COLUMBUS CHIROPRACTIC CARE CENTER

Let's Use Chiropractic To Get Better

Chiropractors are your "Get Better" doctors. The best place for pain, numbness, tingling or burning is a chiropractic office. So often we deal with a reoccurring issue such as joint pain or a winter with many colds. Let's get out of that cycle and improve your life. We adjust the spine so that your body will function properly. Then your body heals itself and there is less pain and less sickness.

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Self-care for back pain

When it comes to back pain, your first thought may be to take over-the-counter pain medication and rest. Medication is a temporary relief and may have various side effects. Rest may actually hurt more than help.

While seeing your chiropractor, Dr. Rupp, there are a few things you can do at home to help the healing process. You need to move.

Basic exercises for low back pain include backward bending and flexion exercises.

Backward bending, or extension, is great for sciatica (pain running down your leg). Lie face-down on the floor, arms bent at your sides. Straighten your arms up slowly, lifting you upper body off the floor as you do so. Hold for 3-5 seconds, then slowly lower your upper body back down. Repeat 10 times, as often as once per hour.

Flexion exercise is good for people with sacroiliac joint problems. Lie on your back with one leg bent and the other flat on the floor. Bring the bent leg up toward the chest. Wrap your arms around the leg and then try to lower it toward the floor for 3-5 seconds, resisting with your arms. Relax, and then pull the bent leg up farther toward the chest. Repeat the entire process three times, the switch legs.

Exercise is not without risks. Stop immediately if you hurt more during or after doing any exercise. Stop if you feel dizzy, faint, or discomfort.

Vaccinations

Every once in awhile, I like to touch this topic. With autism on the rise and no real explanation for it, maybe we need to look at the current vaccination schedule. It has grown in the amount of vaccinations suggested. The combination of shots can be very dangerous. Parents need to be aware of the potential harm and that there are other options.

In Wisconsin, you have the freedom of choice, regardless of what you are told by the schools or your doctor. You can decide what vaccinations you want and when. The hard part is finding a medical doctor who will go along with your choices.

Here is a vaccination schedule option that should be safer:

1. No vaccinations until a child is two years old.

2. No vaccines that contain thimerosal (mercury).

3. No live virus vaccines.

4. These vaccines should be given one at a time, every six months, starting at age 2: Pertussis, Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Polio.

Become informed and make your own choices. Please note, Gardasil is not safe or effective, and should never be given. Flu shots are also questionable as far as their safety or effectiveness.

You also have the choice to not immunize at all. Review your options and discuss them with your child's doctor. Your goal is to have a happy and healthy child, and sometimes that means doing your own thing.

Phone: (920) 623-1106

May Events

� Listen to Dr. Rupp on WBEV 1430am radio on May 12 & 26 at 9:50 a.m.

� Mother�s Day event, May 3-14.

� May 9: Happy Mother�s Day

� Closed May 31 for Memorial Day.

June Events

� Listen to Dr. Rupp on WBEV 1430am radio on June 9 & 23 at 9:50 a.m.

� June 6: Columbus Graduation

� June 20: Happy Father�s Day

� Father�s Day event, June 14�25