Let us help you find the inspiration to lead a healthful 2010. Neil Cox has announced new talk dates for early next year. The venue will be St Lukes Science and sports college again for this round of talks. Don't miss out - see you there
Genetics, Lifestyle and Health - Thurs 21st of Jan - 18.15 - 19.45
Eat for life - Thurs 4th of Feb - 18.15 - 19.45
Move for life - Thurs 11th of Feb - 18.15 - 19.45
Think, Feel and Be for life - Thurs 4th of March - 18.15 - 19.45
see our website for more information http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor/chiropractor/89L/exeter-chiropractor/health-talks.htm
Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Friday, 27 November 2009
HOLIDAY STRESS RAISES HEALTH CHALLENGES,
With the holiday season underway and its additional activities increasing the tempo of daily demands, it is important to your good health to observe some simple guidelines to reduce the stress and strain of this busy time. This is especially important in light of the added concerns many of us our feeling individually and collectively with the shifts in the world economy and global health concerns. It can be especially important to slow down, recognize the need to approach activities and interruptions with a little more patience, and to plan ahead with the intention to reduce the stress of last minute efforts. The International Chiropractors Association encourages everyone to be attentive to opportunities during this holiday season to take time for yourself, connect and communicate with those around you, and to share special moments with your friends and loved ones.
The process of making healthy choices in both quality and quantity may help prevent an unfortunate scenario as you make your way through this holiday season, says the International Chiropractors Association. Improper lifting, inactivity, postural stress with long trips and other holiday stresses can put added stresses on the system, notes Dr. Gary L. Walsemann, ICA president. Lifting carefully and consciously, standing and sitting with supportive posture, getting additional rest, and addressing health concerns before they become extensive issues are key to enjoying a happy and healthy holiday season.
ICA has prepared a series of health tips to help protect your spinal health and support your general health over the holidays, including the following reminders:
Get sufficient rest!
Many health problems that occur with the holidays are triggered or intensified by fatigue. By simply taking small breaks and getting adequate rest, you can help prevent structural strain, emotional imbalance, cognitive fatigue, and a range of general health problems.
Don’t wait until you are hurting to see your doctor of chiropractic. Chiropractic adjustments can keep you going at your peak and help you get extra enjoyment from the holiday season.
For further information on your health and chiropractic, visit county chiropractic your Exeter chiropractors and the International Chiropractors Association website at www.chiropractic.org.
The process of making healthy choices in both quality and quantity may help prevent an unfortunate scenario as you make your way through this holiday season, says the International Chiropractors Association. Improper lifting, inactivity, postural stress with long trips and other holiday stresses can put added stresses on the system, notes Dr. Gary L. Walsemann, ICA president. Lifting carefully and consciously, standing and sitting with supportive posture, getting additional rest, and addressing health concerns before they become extensive issues are key to enjoying a happy and healthy holiday season.
ICA has prepared a series of health tips to help protect your spinal health and support your general health over the holidays, including the following reminders:
Get sufficient rest!
Many health problems that occur with the holidays are triggered or intensified by fatigue. By simply taking small breaks and getting adequate rest, you can help prevent structural strain, emotional imbalance, cognitive fatigue, and a range of general health problems.
Don’t wait until you are hurting to see your doctor of chiropractic. Chiropractic adjustments can keep you going at your peak and help you get extra enjoyment from the holiday season.
For further information on your health and chiropractic, visit county chiropractic your Exeter chiropractors and the International Chiropractors Association website at www.chiropractic.org.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
Putting out the Fire: some tips on how to fight inflammation through diet and lifestyle.
Get plenty of animal based Omega3 Oils
The easiest way to do this is to take a high quality fish oil supplement twice a day.
Other good sources are wild fish and organic, grass-fed or game meats (not farmed, grain-fed, hormone & anti-biotic laden or processed meats)
Include lots of other healthy oils
GLA (from hemp & borage oil) is a great supplement to take – especially for ladies
Eat plenty of avocados, walnuts, almonds, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, olives & olive oil, coconut milk or oil – and even organic butter is OK too!
Minimize (AVOID) unhealthy fats
Trans fats & hydrogenated fats (e.g. margarine & vegetable oils)
Deep fried food (or shallow fried with vegetable oil – use butter instead)
Grain fed meat
Farmed fish
Aracadonic Acid (omega6 fat found in Corn & Wheat – and in grain-fed animals)
Optimise your insulin levels
This means minimising (AVOIDING) sugar, grains and processed foods – including sugary drinks and fruit juices - all potent promoters of inflammation.
When you do eat grains, stick to whole, unprocessed grains, and preferably consume them directly after exercise. That’s when your body can make use of them to replenish its glycogen stores.
Eat carbohydrates with a low glycaemic load. (This will mean the majority of your carbohydrates will come from vegetables, and to a lesser extent, fruits.)
With every meal, choose a lean protein, a vegetable, and a good source of fat (preferably omega-3s).
Load up on the fresh vegetables, and include plenty of greens, as well as the other colour groups. Eat lots of cruciferous vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts.
This also means exercising regularly – a great way to reduce inflammation!
Identify and AVOID any foods to which you are intolerant
Allergy testing is the only real way to do this
If you have pain limit consumption of the nightshades for 4-12 weeks or until the inflammation is under control
The nightshades are; tomatoes, white potatoes, red and green bell peppers, the "hot" peppers e.g. chili & paprika, aubergine, tobacco.
In a study published in the Journal of the International Academy of Preventive medicine, of the 5000 arthritis sufferers who eliminated Nightshade, seventy percent reported relief from aches, pains, and disfigurement.
Regularly eat ginger and turmeric
Include these spices in your recipes. They have been shown to lower inflammation.
Quit smoking
Smoking hardens your arteries and increases inflammation.
Research shows you can reverse all the damaging effects to your arteries within 10 years of quitting.
However, be sure you get your diet under control first so you don’t fall into the trap of trading cigarettes for unhealthy junk foods.
Make sure your waist size is normal
If you're a woman with a waist measurement of over 35 inches or a man with a waist of over 40 inches, you probably have high inflammation and should take steps to lose weight.
Have healthy outlets for stress and other negative emotions.
High levels of stress hormones can lead to the release of excess inflammatory chemicals
Use tools to help deal with your current stress and resolve past emotional challenges as well.
Optimize your vitamin D levels.
Most people are not aware that vitamin D can have a profoundly dramatic impact on your health.
The best way is through sun exposure on your skin
Taking a Vit D supplement through the winter is a great idea.
Make sure you get enough sleep
Reducing a night’s sleep by four hours leads to elevated cortisol (stress hormone) levels for much of the next day
Most studies suggest 7-8 hours is optimal for most adults
See you at the next talk on the 12th November at St Lukes' school
Neil Cox DC
The easiest way to do this is to take a high quality fish oil supplement twice a day.
