As far back as 1994, the Chiropractic Research Journal reported on a study that found specific upper neck Chiropractic spinal adjustments increased the CD4 immune cell counts in HIV patients.

The researchers found that the CD4 cells (also known as “helper T-cells”) kept the virus at bay; those with high levels of CD4 cells had low amounts of HIV and those with low levels of CD4 cells had high amounts of HIV.  The research was done at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

What this means for a person fighting a cold, is that an adjustment may very well provide a boost to your immune system.  We have had hundreds of people share with us over the years stories of how they felt they were starting to get sick, then got adjusted, and then seemed to fight off the cold.

Finally, we are not so concerned about your germs.  Germs are only one small, but glamorized, part of you getting sick.  The fact is your body’s internal health and defense system has far more to do with your health than what bugs or germs you touch or breath in.  Our team takes extra care to ensure that we are taking care of our body’s so that our immune system is capable of fighting off most germs we may come in contact with.

And of course, we all get adjusted regularly.

Love and Health

Dr Allen Miner

Health Quest Chiropractic

In the Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapy, May 2007, a research article states:

A 7-year study showed that patients whose primary physician was a Chiropractor, experienced the following results:

60% less hospital admissions

59% less days in the hospital

62% less outpatient surgeries

85% less in pharmaceutical costs

Pretty cool stuff! The beauty of Chiropractic is that we add nothing to you – we simply work with the innate ability your body has built in to function properly.

Thank you for Choosing Chiropractic for you and the health of your loved ones!

Love and Health

Dr Allen Miner

Health Quest Chiropractic

Adjustments reconnect you so that you are more alive!

Love and Health,

Dr. Allen Miner

Health Quest Chiropractic

Many people may say that they get adjusted for an ache or pain or health condition.  But consider this…20% of our practice is children, and that number is growing each week.

Why would that be? Any parent or person that recognizes the benefit of helping a child reach their full potential, their God give

Love,

Allen Miner, D.C.

So, how can you help?

Please, wake up! We as a culture are now drugged more than any other country-we consume half of all drugs made here in the US.  Even though we are more connected than ever, we are more disconnected than ever (ever try talking with someone after they have had there nose in the phone and they look like a zombie!?)   Our food supply is horrific (our fast food hamburger is now 1.5 years old and looks the same as the day we purchased it-this is not right!)  We sit more than any point in history (avgerage is 35 years that we will spend on our toosh.) And please do not get me started about TV.

Please, get adjusted-this reconnects you, it ignites life inside of you-and more importantly inside of your kids! Move more-walk, ride a bike places, exercise…we all know the benefits.  Eat living food-not grey, brown, gravy colored lifeless fast food!  And stimulate your mind by turning off the TV and reconnecting with your family and friends.

Yes, I am weird, and a bit crazy-I get that.  But I am so sick and tired of seeing so many lifeless, drugged out children here in our community (not to mention adults)-we were meant for more!  Come in our office, you will see things differently when your life force, your power is on-it is a great starting place for this revolution!

Love,

Allen Miner, D.C.

Allen Greenspan, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, has twice now said that the biggest threat to our economy is medicare.  How come?

Like Greece, we now have more debt than income we make as a country each year.  Our federal deficit is now reported at around $16 trillion dollars, and our Gross Domestic Product is around $15 trillion. (Yikes!) What is scary to me is that this number does not include the debt that our country owes its citizens for social security and medicare (We are $3 trillion short for Social Security, and $27 Trillion short for medicare= $30 trillion more dollars in debt.)  So, add that to the $16 trillion dollars in debt, and we are quickly approaching a $50 trillion dollar hole.

So, what is the answer?  It is simple, and I have yet to hear a politician talk about this…get people healthy again! No drug will save us, no healthcare plan will save us.

Over 70% of people in our country have now been diagnosed with a chronic disease-and that number is expected to reach even higher soon.  Over half of our citizens now take at least one prescription drug daily.  And we just slipped from number 36 down to number 41 for infant mortality rates!! (this is not acceptable for this great country!!)

Next week I will talk about how you can do your part in this-you owe being your best to yourself, your family, and to your country.

