Monday, May 7, 2012 by admin.

Yesterday was World Laughter Day. More and more studies are showing incredible health benefits to laughter. Not only can a good belly laugh improve your own health, it can actually improve the health of others around you. Make sure you make time for joy in your busy life. It really does make a positive difference to your overall wellbeing, and could even help lessen body aches and pains.

Have a look at this article on the health benefits of laughter.

A Laughing Matter http://www.toyourhealth.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=1006

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012 by admin.

It’s time for yard work again! Whether you’re bending down to pull weeds, or spreading mulch, always try to be aware of how you’re holding your body. Dr. Konicki recommends that your nose is aligned with your toes at all times, especially while bending. That means, no bending and twisting at the same time!

Also, avoid “throwing” your back out. Maintenance adjustments can make a big difference in keeping your spine in proper alignment and allowing you to stay active. Make an appointment for your spine’s “tune up” today.

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012 by admin.

When it comes to exercise, I have to make time for it like everyone else.  I heard an interview of a personal trainer on NPR who also confessed that she too had a hard time making time for exercise.  Her answer to her own issue made a huge, lasting impression on me.  She said she decided to commit to making her 1st waking hour her own and nothing else.  In other words, she comitted the 1st hour of her day to exercise.

I find that if I don’t exercise 1st thing in the morning, my to-do list takes over and my exercise window of time slams shut.

When it comes to exercise, you have to find time or make time, otherwise you’ll have no time left in your busy life to make it happen.

-Dr. Schumacher

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Monday, March 19, 2012 by admin.

Recent studies on diet soda concluded that those who drink 2 or more diet soft drinks a day had the largest waistline increases.  They were five times more than the wasteline of non-drinkers.

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/diet-soda-weight-gain_n_886409.html

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012 by admin.

Have you ever simply bent over to pick the lightest thing up and then had your back “go out”? This is a very common occurrence that we see in our patients. Many people think that if they only focus on exercising their abdominal muscles, this will help to add support to their spine. It will in fact aid in support, but the ENTIRE core needs to be strengthened.

After your injury has calmed and you are well into your healing process, Dr. Schumacher offers active rehabilitation sessions. This will help to provide you with a better awareness of ALL the muscles in your core to focus on, and then ultimately will in turn add strength and help to prevent your injury from recurring in the future. 

If you’re interested, Dr. Schumacher is happy to answer any questions you may have about Active Rehab sessions! 

Telephone # 937.439.5400 or email us at Info@ KSChiro.com

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012 by admin.

Have you been looking for an awesome weight loss/fitness website that’s totally free? Hunt no more! I highly recommend www.sparkpeople.com. I began doing this program October 3, 2011 and I love it. Not only does this program offer an easy and healthy balance to food intake, but it also has excellent free 5-10 minute videos. All you need is a Swiss ball, yoga mat and light free weights (2, 3, 5 lb).

 - Dr. Schumacher

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012 by admin.

According to To Your Health, here are 5 smart substitutions when dining out:

 1) Skip the fries.  Ask your server what other side dish they can offer.

2) Watch what you drink.  Water is free, it’s calorie-free and doesn’t have any sugar or caffeine.

3) Either split your meal with someone or put half of it in a “to go” container.  Don’t “Super-size”.

4) Choose a veggie to add to your meal.

5) Know what you’re ordering.  Either look at calorie counts on the menu or visit the restaurant’s website for the nutritional values.

For more information, please visit:

http://www.toyourhealth.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=1467

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Wednesday, November 23, 2011 by admin.

For centuries, physicians have valued the healing power of spinal adjustments.  If we study the history of healing, we would find some form of chiropractic practiced in nearly every culture in the world.  Evidence suggests that spinal care predates medical care and has been one of the favored healing systems during most of mankind’s civilized existence. 

Hipporactes, the “Father of Medicine” stressed various natural remedies including spinal adjustments as a means of curing diseases and maintaining good health.  Galen, another famous physician of his day, correctly diagnosed a patient’s problem with numbness in his fingers, as arising from impinged nerves in the man’s neck.  He became an advocate of spinal adjustments as well, when after adjusting his patient’s spine, the numbness disappeared.

In Japan, the art of “back-walking” has been practiced for centuries to give relief from stress and sickness.  In hawaii, “lomi-lomi”, a form of spinal manipulation was used to heal the sick.  In India, “yoga” concentrated greatly upon keeping the spinal column flexible.  In Europe and Asia, it was practiced as “bone setting”.  Unfortunately, during the Dark Ages, most physicians preferred chemical concoctions over the spinal manipulative arts.  The practice was kept alive mostly by traveling folk healers.  However, in the early nineteenth century, mainstream medicine “discovered” the concept of ’spinal irritation’ and that many different diseases may arise from spinal problems.  The only diagnostic sign was “tenderness upon pressure” over a vertebra, which is also one of the tests chiropractors use.  But instead of adjusting the out-of-position vertebra, they applied leeches and cautery to the skin over the tender spinal areas (ouch!).

In 1895, Dr. D.D. Palmer from Davenport, Iowa, was trying to help his deaf janitor regain his hearing.  The man had been involved in a small accident 18 years earlier and felt something “give” in his back.  Shortly after the accident his hearing nearly disappeared totally.  Dr. Palmer examined the man’s spine and found what appeared to be a misaligned vertebra.  He gave him a “hand treatment” (what he originally called his spinal adjustments), and was convinced he had discovered a cure for deafness.

People with all kinds of health problems started visiting Dr. Palmer.  They reported being cured of a lot of conditions.  He was getting well-known far and wide as the discoverer of a powerful new drugless way of curing people.  He took the Greek word for “hand (”cheiros”) and “done by” (”practos”) and put them together (one of his first patients was a Greek language scholar).  He then founded a school of chiropractic to teach this healing method to others.

 Today, Chiropractors can be found throughout the world.  There are chiropractic colleges not only in the United States, but also in Canada, Japan, England and Australia.  Chriropractic has become the largest   non-medical healing art in the world today.

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Monday, October 3, 2011 by admin.

Now that school is in full swing for most children, they are more and more involved with using their backpacks, which carry most of their school-related stuff such as books and sheets of homework assignments.  Young children are suffering from back pain much earlier than in previous generations, and the use of overweight backpacks is a contributing factor.  Since backpacks have emerged as an escalating health and safety issue, the American Chiropractic Association (ACA) and doctors of chiropractic are trying to make parents aware of the dangers of backpacks.  So what can you do?  For one, make sure that your child’s backpack weighs no more than 10 percent of his/her body weight.  This and other tips that the ACA offers, are discussed in Dr. Konicki’s article, “Heavy Backpacks Hurt Kids” (please click on the link).

Parents need to be more aware about issues that they can prevent, such as their children’s backpack use.  With these tips, backpacks can truly be less of a burden for their young ones.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011 by admin.

We would like to thank all of our patients that referred their friends and family to us during our Community Appreciation Week. The children at Kentuckianna Children’s Center will benefit greatly from the contribution that everyone was able to extend. We appreciate your trust in our office and staff and look forward to providing quality care to each and every one of our new patients.  Thank you again!

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