Thursday, July 7, 2011
Mom's Antidepressant Use Linked to Autism Risk in Children
Mom's Antidepressant Use Linked to Autism Risk in Children: "July 6, 2011 — Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) by pregnant women may increase the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in their offspring, new research suggests."
Monday, September 6, 2010
Meet Dr. Greg Haitz
Dr. Greg Haitz first became interested in health and wellness at a young age. He would often find himself reading food labels and nutritional facts. As a teenager he started studying exercise and nutrition and weight training. These early interests persisted and he found himself pursuing college studies in biology, psychology and exercise at Mesa State College. After a car accident left him with daily headaches, he sought out a natural approach to the problem. That seeking landed him in a chiropractor's office where he not only found a permanent and natural fix to his daily headaches, but also a future carrier. Dr Greg Haitz finished his studies at Mesa State and was accepted into the prestigiuos Palmer College of Chiropractic in Iowa where he graduated with his Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 2003. He also completed an internship in the Palmer College Sports Injury and Rehab department. Since that time he has received post graduate training in nutrition, and received his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist designation from the NSCA.
Dr Greg Haitz opened Rimrock Chiropractic: A Creating Wellness Center in Grand Junction, Colorado in 2007 to help his clients live a healthier lifestyle by addressing the three dimensions of stress - physical, biochemical, and psychological. Creating Wellness in an add on system to chiropractic that incorporates fitness and exercise, weight management and nutrition, and the mind body connection in making healthier lifestyle choices and stress management.
Dr. Greg Haitz understands that with the rise in obesity, lack of fitness and pervasive stress we need to address lifestyle issues and prevention. Treating disease once it shows up has not been a very good strategy in health care thus far. We need to get much more proactive.
Dr. Greg Haitz has helped thousands of people in his community by using chiropractic as a gentle, natural and non-invasive treatment method for optimum health, while encouraging them to explore their wellness challenges at the same time. Chiropractic is the fastest growing health care system in the world and Dr. Greg Haitz is clearly a leader in his community in helping that growth to continue.
Dr. Greg Haitz was nominated for the Rising Star Chiropractor of the Year in 2009.
He and his wellness center have been the topic of newspaper articles and his has lectured extensively in his community on diet, nutrition, fitness and wellness.
Join Dr. Greg Haitz and the team at Rimrock Chiropractic and "Reclaim you Health"
Dr. Greg Haitz first became interested in health and wellness at a young age. He would often find himself reading food labels and nutritional facts. As a teenager he started studying exercise and nutrition and weight training. These early interests persisted and he found himself pursuing college studies in biology, psychology and exercise at Mesa State College. After a car accident left him with daily headaches, he sought out a natural approach to the problem. That seeking landed him in a chiropractor's office where he not only found a permanent and natural fix to his daily headaches, but also a future carrier. Dr Greg Haitz finished his studies at Mesa State and was accepted into the prestigiuos Palmer College of Chiropractic in Iowa where he graduated with his Doctor of Chiropractic degree in 2003. He also completed an internship in the Palmer College Sports Injury and Rehab department. Since that time he has received post graduate training in nutrition, and received his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist designation from the NSCA.
Dr Greg Haitz opened Rimrock Chiropractic: A Creating Wellness Center in Grand Junction, Colorado in 2007 to help his clients live a healthier lifestyle by addressing the three dimensions of stress - physical, biochemical, and psychological. Creating Wellness in an add on system to chiropractic that incorporates fitness and exercise, weight management and nutrition, and the mind body connection in making healthier lifestyle choices and stress management.
Dr. Greg Haitz understands that with the rise in obesity, lack of fitness and pervasive stress we need to address lifestyle issues and prevention. Treating disease once it shows up has not been a very good strategy in health care thus far. We need to get much more proactive.
Dr. Greg Haitz has helped thousands of people in his community by using chiropractic as a gentle, natural and non-invasive treatment method for optimum health, while encouraging them to explore their wellness challenges at the same time. Chiropractic is the fastest growing health care system in the world and Dr. Greg Haitz is clearly a leader in his community in helping that growth to continue.
