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Friday, March 20, 2009
Natasha RichardsonThe thoughts of many have recently gone out to the loved ones of
actress Natasha Richardson. Here in Colorado, we
unfortunately have a few tragedies similar to this on a regular basis. What is intriguing from a health
perspective is that she was originally considered to be o.k. Yet two days later she passed on. As I ponder
this type of scenario I am reminded of how similar it is for individuals who get into low speed rear-end automobile collisions.
These individuals often don’t feel any pain other than the initial shock from the event. But the
literature is replete with scientific evidence that these people indeed can be injured and feel fine initially, and their
symptoms may show up as much as a few months later. On the surface it’s another apparent mystery, yet there is scientific
basis for it. Dr. Brad Pennington has been helping people with many types of “mystery” pain
since 1990. If you or someone you know suffers, please note that Dr. Pennington provides a pain relief guarantee – or
it’s free.
www.bradpennington.com
10:57 am mdt
Thursday, March 19, 2009
From Low Back Pain to the Neck and TMJSo the other day, Ms. M. came in to see me. She was referred by
her massage therapist to come and see what I could do to resolve her issues. She was having a flare-up and really needed some
help. Twenty minutes later, she was more than 50% better. Ah, the magic of chiropractic! So she
came in again today for a follow up visit and felt so comfortable with what I had done that she decided to tell me about a
neck issue and let me work on it as well. So a few minutes later she sits up, pauses and gives me the strangest
look! Then she slowly said: “That’s the best my TMJ has felt in years, it’s so relaxed!” She hadn’t
even told me that she had been wearing a bite guard at night for years. Yep, about 70% of TMJ problems can
be corrected by working with the upper neck. Do you have any pain? Dr. Pennington has practiced since 1990. Pain relief
guaranteed or it’s free.
www.bradpennington.com
12:48 pm mdt
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Bumper Car Whiplash?What? You mean from the kid’s rides? Yes. An article in SPINE
discussed just such a scenario. Now this is not meant to scare anyone into not letting themselves or their kids enjoy the
pleasures of such normally harmless fun. But, I do want to let you know that you can get a whiplash injury even
when “no damage” occurred. Have you or someone you know had pain after a minor accident? Perhaps you or they have
even sought help, and no solution was found? Well it’s definitely not just “in your head”. In fact,
since low injury damage to soft tissue often won’t show up on diagnostics like x-ray, most physicians have a hard time
finding and diagnosing the problem. And this person in the SPINE article ended up suffering for so long that it ended in surgery. Dr. Pennington has been finding and fixing such problems since 1990. www.bradpennington.com303-820-3336 Duffy, M.F., Stuberg,
@., DeJong, S., Gold, K.V., & Nystrom, N.A. (2003). Whiplash-Associated Disorder from a Low-Velocity Bumper Car Collision:
History, Evaluation, and Surgery. SPINE, 29(17), 1881-1884.
3:08 pm mdt
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Lumbar DiscAnother study overwhelmingly indicates that lumbar discs respond well to manipulation.
In this study
of 517 patients with protruded lumbar discs, 76.8% had satisfactory results.
Practice is necessary to become proficient
in spinal manipulation techniques. As the study stated "The amplitude of force applied cannot be measured and can only
be estimated by experience. Therefore, expertise plays an important role in the success of manipulation."
Dr.
Pennington has provided excellent chiropractic services since 1990, and is proficient in lumbar manipulation.
www.bradpennington.com
303-820-3336
Treatment of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Protrusions by Manipulation.
Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research, February 1987, pp. 47-55. Paul Pang-Fu Kuo and Zhen-Chao Loh
2:07 pm mdt
Friday, March 6, 2009
Chronic Spinal Pain: Comparing Medication, Acupuncture & ChiropracticA randomized clinical trial published in a prestigious medical journal demonstrates chiropractic has far superior
results for chronic spinal pain.
Chiropractic care over 9 weeks (18 visits) produced a 5X greater amount of individuals
reaching complete symptom elimination than medication. And a 3X greater amount than acupuncture.
The medication
performed so poorly that a greater % of individuals had an adverse event from the medicine than the % that even had improvement.
People receiving chiropractic were even the most chronic and long term sufferers of all three groups, averaging 8.3
years of chronic pain compared to 4.5 and 6.4 years.
As an added benefit, the chiropractic patients had a 3 to
4X greater improvement in overall general health status.
Spine, July 15, 2003; 28(14): 1490-1502
www.bradpennington.com303-820-3336
12:40 pm mst
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Is Canola Oil Healthy?NO, NO, AND NO! In fact, look at this list:
Canola
Soy
Peanut
Safflower
Sunflower
Cottonseed
Corn
All of these oils break down in the body into Prostaglandin E2, and creates of inflammation.
Also leading to pain, vascular disease, fibrosis, degenerative joint disease, immune system dysfunction, creation of free
radicals, etc.
On the other hand, flax, hemp and walnut oils, cold water fatty fish, and algae sources all build
brain synapses and increase production of Serotonin and Dopamine (feel good chemicals).
www.bradpennington.com
303-820-3336
Dr. Brad Pennington
12:48 pm mst
Chiropractic Doesn't "Last"So why is it that I get chiropractic
adjustments but they just don’t “last”? Well, the simple fact is, they really don’t last. And neither
does anything else… Drinking a glass of water doesn’t “last”. Getting a massage doesn’t “last”. Exercising doesn’t “last”. Eating a meal doesn’t “last”. Brushing your teeth doesn’t “last”. Stretching your muscles in Yoga doesn’t
“last”. Getting
a good nights sleep doesn’t “last”. The magic of all the wonderful things in life we can
do to take care of ourselves is found in the repetition. Repeatedly exercising. Repeatedly making healthy food choices. Repeatedly
cleaning your teeth. Repeatedly getting periodic chiropractic adjustments.
Repeating today, and each week, and
each month the valuable choices you make to create health in your body.
Or repeatedly making choices that destroy
your health and create dis-ease in your body. Either way there is an impact from the choices you make,
but it is the repetition of those choices that will make a result “last”. www.bradpennington.com 303-820-3336 Dr. Brad Pennington
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