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We are approaching a crossroads in our country’s health care system.  President Obama is pushing Congress to make some major changes by the end of the summer. You can make your voice heard and influence the decision makers.

From ChiroVoice.com…

Health care reform shouldn’t be about politics – instead, the focus should be on ways to keep people well. Currently, our health care system is based on responding to acute problems, urgent needs of patients, and pressing concerns, and as a result we spend minimal time working to prevent illness and disease. Chiropractic, however, focuses on prevention. Not only does your doctor of chiropractic want to keep you pain free, he or she also wants to focus on preventive care, like smoking cessation, eating better and getting more exercise. Without the inclusion of chiropractic care in any reform plan, people will take more medications, undergo more unnecessary surgeries and suffer more pain. That is not a solution.

President Obama has reaffirmed his desire for Congress to pass a comprehensive health care bill by the end of the summer. Now is the time for your elected officials to hear from the people they serve – YOU – that chiropractic is an essential component to any health care plan.

Please encourage your friends and family to join ChiroVoice, and then suggest they contact Congress to share their support for chiropractic.

ChiroVoice is the voice of patients – people like you – who care about real health care reform. Thank you for your continued support.

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It’s amazing to think that we have been at our “new” office location for over three years now! We’d like to thank you for your support through it all.

We know that you’ve been enjoying benefits of our integrated practice – receiving chiropractic care along with therapeutic massage for some time now. And we’d like that to continue even though the current insurance climate (regulation changes, increasing co-pays, huge deductibles, delayed payments, etc.) has forced us to change our billing procedures…

As of June 1, 2009 we will no longer be able to bill your insurance for massage services performed by our therapists. Therefore, you will be responsible for our office charges for any massage services you receive.

But as you know, we’ve always tried to provide affordable services. To that end, we’ve designed very reasonable massage plans that allow you to enjoy 30-minute sessions for as little as $19.50! For details about our massage plans check out our posted fee schedule, shoot us an email, or give us a call and we’ll be happy to speak with you.

We feel honored for your continued trust in us for your natural health care. We hope to see you soon and are looking forward to continuing to work with you for many years to come.

I’d like to thank everyone who gave generously and participated in our 2009 Food Drive… making it a success!  Your kindness is greatly appreciated.  We were able to collect a significant amount of canned and jarred food that will be donated to the food pantry at Calvary Chapel Philadelphia (located on Philmont Ave. in NE Philly).  I’d also like to thank Christine and Linda for their hands, and for their help in organizing the food drive.  And lastly, I’d like to thank our family “ham”, Joshua, for posing for the picture.

We are now offering massage gift certificates at an incredible discount of 50% off! For only $32.50 you can give the gift of a one-hour stress-relieving massage.  This 50% off special will only be available through May 10th (Mother’s Day).  So don’t delay, and treat your mom to a one-hour pampering massage session.

Your mom can choose a relaxing Swedish massage, an invigorating sports massage, the power of a deep tissue massage, or a heavenly hot stone massage. Whatever she chooses, we promise to treat her with the highest level of skill, respect and care.

What a great gift idea for Mom!

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If you wonder how much your lifestyle affects your health, you have to read this article.  According to this latest research, diet appears to be the most influential factor in regards to cancer.

LONDON (Reuters) - Healthier living could prevent about a third of the most common cancers in rich countries and about a quarter in poorer ones, international researchers said on Thursday.

Better diets, more exercise and controlling weight could also prevent more than 40 percent of colon and breast cancer cases in some countries, according to the study which urged governments and individuals to do more to cut the number of global cancer deaths each year.

“At the time of publication, roughly 11 million people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer and nearly eight million people die from cancer each year,” said Michael Marmot, who led the study from the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research.

“However, cancer is mostly preventable.”

The study involved 23 experts who analyzed both the incidence of 12 common cancers across the world and data on diet, exercise and weight to see how these factors contributed to kidney, mouth, lung, gallbladder and the other cancers.

The researchers found that healthier living would prevent 43 percent of colon cancer cases and 42 percent of breast cancer cases in Britain, and 45 percent of bowel cancer and 38 percent of breast cancer cases in the United States.

The findings follow the same groups’ study in 2007 that showed how quickly people grow and what they eat are both significant causes of cancer.

They recommended — in line with what health experts, including governments and the U.N. World Health Organization, have long been advising — that people follow diets based on fruits, vegetables and whole grains and go easy on red meats, dairy products and fats.

The team also looked at China and Brazil as representatives of low- and middle-income countries, respectively.

Overall improving diet, exercise and weight would in the United States prevent more than a third of the 12 most common cancers — which also included stomach, womb (uterus), prostate, pancreas and esophagus tumors.

This amounted to 39 percent of the cancers in Britain, 30 percent in Brazil and 27 percent in China.

“This report shows that by making relatively straightforward changes, we could significantly reduce the number of cancer cases around the world,” Marmot said in a statement.

