When a sudden accident or injury hurls your head backward and forward, your neck gets thrown out of balance. The force can damage parts of your neck and reverse its natural curve. The injury is worse if the neck was turned to the side at the time of the accident. Whiplash is the most common injury resulting from car accidents. Whiplash is often encountered along with concussions and more serious injury. The effects of whiplash can be short term or life long, and can leave the neck forever vulnerable to injury. The injury can also extend to shoulders and arms. Whiplash leads to long-term disability in 10% of people injured in car accidents. Approximately 1,000,000 people are exposed to whiplash injury in the U.S. every year. Nearly 25% of these cases result in chronic pain. 1 in 7 whiplash victims will still have significant pain more than 3 years after the accident.

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HOW IS WHIPLASH DIAGNOSED?

Whiplash can be diagnosed with a simple physical examination or using x-rays. X-rays will also be used to see if there are any fractures of the vertebrae and the extent to which the alignment of the neck has been altered. After a whiplash injury your neck's natural curve may be reversed, which unevenly distributes the weight of your head and may further misalign the veterbrae. This condition can lead to arthritic degeneration and recurring, chronic pain if left untreated. Chiropractic treatment of whiplash injuries realigns the neck and helps you to regain your muscle flexibility. In addition our office uses the benefits of massage therapy to assist the body by relaxing injuried muscles and helping the body to heal via releasing of stored toxins in the body after a traumatic injury.

Warning Signs of Whiplash

Whiplash can occur after a car accident, or even from riding a high-speed amusement park ride. The most common cause of whiplash is a motor vehicle collision with another vehicle, or an inanimate object. Whenever the driver’s or rider’s head is moved suddenly forward and back, the result can be a serious injury to the neck, shoulders and the base of the head.
Some of the key symptoms and signs of whiplash include:

Frequent headaches
Migraines
Severe pain between the shoulder blades
Pain around the shoulders
Lower and upper back pain
Difficulty moving or straining the neck
Excessive neck pain
Difficulty sleeping because of pain
Dizziness because of an imbalance in the inner ear
Visual disturbances such as blurred vision

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MED PAY- THE FORGOTTEN INSURANCE PLAN THAT CAN HELP YOU IN THE CASE OF AN ACCIDENT

Medical Payments ("med pay" for short) coverage, an option on automobile accident insurance, is extremely important to getting a good result in a personal injury case arising out of a car accident.

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Many people forget about med pay. Because it is an optional coverage that you must ask to added to your existing policy. Medical payments coverage says that if you or anyone else gets hurt arising out of the use of your vehicle, that your insurance company will pay medical expenses up to an elected amount that you have selected. Typically these policies are sold in increments of $1,000 or $5,000. This coverage is for you or your passengers regardless of the fault of the accident. In other words, if you are liable for the accident, you can still be treated for injuries you sustained and your medical payments policy will pay for your care. This is different because if you do not have medical payments and the accident is your fault, your passengers will be covered for any injuries, but are not covered. This can be a huge issue if you do not have health insurance or if your current health insurance policy has a high deductible, you would be liable for your medical bills. Too many time I have seen injuried patients unable to get the care they deserve, simply because the accident was deemed "their fault." More than that, if you or a family member are hurt in someone else's car, your medical bills will also cover injuries regardless of fault.

WHY DIDN'T MY INSURANCE AGENT OFFER ME THIS COVERAGE?

Straightforwardly speaking this is a great plan for consumers, but not a great deal for the insurance companies. Typically, $1,000 worth of med pay coverage will only cost about $20/year. So as you can see you would have to have paid for this coverage for 50 years and never have used this policy in order for the insurance company to "break even" in the event they have to pay out the full $1,000. Insurance companies tend to not want to take such an uneven risk. Your agent however does have to allow the addition of this benefit if you ask for it to be added.

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT THAT WAS NOT MY FAULT. CAN I STILL USE MY MED PAY INSURANCE POLICY?

ABSOLUTELY! If you are in an accident that is not your fault, using your med pay is an advantage to you. It allows your medical bills to be paid as you are treating with your physician. But the "at-fault" driver is still fully responsible for your entire medical bills, as if your med pay did not pay for these services. The remaining amount of money is in your pocket and your settlement will be that much bigger.

CALL YOUR INSURANCE AGENT TODAY AND REQUEST THEY ADD MEDICAL PAYMENTS TO YOUR POLICY TODAY!! KNOW YOUR RIGHTS, AND KNOW HOW TO FILE A CLAIM IF EVER YOU NEED TO FOR THE FUTURE.