Other good sources are wild fish and organic, grass-fed or game meats (not farmed, grain-fed, hormone & anti-biotic laden or processed meats)
Include lots of other healthy oils
GLA (from hemp & borage oil) is a great supplement to take – especially for ladies
Eat plenty of avocados, walnuts, almonds, flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, olives & olive oil, coconut milk or oil – and even organic butter is OK too!
Minimize (AVOID) unhealthy fats
Trans fats & hydrogenated fats (e.g. margarine & vegetable oils)
Deep fried food (or shallow fried with vegetable oil – use butter instead)
Grain fed meat
Farmed fish
Aracadonic Acid (omega6 fat found in Corn & Wheat – and in grain-fed animals)
Optimise your insulin levels
This means minimising (AVOIDING) sugar, grains and processed foods – including sugary drinks and fruit juices - all potent promoters of inflammation.
When you do eat grains, stick to whole, unprocessed grains, and preferably consume them directly after exercise. That’s when your body can make use of them to replenish its glycogen stores.
Eat carbohydrates with a low glycaemic load. (This will mean the majority of your carbohydrates will come from vegetables, and to a lesser extent, fruits.)
With every meal, choose a lean protein, a vegetable, and a good source of fat (preferably omega-3s).
Load up on the fresh vegetables, and include plenty of greens, as well as the other colour groups. Eat lots of cruciferous vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts.
This also means exercising regularly – a great way to reduce inflammation!
Identify and AVOID any foods to which you are intolerant
Allergy testing is the only real way to do this
If you have pain limit consumption of the nightshades for 4-12 weeks or until the inflammation is under control
The nightshades are; tomatoes, white potatoes, red and green bell peppers, the "hot" peppers e.g. chili & paprika, aubergine, tobacco.
In a study published in the Journal of the International Academy of Preventive medicine, of the 5000 arthritis sufferers who eliminated Nightshade, seventy percent reported relief from aches, pains, and disfigurement.
Regularly eat ginger and turmeric
Include these spices in your recipes. They have been shown to lower inflammation.
Quit smoking
Smoking hardens your arteries and increases inflammation.
Research shows you can reverse all the damaging effects to your arteries within 10 years of quitting.
However, be sure you get your diet under control first so you don’t fall into the trap of trading cigarettes for unhealthy junk foods.
Make sure your waist size is normal
If you're a woman with a waist measurement of over 35 inches or a man with a waist of over 40 inches, you probably have high inflammation and should take steps to lose weight.
Have healthy outlets for stress and other negative emotions.
High levels of stress hormones can lead to the release of excess inflammatory chemicals
Use tools to help deal with your current stress and resolve past emotional challenges as well.
Optimize your vitamin D levels.
Most people are not aware that vitamin D can have a profoundly dramatic impact on your health.
The best way is through sun exposure on your skin
Taking a Vit D supplement through the winter is a great idea.
Make sure you get enough sleep
Reducing a night’s sleep by four hours leads to elevated cortisol (stress hormone) levels for much of the next day
Most studies suggest 7-8 hours is optimal for most adults
See you at the next talk on the 12th November at St Lukes' school
Neil Cox DC
Monday, 26 October 2009
World leading Expert in Chiropractic pediatrics comes to County Chiropractic
We are very excited to welcome Neil Davies, world leading expert in chiropractic pediatrics, to County Chiropractic this week. He will be giving a free informal talk on chiropractic and children's health at the Westbank healthy living centre in Exminster on Wednesday the 28th October at 2.30pm. http://www.westbank.org.uk/
It is such an opportunity for parents and grandparents in Exeter to come and find out what they can do to improve their childs health.
We will be offering free checkups for any children who come along on the day. Our good friend Violetta Cope a.k.a. 'The Green Chef' will also be there http://www.thegreenchef.co.uk/the_green_chef
We welcome everyone along, please give us a ring on 01392 208 496 to let us know of your intention to come.
It is such an opportunity for parents and grandparents in Exeter to come and find out what they can do to improve their childs health.
We will be offering free checkups for any children who come along on the day. Our good friend Violetta Cope a.k.a. 'The Green Chef' will also be there http://www.thegreenchef.co.uk/the_green_chef
We welcome everyone along, please give us a ring on 01392 208 496 to let us know of your intention to come.
Friday, 31 July 2009
New post from Will Williams - Relate Well!
It was a pleasure to recently be a guest speaker for Neil Cox's interesting 'Think Well' talk, where we had some fun with some interactive experiments.
An area that Neil focused on was relationships, something I'd like to explore a little more here from another small niche of many (in fact it could easily be expanded into a 'Relate Well' talk!). I believe interpersonal relationships form our biggest reservoir of potential in terms of spiritual growth, mental health, and therefore physical wellbeing as a result. A new friend, 'letting go of' or resolving a negative relationship, choosing to express your true feelings about something - these can all be life-changing events.
When we relate to people, our beliefs, attitudes, perceptions, thoughts and feelings all become flexible to change - and could be stimulated, challenged or reinforced depending on the other person. The intensity of such changes of course depends on the nature of the relationship - but even the smallest changes can create ripples that have an ongoing effect. Significant relationships are vast areas in themselves in terms of the positive or destructively negative effects they can have. But I want to focus on the seemingly insignificant ones - because they can hide potentially great thriving friendships that you'd never have expected.
In a time of economic hardship, its relevant to remember that great relationships are free and far more useful and powerful than anything you could buy. Unfortunately, it seems a lot of relationships aren't particularly strong, or emotionally honest. We often rely on emails, texts, social networking sites to communicate, as a way to feel 'included' or receive attention. Our social lives can exist as precarious and fragile as those little glass structures that they used to make in Fraggle Rock, to come tumbling down the moment you hit a dark patch or a true inner crisis. Sometimes if and when you start talking about feelings, insecurities, anxieties or personal goals you might find its more than people are used to dealing with.
I recently asked some friends how well they know other friends, and asked some random questions e.g. "how does so-and-so feel about their life at the moment?" "What are their goals?" and the common answer was "I have no idea!" followed by a strange awakening, and excitement to get to know their friends better. Behind our happy facades, materialistic lives, ipods and mobiles, I have a sneeking suspicion that many people yearn to be able to truly express themselves within open, honest relationships, and to be truly known and understood. But having the courage to do so can only come about from becoming more in touch with yourself, more self-aware, to begin with.
