Happy New Year!
We hope that you all had a healthy and happy holiday season. We took the week off between Christmas and New Years, and spent the week at home relaxing. Larry was able to do a lot of skiing and Nancy did what she finds relaxing-puttering around the house working on various projects.
We also had a lot of discussions on what special programs we want to bring to our patients in 2010. This newsletter will go over what we have planned for the next few months. Last year we began a Conscious Eating group for our past and present FirstLine Therapy® patients. That group meets in our office every 3rd Wednesday at 7:00 P.M. and our first meeting for 2010 is on January 20th. The group is facilitated by Dr. Jan Seward, a local psychologist who is also on the faculty of the University of Bridgeport.
Our first event will be a cleanse program for those of you that would like to participate. January and February are perfect times for a cleanse, since many of us spent weeks from Thanksgiving to New Year celebrating and indulging with holiday treats, cheer and food. Secondly, we will be doing 2 lectures at the NOAH Center this spring-one in March and one in April. Lastly, Nancy will begin a post-graduate Diplomate program in Internal Diagnosis in February.This class will meet one weekend a month for 2 years and culminate in a board exam in March 2012.
We are still running our iPod Nano contest! Fill out one of our clinic surveys, which will help us evaluate our service to you and be entered into a contest to win a Nano. You can fill out the survey at our office or download the survey at:
The contest ends January 29th, so submit your survey soon.
Be well,
Nancy and Larry Bronstein
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What Can I do To Get Rid of My Chronic Pain Or Why Would I Want to Do a Cleanse?
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In assisting our patients with an effective and healthy cleanse, we will be presenting a program in three parts this spring, and will hold these three group meetings at our office on:
Thursday, March 11
Thursday, March 18
Thursday, April 1
6:30-8:00 PM
So why do a cleanse? We all have been so inundated with information about our toxic environment and how there are more and new pollutants being spewed everyday. It's easy to become overwhelmed just thinking about it and not know where or what to do to counteract the affects of the environment on one's health. We are bombarded by toxic substances not only when we go out, but in our own homes, from the chemicals present in the products we use and the outgassing of our carpets, furniture, etc and the toxic substances that we may be ingesting in our food.
What are some of the symptoms of general toxicity? They include:
- fatigue
- headache
- joint & muscle pain
- chronic mucous production
- skin rashes
- immune weakness
- lack of concentration
- depression
- mood changes
- confusion
- memory loss
- sleep disturbances
- anxiety
- PMS
What can you do about it on a daily basis?
1) Don't smoke. Tobacco smoke contains more than 4,000 compounds, including 40 known carcinogens, and it's the leading source of indoor air pollution. If you can't break the habit, at least smoke outside and spare your family and friends.
2) Take steps to lessen the number of chemicals utilized in your home. Here are some resources on the web to get you started:
3) Try as much as possible to eat only organic foods with a minimum of refined food products. If your great-grandmother didn't have that food available in her diet, then it may not be good for you! Avoid caffeine and distilled alcohol (wine in moderation is ok).
4) Cut down on mold. Inhaled mold spores can cause allergies, asthma, and other respiratory diseases, so ventilate bathrooms, launder area rugs regularly, and thoroughly clean water-damaged carpets. Also, keep moisture levels to a minimum; an indoor humidity level below 50 percent is best. (Hardware stores sell devices that measure humidity, as well as dehumidifiers that lower humidity). For those who are allergic to mold and/or dust, purchasing a good quality air purifier can be very helpful in reducing symptoms and creating comfort while at home- www.sinussurvival.com is a great site filled with a lot of useful tips, information and recommendations regarding air purifiers. 5) Leave dry cleaning to ventilate outside of its bag for a day or two in the garage, on a deck, or inside the trunk of your car. Within 48 hours after you hang dry-cleaned garments in your closet, your home will actually contain elevated levels of solvents. The EPA lists tetrachloroethylene, a common dry cleaning solvent, as a probable carcinogen.
6) Don't buy products presoaked in formaldehyde, such as particleboard, plywood, and permanent-press fabrics.
And do a yearly or twice a year cleanse to:
-Reduce the amount of toxins and pollution in your body to lessen the burden of detoxification on your liver.
-Promote healthy eating, nutrition and supplementation to help your body effectively clear the toxins.
-Reduce the nutritional and chemical stress from "holiday cheer" and help get back on track for a truly healthier New Year.
Great Benefits of Cleansing:
◆ Improve your immune function.
◆ Decrease or eliminate chronic joint and muscle pains
◆ Scavenge free radicals and eliminate toxins
◆ Strengthen your body's fight against cancer cells and generate healthy cells in your body
◆ Improved digestion, intestinal absorption, and bowel elimination.
◆ Cleanse mucous, congestion, fermentation, inflammation in your digestive tract
◆ Reform your lifestyle addictions for sugar, salt, high glycemic carbohydrates, alcohol, junk foods, nicotine, etc
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Upcoming Lectures at the NOAH Center
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Natural Methods to Decrease the Pain of Osteoarthritis
Thursday, March 4th 6:30-8 P.M.
NOAH Center
Jenifer House Commons
Learn about the alternative treatments that have proven effective in treating the pain of osteoarthritis including  how diet can affect the level of inflammation present in your body and increase discomfort, home treatments, and natural anti-inflammatory products that can decrease pain without the potential side-effects of NSAIDs.
Natural Approaches for Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Heartburn, Reflux and Food SensitivitiesThursday, April 15 6:30-8 P.M. NOAH Center Jenifer House Commons
Discussion will focus on how chronic digestive problems develop and the steps you can take to break the cycle of pain and beginning the journey of knowing how to help yourself. The healing power of foods, probiotics, enzymes, and botanicals may be your first steps towards feeling better and achieving renewed health.
Please call Berkshire South Community Center to register for either lecture.
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Post-Graduate Internal Diagnosis Training
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A Wellness Model That Treats Dysfunction Before Disease Develops
What follows is a description of goals of the post-graduate program that Nancy will begin next month. This class will meet one weekend a month for 2 years and will culminate in a board exam in March 2012. The Chiropractic Internist philosophy and the approach of this training is based on the paradigm of natural, functional, and preventive medicine that believes in a ' treating the fire, not the smoke' theory; promoting a wellness model that treats dysfunction before disease develops. It is reasonable to say that the Chiropractic Internist fuses biochemical and biophysical medicine to offer patients the best in comprehensive integrative health care.
Although a Chiropractic Internist may intervene after a diagnosis is made, their objective is to evaluate functionality at a much earlier state, often averting the disease outcome and its secondary effects. In addition, they undertake a systematic evaluation of undiagnosed symptoms, allowing management of otherwise puzzling conditions. For example, the effects of chronic inflammatory bowel disease do not stop at the boundaries of the GI tract; these processes operate throughout the whole patient, affecting the brain, the immune system, and the musculoskeletal systems. Successful management of a patient with chronic illness requires knowledge of what is going on in other areas. Imbalances in the patient's immune system, gastrointestinal health, structural health, hormonal and neurological health, energy production, psychological (mind, and spirit) health, and the need for detoxification are all examined; lending a true holistic approach. The Chiropractic Internist's treatment is concentrated on health restoration by promoting balance to dysfunctional systems. This parallels with the chiropractic philosophy of the relationship between structure and function of the human body, and how that relationship affects the restoration and preservation of health. With the use of comprehensive diagnostic tools beyond standard conventional testing, history taking and examinations, the Chiropractic Internist's treatment protocols typically include lifestyle modifications, nutritional counseling, and the use of pharmaceutical grade nutritional supplementation and herbal therapies. |
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