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CAN MY PAIN BE FROM MY FEET?

What are Custom Molded Foot Orthotics?

Foot Orthotics are shoe inserts that are intended to correct an abnormal, or irregular walking pattern by altering the angles at which the foot strikes the ground. This correction helps bring joints back into proper alignment, which reduces strains on muscles therefore reducing stress on your body as a whole.


"Custom Molded" Orthotics are just as stated, a mold is taken of your foot and a removable foot orthotic is created just for your foot specific problem.


How could my foot be causing problems in the rest of my body?





"Foot biomechanics" studies the foot movements during walking, running and the affects of these movements on our bodies.


* The structure of your feet support your entire weight


* When a problem develops in your feet, the subtle change in the way you walk, will cause a chain reaction of adjustments in your posture and walking mechanics. These changes can put stress on joints higher in your body and lead to more serious problems.


* Have you ever had to walk with crutches or have a limp caused from an injury? If so, this concept is easier to grasp. You know that during the time of your altered walking pattern the rest of your body would develope additional painful responses like stiff muscles and even muscle fatigue and cramping. Even after the initial injury has healed the secondary injury caused from the change in your walking pattern will stay on as an additional area that needs to heal. Now imagine walking "altered" for many years. This postural imperfection will lead to painful areas of the body that could seem to be unrelated, but yet their main cause is from the way you are walking and the stress you are placing on your body with every "mis-step."

Langer Orthotics

Our office uses a prescribed Orthotic company called: Langer's, Inc. This company offers a wide range of orthotics customized to your individual needs. We have choosen to utilize this manufacturer because they are the main supplier for podiatrist and orthopedic offices. The quality is simply the best in the industry. Our office has the unique ability to offer this service at usually half the price of any other office without lack of quality.

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STOP THE WORTHLESS PURSUIT OF ANTIBIOTICS!

It happens to all of us. You get a cold, you feel terrible, and you rush to your doctor's office expecting a prescription's going to make us feel better. That puts doctors in a terrible position because colds should not be treated with antibiotics. They are viral infections, and antibiotics only treat bacteria. Antibiotics are not a "magic pill" that bolsters your immune system to fight off any invader. Yet, many doctors will just give into a patient's request for a presciption and write a presciption for antibiotics even when it is not warranted.

Most people vaguely lump viruses and bacteria together in their minds. Let's take a closer look at the microscopic world.

Viruses: are tiny geometric structures that can only reproduce inside a living cell. They range in size from 20 to 250 nanometers. Outside of a living cell, a virus is dormant, but once inside; it takes over the resources of the host cell and begins the production of more virus particles. Viruses are more similar to mechanized robots then they are to animal life.

Bacteria: are one-celled living organisms. The average bacterium is 1,000 nanometers long. All bacteria are surrounded by a cell wall. They can reproduce independently, and inhabit virtually every enviroment on earth, including soil, water, hot springs, ice packs, and the bodies of plants and animals.

Most bacteria are harmless to humans. In fact, many bacteria are quite beneficial. The bacteria in the enviroment are essential for the breakdown of organic waste and the recycling of elements in the biosphere. Bacteria that normally live in humans can prevent infections and produce substances we need, such as Vitamin K. However, some bacteria cause infections in humans.

Colds are caused by viruses, not bacteria. There are over 200 different species of virus causing the common cold and none of them are controlled by the use of Anitbiotics.

In fact antibiotics can actually make colds worse. By indiscriminately killing the beneficial bacteria, an enviroment more hospitable to the cold virus is created allowing for it to reproduce more quickly and making a cold become worse and last longer than needed. Antibiotics are designed to kill a bacteria cell by disrupting it's cellular wall. Viruses do not have a cellular wall, therefore Antibiotics are useless for destroying viruses.

To make matters worse, all antibiotics have side effects. All antibiotics harm beneficial bacteria, and can cause diarrhea, yeast infections, and bacterial super-infections. Even something as "mild" as amoxicillin has been known to cause bone marrow toxicity, seizures, acute interstitial nephritis, neuromuscular sensitivity, nausea, vomiting, urticarial rashes, pseudomembranous colitis, and even death.

If the one billion colds in the U.S. this year were 'treated' with antibiotics, billions of dollars would be spent, at least 100 million people would suffer from side effects, some would even die, and ZERO people would have their cold end quicker or even have milder symptoms.

Steven Goldberg, MD, ER physician, Excellus BlueCross Blue Shield, when asked how often medical doctors are prescribing antibiotics for colds, he states: "Doctors write for antibiotics over 40 percent of the time when someone come to them with a cold."