Here is a quote from Carl Rogers, a psychotherapist: "I find I am more effective when I can listen acceptantly to myself, and can be myself. We cannot change, we cannot move away from what we are, until we thoroughly accept what we are. Then change seems to come about unnoticed. Another result which seems to grow out of being myself is that relationships then become real. Real relationships have an exciting way of being vital and meaningful. If I can accept the fact that I am annoyed at or bored by this client or this student, then I am also much more likely to be able to accept his feelings in response. Real relationships tend to change rather than remain static" (from On Becoming a Person). I'm not going to present any exercises or ideas for exploring or enhancing your potential relationships with people in your life - even if you just start thinking about it then thats great.
Will Williams
Monday, 20 July 2009
Insulin levels and Immune function - further explanantion
At County Chiropractic our aim is to learn as much about optimal health as we can in order to pass the information on to our practice members. After writing my last blog about insulin I had a number of people who wanted to know more about the effects of raised blood sugar levels, insulin resistance and the effects on the immune system. It was my intention not to get to deep in to the details at the time but it seems this may have led to some confusion!
It’s great that people are reading the blog and that it is generating questions. We are always happy to expand on any of the topics we cover.
We are all exposed to non fibre, processed, high Glycemic index carbohydrates on a regular basis. It is known that this causes a rapid raise in blood sugar which is followed by a rapid increase in insulin production by the pancreas. This raises blood insulin levels so that the excess sugar (glucose) in the blood can be transported and stored.
Ongoing consumption of these types of foods leads to the insulin receptors on the cell surface becoming resistant to insulin. This means that blood sugar (glucose) levels remain chronically high. The pancreas goes on producing more and more insulin in an attempt to reduce the blood sugar level and so blood insulin also remains high until the pancreas eventually becomes fatigued.
We are simply not genetically designed to deal with the kind of foods that have this effect on blood sugar on a meal by meal basis.
Insulin levels also affect the immune system. When blood insulin levels are high the sympathetic nervous system is stimulated. This stimulation triggers an increase of stress hormones like cortisol which inhibit cell mediated immunity – all to do with the physiological stress response that I won’t go into here.
What effect does high blood sugar have on the immune system? Vitamin C is made from glucose, they are almost identical in structure and they use the same receptors in order to gain entry into the cell. So Vitamin C and glucose (yes sugar) are competing to enter the cell. A high blood sugar level means that glucose is blocking Vitamin C from getting in to the cell.
If the cells have become insulin resistant due to chronic high blood insulin levels, this affects their ability to allow glucose and therefore Vitamin C to enter the cell. They have also become Vitamin C resistant. Also, not only is the cell becoming resistant to Vitamin C but the receptors that are working are potentially already blocked with glucose.
The cells of the immune system, called phagocytes, need high amounts of Vitamin C in order to work properly. A blood sugar value of 120 mg/dL (or 6.67 mmol/L) reduces the phagocytic index (which is essentially the average number of bacteria ingested per white blood cell per period of time) significantly. So to use the same example as before, one saltine cracker can cause the blood sugar levels to go over 100 and in some people as high as 150 mg/dL.
This is why eating sugar, including high Glycemic carbohydrates, decreases the function of your immune system (it slows down the rate at which your white blood cells can ingest bacteria and viruses). It is also why taking high doses of Vitamin C can improve immune function. The problem though is not a lack of Vitamin C supplements. The problem is toxic amounts of sugar and deficient amounts of Vitamin C rich foods.
I hope this has helped to answer your questions and gives you some personal empowerment in your family’s fight against swine flu! Please feel free to email me with any other queries – we are here to help.
Rachael
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
La leche League peer supporter
I am very excited to be involved with Tiverton's breast feeding support group and have just completed a comprehensive training course with La Leche league in order to be a volunteer breast feeding peer supporter. The group in Tiverton is extremely pro-active and we hope to be able to encourage and support women to continue to breast feed for as long as they wish to by helping them over come any obstacles they may face.
I learned so much from the course which will also help me to be a better chiropractor as I love to work with pregnant women and new mums and babies.
We will of course be celebrating world breast feeding week at the start of August with a promotion of breast feeding groups in and around Exeter so look out for details in the practice
Rachael
I learned so much from the course which will also help me to be a better chiropractor as I love to work with pregnant women and new mums and babies.
We will of course be celebrating world breast feeding week at the start of August with a promotion of breast feeding groups in and around Exeter so look out for details in the practice
Rachael
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
I'm a little late in writing this blog - but better late than never! In order to provide the best health education at county chiropractic we are on a constant learning drive to improve the service we give to our practice mambers. Two weekends ago 3 of us chiropractors and Maddy, who is a chiropractic assistant, spent the weekend learning with James Chestnut, wellness expert. Please visit www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk for a link to our health talks
I wanted to share one of the things I took away from the weekend and that is the physiological significance of Insulin.
Lowering blood sugar is only one of the critical roles of insulin in human metabolism, one of the other important purposes is to store excess nutrients. Insulin levels in the body will be raised in response to any increase in energy substrate. When your blood sugar is elevated it is a sign to your innate intelligence that you've got more energy substrate than you need right at that moment.
When blood sugar (or fructose, galactose) rises insulin is realeased to take the sugar and store it for future use. This mechanism is vital for a species that cannot always guarantee steady food supply, however, to have this genetic make up in a species that eats excessive calories and is does not exercise, is literally deadly.
It is commonly believed that excess blood sugar is stored as glycogen in the muscles and liver, but actually all the glycogen stored this way is not enough to last you for even one day. The excess is stored as saturated fats (98% palmitic acid which is a main culprit in heart disease).
So a high complex carbohydrate diet (wholegrain cereals, rice, breads etc) is just a high sugar diet and your body will store the excess sugar as fat. (how do they make farm animals fat? feed them carbohydrates - grains!).
Insulin is being seen as an indicator for lifespan in humans. In studies of centenarians insulin sensitivity is being seen as significant in determining life span.
SIMILARLY, INSULIN RESISTANCE IS CONSIDERED A MAJOR FACTOR IN ALL OF THE CHRONIC LIFESTYLE DISEASES THAT REPRESENT THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN WESTERN SOCIETY.
Cell receptors become insulin resistant when they are trying to protect themselves from toxic amounts of insulin in the blood that result from eating high sugar (carbohydrate) foods. The more 'deaf' the cells become to insulin the louder the pancreas has to shout by producing more insulin until eventually the pancreas becomes fatigued.
Our innate genetic intelligence is not equipped to deal with foods that have this effect on blood sugar and therefore blood insulin levels. Eating this type of diet leads to chronic illness.
Insulin is also involved in storing fats and protiens. Insulin levels also dictate which fuel is used at any given time.
High insulin levels stimulate the sympathetic nerve system which releases stress hormones that inhibit immnuity.
