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Bolingbrook chiropractic office New Life Chiropractic post how doctor’s overabuse antibiotic’s

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Nearly half of children seen by physicians for treatment of a common cold leave their doctors’ offices with unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics. Bacteria-fighting antibiotics are useless against colds, the vast majority of which are caused by viruses. Nonetheless, “antibiotic were prescribed to 44% of (pediatric) patients with common colds. The unnecessary overprescription of antibiotics during past decades has been blamed for the recent emergence of antibiotic-resistant strains of sometimes deadly bacteria.

The researchers say children aged 5 to 11 years were nearly twice as likely as younger children to receive an antibiotic prescription during a cold-related office visit. They speculate that parents of school-aged children may put more pressure on physicians to prescribe antibiotics because these parents “often do not have mechanisms in place to care for their child at home, (and) they may perceive antibiotic treatment as reassurance that ‘everything possible is being done’ and feel more comfortable returning the child with a respiratory illness back to school.

The accompanying editorial authors believe managed care company policies may be contributing to the problem. They speculate that patients who wrongly believe antibiotics will speed recovery may be pressuring doctors for prescriptions. Once they receive these prescription, patients then give compliant doctors higher marks on health maintenance organization satisfaction surveys. Managed care administrators use those surveys to evaluate– and reward – individual physicians.

The Journal of the American Medical Association (1998;279:875-877,881-882)

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Bolingbrook Chiropractic office and Dr. Jeff wishes all of Bolingbrook a Happy Healthy NEW Year

admin — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 13:54:47 +0000

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Bolingbrook Chiropractic office New Life Chiropractic wants to wish everyone in Bolingbrook a Happy Healthy New Year with a short but effective plan to follow.

1. Eat organic and as many vegetables as possible 5 days a week and eat as much junk as you want on the 2 days of your weekend

2. Drink as much water as you possibly can and then drink more on the 5 days of the week and drink everything else you want on your 2 day weekend

3. 20 minutes of walking, running and resistance training 2-3 days a week

4. decrease the amount of anger you either inwardly have or outwardly show, the chinese believe that cancer comes from inner anger.

5. Reduce the amount of toxic medications taken

6. See your Local chiropractor to help you heal naturally so you can decrease the amount of toxic medication you take.

If you have any questions about getting healthy naturally or would like to attend a free workshop on boosting your immune system naturally please call Bolingbrook Chiropractic office New Life Chiropractic and Dr. Jeff at 630-226-9922

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Bolingbrook Chiropractic office discusses the role of chiropractic and shoulder,arm and wrist pain

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:54:35 +0000

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Shoulder, Arm, Elbow, Wrist, Hand and

Chiropractic

William J. Owens DC,
DAAMLP

Mark Studin DC, FASBE(C), DAAPM,
DAAMLP

*in this paper, we are listing
research to understand that chiropractor care correlates with the scientific
evidence.

When most people think of chiropractic care,
they immediately picture the spine. Chiropractors are “back doctors” is a common
misconception. The truth is that doctors of chiropractic are trained to look at
the whole person, not just the spine. The neurology inside and around the spinal
column is so important that it is the foundation of chiropractic philosophy, but
the truth is, the entire body is controlled by the nervous system.

In the upper limbs for example, there are
numerous joints, muscle and ligaments that influence posture, our ability to
work and enjoy our life. Sometimes the issue is not in the spine, but in one of
the arms or legs. Chiropractic doctors are trained in the anatomy of the human
body and actually have more anatomy instruction than their medical
counterparts. It is the foundation of what we do. A recent study was published
that looked at all of the research related to chiropractic treatment of upper
limb conditions. This is important because it gives a single source to study all
the research that has been published in the past. In this case since
1982!

The diagnosis and treatment of upper limb
disorders is not only a part of the core curriculum of chiropractic education,
but is a major part of post-graduate courses on orthopedics and neurology. When
it comes to non-surgical care for the upper limbs, chiropractic is aligned
perfectly to help restore pain free movement and increase strength all while
maintaining the integrity of the chiropractic philosophy. Did you know that
17.1% of all presenting complaints to the chiropractic office are made up of
peripheral (arm or leg) conditions with 75% of all chiropractors including
adjustments to the non-spinal joints of the body?

