Welcome To “On Purpose” November 2014

Happy Go Lucky An 8 year-old diagnosed with depression, ADHD and learning disabilities was brought to a chiropractic office by his mother, who reported his medications appeared to be ineffective. Subluxation based chiropractic was given over an 8 month period and as a result, improvement was noted in all areas by his parents and school teachers.

Epidemic ADHD According to the CDC, approximately 12% of children have ADHD.

Bang Your Head A 15 year-old girl diagnosed with concussion after being hit on the head with the trunk of a van experienced constant pain, headache and difficulty concentrating. 3 weeks after the incident she sought chiropractic care and experienced huge improvements in her Impact Concussion Tests after nine adjustments.

NFL (No Fun Lesions?) More than 3,000 former NFL players are suing the league for not properly educating them about the risk of brain injury.

Play Till it Hurts Over one fifth of emergency room visits from children age 5-24 are due to sports injuries.

Sad Statistic It is estimated that 5,000 American children are injured or die from sports related concussions per year. Author: Max Andrews

Function Right The body’s inability to function normally due to altered sensory input may be caused by subluxation.

HD You Every dimension of the human experience is processed through the nervous system. The Nerve Roots of the Spinal Cord

Dry Your Eyes A 10 year-old boy with bedwetting presented to a chiropractor. After 4 weeks of chiropractic care, the bedwetting ceased.

Synchronize for Less Irritability Irritable bowel syndrome appears to be due to a miscommunication between the brain, the gut and the microbiota.

Lots of IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome affects between 5%-20% of individuals worldwide.

Smart Stomach Gut function and behavior, and health, are linked by the nervous system.

Three Brains There are those that say we have 3 brains; one in your head, a heart brain and a gut brain.

Feed Your Brain with Probiotics Like the spinal cord, the gut holds up to 600 million neurons and can operate independently of the brain and modulates immune activity.

Adjust Your Supplements You can put all the supplements you want into a subluxated body, but if the communication is disrupted they won’t have much impact. Photo by Nagagym

Fight or Flight Tummy Irritable bowel syndrome patients frequently show increased sympathetic (fight or flight) nervous system activity and decreased parasympathetic (rest/heal/repair) activity. or

T4 and After A 64 year-old woman presented with T4 Syndrome – bilateral paresthesia, upper back pain and numbness in the hands – to a chiropractor’s office. Chiropractic adjustments to reduce vertebral subluxations were applied and by the 5th visit the patient reported complete resolution of symptoms.

Chiropractic Knows No Age In a one year study with a Medicare population, chiropractic proved to be significantly protective against one year decline in activities of daily living, stooping, walking, self-rated health and worsening health.

Stressed Kids = More Stressed Adult Adverse stress early in life can lead to long term hyper-response to stress later in life.

Windows to the Soul The precision with which people can make decisions can be predicted by measuring pupil size before they are presented with any information about the decision. Pupil size shows reliability of decisions. Medicalnewstoday.com. 9/19/14.

Immune Environment Our immune response is much more strongly regulated by environmental factors than was initially known. Epigenetic programming of immune system training unraveled. Medical News Today. 9/26/14.

Can You Hear Me Now? A study has confirmed nerve signals are sound pulses. Study confirms that nerve signals are sound pulses. Medical News Today. 9/13/14.

No Need for State Farm Two colliding nerve impulses pass through one another and continue unaffected. Study confirms that nerve signals are sound pulses. Medical News Today. 9/13/14.

Socially Painful Back pain all too often disrupts peoples’ social identities and relationships, leading to withdrawal from normal social life and relative isolation. The Back Letter 2014;29(6)Pain Ravaging Social Lives?

Handle with Care A study presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in New Orleans suggested that spinal fusion for degenerative disc disease does not appear to adequately reduce symptoms or subsequent spending on spine care. The results were dismal. The Back Letter 2014;29(6) Spinal Fusion Surgery for Degenerative Disc Disease: Dismal Results, According to U.S. Insurer.