Be Inspired, Be Healthy
AgendaWhat is health?GeneticsScientific StudiesWhere does Chiropractic fit in?Nervous System3 FactorsMindSimple Tips
Health means “Wholeness”What is Health anyway?
Our bodies are always changing Our moods are changeableOur environment doesn’t stay stillAdapt
Genes
Randomized controlled trials found that changes in diet and lifestyle may reverse the progression of even severe coronary heart disease.	1. Ornish, D. et al: Effects of stress management training and dietary changes in treating ischemic heart disease. JAMA, 249: 54, 1983	2. Ornish, D. et al: Intensive lifestyle changes for reversal of coronary heart disease. JAMA, 280: 2001, 1998Heart Disease Reversible
Assists your body’s own healing abilities.Chiropractic
You are the DriverTOPINSIDE
PhysicalMovementPostureChemicalFoodToxinsEmotionalStressPurpose3 Factors
Chiropractic keeps the joints in your spine moving properly, so that they don’t wear down as quicklyCombined with range of motion exercisesRegular general movementArthritisRestricted joints wear out faster
Benefits:More capacity for lifeEnergyLive longerBone densityHappierExercise
Must be:RegularEnjoyableChallengingProgressiveExercise
Walking for three hours per week for only three months caused so many new neurons to grow that it actually increased the size of these people’s brains.	5. Toni N et al. Nat Neurosci. 2007 Jun; 10 (6): 727 – 734	6. Pereira A et al. PNAS 2007: 104, 5638 - 5643Change you Brain, with your Feet
“Not too bad”What do you say about yourself?GreatGoodOK ,I supposeBadReally BadToo Bad!“Not too bad”
12,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day70% negativePastor Will Bowen of Christ Church Unity in Kansas City“A Complaint Free World”Keep it positive
You gravitate towards what you focus onKeep it positive
You gravitate towards what you focus onKeep it Positive
Loneliness and depression and isolation are linked with 3 – 7 times mortality rate.What isn’t aligned?DepressionPurpose
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Health: Be Inspired!

Editor's Notes

  • #4 society, organism
  • #7 Not just a nice idea
  • #9 Put yourself in the drivers seatChiropractic philosophy
  • #11 Make relevant to them. Example hip pain.Joint Specific, region specific, general.Cartilage needs movement. Don’t just look at one joint (just speak!)
  • #14 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • #15 70% of our thoughts are redundant or negative
  • #16 250 – 6 million. Aiming for 60 million (1% of world’s popn)
  • #18 Don’t take it for granted