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Little Johnny
By Dr. Pat Gentempo
Little Johnny was born in the hospital. His mother was given
medications to “assist” her in the process. The drugs
slowed her contractions and as a result, it was recommended by
the experts that a Caesarian be performed as to not risk the damage
that a protracted delivery may cause. The motions around Johnny’s
mother became frantic and after cutting her open they grabbed Little
Johnny’s neck and twisted and pulled. There was great concern
in getting him out. There was little concern about the excess physical,
chemical, and emotional stresses produced by the process.
When Little Johnny was an infant, he “caught” a cold.
The people who loved and cared about him the most put a medication
formula in his bottle and smiled as he drank it, because they felt
assured that he would now get better.
At five years of age, Little Johnny fell off his bike, scraped
his arm and “twisted” his neck. The people who loved
and care about him the most, his parents, cleaned his wounds and
gave him two St. Joseph’s aspirin. They smiled warmly and
explained to him that now he would be fine and that the pain in
his neck would be made better by the aspirin.
At nine years of age, Little Johnny was playing little league
football. Going through the line, he took a hard hit to the helmet.
He came off the field complaining of neck pain. The next morning,
he woke up with a scratchy throat and congestion, his neck still
sore. The parents felt reassured because now he was old enough
for Junior Tylenol. How wonderful, they thought that their boy
was getting old enough to have more medications available for use
when necessary. The people who loved and care about him the most
gave him the drugs, feeling good because their fears were laid
to rest as they helped their boy.
At 12 years of age, that same sore throat and congestion came
back, however this time the Junior Tylenol didn’t work. Johnny’s
symptoms persisted. So now the people who loved and cared for Johnny
the most took him to the person they respected the most in such
matters, the guy or gal in the white coat, the pediatrician. The
pediatrician did a very thorough evaluation of Johnny, talked to
his parents, and then gave Johnny drugs.
Johnny’s experience for his entire life has been when he
felt bad, the people who loved and cared about him the most gave
him drugs. And the people who we respect the most as having the
greatest amount of knowledge in these matters gave him drugs.
Now Johnny is 16 years old and in high school. He doesn’t
make the basketball team and the girl he likes rejects him. He
feels bad. What has been his training and programming his entire
life? And we can’t understand why the youth of our nation
take drugs when we’ve programmed them to do it their entire
lives. The average18 year old in the USA has seen 20,000 hours
of drug commercials! Imagine the contradictions we feed our children
as they are taught to “just say no” to drugs, while
we feed drugs to them in record proportions. We are not winning
the drug war in this country, nor shall we, as long as the culture
persists in such a way. To paraphrase Einstein, “You cannot
resolve problems with the same level of thinking that existed when
the problem was created.” We have a problem. What is your
level of thinking?
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CHILDTALK
A Little girl
was sitting on her grandfather's lap as he read her a bedtime
story. From time to time, she would take her eyes off the book
and reach up to touch his wrinkled cheek. She was alternately
stroking her own cheek, then his again. Finally she spoke up,
"Grandpa, did God make you?" "Yes, sweetheart," he answered,
"God made me a long time ago." "Oh," she paused, "Grandpa, did
God make me too?" "Yes, a little while ago." Feeling their respective
faces again, she observed, "God's getting better at it, isn't
he?"
Hope Day
The answer is Yes. People have been asking if we are going to
have another HOPE DAY this year and the answer is yes. February
14th is on a Friday this year. The way it is going to work this
year is we will allow all pre-existing patients to have there adjustment
on February 14th for a donation only. All proceeds will be going
to Woodland Youth Services and Pregnancy Support Group.
Maybe you have friends or family who are having some type of health
problem and are not quite sure if chiropractic is the answer. Well,
here is the opportunity to find out with no obligations. To show
our appreciation to our patients we are also providing free spinal
exams and x-rays if necessary for everyone new to chiropractic.
JOIN US BY SCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT TODAY.
Share your hope with your neighbors who need your help. And bring
a friend to the office to make a donationand get an examination
too. (Donations will also be accepted from those who do not wish
to be examined or treated.)
If you know of anyone who you want to come in and receive the
opportunity for a healthier and better quality of living, notify
Cindy or Jerrie. We will take care of the rest and thank you again
for being one of our very important patients.
Feet the Foundation
of your Spine
Did you know that your feet can cause your back or neck to
contine to go out of place? It can. Did you know that your
feet can be the cause of that knee pain you have been experiencing.
Well they can do that too.
Your feet are the foundation of your whole body. Every joint
in your body including your knees and spine depend on your
feet being stable. Many spinal problems, as well as problem
with ankles, knees and hips can be directly caused by structural
problems of the feet. Many times custom fitted supports for
the shoes can greatly minimize many of those health problems.
If you are curious about your feet, ask Dr. Burk to do an exam
on them. As you know we have been having great results with
the adjustments and the orthotics we have been casting.
Chiropractic shown to be Safe
for Children
In a literature research study conducted by the International Chiropractic
Pediatric Association (ICPA) the risk of injury as a result of chiropractic
adjustments was shown to be extremely low for adults and even smaller for
the pediatric patient. In reviewing 31 years of medical literature the ICPA
found only one questionable report of injury to a child following chiropractic
care of a child. This ICPA concluded "the potential risk to children
is so low it can not be accurately estimated". The above safety rate
of chiropractic care for children should be compared to the adverse reaction
rate for medicine described in the article below.
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