Hi this is Dr. Rob with your weekly health blog. Did you know that 9 out of 10 Americans 65 or older are on at least one prescription drug? Which means there is only about 10 % of Americans 65 or older who are not taking prescription drugs.
About 50% of the Americans who are 65 or older and on medication take at least 5 or more prescription drugs! That’s pretty alarming since drugs treat only symptoms and do not correct the fundamental cause of health problems.
We should get down to the basic: thinking well, eating well, and moving well. That’s what we talk about in the office all the time. Part of moving well is getting adjustments on a regular basis to keep the spine moving well in order to get a good nerve supply to the organs.
It’s important to stay regular with your adjustments, it doesn’t matter if you’re 2 days old or 102, you need to get your spine checked. Spread the word, get off the drugs, and start focusing on health: moving well, eating well, and thinking well.
If you have any questions don’t hesitate in contacting me Dr. Rob at Bates Chiropractic at (310) 545-4188 or on our website www.chiropractormanhattanbeach.com.
This week we’ll be open Monday thru Wednesday and closed Thursday through Saturday. Make sure you make it in for your adjustments this week.
Organic Produce vs. Conventional Produce
Hi this is Dr. Rob with your weekly health blog. This week we’re going to talk about organic produce vs. conventional produce. I’ve spoken to a lot of people who say they don’t want to pay the higher price of organic produce. But let’s look at what you’re getting: standard conventional produce is loaded with chemicals, such as herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers, with the idea of protecting the plant against bugs in order for the crop to survive. What happens, however, is that the chemicals go into the ground and kill up to 85% of the microbes within the soil; meaning 85% of the nutrients produced by the microbes in the soil are not getting to the plant. In other words, conventional type of farming produces a plastic plant that loaded with chemicals and not a nice healthy one That’s what the lower price is paying for as opposed to organic produce which is a higher quality of food. It’s going to have a much higher nutrient value than the standardized farming as well as devoid of the harmful chemicals. That alone would be worth paying the higher price – although it’s what you should be getting in the first place. Organic is the way to go if you want to prevent chemicals in your diet and a higher quality of nutrient. Look at organic, because it’s going to be your best buy. If you have any questions about this, you can contact me at Bates Chiropractic at (310)545-4188 or www.chiropractormanhattanbeach.com.
Remember stay consistent with your adjustments.
The Damaging Effects of Forward Head Posture
The Journal of Geriatrics came out with a study in October 2004; what they found was that people with forward posture or a hunchback, the more their spine hunched forward and was stuck in that position, the closer to death they were. Let’s look at reasons why that could be:
If you look at Patty, she’s stuck in this forward posture. This posture is closing down on all the nerve pathways and it’s inhibiting her ability to breathe and move properly.
We’re going to do a little exercise. I want you guys to participate in this too. I want you to get into that poor posture that you usually are in front of the computer or maybe you’re stuck that way all the time or perhaps you’ve even noticed your kids in that position because of their heavy backpacks.
Go ahead and get into that posture, so you can join us and feel this. This is experiential; I want you to feel what happens in this forward head posture. Now try this: try to bring your arms all the way up and over your head. How far do you get? Notice how far Patty can bring her arms over.
Now go ahead and bring your head over center, so that your ears are over your shoulders. Now go ahead and try that again. See how Patty is able to get her arms up there with no problem? One of the things that happens with forward head posture is that it puts a lot of pressure on the nerves that feed out into the shoulder, and mechanically doesn’t allow the shoulders to open up which can lead to problems like carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic rotator cuff strains, neck problems, and headaches.
Now try this other exercise, get back into that posture again, as if you were in front of the computer, and take a deep breath; feel how that feels. Now bring your ears back over your shoulders and see how the posture pops back up. Now go ahead and take a deep breath. How does that feel? There’s a big difference. This will cause you to be unable to oxygenate your tissues. It causes nerve damage to the nerves that feed out to the lungs and the heart, the shoulders and the hands. Just by correcting posture is a huge thing.
That’s what we do: we correct the subluxation which allows those nerve channels to open up. But, we also do things to correct the posture so it’s not a problem either. You have to do both those things to be effective. Then your body would be healthier than it’s been in a long time.
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate in contacting us at Bates Chiropractic at (310) 545-4188 www.chiropractormanhattanbeach.com.
Remember, we’re having our Health and Nutrition Workshop at Fusion Sushi on Thursday, February 24th at 6:45 pm. Space is limited, so make sure to sign you and your guest up at the front desk!
You and your guests will enjoy a great meal and learn life-saving information. We look forward to seeing you there!
Best Ways To Add Calcium For Optimum Bone Health
The question for you this week is if you had to choose one thing that would add calcium to your diet, to keep your bones strong, which food would you choose?
When I ask people this question, most people would say dairy, like milk.
But what is interesting is that it is not your richest source of calcium. If we take a look at the studies, the studies say that the countries that have the highest dairy intake have the highest rate of osteoporosis and hip fractures. In essence, the people that drink the most milk will have the worst bones.
We should realize that the sources that have the richest calcium are green leafy vegetables. For example, As far as the amount of absorbable calcium, it is far better in green leafy vegetables.
In our office, there are other ways to strengthen our bones to promote bone health. You can do it by doing weight-bearing type of exercises. This will add more stress to the joints, which will cause the body to start laying down more calcium in those weight bearing joints. The weight bearing joints, such as the hips, are the most frequently fractured bones of the body where people have osteoporosis.
What we do in our office is tell our patients to walk for 15 minutes with weights. We kill two birds with one stone when we do that, because we add weights on the body in certain areas that actually add stress to the joints as well globally correct the posture. So, our patients get two great health benefits: the weight bearing stress to the joints to get more calcium plus the correction to their posture.
Check out our video above to see examples of how we add the weights to our patients.
Anyway
This week I want to talk about a patient that came in a couple years ago. This particular patient was a monk from China; she came in with the traditional Chinese robe and her head shaved. The reason she came in was because she heard getting adjusted was great for your health. She mentioned, “You’re as old as your spine”, which is something we talk about all the time.
We went ahead and checked her spine, found out she had a subluxation, we adjusted her, and her eyes lit up. She gave me a big smile and thanked me for the adjustment.
On the way out she told me about her world travels, how she went to a Children’s Home in Calcutta, India. This children’s home was run by The Missionaries of Charity founded by Mother Teresa
On the wall in the Children’s Home was a story. She had the story written on a loose piece of paper in a book she gave me. It read:
People are unreasonable, illogical, and self centered,
Love them anyway!
If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives,
Do good anyway!
If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies,
Succeed anyway!
The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow,
Do good anyway!
Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable,
Be honest and frank anyway!
What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight,
Build anyway!
People really need help but may attack you if you help them,
Help people anyway!
Give the world the best you have and you’ll get kicked in the teeth,
Give the world the best you have anyway!
I just wanted to bring this up, being that it is Thanksgiving week. Happy Thanksgiving.
I am thankful for you choosing our office.
Keep Spreading The Word
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