When cells become insulin resistant both blood sugar and blood insulin levels remain high.
Vitamin C and glucose are almost identical and therefore compete for entry into the cell. High blood sugar levels means glucose takes up most of the receptor sites on the cell and with insulin resistance the cell becomes resistant to both glucose and vitamin C. The immune system requires vitamin C to function.
Eating a diet high in sugar (carbohydrate) and low in vitamin C is lethal for your immune system. Just one saltine cracker could push your blood glucaose to levels that reduce your immune function by 75% - imagine what a can of coke could do!
Insulin is invloved in the storage of many nutrients including magnesium. If your cells are insulin resistant you can't store magnesium. As magnesium relaxes muscles, if you are deficient in it because your cells weren't able to store it, the smooth muscles of your blood vessels constrict leading to increase in blood pressure.
Magnesium is also needed for energy production so decreased magnesium means decreased energy and decreased relaxation!
Magnesium is necessary for the action and production of insulin. If you have raised insulin, you lose magnesium and your cells become even more insulin resistant. Blood vessels constrict, glucose and insulin can't get to the tissues and you become even more insulin resistant - insulin levels go up and you lose more magnesium etc etc
Long term high insulin causes the retention of sodium which causes fluid retention which causes high blood pressure. Fluid retention and high blood pressure lead to cardiovascular disease.
On top of this high insulin levels stimulate the sympathetic nerve system which increases heart rate, increases blood pressure, increases blood glucose fats and cholesterol.
I could go on and on ( and maybe I will another day) as I haven't really touched on how insulin resistance effects blood cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, thyroid hormone regulation, sex hormones, aging...
I do just want to mention that movement and exercise are a requirement for normal insulin metabolism so sedentary living and lack of proper joint movement (subluxation) will cause even more insulin resistance.
This can even begin before you are born if your mother is a sedentary carbohydrate junkie!
Please, please attend Neil Cox's series of free health talks to learn how you can improve your lifestyle to gain maximum health for you and your family again the link is on our homepage at www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk
Phew! so glad to have got that of my chest
Rachael
I wanted to share one of the things I took away from the weekend and that is the physiological significance of Insulin.
Lowering blood sugar is only one of the critical roles of insulin in human metabolism, one of the other important purposes is to store excess nutrients. Insulin levels in the body will be raised in response to any increase in energy substrate. When your blood sugar is elevated it is a sign to your innate intelligence that you've got more energy substrate than you need right at that moment.
When blood sugar (or fructose, galactose) rises insulin is realeased to take the sugar and store it for future use. This mechanism is vital for a species that cannot always guarantee steady food supply, however, to have this genetic make up in a species that eats excessive calories and is does not exercise, is literally deadly.
It is commonly believed that excess blood sugar is stored as glycogen in the muscles and liver, but actually all the glycogen stored this way is not enough to last you for even one day. The excess is stored as saturated fats (98% palmitic acid which is a main culprit in heart disease).
So a high complex carbohydrate diet (wholegrain cereals, rice, breads etc) is just a high sugar diet and your body will store the excess sugar as fat. (how do they make farm animals fat? feed them carbohydrates - grains!).
Insulin is being seen as an indicator for lifespan in humans. In studies of centenarians insulin sensitivity is being seen as significant in determining life span.
SIMILARLY, INSULIN RESISTANCE IS CONSIDERED A MAJOR FACTOR IN ALL OF THE CHRONIC LIFESTYLE DISEASES THAT REPRESENT THE LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH IN WESTERN SOCIETY.
Cell receptors become insulin resistant when they are trying to protect themselves from toxic amounts of insulin in the blood that result from eating high sugar (carbohydrate) foods. The more 'deaf' the cells become to insulin the louder the pancreas has to shout by producing more insulin until eventually the pancreas becomes fatigued.
Our innate genetic intelligence is not equipped to deal with foods that have this effect on blood sugar and therefore blood insulin levels. Eating this type of diet leads to chronic illness.
Insulin is also involved in storing fats and protiens. Insulin levels also dictate which fuel is used at any given time.
High insulin levels stimulate the sympathetic nerve system which releases stress hormones that inhibit immnuity.
When cells become insulin resistant both blood sugar and blood insulin levels remain high.
Vitamin C and glucose are almost identical and therefore compete for entry into the cell. High blood sugar levels means glucose takes up most of the receptor sites on the cell and with insulin resistance the cell becomes resistant to both glucose and vitamin C. The immune system requires vitamin C to function.
Eating a diet high in sugar (carbohydrate) and low in vitamin C is lethal for your immune system. Just one saltine cracker could push your blood glucaose to levels that reduce your immune function by 75% - imagine what a can of coke could do!
Insulin is invloved in the storage of many nutrients including magnesium. If your cells are insulin resistant you can't store magnesium. As magnesium relaxes muscles, if you are deficient in it because your cells weren't able to store it, the smooth muscles of your blood vessels constrict leading to increase in blood pressure.
Magnesium is also needed for energy production so decreased magnesium means decreased energy and decreased relaxation!
Magnesium is necessary for the action and production of insulin. If you have raised insulin, you lose magnesium and your cells become even more insulin resistant. Blood vessels constrict, glucose and insulin can't get to the tissues and you become even more insulin resistant - insulin levels go up and you lose more magnesium etc etc
Long term high insulin causes the retention of sodium which causes fluid retention which causes high blood pressure. Fluid retention and high blood pressure lead to cardiovascular disease.
On top of this high insulin levels stimulate the sympathetic nerve system which increases heart rate, increases blood pressure, increases blood glucose fats and cholesterol.
I could go on and on ( and maybe I will another day) as I haven't really touched on how insulin resistance effects blood cholesterol, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, thyroid hormone regulation, sex hormones, aging...
I do just want to mention that movement and exercise are a requirement for normal insulin metabolism so sedentary living and lack of proper joint movement (subluxation) will cause even more insulin resistance.
This can even begin before you are born if your mother is a sedentary carbohydrate junkie!
Please, please attend Neil Cox's series of free health talks to learn how you can improve your lifestyle to gain maximum health for you and your family again the link is on our homepage at www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk
Phew! so glad to have got that of my chest
Rachael
Monday, 15 June 2009
We have just had a great weekend exhibiting at the Bump 2 Baby show at Westpoint Exeter. It was great to meet so many wonderful pregnant ladies, parents and young children. I hope we achieved our mission of increasing awareness of the importance of chiropractic care during pregnancy, for babies and during childhood.
Birth can be a stressful and traumatic time for both mum and baby, even a natural, drug free birth can lead to subluxations of the cranium,spine and pelvis.
Robert Mendelsohn M.D. states that:
“in a substantial percentage of births, obstetrical intervention adversely affects the physical or intellectual capacity of the child for the rest of their life.”
