Hello Chiropractic Friends and Patients,

My purpose for writing this post is to inform you of my upcoming Mission work in the Dominican Republic. I will be travelling with a team of doctors and students of chiropractic to the Dominican Republic from March 28 to April 1. The doctors and students are working under the banner of Mission Life International, a Non-Profit 501(c) humanitarian organization that provides chiropractic care to people around the world who might not normally have access to alternative healthcare. Our primary goal is to help people in underprivileged areas. At the same time, we seek to build strong relationships with the health officials and providers in these nations so that they maintain an “open door” policy for chiropractic. The last trip to the Dominican Republic included 18 doctors and more than 30 students, who educated and cared for some 10,000 people during the trip!

Chiropractic in the Dominican Republic

This year’s Mission Trip is limited to ten doctors and thirty students. We will be very busy with our primary purpose of providing chiropractic adjustments to thousands of families, many of who will travel over 100 miles to receive care. Our other goals are to educate parents, educators, the government and thousands of children on proper spinal hygiene including instruction in the spinal exercise module Straighten Up America (soon to be Straighten Up Dominican Republic). We will be stationed in Puerta Plata; however, we will maximize our efforts by commuting to some very remote areas in the countryside. The churches, schools and community centers are already preparing and promoting for our Mission work.

Here is where I am asking for your help. We will be serving in areas where the children have no toothpaste, toothbrushes, proper soap nor shampoo. Most of the children in the orphanages and communities we are serving have fungal infections and dental problems due to this lack of proper hygiene.  We are asking for donations of travel packs of toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap and shampoo. Your donations can be placed in the luggage in our adjusting area. I will bring the luggage with me and hand deliver the items directly to the communities in need.

Chiropractic to the Masses

Whether in my office or in an impoverished country I am thankful and humbled by the opportunity to help others through chiropractic.  You can be certain I will be touching as many lives as I am physically able. I am grateful for all your support and motivation.  May you live each day with passion, purpose, and love!

Thank you so much for supporting the spread of chiropractic around the world!

Neck Pain Best Remedied With Chiropractic

Do you or a loved one suffer with neck pain?

Whether your neck pain is acute (just happened) or chronic (you’ve suffered with it for a while), new research says that Chiropractic is your best option for relief.

Isn’t that great?!  You can get rid of your neck pain without the use of dangerous drugs like NSAIDS.

Medical Journal Endorses Chiropractic for Neck Pain

The esteemed medical journal, Annals of Internal Medicine (Ann Intern Med. 2012;156:1-10), in cooperation with the National Institute of Health recently published a study titled, “Spinal Manipulation, Medication, or Home Exercise With Advice for Acute and Subacute Neck Pain”.  According to their findings, Chiropractic care is the most effective treatment for acute and chronic neck pain.  When compared to neck pain sufferers who received only exercise advise or only medication, the only Chiropractic group had the best and longest lasting results.

How does this Effect Your Neck Pain?

Your neck pain is positively impacted by this study in multiple ways.  The first and foremost is that you can rid yourself of it without the dangerous side effects of medication.  The worst side effect from the Chiropractic adjustment found in the study was some minor muscle soreness.  Compare that to the known side effects of pain killers such as ulcers and kidney failure, and your choice of treatment for your neck pain should be a no brainer.

At Transcendent Lifestyle Center, we combine Chiropractic and exercise advice to give our practice members the fastest and best results possible. Do you suffer needlessly with neck pain? Put a stop to it.  Call us today and say good bye to your neck pain.

Hunter-Gatherer Education Found Here

Happy New Year to all of our Hunter-Gatherer friends out there.  As you work to make this your healthiest year yet, I think that this link will go a long way in helping you understand why you should seek to emulate our Hunter-Gatherer ancestors:

http://www.slideshare.net/ancestralhealth/ances-health-james-okeefe-9225415

There is a little of everything in the great presentation above: humor, pictures, and facts.

There is a Hunter-Gatherer in You

Whether you are a Hunter-Gatherer in training, or just awakening to the fact that you are one beneath your facade, this information is enlightening and useful to everyone.  Please view it, digest it, and spread it to your fellow Hunter-Gatherer tribesmen and women.

We Promote Healthy Hunter-Gatherer Lifestyles

And remember, we are here to support you in your growth and journey back to health and supremacy in the food chain.  Chiropractic is a key part of your journey because, unlike our Hunter-Gatherer ancestors, you have been exposed to a plethora of physical, chemical, and emotional stresses that cause subluxations and wreak havoc on your health and performance.

What is a physical cause of subluxation?  A sedentary lifestyle composed of hours upon hours of sitting each day is a cause of chronic postural subluxations. Add to that the fact that most Americans do not exercise daily, and you have a recipe for disaster.  Two things our Hunter-Gatherer ancestors never did:

1. Sit all day

2. Go a day without exercise

What is a chemical cause of subluxation?  A diet heavy in grains, dairy, and processed food and drink.  These items were not consumed by our Hunter-Gatherer ancestors, therefore your body has no idea how to handle them other than creating unhealthy levels of chronic inflammation.

What is an emotional cause of subluxation?  The rigors of work, of relationships, of dissatisfaction with your job.  Our minds are racing all day long trying to find solutions to “troubles” that our Hunter-Gatherer ancestors never faced.  Emotional stress is the most common form of stress and has been found to be a contributing cause in 70% of health problems.

If you are experiencing any or all of these stressors, then you are susceptible to injury and/or disease if you do not make a lifestyle change.  Don’t be a typical Western Couch Potato, become a modern day Hunter-Gatherer. Join the Transcendent Lifestyle Center tribe today, and begin your journey back to Hunter-Gatherer health!

Dr. Bartemus has already adjusted 3 babies aged 6 days to 5 months this year. Give your little loved one the gift of health to start the year (and their life) off right.

We will be in the office for normal hours on the following dates:

December 19, 20, 21, 28, 29.

All days not listed we will be closed.  We begin our normal hours again on January 3rd.

Enjoy the holidays!