Dr. Greg Haitz was nominated for the Rising Star Chiropractor of the Year in 2009.
He and his wellness center have been the topic of newspaper articles and his has lectured extensively in his community on diet, nutrition, fitness and wellness.
Join Dr. Greg Haitz and the team at Rimrock Chiropractic and "Reclaim you Health"
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Why can’t symptoms be used as a barometer of health?
Thousands of Americans die of heart attacks each and every year and the heart attack is usually their first sign of disease. Statistically, in cases of fatal heart attacks, the fatal heart attack was the very first symptom in over 40% of the male population. Think about it… Have you ever had a friend who was feeling great, had a PAP smear, a mammogram or a chest x-ray and was given bad news several days later? Cancer doesn’t develop in just a few days and yet they were feeling good. Do you know someone who has diabetes? You know that as long as they are taking a proper quantity of insulin they have no symptoms and feel great. Meanwhile the disease continues to ravage their body over time producing circulatory problems, nerve system disorders, kidney damage, and eventually blindness.
You can’t wait until symptoms develop before you decide to maintain or regain health… it might be too late!
Call Rimrock Chiropractic at 243-1388 to get checked for hidden nerve system stress today!
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
You can’t wait until symptoms develop before you decide to maintain or regain health… it might be too late!
Call Rimrock Chiropractic at 243-1388 to get checked for hidden nerve system stress today!
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Top Stressors to Stop Worrying About
Ever notice how a "bug" is going around your office and some people get sick and some don't? Or it knocks some folks out for two weeks while others are good as new in 24 hours? The strength of our immune system is related to many factors, but one of them is definitely stress. Worry and stress can literally steal resources that could be better used fighting off disease and keeping you healthy. And stress not only depletes immunity, it also shortens your life and shrinks your brain. Here are some things you can officially take off your list of things to stress about! Aren't you glad you asked?
1. Your Cholesterol: Though it gets the lion's share of attention, cholesterol is only one of many measurements, and it may be far less predictive of heart disease than was previously believed. Look at the whole picture of risks: your triglycerides (under 100 is great), your HDL (60 for men, 40 for women or better), and the ratio of triglycerides to HDL. That last ratio predicts heart disease way better than cholesterol (you'd like it to be 40 or less). And five basic habits reduce heart disease and death many times more than lowering cholesterol does: stop smoking, maintain a healthy weight, exercise, eating fish, vegetables and nuts, and drinking alcohol very moderately.
2. Your Performance: Whether in the boardroom, the bedroom or the tennis court, worries about performance never accomplish anything except to make things worse. While focus on goals can be a healthy thing, it can also keep you from being present in the moment and enjoying the process. An exclusive concern with how things are going to turn out keeps you from actually getting better at what you're doing because your mind is too busy judging your performance. Sometimes the best way to get somewhere is the slow scenic route. Not only do you arrive, but you get to enjoy the trip.
3. The Past: There are three important things to know about the past. One, it's over. Two, you can't change it. And three, the only thing keeping it alive is the energy you put into holding on to it. Letting go of the past can be one of the most liberating events in your life. It means allowing what was to be what it was -- and also, what it was not. It doesn't necessarily mean forgetting, but it does mean forgiving -- both yourself and others.
4. Your Fat Intake: Walter Willett, MD, PhD, the head of the Harvard School of Public Health, has said that the percentage of fat in the diet is not associated with any health outcome ever studied. The type of fat, and the type of carbohydrate, however, is. If you dump the trans fats, keep calories reasonably low, and eat as little sugar and processed foods as you can, the percentage of fat in your diet is irrelevant. Really!
5. Getting Sick: The study of the way our thoughts and feelings interact with our brain chemistry and our immune system has given birth to a whole new science: psychoneuroimmnology. The take-home message is that it's all related. Studies show that people are far more resilient when they're in a crisis than they thought they would be. If you get sick, you'll deal with it -- probably better than you thought you would. Meanwhile, take the best care of yourself possible, and let the cards fall where they may.