G.Gutmann a German MD concluded in a paper published in ‘Manuelle Medizin’ in 1987 that blocked nerve impulses at the atlas (the top vertebra in the neck) cause many clinical features from central motor impairment to lowered resistance to infections especially in the ear nose and throat.
Dr Gutmann reported that his colleague V. Frymann examined a random group of 1250 babies five days after birth and found that 211 suffered from vomiting, hyperactivity and sleeplessness. Manual examination revealed cervical (neck) strain in 95% of them! (what about the other 5% - we don't know if they had problems elsewhere in the cranium, spine or pelvis).
Robert Mendelsohn M.D. states that:
“in a substantial percentage of births, obstetrical intervention adversely affects the physical or intellectual capacity of the child for the rest of their life.”
G.Gutmann a German MD concluded in a paper published in ‘Manuelle Medizin’ in 1987 that blocked nerve impulses at the atlas (the top vertebra in the neck) cause many clinical features from central motor impairment to lowered resistance to infections especially in the ear nose and throat.
Dr Gutmann reported that his colleague V. Frymann examined a random group of 1250 babies five days after birth and found that 211 suffered from vomiting, hyperactivity and sleeplessness. Manual examination revealed cervical (neck) strain in 95% of them! (what about the other 5% - we don't know if they had problems elsewhere in the cranium, spine or pelvis).
We have lots of other research articles and case studies for you to check out in the practice along with testimonials from relieved parents. We will always offer a free consultation to babies and children because we know how essential it is for them to be subluxation free for life.
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Dr Neil Cox's Top Tips for Passing your Exams
Last night I gave a slightly abbreviated version of the Genetics, Lifestyle and Health talk to a group of parents and pupils at Exeter School. Once I got home I realised that it may have been helpful to talk a little about learning since many of the audience were students about to sit some very important exams. It was too late to go back, so I decided to write this article instead. So this is for all those of you who are in the build up to your exams whether they are school, university or professional. Good luck - I know you can do it!
Dr Neil Cox's Top Tips for Passing your Exams
How many of you would like to be able to retain the information that you study more easily and therefore perform better in your exams? In that case; here are my three top tips to enhance your learning.
Movement enhances learning, memory and concentration. There is a centre in your brain known as the Hippocampus. Now with a name like hippo-campus, that would have to be your learning centre. The hippocampus is the part of your brain responsible for turning short term memories into long term memories and is therefore crucial to any learning. In studies done with both rats and mice, the animals that were encouraged to move (allowed to run on a wheel) were not only better at learning tasks but developed BIGGER hippocampi than the animals that were not allowed to exercise. Exercise GROWS the part of your brain involved in learning! WOW!
Movement of your spine is particularly important due to the number of movement sensors in your spine and their connection to your cerebellum and hippocampi (one on each side of your brain).
So my tip, which should be easy to implement now that you are heading home for exam leave is; try to incorporate as much movement as possible, particularly of your spine, into your daily routine as you study for your exams. This will boost your learning ability more than anything else. Any kind of exercise will do and especially those that move your spine. If you’d like suggestions check out our "Spinal Hygiene" exercise pages (http://images.vortala.com/chiropractor/UK/Devon/Exeter/County%20Chiropractic%20Exeter/SiteGraphics/basic-spinal-p1.pdf).
Fish oil feeds your brain. Your brain is made up almost entirely of fat – but not just any kind of fat, the special kind of fat found in oily fish known as Omega3. Omega 3’s have been shown to enhance many aspects of brain function including our favourite three right now… learning, memory and concentration. So my tip here is; make sure you are getting plenty of Omega3 oils in your diet. One way to do this is to eat more oily fish – Wild Atlantic Salmon, Mackerel and Sardines are good examples.
The easiest and safest way to ensure that you are getting all the Omega3 you need is to take a purified fish oil supplement. Good examples are Innate Choice, available at the practice, or Eskimo3, available at any chemist or health food shop.
Both sides is best. Learning happens most effectively when both sides of the brain are involved at the same time. That is why stories are so effective – the facts stimulate the left side of your brain and the emotion and imaginative elements stimulate the right side. To try to make use of this principle; use different colours in your notes. Highlighting or writing key words or phrases in different colours helps since reading the word is a left brain activity but your right brain processes the colour. So my tip – make your revision notes as colourful as possible (just the key points though – they are notes not artwork).
Finally, I want to encourage you to be positive and have confidence in your ability. We know that mental states of hope and optimism help to turn down the stress response and therefore make it easier to learn. States involving fear and pessimism on the other hand stimulate the stress response and make it harder to learn or to concentrate on any one thing for a period of time. So if you feel yourself stressing about an exam; acknowledge how you feel (this is not about denial) and then say to your self that you are choosing to focus on the things that you can control and what could go right, rather than on things that you can’t control and could go wrong. I hope that the exams go well for your all and wish you all the very best for the future.
Yours in health,
Neil Cox
Dr Neil Cox's Top Tips for Passing your Exams
How many of you would like to be able to retain the information that you study more easily and therefore perform better in your exams? In that case; here are my three top tips to enhance your learning.
Movement enhances learning, memory and concentration. There is a centre in your brain known as the Hippocampus. Now with a name like hippo-campus, that would have to be your learning centre. The hippocampus is the part of your brain responsible for turning short term memories into long term memories and is therefore crucial to any learning. In studies done with both rats and mice, the animals that were encouraged to move (allowed to run on a wheel) were not only better at learning tasks but developed BIGGER hippocampi than the animals that were not allowed to exercise. Exercise GROWS the part of your brain involved in learning! WOW!
Movement of your spine is particularly important due to the number of movement sensors in your spine and their connection to your cerebellum and hippocampi (one on each side of your brain).
So my tip, which should be easy to implement now that you are heading home for exam leave is; try to incorporate as much movement as possible, particularly of your spine, into your daily routine as you study for your exams. This will boost your learning ability more than anything else. Any kind of exercise will do and especially those that move your spine. If you’d like suggestions check out our "Spinal Hygiene" exercise pages (http://images.vortala.com/chiropractor/UK/Devon/Exeter/County%20Chiropractic%20Exeter/SiteGraphics/basic-spinal-p1.pdf).
Fish oil feeds your brain. Your brain is made up almost entirely of fat – but not just any kind of fat, the special kind of fat found in oily fish known as Omega3. Omega 3’s have been shown to enhance many aspects of brain function including our favourite three right now… learning, memory and concentration. So my tip here is; make sure you are getting plenty of Omega3 oils in your diet. One way to do this is to eat more oily fish – Wild Atlantic Salmon, Mackerel and Sardines are good examples.
