CORE of Highland Now Offers Knee Pain Patients the Latest Joint Fluid Therapy.

Knee pain is a debilitating morbidity for many people, and of all ages.  The causes of the knee pain are many, and recently Core has launched a video series on knee pain at http://www.physicalmedicineacademy.com.  The new website features a “video professor style format” for the public on the causes of pain.  The anatomical views of the knee feature motion, conditions, and even depictions of swelling and inflammation that is common with knee joint sufferers in Highland.

Some signs of chronic knee pain that should be seen by a doctor include:

• pain upon rising, or walking up or down stairs
• pain with rest, such as sitting and then rising
• pain at night
• clicking, popping, or grinding of knee

The office of the CORE in Highland Illinois sees patients of all ages, and is a network provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield, Healthlink, and Tri-Care.  For additional information and to see videos of demonstrations you may contact the office directly at 654-3000.

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Auto Injury and the Whiplash Patient

Auto accidents occur somewhere in the country on a daily basis. Sometimes they are terrible and people do not survive. Sometimes, people miraculously walk away, seemingly unhurt. No matter how bad your injuries are, there are many benefits to visiting an auto accident chiropractor if you have been in an accident.

Did you know that injuries from auto accidents can often go unnoticed for years? A person who thought there was no injury may begin to have neck or back pain or aches and will find out that it is related to an injury from years past. The reason for this is that even if you do not have any visible injuries such as cuts and scrapes, your whole body has had a serious jolt. If you think of the spine and its alignment, you can imagine what a strong jolt could do to it. Often, it does not incapacitate a person immediately, but the compounding of years of being out of adjustment can eventually take its toll and cause serious pain.

An auto accident chiropractor can help determine what, if any, injuries you sustained in even a small auto accident. He will take x-rays and manipulate you to see if different positions cause or relieve pain. By giving you a thorough examination, he can get you on a treatment program to bring your spine back into alignment and to relieve muscle pain or tension.

One of the best benefits of visiting an auto accident chiropractor is the fact that he will not dope you up with painkillers to simply treat the symptoms. Rather, he will work with you musculoskeletal system to correct the underlying problems with a non-invasive, hands-on approach. The benefits of visiting a chiropractor do not stop with treatment of the initial injury. Instead, they work with your whole body to help improve your overall health and energy levels. Sometimes, we are experiencing such a minimal discomfort that we have learned to ignore it, but chiropractic adjustment can relieve it and our energy levels may suddenly improve because we no longer need to use energy to block pain.

As a natural, not medicinal method of treating pain and injury, chiropractics is safe for everyone, and even children should be seen by a chiropractor after experiencing the shock of an auto accident. This will help him to find any injuries that may be hidden now but that could become serious problems later on.  For more information on the effects of whiplash injuries visit http://injurychiropractor.kazzoepress.com/

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So here are your 5 tips for New Years Hangover.

1. Have a pre-defined starting and stopping time on the amount of alcohol you will consume, and consider the 1 drink per hour rule. Anything over this amount, and your central nervous system gets the major effects of drinking alcohol.
2. Alcohol can deplete all your major vitamin B, many people report taking up to 2500 to 5000 mg of B complex before drinking on New Years.
3. Get hydrated! Just like preparing for a sporting event, your body needs to be well hydrated before drinking alcohol. Sip some water during your festivities and drink a large glass of water before you retire for bed as an added bonus and your body will thank you!
4. Caffeine has shown some promise to accelerate the speed of alcohol detoxification. Be mindful that many over the counter hangover remedies contain caffeine.
5. If the inevitable happens, and you do experience a hangover time is the only thing to remedy the effects of acetate on the sensitive nerve fibers causing headaches. Wrap cold compresses around the neck. Use hot showers to decrease the sensitivity levels, and drink electrolytes such as water or drinks such as gatorade to help with the process. At this point, you must care for a sick and shocked body. Do not take advil, but anti-inflammatories such as herbal extracts and high levels of flax seed and fish oil can decrease the effects of swollen membranes and malaise and fatigue that go along with ill effects.