This trend for prescribing antibiotics for colds is unsafe: States Dr. Goldberg: "The first reason it is unsafe is resistance. If you take antibiotics when you don't need them, you make it more likely that you're going to get a serious bacterial infection. The second reason is the side effects."

Even properly prescribed antibiotics can cause resistant bacteria to grow inside you and increase your odds that any infection will be hard or even impossible to beat.

New studies are finding that antibiotics should not be given for most cases of bronchitis and even child's ear infections.

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BOOTS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM TODAY..GET ADJUSTED

If you are feeling run down, fatigued, or the starting symptoms of the common cold or flu, call and schedule a chiropractic adjustment immediately. It has been proven that a chiropractic adjustment will raise your immunity level by 200% to help your body ward off an impending cold or flu attack. The study was performed by the Chief of Cancer Prevention at New York's Preventive Medicine Institute and Professor of Medicine at New York University-Ronald Pero, PHD. During a three year study Dr. Pero found that the 107 chiropractic patients had a 200% greater immune competence than patients who had not received chiropractic care. And in fact there was a 400% increase in immune function in patients without serious illness who had been receiving chiropractic care in the study as a control test group. Specifically the study demonstrated that the cells responsible for engulfing and destroying viruses, bacteria, and parasites are anywhere from 2 times to 4 times more active in people who get regular chiropractic care.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that chiropractic care was first linked to improved immunity during a deadly flu epidemic of 1917 and 1918. The data from that time reports that flu victims under regular chiropractic care had an estimated .25 percent death rate versus the 5 percent rate among the flu victims not under chiropractic care. This equates to Chiropractic patients having a 20 fold (20 times better) chance of wardering off a flu epidemic. Read the full article here from Psychology Today.

HOW DOES CHIROPRACTIC HELP MY IMMUNE SYSTEM?

It is easy to see that not everyone is effected by viruses, bacteria equally. Great way to see this is when everyone except one or two people in your office get sick. But why did one or two not get sick? Everyone is exposed equally to the threat, but some are better than others at defending against such invaders of the body. It is simply this, you control your immune system. How? By eating right, drinking enough water, staying "stress controlled", taking necessary supplements to complete a lacking nutrional plan, and finally by keeping your "nervous system" healthy. During an immune respone, an invading virus or bacteria is detected. When the body detects the intruder it must communicate the warning call via your nervous system. If there is any blockage to that system, such as a misaligned vertebra of the spine, then your immune system can not operate at 100%. Chiropractor physicians receive 3 times as many class hours on neurology as medical physician. Therefore Chiropractic physicians are more apt to locate interuptions of the nervous system, they are also trained to correct these areas of interpution. So doesn't it make sense to check with your chiropractor when feeling ill?

NEED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT?

Unfortunatly, illness can happen and during these times it is important to provide your body with necessary support to make you feel better, and help your body recovery faster.

OSCILLOCOCCINUM: As soon as you start to feel run-down or have other flu-like symptoms, take Oscillococcinum. Oscillo is regulated as a drug by the FDA and is supported by published clinical studies as well as more than 65 years of use throughout the world.

• Clinical Studies show that Oscillo reduces the severity and duration of flu symptoms


• Great taste, convenient to take, taken orally, not a pill


• No side effects or interactions with other medications


• Good for everyone over 2 years old and older

Since this product is most effective when taken at first sign of illness, it is best to have on hand so as to avoid delay in your healing process. Think of it like a fire extenguisher,it is great to have in case of emergency and you would not want to have to run out and buy it when you need it.

OPTIMAL HEALTH SYSTEMS: DEFENSE: Contains many powerful ingedients proven to help support the body's own immune system, taken during illness. Specific herbs and enzymes act as anti-microbials to further assist the body in its defense against viruses, fungus, and bacteria. Ingredients: 450mg Colostrum, 4.5 Billion CFU Lactobacillus acidophilus, 150mg Echinacea, 75mg MGG, 285mg immune complex includes the following: Elderberry, Licorice, tumeric, olive leaf extract, shitake mushroom, maikate mushroom, goldenseal, lemon balm, green tea extract, oregano, anise.

OPTIMAL HEALTH SYSTMES: OPTI-FORCE: This formula is used as a preventative on a long term basis. Opti-Force contains specific whole food vitamins, patented chelated minerals, enzymes, bioflavanoids, carotenoids, herbs and phytonutrients which help build the bodies immune system to prevent illness.

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