“On a global level every year, there are millions of cancer cases that could have been prevented and this is why we need to act now before the situation gets even worse.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE51P2P920090226

The lesson here: if you want to have superior health, you must have a healthy lifestyle, which should include a whole-food plant-based diet.  A healthy lifestyle also should include regular moderate exercise, stress management, and getting sufficient rest among other things.

Many of our patients include regular chiropractic checkups and massage therapy as part of their healthy lifestyle because they know that it contributes to their health and well-being!

This past Saturday, Christine and I had the privilege of participating in a local health & wellness expo at Lower Moreland High School.  I arrived with Christine at around 8:00 am and we had our table setup and equipment ready by 9:00.  We were accompanied by many other vendors.  There were health club reps, massage therapists, a raw food chef, personal trainers, weight loss consultants, health food stores, martial arts schools and more.

I was told that hundreds of runners showed up for the annual 5K run.  After the run, many curious energetic and people filled the school gymnasium.

I provided free spinal/scoliosis screenings and digital foot scans/posture analysis.  Christine did a great job as a greeter and kept very busy providing free 5-minute massages.

We worked practically non-stop from 9:00 am - 1:00 pm, and were able to meet people of all ages from the community.  We really stirred up a great deal of interest with the digital scanner technology.

It was a real pleasure to spend time one-on-one with so many people curious about their health.  I performed around 30 digital scans on the young and old.  Several of the runners from the 5K run were concerned about the condition of their feet.  Using the digital foot scanner and some pictures, I was able to explain the direct relationship between the biomechanical condition of the arches of their feet and the rest of their skeleton.

Please let us know if there are any health expos or health fairs in your community… we’d love to help out!  Until then, we’re looking forward to the next one!

Thanks to all friends, family, and patients who supported us.  We greatly appreciate you!

I just discovered a site by the ACA (American Chiropractic Association) that seems to be taking some good steps to fight for your freedom to have access to chiropractic in the new proposed national health care system.  Get involved.  Every voice counts.

From www.ChiroVoice.org…

The chiropractic advocacy network is a dedicated group of national volunteers who educate policymakers about the value of chiropractic and work to positively impact any legislative efforts to reform the current national health care system. Through the chiropractic advocacy network, patients and chiropractic supporters can stay informed about important health care issues and help ensure that:

• Congress does not restrict your ability to access essential chiropractic services.
• Congress does not limit – but instead expands – coverage for services provided by Doctors of Chiropractic within Medicare.
• Insurance and managed care companies do not deny patients’ access to the essential chiropractic services they need.

Your involvement makes a tremendous difference. 
Each active member of the chiropractic advocacy network brings us one step closer to our goal of assuring full-scope access to chiropractic services. Chiropractic patients and supporters who are interested in serving as advocates may sign-up to receive special e-mail alerts about advocacy issues and important legislation. Network members will also receive a monthly e-newsletter.

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We are also offering an incredible incentive to get you started on any of our Spectrum Wellness Plans.  All of our wellness plans give you the opportunity to receive chiropractic maintenance care and/or massage therapy and save money!

All plans are based on a certain number of units that you select.  One unit corresponds to (1) chiropractic wellness visit or (1) 30-minute massage.  And right now when you start up a plan, you will receive (1) free massage upgrade per unit of your new plan! Feel free to select from our menu of massage upgrades to use anytime you receive a massage.

So for example: if you join the SILVER PLAN (4 Units/month), you will receive 4 FREE massage upgrade that you can use at any time with a scheduled massage.  Don’t miss out on this great offer!

We offer a variety of plans that you can choose from to fit your lifestyle…

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I am pleased to announce the addition of the Foot Levelers Associate™ Platinum to our wellness practice.  A tool that will allow me to make a digital scan of the feet.  The Associate™ Platinum will help me efficiently and accurately screen for imbalances that contribute to problems in any number of places, like your knees, hips, and low back — even if your feet don’t hurt. It’s amazing what your feet can tell you about your spinal health!

Your feet are the foundation for your entire body. Like any structure, your body’s foundation must be balanced to properly support the weight above it. If your arches in one or both of your feet collapse, your body doesn’t get the correct postural support, causing an imbalance in your skeletal frame.

The Associate™ Platinum digital scanner will help me develop more precise care plans and use postural support, like custom-made orthotics from Foot Levelers, to obtain positive results in nearly everyone — from children to seniors.

I would like to welcome new patients to visit our wellness center in Huntingdon Valley for postural exams to determine their chiropractic needs. Our wellness center offers a variety of natural therapies for total body health and would be willing to provide on-site screenings with the Associate™ Platinum at health fairs and other community events.

If you’ve never had your feet scanned, you probably don’t know what they are supposed to look like. Don’t wait for aches and pains to tell you there’s a problem.

Call us now to schedule an appointment, and learn how your feet can affect your health!  Your entire body will thank you!