6. Your Limits: Stress comes not from our limits but from the stories we tell ourselves about those limits. We make ourselves miserable by thinking we should be doing so much better than we are. Examples: the assistant who thinks she should be boss by now, the tennis player who thinks he should be serving 140 miles an hour, or the dieter who thinks she should have lost 50 pounds by Tuesday. Embracing your own limitations is part of the process of growing and becoming better. At the very least, it will make you happier to live in your own shoes at the moment. Remember the saying "Progress, not perfection." Wisdom begins when you realize that the perfect moment is the one you're in.
7. Having It All: One of the most destructive myths of the past few decades has been this one: You can have it all. You can't. You can't spend eight hours a day of quality time with your infant and be on the fast track to make partner in a law firm that requires 100 hour weeks. But that's not bad news. When any road is possible, we often take none, or if we do take one, we worry constantly that it was the wrong choice. Relax. Wisdom and happiness begin when you make a commitment, even if it means there are some things you won't do. Choose, choose wisely, and enjoy the process and the journey. You don't actually have to "have it all" to be happy. True happiness is possible when you're content with what you've chosen.
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
1. Your Cholesterol: Though it gets the lion's share of attention, cholesterol is only one of many measurements, and it may be far less predictive of heart disease than was previously believed. Look at the whole picture of risks: your triglycerides (under 100 is great), your HDL (60 for men, 40 for women or better), and the ratio of triglycerides to HDL. That last ratio predicts heart disease way better than cholesterol (you'd like it to be 40 or less). And five basic habits reduce heart disease and death many times more than lowering cholesterol does: stop smoking, maintain a healthy weight, exercise, eating fish, vegetables and nuts, and drinking alcohol very moderately.
2. Your Performance: Whether in the boardroom, the bedroom or the tennis court, worries about performance never accomplish anything except to make things worse. While focus on goals can be a healthy thing, it can also keep you from being present in the moment and enjoying the process. An exclusive concern with how things are going to turn out keeps you from actually getting better at what you're doing because your mind is too busy judging your performance. Sometimes the best way to get somewhere is the slow scenic route. Not only do you arrive, but you get to enjoy the trip.
3. The Past: There are three important things to know about the past. One, it's over. Two, you can't change it. And three, the only thing keeping it alive is the energy you put into holding on to it. Letting go of the past can be one of the most liberating events in your life. It means allowing what was to be what it was -- and also, what it was not. It doesn't necessarily mean forgetting, but it does mean forgiving -- both yourself and others.
4. Your Fat Intake: Walter Willett, MD, PhD, the head of the Harvard School of Public Health, has said that the percentage of fat in the diet is not associated with any health outcome ever studied. The type of fat, and the type of carbohydrate, however, is. If you dump the trans fats, keep calories reasonably low, and eat as little sugar and processed foods as you can, the percentage of fat in your diet is irrelevant. Really!
5. Getting Sick: The study of the way our thoughts and feelings interact with our brain chemistry and our immune system has given birth to a whole new science: psychoneuroimmnology. The take-home message is that it's all related. Studies show that people are far more resilient when they're in a crisis than they thought they would be. If you get sick, you'll deal with it -- probably better than you thought you would. Meanwhile, take the best care of yourself possible, and let the cards fall where they may.
6. Your Limits: Stress comes not from our limits but from the stories we tell ourselves about those limits. We make ourselves miserable by thinking we should be doing so much better than we are. Examples: the assistant who thinks she should be boss by now, the tennis player who thinks he should be serving 140 miles an hour, or the dieter who thinks she should have lost 50 pounds by Tuesday. Embracing your own limitations is part of the process of growing and becoming better. At the very least, it will make you happier to live in your own shoes at the moment. Remember the saying "Progress, not perfection." Wisdom begins when you realize that the perfect moment is the one you're in.
