Feeling Like you Have No Energy?

Try some vitamin B12.  Here is a great article on the benefits of B12 Vitamins.  We have started carrying B12 vitamin liquid shots here at the clinic.  Don't hesitate to ask questions the next time you're in for your adjustment!

Vitamin B12 is sometimes also called cyanocobalamin because they contain a metal ion which is cobalt. The vitamin b12 benefits that are the most popular are often due to its crucial role in giving you energy. While not all the functions and vitamin b12 benefits are clear they definitely have a vital role in the creation of healthy red blood cells. In fact, you might sometimes hear of people such as athletes or people with low energy getting a B12 injection. You often hear about these injections because clinicians use them to help your energy level and nervous system. These vitamins might also be important in the production of neurotransmitters in your brain such as dopamine and serotonin.

Another of the B12 benefits is that it protects myelin which is a fatty material that covers your nerves and enables them to transmit electrical impulses/messages between the nerve cells throughout the body. Depressed patients often have low serotonin so one of the benefits of vitamin b12 is their role in preventing depression which is another of the reasons it is often called an energy vitamin. They also support your growth and appetite. People sometimes associate this vitamin with weight loss because since it increase your energy and metabolism your body will naturally  increase its daily energy consumption.

B12 vitamin is found in animal-based foods such as eggs, dairy products, fish including crabmeat, croaker, lobster, oysters, scallops, and meat. This is one of the reasons why vegetarians often have problems with vitamin B12 intake and might suffer from vitamin b12 deficiency symptoms . It’s interesting to note that your body actually produces a small amount of vitamin B12 in your small intestine thanks to bacteria that live there and help you digest foods. If you are vegetarian make sure you have enough B12 vitamins in your diet. If not, supplements are heavily recommended because this is an essential vitamin and you will have to add a much harder time making sure you have sufficient amounts of B12 in your diet. Other people at risk of deficiency in vitamin B12 are young children and seniors who can have problems storing a good supply of vitamins in their bodies. As previously mentioned some people, especially those with pernicious anemia, also get vitamin b12 injections because their diet does not naturally have enough for their needs.

You only need a few micrograms of the vitamin daily to receive all the benefits of vitamin b12; people sometimes enjoy taking up to a few milligrams claiming improved energy and no side effects. Since Vitamin B12 is a water soluble vitamin all excess will simply be washed away in your urine. This is unlike vitamins such as vitamin A which are stored in your fat so while you might want to take a lot of supplements to take advantage of all the vitamin A benefits your actually doing so at your own peril past a certain daily amount. If you decide to take Vitamin B12 supplements you definitely want to make sure there is ample information about the brand you want to buy and contacting your health doctor for his approval is probably also a good idea.

http://wisemensvitamins.com/vitamin-b12-benefits/ For more information on this article, follow the link.

Chiropractic Speeds Up Your Golf Swing!

Take a look at this article about how simple physics and chiropractic improves the speed of your golf swing!
Article shared from Planet Chiropractic News. (http://www.planetc1.com/)

Marietta, Georgia -- It is a simple physics equation in golf: the higher the swing speed, the farther the golf ball travels. The average PGA Tour player generates a swing speed in the neighborhood of 110 MPH. Maurice Allen, a first year chiropractic student at Life University, recorded the highest ever swing of 161 MPH as recorded on the Momentus® Speed Whoosh, a golf training aid.

The previous record of 159 MPH was set by Joe Miller, the 2010 Remax Long Drive Champion. Before Miller, the record of 157 MPH was held by Jamie Sadlowski, the 2008 and 2009 Remax Long Drive Champion. Maurice will attempt to qualify for the 2011 Remax event beginning in March. The finals will be held in Mesquite, Nevada in November.
 
Allen attributes his long drive prowess to God-given abilities. “I’ve never really played golf,” he says. “My dad played when I was growing up, but I never competed and never owned golf clubs.” He only discovered his uncanny knack for long hitting about six months ago.
 
“I lost a bet,” says Allen. “I was helping a friend of mine named Steve Harrison organize a golf event, and he bet me I couldn’t hit the ball very far.” From that first shot, a phenomenon was born. You can regularly find Maurice Allen in the PGA Superstore in suburban Atlanta, literally cracking golf balls into a net. On a recent visit, he cracked the covers of three regulation golf balls, the sheer force of the club splitting the ionomer polyelectrolyte cover.
 
Allen is taking his newly discovered talent seriously, training in the Life University Sport Science Institute (LUSSI). LUSSI is a proprietary center on the campus of Life University that specializes in helping elite athletes reach peak performance. Through a specific regimen of chiropractic adjustments, fitness and nutrition, Allen is becoming a finely tuned athlete, ready to take on all comers in long drive competitions. He credits LUSSI’s Dr. Keith Rau with helping him break the club head speed record, and looks forward to seeing how far he can push the limit of the golf ball.
 
