the solution as a general rule. On the other hand, as this war unfolded, I felt a growing sense of compassion towards our brothers and sisters who are putting their lives on the line to serve our country.
These personal sacrifices our service men and women make tug at my sense of moral obligation to help those in need as well as my feelings of civic duty. So something had to be done.
In light of our strong sense that we should not rest until all we can do has been done, and done well, Dr. Linda and I have made a commitment to help our returning military personnel. We have joined a national effort, with several dozen chiropractic offices around the country, we are offering a chance to regain health and wellbeing to our returning warriors with our Military Care Program.
Think about it, wearing 50-75 pounds of equipment, jumping off trucks, witnessing the horrors of war, bearing the stress of incessant anxiety about your safety and that of your friends. All this winds up the nervous system and will lead to long term health problem that will affect the combatants the rest of their lives.
Well, that’s what chiropractic is best at! Solving these nervous system problems, releasing the body’s innate ability to express health and balance itself right. These folks need us desperately and we are stepping up to the plate to do our part in helping them recover their health.
On Veterans Day, Dr. Linda and I are proud to announce the Military Care Program at Slak Chiropractic. To fulfill our commitment to facilitating a better, healthier world, we are offering a full year of chiropractic care to our military personnel returning from Iraq or Afghanistan at no charge. See you soon for your life adjustment!
Dr. Jean-Marc
drslak@aol.com
www.drslak.com
Monday, November 5, 2007
Dr. Linda's Miracles
Dr. Linda is Back!
A lot is going on at Slak Chiro. The first big news is that Dr. Linda is back on Friday mornings. If you have visited us on Tuesday, you have noticed that she is extremely busy, so she has added Friday morning back into her work schedule. Since the home front is easing up its demands on Dr. Linda, she can return to her Friday mornings in addition to her regular Tuesday hours. I am thrilled to be able to spend time together in the office.
Dr. Linda is back in more ways than one. Her pediatric training has transformed her from a great chiropractor to an extraordinary healer. I know more about chiropractic than most people on the planet, yet, I am blown away by the skill set and exceptional mastery she has gained. And most importantly, the results our patients are enjoying are world class.
We regularly review the charts of the patients we are caring for, in order to stay up-to-date with who is who and design the best care program possible. Lately, I have noticed a trend towards Dr. Linda caring for kids with all kinds of challenges. As I review the weekly progress, I am so moved that I found myself crying with joy and pride. Dr. Linda is changing the world one kid at a time.
From bed wetting to ear infections to constipation to autism; when the body’s innate ability to heal and function at its normal level is released by chiro adjustments, amazing things happen. I can’t wait to see you and your kids for your full function life adjustment!
Dr. Jean-Marc
www.drslak.com
A lot is going on at Slak Chiro. The first big news is that Dr. Linda is back on Friday mornings. If you have visited us on Tuesday, you have noticed that she is extremely busy, so she has added Friday morning back into her work schedule. Since the home front is easing up its demands on Dr. Linda, she can return to her Friday mornings in addition to her regular Tuesday hours. I am thrilled to be able to spend time together in the office.
Dr. Linda is back in more ways than one. Her pediatric training has transformed her from a great chiropractor to an extraordinary healer. I know more about chiropractic than most people on the planet, yet, I am blown away by the skill set and exceptional mastery she has gained. And most importantly, the results our patients are enjoying are world class.
We regularly review the charts of the patients we are caring for, in order to stay up-to-date with who is who and design the best care program possible. Lately, I have noticed a trend towards Dr. Linda caring for kids with all kinds of challenges. As I review the weekly progress, I am so moved that I found myself crying with joy and pride. Dr. Linda is changing the world one kid at a time.
From bed wetting to ear infections to constipation to autism; when the body’s innate ability to heal and function at its normal level is released by chiro adjustments, amazing things happen. I can’t wait to see you and your kids for your full function life adjustment!
Dr. Jean-Marc
www.drslak.com
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