7. Having It All: One of the most destructive myths of the past few decades has been this one: You can have it all. You can't. You can't spend eight hours a day of quality time with your infant and be on the fast track to make partner in a law firm that requires 100 hour weeks. But that's not bad news. When any road is possible, we often take none, or if we do take one, we worry constantly that it was the wrong choice. Relax. Wisdom and happiness begin when you make a commitment, even if it means there are some things you won't do. Choose, choose wisely, and enjoy the process and the journey. You don't actually have to "have it all" to be happy. True happiness is possible when you're content with what you've chosen.
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Subluxations...
...are usually painless!
We have learned that subluxations are disturbances or interferences in our nervous system. We have also learned that subluxations have devastating effects of our health and well-being. But what most people don’t realize is that most subluxations go unnoticed for years because most subluxations are painless.
In a 1993 study, researcher M. Hause published his study revealing that pressure to the nerve root (the nerve root is located between two vertebra) can exist without pain. More importantly he stated that this pressure can influence the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system is the part of our nervous system that regulates the function of our organs, blood vessels and glands.
Researchers have also discovered that subluxations often occur during the normal birthing process and often go undiagnosed for years and even decades. Dr. G. Gutman discovered that more than 80% of the infants that he examined shortly after birth were suffering from injuries to the neck that resulted in all types of health problems such as nose, throat and ear infections. Dr. Towbin, Harvard Medical School’s department of pathology found that “the birth process even under optimal conditions is potentially a traumatic, crippling event. Spinal cord and brain stem injuries occur often during the birth process but frequently escape diagnosis.”
Undetected subluxations are an epidemic health challenge in our society and need to be taken very seriously because of the consequences. Every man, woman and child should be checked for nerve interference on a regular basis by a Wellness Chiropractor, it’s that important.
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC
We have learned that subluxations are disturbances or interferences in our nervous system. We have also learned that subluxations have devastating effects of our health and well-being. But what most people don’t realize is that most subluxations go unnoticed for years because most subluxations are painless.
In a 1993 study, researcher M. Hause published his study revealing that pressure to the nerve root (the nerve root is located between two vertebra) can exist without pain. More importantly he stated that this pressure can influence the sympathetic nervous system. The sympathetic nervous system is the part of our nervous system that regulates the function of our organs, blood vessels and glands.
Researchers have also discovered that subluxations often occur during the normal birthing process and often go undiagnosed for years and even decades. Dr. G. Gutman discovered that more than 80% of the infants that he examined shortly after birth were suffering from injuries to the neck that resulted in all types of health problems such as nose, throat and ear infections. Dr. Towbin, Harvard Medical School’s department of pathology found that “the birth process even under optimal conditions is potentially a traumatic, crippling event. Spinal cord and brain stem injuries occur often during the birth process but frequently escape diagnosis.”
Undetected subluxations are an epidemic health challenge in our society and need to be taken very seriously because of the consequences. Every man, woman and child should be checked for nerve interference on a regular basis by a Wellness Chiropractor, it’s that important.
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC
Friday, December 4, 2009
On a Scale of 1-10…How Important Is Your Health To You?
When asked, most people respond that their health is very important to them.
When pressed for a number, the answer is almost always a 7 or higher. How about you? How would you rate the importance you have placed on your health up until now?
Now remember, most people come to our office for the first time with a health problem or concern that is, unfortunately, usually…minimally, chronic. This means that their health has had to have been deteriorating for a while before consulting us. Well, here are the attributes of the different levels of health priority:
1- Addicted-continuously looks for and adds self-destructive choices.
2- Binges-makes occasional destructive lifestyle decisions-is in denial.
3- Unconscious-doesn’t know a healthy choice from an unhealthy one.
4- Tolerates poor health – “maybe it will go away” – “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
5- Seeks treatment only when they have a problem.
6- Open to prevention of future health problems.
7- Makes effort to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
8- Consciously works at being healthy-makes healthy choices.
