La Barbera Family Chiropractic, LLC
2719 Genesee Street Utica, NY 13501
Phone 315-724-0368 Fax 315-724-0374
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La Barbera Family Chiropractic, LLC 2719 Genesee Street Utica, NY 13501 Phone 315-724-0368 Fax 315-724-0374
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La Barbera Family Chiropractic, LLC
2719 Genesee Street
Utica, NY 13501 315-724-0368
E-Mail
us at LaBarberaChiro@aol.com
"WE
TREAT PEOPLE, NOT SYMPTOMS."
Welcome to our office's Chiropractic newsletter. We'd like to entertain you, inform you and even inspire you a little. We'd love to hear from you; feel free to write to us with any questions or comments.
It is not how much
you do, but how much love you put into the doing that matters. Mother
Teresa
Table of Contents Current Information
Cases of the Month
Krill Oil
Statins Do Not Reduce Death Rate
Pregnancy and Nutrasweet
Swine Flu Vaccine Destroyed
Cat Scans Dangerous
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Current Information
Hello
Everyone!! Welcome to all of our new practice members as well as to
our 20+ year veterans. We have a rainy weekend upon us, so I
thought it was time to sit down and send out a newsletter. We
are constantly updating our office and procedures to bring the best
chiropractic care possible to our practice members. There are more
exciting updates scheduled for later in the year that I will tell you
about in a few months.
If
you have not been to the office for a while, you will meet a new office team
mate when you return for a follow up appointment. Barbara started
with us in late May and is my chiropractic assistant. She
will greet you before your adjustment and perform your intake
notes and thermography scan. This has allowed the office to run
more smoothly and efficiently. The feedback has been nothing
but positive. Practice members are enjoying minimal wait times and
the chance to relax on the adjusting table before getting their
adjustment. This has reduced my stress levels and allowed me
to get to my son's baseball games this summer. Please welcome
Barb the next time you are in.
****PLEASE
note that it is of utmost importance to notify the office BEFORE a
regularly scheduled visit if you have been hurt, in an accident or are
experiencing a significant flare-up. We have had a recent increase
(most likely due to summer related activities) of patient's calling in for
a "tune up" or coming in for a regular office visit only to find
out that they had a new problem. This is important because I usually
require more time in the schedule than is normally set aside for a routine
adjustment to properly evaluate your condition. It may be possible
that you will have to be rescheduled because I do not want to overlook
anything and risk your health. Thank you for your attention to this
very important item. If in doubt, please call us first.****
We
will be open this Friday, July 30, 2010 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM.
For the month of August, we will be open our regular hours Monday through
Thursday, but will be closed every Friday.
We will resume being open the second and last Friday of each month (unless
a holiday interferes) in September. Labor day weekend will provide me
and my staff with a 4 day weekend to enjoy with our families. The
office will be closed the Friday before as well as the Monday of Labor
day.
FREE DIRECTORY ASSISTANCE: The folks at Google
provide a number of useful, free services in addition to their Internet
search engine (www.Google.com).
You can get the number for any business free of charge by calling -
1-800-4664-411 (1-800-GOOG-411). Follow the prompts -- I have found
it more effective to speak slowly and clearly as it is run by voice
recognition. I use it at home as well as on my cell phone.
Usually, the system will give you a list of choices. When it comes
to the number you want, say "that one" or the number choice,
"number 3", and it will dial the number for you. If you
just want the number, say "number 3" and then
"details". The address and number will be provided. If
you mess up, say "go back" or "start over" and you can
try again.
Cases of the Month
This has been a month of Migraine miracles. I am thinking of
changing my name to the Central New York Migraine Center -- just kidding.
Case 1: A 28 year old women came to the office for the first time on
June 30, 2010 with a daily 4 year Migraine headache. The head pain
and pressure started two years prior, but was not daily. She had
seen numerous medical providers and neurologists who told her if she
stopped thinking about the headaches, they would go away!! Genius!!