About Life University Founded in Marietta, Georgia in 1974, Life University is the largest chiropractic college in the world. Life University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) and the Council on Chiropractic Education (CCE) to award four-year undergraduate and graduate degrees in a variety of health care, science, business and general studies fields. The mission of Life University is to empower students with the education, skills and values necessary for career success and life fulfillment, based on vitalistic philosophy.

Chiropractic Care for Babies with Colic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXBns0lF_l8&feature=player_embedded

Watch this video for great information for babies with colic.

Chiropractic Adjustments Keep Your Immunity Up!

Here is an article from Keloland.com about two viruses that are going around.  Chiropractic adjustments help to keep your immunity up to battle viruses and colds.  Have you been in for adjustment lately?

It's that time of year.  Time for coughs, sneezes, runny noses and lately, sour stomachs.

If you or your child has felt a little sick to your stomach these days or maybe you have a cough or are stuffed up, it's probably for good reason. There are a few viruses going around.

It's not seasonal influenza or H1N1 that's making the rounds this winter, rather adenovirus and parainfluenza.

Both can make you very sick.

Adenovirus attacks the respiratory tract, the eyes and the intestine.  It's a frequent cause of diarrhea. So what you thought might have been the stomach flu was something entirely different.

Parainfluenza shares symptoms with another illness as well.

“Runny nose, stuffy nose, you can have fever but you can also have this croupy cough that basically sounds like a seal,” Sanford Pediatric Infectious Disease physician Dr. Maria Carrillo said.

Carrillo says both viruses are typical this time of year and are just that - a virus. That means you'll have to let them run their course.

But look for symptoms that may suggest something more serious like pneumonia. If your child isn't eating or sleeping or just not themselves, it's time to call the doctor.

But Carrillo says if your child has a fever, you don't necessarily need to make an appointment.

“The fever itself is a symptom, basically an alarm or an alert of the body saying, 'Hey, something's going on,'” Carrillo said.

If your newborn has a fever higher than 100.4 degrees, call the doctor right away.  And for older children, anything higher than 101 should be cause for concern.

Carrillo says when it comes to these common illnesses, it's important to use good hygiene.

Since cases of seasonal influenza are showing up across the country, it's important to roll up your sleeve.

“By protecting yourself and we're not talking about only protecting our children, all of the family needs to be protected. Because in that way, we can protect the rest of the community, we can protect the people who cannot be vaccinated,” Carrillo said.

Creating what's called herd immunity, which will keep your family healthy.

Kids and Chiropractic

Adjustments for children can help with multiple problems including colic, indigestion, ear aches and bedwetting.  Here is an article from KELOLAND.com highlighting adjustments for kids.

http://www.keloland.com/healthbeat/NewsDetail6387.cfm?Id=107429

Consumer Reports Ranks Chiropractic #1 for Low Back Pain!

Consumer Reports Ranks Chiropractic #1 for Low Back Pain!

This is a great video spotlighting the benefits of Chiropractic Care!

Don't hesitate to call and schedule a consultation to find out how Chiropractic Care can be a benefit to you!

Chiropractic Care for Bedwetting

Bedwetting: A Natural Cure for an Embarrassing Condition

Bedwetting is one of the biggest sources of embarrassment for a bedwetting child and even more so for a bedwetting teen. Although there are various opinions on both bedwetting causes and bedwetting cures, none of these really matter to bedwetters; the only thing they really care about is finding a way to stop bedwetting, for good.

Bedwetting Affects Children and Teenagers Too?

When you think of “bedwetting,” most people think “children.” Would it surprise you to learn that as many as 2% of all 19 year olds still wet the bed?

There are, of course, different causes of bedwetting in children and teenagers. In children, bedwetting may be an ongoing problem, where a lengthy period of dry nights has yet to be established. This is called primary enuresis (the medical terminology for bedwetting). Secondary enuresis occurs when a child or teenager begins bedwetting after having been dry through the night for an extended period.

Childhood Bedwetting Causes

If you have a bedwetting child, rest assured you have plenty of company. Childhood bedwetting is one of the most common pediatric conditions. Most girls stay dry through the night by the time they reach age six; some boys may still be bedwetters until they reach age seven. This should prove reassuring to parents who expect that their children will stay dry through the night at a much earlier age.
Bedwetting in children is usually caused by some type of condition that they will eventually outgrow. Typically, bedwetting boys are no different from bedwetting girls when it comes to reasons why they wet their beds; however, boys do outnumber girls as bedwetters.
Your child may be a bedwetter because:

• You were one – 75% of all childhood bedwetters have a parent who also was one.
• The communication link between their brain and bladder isn’t mature enough yet to function properly during sleep.
• He or she is a very deep sleeper; therefore, their brain just doesn’t receive the “full bladder” signal.
• He or she may have a lower level of anti-diuretic hormone (ADH). ADH tells the kidneys to stop producing urine when you sleep.
• He or she has a smaller bladder that can’t hold urine through the night.
• Your child is constipated and the bowel is putting pressure on the bladder.