The easiest and safest way to ensure that you are getting all the Omega3 you need is to take a purified fish oil supplement. Good examples are Innate Choice, available at the practice, or Eskimo3, available at any chemist or health food shop.
Both sides is best. Learning happens most effectively when both sides of the brain are involved at the same time. That is why stories are so effective – the facts stimulate the left side of your brain and the emotion and imaginative elements stimulate the right side. To try to make use of this principle; use different colours in your notes. Highlighting or writing key words or phrases in different colours helps since reading the word is a left brain activity but your right brain processes the colour. So my tip – make your revision notes as colourful as possible (just the key points though – they are notes not artwork).
Finally, I want to encourage you to be positive and have confidence in your ability. We know that mental states of hope and optimism help to turn down the stress response and therefore make it easier to learn. States involving fear and pessimism on the other hand stimulate the stress response and make it harder to learn or to concentrate on any one thing for a period of time. So if you feel yourself stressing about an exam; acknowledge how you feel (this is not about denial) and then say to your self that you are choosing to focus on the things that you can control and what could go right, rather than on things that you can’t control and could go wrong. I hope that the exams go well for your all and wish you all the very best for the future.
Yours in health,
Neil Cox
Thursday, 9 April 2009
New Talk Dates!
Great news…we have new dates set for the free health talks!
The talks are once again being held at St Luke’s Science and Sports College in conjunction with there skilled for health workshops.
The whole County Chiropractic team would like to take this opportunity to invite you and all your friends to the talks...The New Dates are as follows:
‘Genetic, Lifestyle and Health’
Thursday 7th May at 6 pm
The talks are once again being held at St Luke’s Science and Sports College in conjunction with there skilled for health workshops.
The whole County Chiropractic team would like to take this opportunity to invite you and all your friends to the talks...The New Dates are as follows:
‘Genetic, Lifestyle and Health’
Thursday 7th May at 6 pm
‘Eat Well’
Thursday 14th May at 6 pm
‘Move Well’
Thursday 11th June at 6 pm
‘Think Well’
Thursday 2nd July at 6 pm
For further information please visit: http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor/chiropractor/89L/exeter-chiropractor/health-talks.htm
Monday, 30 March 2009
We have had a busy couple of weekends that have been great for furthering our mission to be as healthy as we can be! Last weekend Neil C, Neil F, Maddy, Steve Amber and I attended the United Chiropractic Association's annual spring conference in London. The first Speaker was Cyndi O'Meara author of the book Changing Habits, Changing Lives. She spoke about the difference between Nature foods and Chemical foods and the importance of keeping manufactured chemical based foods out of your diet. A great example was the difference between two cakes. The first cake was low fat and low calorie and the second cake had a higher fat and calorie content. Many people would look at those and presume they were doing the healthy thing and chose the first cake, the trouble is many people neglect to look at the actual ingredients!
First Cake
- Margerine
- Hydrogenated fat
- Cocoa flavouring
- Egg powder
- White Flour
- White salt
- White Sugar
- Preservatives
Second Cake
- Butter
- Organic free range eggs
- Organic Cocoa
- unbleached flour
- Sea salt
- Muscavado sugar
When you look at it like that it seems obvious which one would be better for you! Some of the real baddies to look out for include Aspartame (an artificial sweetner), E477 propylene glycol - the USA have recalled all medication that contained E477 but here in the UK it is still allowed in food, Sodium benzoate again has been banned in many countries, this time because of its effects on the kidney and liver but it is allowed into our food here in the UK.
Cyndi urged us all to become powerful consumers by acting on knowledge, reading food labels, choosing not to buy technology foods, being aware of GM foods, not supporting companies that do not support your families health.
The second speakers were Jennifer and Simon Floreani. Jennifer is the auther of Well adjusted babies and Simon is aiding the Australian government with a real shake up of the their health care system. They run an amazing family chiropractic and wellness practice in Australia and they covered many topics including pregnancy, birthing, vaccinations, breastfeeding and natural ways to boost immunity. We love treating families at County Chiropractic so it was great to get together with so many other like minded chiropractors from across the world
Jenny writes a great blog on her website
http://www.welladjustedbabies.com/blog/
Yesterday we spent the afternoon with Violetta Cope 'The Green Chef'. She runs fabulous courses on raw food and this was the introduction to bringing more raw, live food into our lives. Steve and I have been gradually bringing more live food into our meals over the last couple of years and have really felt the benefits in terms of better health and greater energy. It was great to have some new ideas especially things our 1 year old daughter Amber can eat as I am very aware of over cooking her veg to make them soft enough for her to eat. My favourite recipes we tried were a raw porridge and raw soup which I will definately be trying this week! Steve is just off to Reapers our local health food shop as we speak to buy the new ingredients we need. I can highly recommend Violetta's courses and hope that many of our practice members will take up her courses to boost their health and improve their lives. We hope that Violetta will soon be joining us at the practice offfering manual lymphatic drainage treatments as she is a real inspiration and will be a great addition to our fantastic team.
http://www.thegreenchef.co.uk/
Thanks for reading my blog
Rachael
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Think, Feel and Be Well
On Thursday night last week we held the final talk in the ‘Free Health Talk’ series, which has been happening at St. Luke’s school as part of the Government’s “Skilled for Health” program.
Building on the success of ‘Genetics, Lifestyle and Health’; ‘Eat Well’ and ‘Move Well’; Thursday night’s talk was ‘Think, Feel and Be Well’. We had another great turnout with over 40 people coming along to hear myself and Will Williams provide some great tools for stress reduction, self-empowerment and personal transformation.
As a quick reminder, or a brief introduction if you couldn’t be there; the exercise that Will went through was fantastic and is provided below; and ‘The Five Essentials for Successful Meditation/ Mind Quieting’ that I went through is available to our practice members by following the “homecare procedures” link (where you will also find our basic and advanced Spinal Hygiene workouts – imagine the change in your life that is possible just by adding those two simple habits; spinal hygiene and meditation/mind quieting – amazing!).
The good news is that we are going to run all four talks again as part of the next cycle of Skilled for Health, which begins again on the 30th of April. I am just in the process of finalising the dates for the next run of talks and will let you know as soon as I have them confirmed. One of the great things about our being part of the Skilled for Health program is that Vicki Tearle, the Skilled for Health coordinator, has said that any of our practice members can do any of the S4H workshops! This is a really cool program so if you are interested in seeing what you can get involved with for FREE, you can get more details here http://www.st-lukes.devon.sch.uk/skilled4health/index.html
I hope that those of you who were able to come along enjoyed the talks and want to congratulate once again those of you who were able to make it to all 4 – my Wellness Warriors! I am looking forward to the next run through and hope to see many of you, and your friends and family, there!