Basically, when they can not figure out what is wrong with you, they chalk
it up to being in your head. Then the prescriptions for
anti-depressants start flying in addition to the pain killers (guess they
figure you can get a new kidney and liver at Organs-R-Us). She had
also seen two other chiropractors (no x-rays or scans done) who did
nothing for her. She was found to have an upper cervical subluxation
complex as well as a reversed neck curve. She was given 1 lower neck
adjustment on that Friday and on Saturday morning woke with no
headache for the first time in 4 years. How awesome is a specific
chiropractic adjustment applied with intent and purpose??!!
Priceless!! Why do I take x-rays?? So I can know what I am
doing. The power is definitely on.
Case 2: A 31 year old woman came in with intense head and upper neck
pressure in late April, 2010. She was found to have a combination of
upper cervical and cranial subluxations. While not the miracle case
like the woman I wrote about above, she is having more headache free days
than headache days. With time, I am confident she will do well.
Enuf said.
Case 3: A 32 year old woman came to the office on an emergency basis
on July 19, 2010. She has had a daily Migraine headache for over a
month. Aside from her medical provider, she had tried two other
chiropractors as well. The first never even touched her cervical
spine (neck)! He only twisted her low back. She also had a
significant upper cervical subluxation complex as well as a reversed
cervical curve. She felt relief after her first adjustment and was
pain free after her second. Any questions?? Dr. Bartlett J.
Palmer (the developer of Chiropractic) stated: "Chiropractic is
specific, or it is nothing." I could not agree more. He
developed and researched (1930 to 1955) the Knee Chest Upper Cervical
Specific technique that I use in the office. The results of
this amazing corrective technique speak for itself.
Case 4: A 44 year old woman came to the office in mid May, 2010 due
to severe TMJ (jaw) pain and neck and head pain. She had seen
numerous dentist and TMJ specialist and spent many thousands of dollars
out of her own pocket on dental work, splints and mouth guards.
Within a short period of time, she began to see results. By late
June, she was pain free for the first time in many years. May I add
that her problem was corrected for a fraction of
the cost of treating the pain. Your body
is pre-programmed to be healthy, not sick. Correcting the cause of
the problem, rather than treating the symptom is the only way to optimum
health. Pulling the battery out of your smoke detector will take
away the alarm (symptom) but not put out the fire (the problem).
Keep your system functioning optimally with specific chiropractic
adjustments!
Case 5: A 39 year old woman was first seen on June 2, 2010 for a
chronic headache and neck pain. See the above cases for the result.
In addition to the above, numerous cases of arm pain / numbness /
weakness, and the usual neck and back pain.
Krill Oil
Krill Oil is gaining huge attention (right up there with Vitamin D!!)
lately due to its powerful antioxidant properties. It is also
one of the best sources of DHA and EPA omega 3 oils. It is
better absorbed than fish oil so you only need 1/5th the dose.
It does not become rancid easily and can last for 2 years at room
temperature. Therefore, it does not break down in the body
easily and more is available for use. It also does not
repeat on you like fish oil. It is NOT high in Vitamin A which
can off set the amount of Vitamin D that is absorbed (note that
Carlson's Cod Liver oil is the ONLY cod oil that has low levels
of Vitamin A so it does not effect your Vitamin D absorption).
Krill are at the bottom of the food chain so there is no
contamination from mercury and other heavy metals and it is one of the
most plentiful organisms in the ocean so there is little to no chance
of over fishing. We started to carry this product for those of
you that would like to try it. Recommended dose is just 2
capsules (about a third the size of the fish oil capsules) for 1
month, and then 1 a day thereafter.
Statins Do Not Reduce Death Rate
Archives of Internal Medicine, June 28, 2010 Ray et al.