The following chart will help you to
understand which conditions may respond well to chiropractic. In conditions
where there is injury to the muscle or ligament, doctors of chiropractic are
trained to use soft tissue and rehabilitative techniques.

Condition	Responded to Chiropractic	Research Paper and Date
Shoulder Impingement Syndrome	YES	Pribicevic and Pollard 2005 Gleberzon 2005 Pribicevic and Pollard 2004 Smith 2000 Williams and Brockhohn 1994 Shrode 1994 Plezbert and Nicholson 1994 Kampschroder et al 1990
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome	YES	Rimbey 2005 Vernon 1982
Elbow Pain	YES	Konczak 2005 Coppieters et al 2004 Annis 2003 Kaufman 2000 Tchoryk 2000 Lawrence and Humphery 1997 Greenly and Bergmann 1990 Woo 1988
Frozen Shoulder Syndrome	YES	Valli 2004 Donahue et al 2003 Kazemi 2000 Harmeyer 1995 Ferguson 1995 Polkinghorn 1995 Feeley 1992
Separated Shoulder	YES	Kiner 2004 Stoddard and Johnson 2000
Swimmer’s Shoulder	YES	Kurtz 2004
Shoulder Instability	YES	Moreau and Moreau 2001
Rotator Cuff Tear	YES	Kazemi 1999 Buchberger 1993
Shoulder Tendonitis	YES	Gimblett et al 1999 Nia 1994
Scapular Winging	YES	Horrigan et al 1994
Chronic Bursitis	YES	Hammer 1993 Volstad 1983
Wrist Pain	YES	DeSantis 2004 Russell 2003 McDermott 2003
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	YES	Davis 2004 Brunarski et al 2004 Pringle et al 2003 Brown et al 1999 Petruska 1997 Buchberger et al 1996 Valente and Gibson 1994 Mariano et al 1991

WOW chiropractic can help without surgery!!

If you have any questions about chiropractic and shoulder, elbow or wrist pain please call mBolingbrook Chiropractic office New Life Chiropractic at 630-226-9922

Thanks again Dr. Mark Studin for your hard work putting together these amazing studies!!

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Bolingbrook Chiropractor Dr. Jeff discusses the role of chiropractic in healing

admin — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:57:51 +0000

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Bolingbrook Chiropractor Dr. Jeff discusses the role of chiropractic in healing

Most people are content to know nothing about their body until it manifests a symptom at which time they run to the doctor learn that something is wrong and then want to take pill and have their problem all fixed up within a few days. The major problem with this is that they are never told and don’t realize that their symptom has a cause and that cause had been developing for months even years. The medication will make it feel better but the cause never goes away and builds stronger so the next time the symptom comes back it is worse and stays longer.
The answer lies in building strength in your body’s immune system and the way we do that is through chiropractic adjustments.
Your nerves are like garden hoses that carry healing signals through them to all parts of your body or your garden.
When the hoses are carrying the healing signals at 100 percent it is like the garden hose carrying water to the garden at 100 percent, the garden looks great and is healthy.
What happens when the hose gets a big rock dropped on it? The water starts to shut down and the garden starts to die over time. The same is true of your body. When one of your spinal bones moves out of their assigned positions it physically pinches the nerves in your back and the healing signals start to reduced allowing the tissue in our body to decay and over time die creating symptoms.
The solution is fantastic and doesn’t involve surgery or pills and is natural in nature. To solve the garden hose problem one simply takes the rock off the hose and when the water starts to flow again it’s just a matter of time until the garden grows healthy again. Same is true of your body. When we chiropractors locate a bone out of place in your spine we gently give a chiropractic adjustment taking the bone off the nerve allowing your healing signals to flow back into your tissue cells and then it is just a matter of time before your body heals naturally.
If you have any questions for Bolingbrook Chiropractor Dr. Jeff please call New Life Chiropractic at 630-226-9922