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Thousands of children receive the benefits of chiropractic care, but thousands of others do not have the advantages chiropractic offers kids because their parents don’t know that all children should be checked by the family chiropractor.  To make matters worse, ordinary doctors lack understanding about this most important part of a child’s preventive health needs.  Typical of the problem is the well-meaning pediatrician who appears on the following television news clip.  Unfortunately ordinary doctors are not trained to understand that chiropractic for children is not only safe, but essential for their good health.  In the following link it is interesting to see how the mother learned the value of an adjustment while the doctor she previously trusted, only spread fear and misinformation:  Click here to see this enlightening clip on an NBC affiliate.

In my practice we focus on helping people express more of their potential through chiropractic adjustments.  In my private life I try to make good choices too, and one of those involves improving my communication skills. 

Becoming a member of Toastmasters has been a great step in achieving that goal and I am fortunate to be a member of one of the oldest and finest clubs.  We are in the middle of a year of observance as the Rock Hill Toastmasters Club is celebrating its 50^th Anniversary in the community.  

Toastmasters Proclamation by Rock Hill Mayor Echols

It is my honor to serve as the club’s president this year, in which we organized several special events commemorating the club’s golden anniversary.  It began with an Official Proclamation by Rock Hill Mayor, Doug Echols; then a picnic at Cherry Park, with guests from the other area Toastmasters Clubs who participated in a humorous speech contest; and the capstone event was a free Effective Listening Workshop held at Rock Hill City Hall for the community.  The master of ceremonies for the workshop was Lucas McFadden, CN2 News Anchor. 

It’s been a busy and fun year for this organization, but we’ve got more to come.  Next Tuesday, January 18^th will be a special guest meeting where the focus is to invite folks in to see what Toastmasters is like.  So if you have ever been curious about it, please join us at 7:00 p.m.  We meet at the Westminster Towers rehab building.  For directions and more details please click on our club website: http://rockhill.freetoasthost.us/  

Can you use a speaker for your organization?  The Rock Hill Toastmasters Club has a number of talented individuals who are enjoy doing presentations.   For more information contact Linda Robinson, Vice President for Public Relations: lindarobinson@comporium.net  Also, I speak before groups both nationally and internationally.  Please don’t hesitate to contact me directly about a presentation for your group or organization: drbrown@youneedchiro.com

A healthier, happier life, what could be better as we move into the new year than that?  Perhaps the best place to start is at the beginning, with our basic function.  Functioning well, first and foremost, is the basis for our health and an essential element in happiness.

As a chiropractor I see the evidence of this truth every day in the people I work with.  Yet many people go through life experiencing mediocre health and never receiving the benefits of chiropractic care.  We tend to believe that we have the best technology and that our health care providers know what’s best for us. But the reality is that we live in a time when health care itself is in crisis.  

Unfortunately the answer doesn’t seem to be coming from spending more.  In the United States we spend far more on health care than people in other countries, yet our health outcomes are deteriorating.  It may be that we need to examine some of our basic attitudes and beliefs about health.  This is underscored by a recent study that looked at people who had spinal surgery compared with those who received safer, conservative care.  The estimates vary, but we know that more than 250,000 patients have discectomy (a type of spinal surgery) annually and thousands of other types of spinal surgery.  The study suggests that many of these would not be necessary if appropriate conservative treatment was provided.

The study published in the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics showed that 60% of a group of patients with a particular diagnosis of sciatica (with pain radiating from low back down into leg) who underwent chiropractic care reported a successful outcome.  This suggests that only 40% of the group actually needed surgery.  Another way of looking at the data is that chiropractic care saved 60% of these patients from needless surgery.  http://www.uschirodirectory.com/index.php/patient-information/item/281-sciatica-leg-pain-a-lumbar-disc-herniation-surgery-vs-chiropractic-care-

This is common and we chiropractors see evidence of this regularly in our practices.  But the real message is that we need to take control of our health as consumers; avoid dangerous medications; and get checked regularly by our chiropractor (don’t wait for something to hurt). http://www.youneedchiro.com/joomla/healthy