In this article, the authors address the question of all-cause mortality and statin use among persons who do NOT have a history of cardiovascular disease. The current mind set in primary care medicine is that statins are this generation's Vitamin C-'it cures what ails ya'. The direct-to-consumer ads quickly gloss over the idea that statins are, by their own data, useful in the presence of certain risk factors. The impression that is left and the attitude assumed by many physicians is 'why wait for the symptoms, let's use these things now and we will never get to the symptom level.' In the words of the study, "Our objective was to reliably determine if statin therapy reduces all-cause mortality among intermediate to high-risk individuals without a history of CVD." Again, in their words from the Data Synthesis portion of the abstract: "Data were available on 65,229 participants followed for approximately 244,000 person-years, during which 2,793 deaths occurred. The use of statins in this high-risk primary prevention setting was not associated with a statistically significant reduction (risk ratio, 0.91; 95% confidence interval, 0.83-1.01) in the risk of all-cause mortality." "Conclusion: This literature-based meta-analysis did not find evidence for the benefit of statin therapy on all-cause mortality in a high-risk primary prevention set-up." (In other words, taking statin drugs did NOT lower the death rate compared to those that do not take these cholesterol lowering drugs)
----related information from Dr. Ted Koren's Newsletter
Forget the drugs, the low-fat diets, the no cholesterol label. It's all bogus and its always been bogus. Look at the results of this study: 75% of the people who have heart attacks have normal cholesterol. [Castelli WP. Cholesterol and lipids in the risk of coronary artery disease the Framingham Heart Study. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 1998;4 Suppl A:5A-10A.] Your body needs cholesterol it's made by most of your cells. People with artificially (drug-induced) low cholesterol are more depressed and weaker, suffer from muscle pains, and have more cancer, heart disease and suicide. Cholesterol is also an inflammation fighter (an anti-oxidant) so if your cholesterol level is really high it means there's inflammation in your body.
Pregnancy, Nutrasweet and Equal
(From Dr. Ted Koren's Newsletter)
Is aspartame good for the fetus? This is from The Weston
A. Price Foundation:
$260 Million of Swine Flu Vaccine to be Destroyed
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has directed the
destruction of 40 million expired doses of swine flu vaccine with a
value in excess of one-quarter billion dollars. If all the vaccine
produced and not used expires, approximately 43 percent of the
production will require destruction. Apparently the people of the
USA figured out that the predicted epidemics were nothing more than a
money maker for big pharma -- hosted by the federal government.
Stay healthy with chiropractic care, Vitamin D, rest, exercise, good
water and nutritious foods.
Cat
Scans Dangerous
From Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D. comes an article in the July 1,
2010 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine addressing
the question of CT scan use, safety, regulation and oversight that is
entitled simply "Is Computed Tomography Safe?'.
The article begins by recounting the experience of a woman who underwent a CT scan for concerns related to facial paralysis. The scan was negative, and it was concluded to be Bell's Palsy (chiropractic gets wonderful results with these patients) and it resolved in two weeks, but...the scan she received provided her with a radiation exposure 100 times greater than a normal CT scan, 10 times greater than a brain-perfusion scan and 3 times greater than a radiation treatment dose for cancer. She is now part of a class action against manufacturers and various facilities.
The article provides some very interesting and shocking numbers, for
example:
*"They
calculated the actual radiation doses delivered by commonly
performed CT studies and quantified the associated cancer
risks
using the NRC's models. It was found that the risk of
cancer from a single CT scan could be as high as 1 in 80"
Let's do the math based on these data...radiation dosage can be 100-500 times greater than convention radiography and with a brain perfusion scan it could be ten times greater than that...100 x 10 to 500 x 10 or 1,000 times to 5,000 greater than conventional radiography! The first take-away is these things are POTENT.
Computerized tomography (CT) medical scans cause at least 29,000 cases of cancer and 14,500 deaths in the United States every year, according to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Some even argue that the numbers are even higher.
What really upsets me is that while CAT scans are being done at an alarming rate with no concern for safety, chiropractors are held to a different level of responsibility and criticized for taking x-rays to analyze for subluxations. The 7 x-rays we take with our high speed system do not expose patients to nearly a fraction of 1 CAT scan. Recent findings from scientists at the Florida Institute of Technology, UC Santa Cruz and the University of Florida are estimating that airplane passengers and crews traveling through just one thunderstorm of lightening-emitted X-rays, gamma rays and high-energy electrons could be exposed to radiation amounts equal to 400 chest X-rays--the maximum safe radiation exposure over a person's lifetime.
Thanks
for reading. Feel free to pass this on to friends or relatives, especially
those who are walking medicine cabinets. Don't forget to come in for a
spinal checkup yourself, especially if we haven't seen you in a while. Let
us know what you think of this newsletter and if there are any particular
topics you'd like us to cover. Would you like copies of this
newsletter for your friends? Stop by the office and we'll give you some
hard copies or e-mail me and I'll add them to our e-mail list.
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