Love,

Allen Miner, D.C.

Chiropractic fits this, and I thank you for igniting your potential and helping your body better adapt to life stress with regular Chiropractic care!

Love,

Allen Miner, D.C.

‘Twas a dangerous cliff, as they freely confessed,
Though to walk near its crest was so pleasant;
But over its terrible edge there had slipped
A duke, and full many a peasant.
The people said something would have to be done,
But their projects did not at all tally.
Some said ‘Put a fence ’round the edge of the cliff,’
Some, ‘An ambulance down in the valley.’

The lament of the crowd was profound and was loud,
As their tears overflowed with their pity;
But the cry for the ambulance carried the day
As it spread through the neighbouring city.
A collection was made, to accumulate aid
And the dwellers in highway and alley
Gave dollars or cents – not to furnish a fence -
But an ambulance down in the valley.

‘For the cliff is all right if you’re careful,’ they said;
‘And if folks ever slip and are dropping,
It isn’t the slipping that hurts them so much
As the shock down below – when they’re stopping.’
So for years (we have heard), as these mishaps occurred
Quick forth would the rescuers sally,
To pick up the victims who fell from the cliff,
With the ambulance down in the valley.

Said one, to his pleas, ‘It’s marvel to me
That you’d give so much greater attention
To repairing results than to curing the cause;
You had much better aim at prevention.
For the mischief, of course, should be stopped at its source;
Come, neighbours and friends, let us rally.
It is far better sense to rely on a fence
Than an ambulance down in the valley.’
Is the plan of removing the danger.

‘He is wrong in his head,’ the majority said;
‘He would end all our earnest endeavour.
He’s a man who would shirk this responsible work,
But we will support it forever.
Aren’t we picking up all, just as fast as they fall,
And giving them care liberally?
A superfluous fence is of no consequence,
If the ambulance works in the valley.’

The story looks queer as we’ve written it here,
But things oft occur that are stranger
More humane, we assert, than to succour the hurt
Is the plan of removing the danger.
The best possible course is to safeguard the source
By attending to things rationally.
Yes, build up the fence and let us dispense
With the ambulance down in the valley.

Joseph Malins 1895

I mention this because the words you speak out have a direct impact on your health and energy.  A simple example is the word tired.  When you say “I am so tired,” your body immediately changes.  Your shoulders slouch over, your head drops forward, often times you yawn shortly after.

The next time you feel tired in the middle of the day – I suggest that you try not speaking that thought out loud.  Change your internal dialogue and watch what happens to your state of being.  Do not give in, tell yourself a little lie, something along the lines of “I am full of energy right now.”  This may sound silly – but please try it, and watch what happens!

The reason that I point this out is that I so often cringe when someone lies down on our adjusting table and declares “this pain in my back is killing me!!”  I believe that there is both the power of life, and death, in your words.  Please choose the words that you speak over yourself very carefully!

Dr. Allen Miner
Health Quest Chiropractic

I oppose the ever popular philosophy embraced by the health care industry these days called “materialism.”

Now, I am not referring to the type of materialism where you are focused on fancy cars, a large closet full of designer clothes, and multiple houses around the globe – I personally think I could figure out how to be happy with those burdens.

What I am referring to here is the definition of materialism that is described in the Encarta Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language which states: “The philosophical theory that physical matter is the only reality and that psychological states such as emotions, reason, thought, and desire will eventually be explained as physical functions.”

I totally disagree.  I do not buy the idea that every emotion, intuitive thought, idea, or desire that I have is predicated by a mechanical physical function.  Do you really believe that your vision, goals, dreams, and accomplishments are no more than a coincidence of physical functions-are you really just a bunch of chemicals, the sum of your parts?  You are more than an amalgam of body parts!

My issue is that once a medical authority views your body as no more than a combination of body parts and chemical reactions then we have lost the perspective that there is far more to you than your parts.  This also serves as a foundation for using prescription drugs to treat every possible and conceived health problem human kind faces.

Chiropractors are a weird group, I am the first to admit that to you..but I really think that we have a better way!  Thank you for joining us.

Dr. Allen Miner
Health Quest Chiropractic