9- Occasionally looking for and adding constructive healthy lifestyle changes.
10- Continuously looking for and adding constructive healthy lifestyle changes.
It’s easy to see that for a health problem to become chronic, the importance placed on personal health could not have been higher than a 4 prior to consulting us. Starting care requires bringing your priority up to at least a 5. Unfortunately, what causes most people to raise the priority they place on their health is a serious health problem that doesn’t go away with their own approaches to correct the condition.
It should also be obvious that in order for one’s health to actually improve, the priority placed upon it must also be higher. So, the question for today is, “if I started living like a 7 instead of a 4 and the problems caused by me living like a 4 were not permanent, are they likely to go away? The answer? Of course!
Dr Greg Haitz
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC: A Creating Wellness Center
1133 patterson Road, Suite 3
Grand Junction, CO 81506
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
When pressed for a number, the answer is almost always a 7 or higher. How about you? How would you rate the importance you have placed on your health up until now?
Now remember, most people come to our office for the first time with a health problem or concern that is, unfortunately, usually…minimally, chronic. This means that their health has had to have been deteriorating for a while before consulting us. Well, here are the attributes of the different levels of health priority:
1- Addicted-continuously looks for and adds self-destructive choices.
2- Binges-makes occasional destructive lifestyle decisions-is in denial.
3- Unconscious-doesn’t know a healthy choice from an unhealthy one.
4- Tolerates poor health – “maybe it will go away” – “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
5- Seeks treatment only when they have a problem.
6- Open to prevention of future health problems.
7- Makes effort to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
8- Consciously works at being healthy-makes healthy choices.
9- Occasionally looking for and adding constructive healthy lifestyle changes.
10- Continuously looking for and adding constructive healthy lifestyle changes.
It’s easy to see that for a health problem to become chronic, the importance placed on personal health could not have been higher than a 4 prior to consulting us. Starting care requires bringing your priority up to at least a 5. Unfortunately, what causes most people to raise the priority they place on their health is a serious health problem that doesn’t go away with their own approaches to correct the condition.
It should also be obvious that in order for one’s health to actually improve, the priority placed upon it must also be higher. So, the question for today is, “if I started living like a 7 instead of a 4 and the problems caused by me living like a 4 were not permanent, are they likely to go away? The answer? Of course!
Dr Greg Haitz
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC: A Creating Wellness Center
1133 patterson Road, Suite 3
Grand Junction, CO 81506
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Killer Subluxations
Why don’t you want your dinner laced with arsenic? Because someone told you that arsenic was poisonous and that you will die if you consume too much of it… Right? In fact, in the last decade we have been flooded with endless information about potential threats to our health. So if you are like most people… you ignore most of this barrage of negative information and concentrate of what you think are the “REALLY BIG RISKS”… Right?
What About The Number One Killer? Over 400,000 people die annually from heart disease… 15% of all natural deaths are from “Sudden Cardiac Death” in the industrialized nations. It is the leading cause of death… Right? This is a risk that everybody needs to address.
Many of you may have already begun a preventive program to reduce your risk of heart disease because of how common heart attacks are. Most programs to reduce the risks of heart attacks include low fat and low cholesterol diets, reducing your weight, and cardiovascular type exercise. Most people don’t know about a very commonly overlooked contributing factor to heart disease, that only chiropractors know how to find. To illustrate this fact I have a question…
How do folks that are in great physical shape, eat right, not over weight, with great routine medical check-ups die prematurely of heart attacks?
Lets Look At A Gruesome Practice For Insight…
We are all familiar with the gruesome practice of hanging felons convicted of murder and other heinous crimes. The felon is dropped suddenly from a height with a rope around the neck. If done properly, the felon is dead once he reaches the end of the rope. The heart immediately stops and breathing ceases... Instantaneous death! This is too fast for someone to suffocate to death! How do they die then? The spinal cord is severed… and all nerve impulses from the brain to the heart are stopped!