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Milwaukee and other cities are working hand-in-hand with an organization known as Wellness Councils of America (WELCOA) to provide information and incentives for local businesses and
organizations that offer wellness programs to their employees. In addition to Milwaukee, these municipalities are now involved: Greeley, CO., Fort Collins, CO., Fremont, NE., Morgantown,
WV., Charleston, SC., and Mesa County, CO. The aim of the campaign is to get business organizations motivated toward providing and promoting wellness programs to their employees. When this happens, the employees, the company, and, hopefully, entire cities and regions of the country benefit as well. “More and more organizations are recognizing the contribution healthy lifestyles can have on
the health and well-being of our entire region,” said Dick Tillmar who is the Co-chairman of the Well City Milwaukee campaign. “We’ll not only benefit from lower healthcare costs and healthier,
more productive employees, but we’ll all benefit from making our region a healthier, more attractive place to work, live and play.”

The Well City Milwaukee group is receiving excellent support throughout their community. It’s become a partnership that includes the City of Milwaukee, the Greater Milwaukee Committee
and the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce. The initiative gained strength with the recent addition of the YMCA, the Wellness Council of Wisconsin and several associations with
healthcare providers and local businesses. The area is now engaged in a 3-year campaign to get at least 20 percent of area workers employed by Well City award earning companies. When that happens, Milwaukee will be awarded Well City status with WELCOA. So far, nine cities and locales around the United States have achieved this status. They are: Jacksonville, FL., Omaha, NE., Chattanooga, TN., Hobart, IN.,
Lincoln, NE., Kearney, NE., Kanawha Valley, WV., Gainesville, FL., and Bangor, ME. Well City Milwaukee launched a website on Valentine’s Day to provide information on the ini-
tiative, data on how employers can get involved, plus numerous resources and support for compa- nies who wish to provide better wellness programs for their employees. “We are really gaining
momentum,” said Co-chairperson Mary Meechan. “Our commitment to bringing the entire community into the initiative is paving the way for participation and support from corporations across
the community.”
Source: Well City Milwaukee. Press Release. “The City of Milwaukee gets Special Valentine.”
February 2008. http://www.wellcitymilwaukee.org/atf/cf/{BC1ECDCB-79F4-4995-A4DF-69AD1248D0EB}/WellCityLaunchesWebsite021208.pdf
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Our office sees patients of all economic types, we are not obligated to, but we feel that a patient should not have to pay money to get an answer to his/her health problems.  To be politically correct….

Part of working to help the homeless in our community is to first acknowledge that they do exist.  We know this because we treat them.

Many of the homeless, whether you’ve seen them in cities in which you travel have severe psychological disorders that keep them from living an ordinary life.  In my life and traveling from city to city I have inquired about the measures of the conditions of the homeless.  These are the people that you see without a shelter.

What about the homeless whom have recently lost their homes because of financial troubles, or those whom are living with a friend?  To better understand this, one would need to consider the McKinney-Vento Act which adds a new category under which families and individuals may qualify as homeless: ‘‘individuals or families who will imminently lose their housing, including housing they own, rent, or live in without paying rent, are sharing with others, and rooms in hotels or motels not paid for by Federal, State, or local government programs.’’

When we think of homeless, we think of burning trash cans in city alleys.  Considering my own in-maturity I’ll admit I’ve taken notice of this:

Tampa, Florida:  Selling Newspapers, living behind the bushes.

St. Louis, MO:  In the streets immediately around stadiums, living under the bridges at night.

Tuscon, AZ: Windshield cleaning, many of lived on the reservation.

San Diego, CA: Sold water at four way stops, played musical instruments, and slept on the side of the streets. They slept under a box.

There is much more to know in considering homeless.  If we consider other definitions of the word, especially in things we don’t actually see we realize there’s many people who need assistance.

Chad Faulkner, DC

P.S.  To learn more about the homeless I recommend this link:

http://www.nationalhomeless.org/

http://www.homeless.org.au/