Have a great day,
Neil Cox
The good news is that we are going to run all four talks again as part of the next cycle of Skilled for Health, which begins again on the 30th of April. I am just in the process of finalising the dates for the next run of talks and will let you know as soon as I have them confirmed. One of the great things about our being part of the Skilled for Health program is that Vicki Tearle, the Skilled for Health coordinator, has said that any of our practice members can do any of the S4H workshops! This is a really cool program so if you are interested in seeing what you can get involved with for FREE, you can get more details here http://www.st-lukes.devon.sch.uk/skilled4health/index.html
I hope that those of you who were able to come along enjoyed the talks and want to congratulate once again those of you who were able to make it to all 4 – my Wellness Warriors! I am looking forward to the next run through and hope to see many of you, and your friends and family, there!
Have a great day,
Neil Cox
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
The Power of Mental Movies
By Will Williams,
www.willwilliams.co.uk
There are countless studies to support the powerful influence of our imaginations over our immune systems, hormones, energy levels, and how we perceive the world. Expectations, or what we imagine for ourselves in our lives, influence the opportunities we recognise (or fail to), how we relate to others, and the actions we take.
So... how we use our imaginations is very important! Anyone who thinks they don't have much of an imagination... nonsense! We all do it, all the time. One of the key ways in which we imagine is through mental visualisations. As an example, everyone gets anxious at some time or another, and anxiety is the result of pure imagination. For example, if you're anxious about a future event, you're imagining it in a certain way. How are you doing it? If you find out, you can change it, and get different results.
Sound good? Good!Heres a quick exercise to get the ball rolling - if nothing else, I hope it gets you curious to learn more and experiment a little with your imagination.
1/ Think of a word that can be your symbol for accessing a great 'feelgood' state in just a moment. Perhaps something like energy, focus, fresh, or 'orange blossom'.
2/ Close your eyes, think about a time in your life you have felt fantastic. Really get into it. Visualise it. Notice what you visualise and how you do it. Can you see yourself in the picture, or are you looking through your own eyes? It is black and white, or colour? Moving, or still? Big or small? One big picture, or lots of little ones? Play around with them to get the feeling even greater - perhaps make the picture even bigger, brighter, sharper, put some favourite music in there. Whatever you like! When you get yourself feeling good - see your 'word' written over the picture, and hear yourself saying it to yourself in your mind. You might like to also "anchor" the feeling by pushing your thumb and a finger tip together (this associates the feeling to the touch). Do this a few times for a few different memories where you have felt excited, confident, or just fantastic.
3/ Now think about something you feel anxious about. How are you visualising it this time? Notice how its different. How are you making yourself anxious? Are you saying something to yourself in a negative, dreary way? Is the picture dark and blurry? Start playing with it! Get that imagination going. Make it brighter, see yourself as confident, comfortable. Whatever it takes! Hear yourself say that word again, push those fingers together, and let that associated good feeling flood into the anxious picture.
As you practice this, you'll notice the unique things you do to evoke certain feelings. It may be that you feel more comfortable when you are visualising as if through your own eyes, but vulnerable if visualising yourself from the outside.
Maybe you visualise people from your past who were critical, when you are feeling fragile. Perhaps you visualise lots of little disorganised pictures when feeling overwhelmed with a task. Put them all in order, followed by a single picture of the end goal, and see how much better it feels!
Thanks Will for writing the above blog for us. I hpe you find it helpful in refreshing some of the information you learned from both Neil and Will during the evening last Thursday. Look out for the new dates of the talks, we will keep you posted!
www.willwilliams.co.uk
There are countless studies to support the powerful influence of our imaginations over our immune systems, hormones, energy levels, and how we perceive the world. Expectations, or what we imagine for ourselves in our lives, influence the opportunities we recognise (or fail to), how we relate to others, and the actions we take.
So... how we use our imaginations is very important! Anyone who thinks they don't have much of an imagination... nonsense! We all do it, all the time. One of the key ways in which we imagine is through mental visualisations. As an example, everyone gets anxious at some time or another, and anxiety is the result of pure imagination. For example, if you're anxious about a future event, you're imagining it in a certain way. How are you doing it? If you find out, you can change it, and get different results.
Sound good? Good!Heres a quick exercise to get the ball rolling - if nothing else, I hope it gets you curious to learn more and experiment a little with your imagination.
1/ Think of a word that can be your symbol for accessing a great 'feelgood' state in just a moment. Perhaps something like energy, focus, fresh, or 'orange blossom'.
2/ Close your eyes, think about a time in your life you have felt fantastic. Really get into it. Visualise it. Notice what you visualise and how you do it. Can you see yourself in the picture, or are you looking through your own eyes? It is black and white, or colour? Moving, or still? Big or small? One big picture, or lots of little ones? Play around with them to get the feeling even greater - perhaps make the picture even bigger, brighter, sharper, put some favourite music in there. Whatever you like! When you get yourself feeling good - see your 'word' written over the picture, and hear yourself saying it to yourself in your mind. You might like to also "anchor" the feeling by pushing your thumb and a finger tip together (this associates the feeling to the touch). Do this a few times for a few different memories where you have felt excited, confident, or just fantastic.
3/ Now think about something you feel anxious about. How are you visualising it this time? Notice how its different. How are you making yourself anxious? Are you saying something to yourself in a negative, dreary way? Is the picture dark and blurry? Start playing with it! Get that imagination going. Make it brighter, see yourself as confident, comfortable. Whatever it takes! Hear yourself say that word again, push those fingers together, and let that associated good feeling flood into the anxious picture.
As you practice this, you'll notice the unique things you do to evoke certain feelings. It may be that you feel more comfortable when you are visualising as if through your own eyes, but vulnerable if visualising yourself from the outside.
Maybe you visualise people from your past who were critical, when you are feeling fragile. Perhaps you visualise lots of little disorganised pictures when feeling overwhelmed with a task. Put them all in order, followed by a single picture of the end goal, and see how much better it feels!
Thanks Will for writing the above blog for us. I hpe you find it helpful in refreshing some of the information you learned from both Neil and Will during the evening last Thursday. Look out for the new dates of the talks, we will keep you posted!
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
‘Move Well’ was a great success!
Last Thursday night saw a fantastic turn out of practice members and friends to Dr Neil Cox’s 3rd talk in a series of 4; Move well; exercise to fit our frame.Neil shared with everyone the importance of movement and how movement is required for healthy cell function, whilst Violetta tempted everyone with her fantastic smoothies and delicious healthy snacks. Once again the energy and enthusiasm radiated throughout the room and everybody left with some health inspired tips and a new found commitment to increasing their levels of exercise – we can’t wait to see people skipping between lampposts whilst singing on the way into the clinic!!!