“Neurogenic” Heart Failure…
Recent Examples From Sports
Hank Gathers from Loyola-Marymount in L.A.; “Pistol Pete” Maravich, the former NBA All-Pro; and Reggie Lewis of the Boston Celtics all died suddenly from cardiac failure… yet they were all “world class” physically conditioned athletes. Medical authorities were baffled for the reasons their hearts should suddenly just give out and fail!
The newspaper account of the death of the collegiate great basketball player Hank Gathers said the medical experts explained his heart attack as the result of “electrical conduction problems to the heart.” Reggie Lewis’s final diagnosis as the cause of his death was “neurogenic-cardiogenic heart failure”, which simply means nerve impulse problems to his heart caused it to stop. Pete Maravich death was unexplained but it should be noted he was a vegetarian, which rules out the typical dietary problems as a cause of death!
Let’s translate these accounts into more familiar terms… “Nerve interference” caused their hearts to stop!
RESEARCH - A 1985 research article “Effective Prevention of Coronary Heart Attacks” by P. Sherwood, MD, from London, England suggested that 40% of heart attacks are caused by spasms of the coronary artery triggered by dysfunction (interference) of nerves of the upper back. Dr. Sherwood’s approach to relieve these spasms was to adjust and massage the upper back to relieve the dysfunction (interference) of the nerves of the upper back!
John Bourdillion, MD, author of “Spinal Manipulation” and Irvin Korr, PhD, from Princeton University, editor of “The Neurobiologic Mechanisms in Manipulative Therapy”, both did extensive research documenting the affect the nervous system has on organ function… including heart function. They both postulated that spinal adjustments affect dysfunction (interference) of the “autonomic nervous system”. These nerves exit from the mid back region of the spine and primarily control organ function and the blood supply in the human body.
Does The Starter Have Power?
A vertebral subluxation is … a misalignment of the spine that produces interference in the function of the nervous system. If your car doesn’t start... most people would check their battery and electrical system first… But when it comes to their health, rarely do patients have their spines checked to see if “nerve interference” may be the reason why their organs don’t work well. The human brain constantly monitors your heart rate and blood pressure and then makes adjustments that are appropriate to your activity. If there is any interference in this system that controls the heart… tragic events as previously mentioned can happen!
Customized Just For You - The heart is a muscle that pumps your blood throughout your body 72 times per minute, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, as long as you live. Now that is a lot of pumping! 72 beats per minute is an “average”. Your heart rate may be told by your brain to speed up to over 180 beats per minute under extreme stress and exertion, or slow down to as low as 50 beats per minute while you are sleeping. Your brain is constantly making adjustment to the heart rate depending on what your body needs through the nervous system.
Keeping “The Power On” - Chiropractic care is about a whole lot more than “back aches”. Chiropractic care is all about keeping your nervous system free from the damaging effects of “nerve interference” from vertebral subluxations that impairs your body’s ability to regulate itself and use its recuperative powers to heal you from injury and disease. THE GOAL OF CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS IS TO KEEP YOUR POWER ON 100% AND UNINTERRUPTED.
The next time you think about skipping a scheduled chiropractic appointment also think about this… THAT NEXT ADJUSTMENT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE FROM A KILLER SUBLUXATION!
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC
1133 Patterson Road, Suite 3
Grand Junction, CO 81506
243-1388
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
What About The Number One Killer? Over 400,000 people die annually from heart disease… 15% of all natural deaths are from “Sudden Cardiac Death” in the industrialized nations. It is the leading cause of death… Right? This is a risk that everybody needs to address.
Many of you may have already begun a preventive program to reduce your risk of heart disease because of how common heart attacks are. Most programs to reduce the risks of heart attacks include low fat and low cholesterol diets, reducing your weight, and cardiovascular type exercise. Most people don’t know about a very commonly overlooked contributing factor to heart disease, that only chiropractors know how to find. To illustrate this fact I have a question…
How do folks that are in great physical shape, eat right, not over weight, with great routine medical check-ups die prematurely of heart attacks?