Although many parents once thought that childhood bedwetting was due to laziness, this is far from the truth. What child would actually want to sleep in a wet bed all night? Thankfully, this attitude has changed for the most part.

Bedwetting: Causes in Teenagers and Adults

If it’s embarrassing to be a bedwetting child – how much more shame does a bedwetting teenager face?
In some cases, a teenager might never have achieved any extended period of dryness (primary enuresis); in other cases, the teenager might have been dry at night for years when he or she begins wetting the bed again (secondary enuresis).
Teenage bedwetting has a number of causes, some of which are the same as those for younger children, while some may be related to other causes or conditions:

• Lower level of the anti-diuretic hormone (ADH)
• Smaller bladder
• Deep sleeping
• Medical conditions, such as diabetes, urinary infections
• Stress or other emotional disorders, common to teenagers

Many teens who cannot stop bedwetting are too ashamed to go to ask for help. This can affect their emotional health and cause them to avoid sleepovers and any type of close emotional attachments because they fear that their secret will get out.

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Bedwetting Cures

Usually the parents of childhood bedwetters and teenage bedwetters try a number of different bedwetting cures, without much success. Bedwetting diapers, a bedwetting alarm that is designed to signal when the first drop of urine hits an undergarment, or even bedwetting hypnosis are common bedwetting remedies; in most cases, these solutions are unsuccessful and the bed is still wet.


With bedwetting children, age is typically the “cure.” They simply outgrow it. With bedwetting teenagers, the answers aren’t always as simple, especially if they have never experienced any period of dryness. They are often frustrated, alone, ashamed and lonely, having been teased for years by everyone who found out about their “secret.”


There is an all-natural solution, however, that has demonstrated a great deal of success in eliminating the causes of bedwetting. This solution is available though the sponsors of ChooseNatural.com, chiropractors who have highly developed skills and who receive years of specialized training to locate and correct the causes of bedwetting.


Don’t believe it? Need convincing? Read on…but only if you really want to stop the bedwetting!

Bedwetting Relief with All-Natural Chiropractic Care

We know you might be thinking, “Don’t chiropractors just treat people with bad necks and backs? Or people who have been in accidents or who have had some type of injury?”
Not at all and this is why chiropractic care has become the most popular alternative health discipline. Chiropractic offers bedwetters a drug-free and all-natural approach to reduce, or even eliminate, the incidence of bedwetting…and it works!
How does chiropractic care help to stop bedwetting?

• Chiropractic care locates spinal misalignments that can affect the nerves that travel to the bladder and communicate with the brain.
• Chiropractic adjustments are safe and natural; there are no side effects!
• Chiropractic adjustments attempt to restore proper function to the nerves that control the muscles that are responsible for bladder control. These adjustments can be effective in reducing or even eliminating the number of “wet” nights.

Bedwetting Relief, the Natural Chiropractic Approach

All of the sponsoring chiropractors at ChooseNatural.com are caring and compassionate professionals, who understand the embarrassment and shame associated with childhood and teenage bedwetting. In fact, there’s a good chance that quite a few have had first-hand experience with it themselves, either as a bedwetter or as parents of one.


Chiropractors can’t claim for certain that they can help someone who is a bedwetter. However, they do know that there is a good chance that chiropractic can help stop bedwetting, or at least reduce the frequency of “wet” nights, if the bedwetting is related to a spinal misalignment.


Several research studies have explored the effectiveness of chiropractic adjustments on bedwetters. In one such study, 25 % of children who received chiropractic adjustments experienced a 50 % or greater reduction in the number of wet nights. None of the children in the control group experienced this same result.
If you could be dry 50% or more of the time, wouldn’t you give chiropractic a try? Listen to the testimonials of those who have taken the “leap of faith” and found that all-natural chiropractic care is effective in reducing or eliminating the incidence of bedwetting in their homes.

Take Action Today!

Call one of the sponsors of ChooseNatural.com and feel free to talk candidly about your bedwetting frustrations and concerns. Listen to countless numbers of bedwetting stories, stories of the hope and help that chiropractic gave to children and teenagers who were chronic bedwetters and who are now “dry” through the night.


Call today, after all, what do you have to lose – except plenty of wet sheets, a whole lot of extra laundry, and a very unhappy child? Click here for a Choose Natural sponsor in your area.

Bedwetting Medications

Medical doctors might prescribe medication as a bedwetting cure, especially for teenagers. However, unlike drug-free chiropractic care, use of these medications can produce side effects that are just as problematic as the bedwetting itself!


Listed below are some of the most frequently prescribed medications for bedwetting, along with a list of possible side effects associated with each.