The evening ended with Dr Neil Finemore demonstrating some of the spinal hygiene exercises, and what a fantastic job he did! It was a very successful and well organised evening, well Done Neil Cox - you are an inspiration to us all.
Don't forget to attend the final talk in the series 'Think Well' on Thursday 19th March 2009 at 6.00 pm at St Lukes Science and Sports College. For further information just call the clinic on 01392 208496 or click here
Friday, 13 February 2009
Move Well
Just a reminder that the third talk (of four) in Dr Neil's unmissable series Eat Well, Move Well, Think Well, will be next Thursday the 26th February at 6pm at St Lukes School
For more information see our website
http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor/chiropractor/89L/exeter-chiropractor/health-talks.htm
For more information see our website
http://www.exeter.countychiropractic.co.uk/doctor/chiropractor/89L/exeter-chiropractor/health-talks.htm
Difficulty breast feeding
Sorry if this is too much information for some but it’s an important issue I want to raise! I spent last weekend and the early part of this week with increasing soreness when feeding Amber. Over the course of two days it got worse as I was extremely tender and I was becoming more and more lop-sided (Mums you know what I mean). It looked like it was going to develop into a nasty case of mastitis and I was trying to figure out what was going on in my life to cause my body create this congestion and inflammation all of a sudden.
Anyway, by Wednesday I was getting pretty desperate it was really rather painful and I spent a lot of the day trying to encourage Amber to feed on that side to try to relieve some of the fullness (even though I was having to grit my teeth each time she latched on). It was whilst Amber was feeding and fidgeting and pulling away and really not looking relaxed at all it twigged, I thought to myself – ‘it’s not my problem – it’s yours!. I couldn’t believe it had taken me days to figure it out as it’s the kind of thing I tell Mums to look out for every day. As soon as Steve got home from work I checked Amber and sure enough she had a right cranial subluxation. Five minutes later I had adjusted her and she was feeding on the left side no problem at all and by the time she had finished I no longer had any pain or tenderness.
So it wasn’t my problem it was Amber’s, and given the number of times she has fallen and bumped her head in the last week as she is learning to walk it’s no wonder she had a cranial subluxation!
So the moral of the story is – if you know a breastfeeding mum who is struggling to get her baby to latch on or is suffering from soreness or even mastitis they should both really come down and get their spine and nervous systems checked for subluxations as soon as possible. If movement of the neck is impaired or there is interference to the nerve supply of the tongue and muscles of the face breast feeding is going to be difficult and uncomfortable for the child. I just can’t believe it took me days to figure it out.
Rachael
P.s. all babies and children are entitled to a complementary consultation
Anyway, by Wednesday I was getting pretty desperate it was really rather painful and I spent a lot of the day trying to encourage Amber to feed on that side to try to relieve some of the fullness (even though I was having to grit my teeth each time she latched on). It was whilst Amber was feeding and fidgeting and pulling away and really not looking relaxed at all it twigged, I thought to myself – ‘it’s not my problem – it’s yours!. I couldn’t believe it had taken me days to figure it out as it’s the kind of thing I tell Mums to look out for every day. As soon as Steve got home from work I checked Amber and sure enough she had a right cranial subluxation. Five minutes later I had adjusted her and she was feeding on the left side no problem at all and by the time she had finished I no longer had any pain or tenderness.
So it wasn’t my problem it was Amber’s, and given the number of times she has fallen and bumped her head in the last week as she is learning to walk it’s no wonder she had a cranial subluxation!
So the moral of the story is – if you know a breastfeeding mum who is struggling to get her baby to latch on or is suffering from soreness or even mastitis they should both really come down and get their spine and nervous systems checked for subluxations as soon as possible. If movement of the neck is impaired or there is interference to the nerve supply of the tongue and muscles of the face breast feeding is going to be difficult and uncomfortable for the child. I just can’t believe it took me days to figure it out.
Rachael
P.s. all babies and children are entitled to a complementary consultation
Friday, 30 January 2009
What an amazing week we have had at County Chiropractic! Last Thursday we had our annual team day where we come together to evaluate how we are doing, make plans for the future and share some of the best thingks we have learnted over the previous year.
What an inspiring day it was. Lucy and Maddy showed us just how much chiropractic and vitalistic health philosophy they have taken on board (a lot!!) and how they have used it to change their lives. Gareth and Neil C helped us to realise the power of a positive mind and the control we have over the thoughts that run our lives. Kirsten got us all moving after our delicious organic lunch and made sure we are all performing our spinal hygiene exercises properly (check them out in the members area of our website) and Neil F shared an inspiring case history where the thoughtfulness of a CA (Chiropractic Assistant) and the chiropractic care that followed really helped one man transform hise life. I realated what I have learnt about the health of individual cells in relation to the wellness of the whole person and the vital part body and joint movement plays in brain function.
Everybody played a vital part in our group discussion and all made amazing contributions to the day. A really great team day.
Last night was the second in our series of talks 'Eat well, nutrition to match our make up'. It was really well attended and both speakers Dr Neil Cox and Raw food expert Violetta Cope were recieved with eager ears and everyone there was inspired to make some healthful changes to their diet. Violetta had made some delicious raw snacks for the break and then gave a juicing demo which we all got to taste, Both Neil and Violetta put a lot of time and love into the preperation of the evening and I am grateful to them both for that, their passion for the subject is most infectious!
What an inspiring day it was. Lucy and Maddy showed us just how much chiropractic and vitalistic health philosophy they have taken on board (a lot!!) and how they have used it to change their lives. Gareth and Neil C helped us to realise the power of a positive mind and the control we have over the thoughts that run our lives. Kirsten got us all moving after our delicious organic lunch and made sure we are all performing our spinal hygiene exercises properly (check them out in the members area of our website) and Neil F shared an inspiring case history where the thoughtfulness of a CA (Chiropractic Assistant) and the chiropractic care that followed really helped one man transform hise life. I realated what I have learnt about the health of individual cells in relation to the wellness of the whole person and the vital part body and joint movement plays in brain function.
Everybody played a vital part in our group discussion and all made amazing contributions to the day. A really great team day.
Last night was the second in our series of talks 'Eat well, nutrition to match our make up'. It was really well attended and both speakers Dr Neil Cox and Raw food expert Violetta Cope were recieved with eager ears and everyone there was inspired to make some healthful changes to their diet. Violetta had made some delicious raw snacks for the break and then gave a juicing demo which we all got to taste, Both Neil and Violetta put a lot of time and love into the preperation of the evening and I am grateful to them both for that, their passion for the subject is most infectious!
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