Lets Look At A Gruesome Practice For Insight…
We are all familiar with the gruesome practice of hanging felons convicted of murder and other heinous crimes. The felon is dropped suddenly from a height with a rope around the neck. If done properly, the felon is dead once he reaches the end of the rope. The heart immediately stops and breathing ceases... Instantaneous death! This is too fast for someone to suffocate to death! How do they die then? The spinal cord is severed… and all nerve impulses from the brain to the heart are stopped!
“Neurogenic” Heart Failure…
Recent Examples From Sports
Hank Gathers from Loyola-Marymount in L.A.; “Pistol Pete” Maravich, the former NBA All-Pro; and Reggie Lewis of the Boston Celtics all died suddenly from cardiac failure… yet they were all “world class” physically conditioned athletes. Medical authorities were baffled for the reasons their hearts should suddenly just give out and fail!
The newspaper account of the death of the collegiate great basketball player Hank Gathers said the medical experts explained his heart attack as the result of “electrical conduction problems to the heart.” Reggie Lewis’s final diagnosis as the cause of his death was “neurogenic-cardiogenic heart failure”, which simply means nerve impulse problems to his heart caused it to stop. Pete Maravich death was unexplained but it should be noted he was a vegetarian, which rules out the typical dietary problems as a cause of death!
Let’s translate these accounts into more familiar terms… “Nerve interference” caused their hearts to stop!
RESEARCH - A 1985 research article “Effective Prevention of Coronary Heart Attacks” by P. Sherwood, MD, from London, England suggested that 40% of heart attacks are caused by spasms of the coronary artery triggered by dysfunction (interference) of nerves of the upper back. Dr. Sherwood’s approach to relieve these spasms was to adjust and massage the upper back to relieve the dysfunction (interference) of the nerves of the upper back!
John Bourdillion, MD, author of “Spinal Manipulation” and Irvin Korr, PhD, from Princeton University, editor of “The Neurobiologic Mechanisms in Manipulative Therapy”, both did extensive research documenting the affect the nervous system has on organ function… including heart function. They both postulated that spinal adjustments affect dysfunction (interference) of the “autonomic nervous system”. These nerves exit from the mid back region of the spine and primarily control organ function and the blood supply in the human body.
Does The Starter Have Power?
A vertebral subluxation is … a misalignment of the spine that produces interference in the function of the nervous system. If your car doesn’t start... most people would check their battery and electrical system first… But when it comes to their health, rarely do patients have their spines checked to see if “nerve interference” may be the reason why their organs don’t work well. The human brain constantly monitors your heart rate and blood pressure and then makes adjustments that are appropriate to your activity. If there is any interference in this system that controls the heart… tragic events as previously mentioned can happen!
Customized Just For You - The heart is a muscle that pumps your blood throughout your body 72 times per minute, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, as long as you live. Now that is a lot of pumping! 72 beats per minute is an “average”. Your heart rate may be told by your brain to speed up to over 180 beats per minute under extreme stress and exertion, or slow down to as low as 50 beats per minute while you are sleeping. Your brain is constantly making adjustment to the heart rate depending on what your body needs through the nervous system.
Keeping “The Power On” - Chiropractic care is about a whole lot more than “back aches”. Chiropractic care is all about keeping your nervous system free from the damaging effects of “nerve interference” from vertebral subluxations that impairs your body’s ability to regulate itself and use its recuperative powers to heal you from injury and disease. THE GOAL OF CHIROPRACTIC ADJUSTMENTS IS TO KEEP YOUR POWER ON 100% AND UNINTERRUPTED.
The next time you think about skipping a scheduled chiropractic appointment also think about this… THAT NEXT ADJUSTMENT COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE FROM A KILLER SUBLUXATION!
Rimrock Chiropractic, LLC
1133 Patterson Road, Suite 3
Grand Junction, CO 81506
243-1388
www.rimrockchiropractic.com
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