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250,000 Hits!
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From the start...
Here’s a little statistic sampling since our inception.
2009: 250,000 visits, 61000 unique
2008: 184,000 visits, 58000 unique
2007: 89,000 visits, 15000 unique
2006: 23,000 visits, 12800 unique
Why You Should Look Beyond Weight Loss for 2010
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Think beyond the weight...
Well it’s that time of the year again. Time to take a look back at 2009 and review your successes and failures. What goals did you set out to achieve? How long did it take for those goals to be forgotten? What new year’s resolutions are you going to set out to achieve in 2010?
The holidays are a fantastic time of the year to review your successes and failures because it’s a time when we are reminded of the important things in life. Perhaps now is the best time to outline what goals are important to you and begin establishing a detailed plan to attain them.
I don’t like “New Year’s Resolutions”. Even the wording rubs me the wrong way. Why not call them “New Year’s Commitments”? Better yet, last year Chris Guillebeau from “The Art of Noncomformity” talked about the process of conducting your own annual review. According to Chris “The idea is to create a road map for the year ahead – not a rigid daily schedule, but an overall outline of what matters to me and what I hope to achieve in the next year.”
Unique to Chris’s annual review is the concept of having a yearly theme. You see when we choose goals like “Weight Loss” and “Get Rid of Debt” it limits us to only achieving weight loss and becoming debt-free. There are 3 things to consider when making your 2010 New Year’s Commitments. Continue reading “Why You Should Look Beyond Weight Loss for 2010” »
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Chiropractic Neck manipulation and Stroke Risk
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Is the risk real?
Chiropractic is the largest alternative medicine profession in the United States, and probably the most debated. Undeniably, the hottest debated topic concerning chiropractic is stroke risk. But are you really flirting with death when you visit a Chiropractor? This article, written with common argument headers, attempts to discern if cervical manipulation is a risky treatment, especially when compared with other popular treatment options.
Neck manipulation dissects the vertebral basilar artery leading to stroke…
The most basic argument that needs to be proven for anti-manipulation activists to have a ground to stand on is whether a neck manipulation has the physical means to cause a stroke. Detractors claim that forceful manipulation of the neck dissects the vertebral basilar artery, which passes through the atlas (top neck bone/vertebrae) before it enters the skull. This dissection is caused by either the physical stretching of the artery or by its contact with the bone. This very idea is actually what many chiropractic colleges teach, but its reality becomes doubtful when viewing the research.
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