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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” »
Chiropractic’s Branding Problem (…and What to DO About it)
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Is this the best we can do?
A Critical Point in Chiropractic History:
It is no secret that Chiropractors only see 6-10% of the population while some 85% or more of people will experience back pain at some point in their life. Underutilization of chiropractic is not a result of chiropractic not working or failing to provide value to the health system. In fact, of all the therapies for low back pain, spinal manipulation is one of the few therapies (pretty much the only one alongside exercise) to show clinical utility. Chiropractic has also been shown to be cost-effective as chiropractors manage back pain cases more efficiently – keeping patients from becoming chronic back pain patients.
Chiropractors, if you haven’t learned by now, we’ve been fighting too long for a decreasing chunk of the healthcare pie in a system disproportionately focused on acute, reactionary care. While delivering the message of chiropractic for back and neck pain, we are still seeing the same 6-10% of the population with the same message. If we were a publicly traded company, Chiropractic would be bankrupt or at least receiving a bailout. Now, I don’t see a bailout coming our way anytime soon either. Ever since I started Chiropractic college, I’ve struggled to figure out why chiropractic is so underutilized by the general population. What has Chiropractic done wrong? More importantly, what can we do to reverse the trends? Continue reading “Chiropractic’s Branding Problem (…and What to DO About it)” »
ADHD and nutrition: finding an alternative treatment that works
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What’s on the horizon for today’s ADHD youth?
(Flickr user: Broma)
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) affectes 3-7% of children in the United States. Interestingly, ADHD is more common in non-hispanic, English speaking kids, who have health insurance. With the exception of males, income has no significance on who gets ADHD and who does not.
Many parents are concerned about the longterm effects of ADHD drugs like Ritalin and are looking for alternative healthcare options. Direct medical costs for each ADHD individual is estimated at $1,574 per child leading parents of ADHD children to spend almost double for healthcare than what families without ADHD children spend. When food agencies are allowing health claims on sugary cereals like Fruit Loops, parents of ADHD kids are desperate for answers on not only what they can do for their children but who they can trust.
Debate on ADHD Diagnosis and Treatment
The diagnosis of ADHD has increased substantially over the past decade. This has led to debate as to whether the condition is really increasing or whether just the diagnosis is increasing. When big players like the pharmaceutical industry are involved, the public is becoming increasingly weary. Continue reading “ADHD and nutrition: finding an alternative treatment that works” »