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• Do all the good you can,
• By all the means you can,
• In all the ways you can,
• In all the places you can,
• At all the times you can,
• To all the people you can,
• As long as ever you can.                  

 John Wesley

• Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Taylor - Chiropractor Brighton

I have been reading Dr Jennifer Barham-Floreani’s book “Ticklish” – New ways to help your child Learn, Love and Play and what a wonderful book!  Ticklish is a must read for all parents (and grandparents!)

On page 21Dr Jennifer writes, and I quote:

“There is a myth that an odd-shaped child’s head is of no concern and will “right itself” with time, however, anomalies of shape can be the first indication that your child is susceptible to developmental delay.  A misshapen head is not merely a cosmetic issue, it is a brain stem issue.  If your child’s head looks uneven or you notice flat areas, this can indicate restrictions between the skull and the soft layers that cover the brain and spinal cord.  A healthy brain requires good movement of the skull and spine, when this movement is impaired, brain and nerve function are also impaired.

Sometimes children have nerve and spinal distress that results in their head being tilted to one side so that one ear sits higher than the other.  At other times a child’s head may be rotated or turned more to one side, so that they display a preference for having their head turned this way.”

Whether your child’s head is odd-shaped or not and whether their head sits unevenly or not it is best to have their skeletal system checked as early as possible by a Chiropractor.  Your Chiropractor’s focus is not aesthetics – their aim is to help increase the neurological function of your child.

Quote by Jane Healy PhD – “If young bodies are in bad shape, what about the brains that are attached to them?”

Chiropractic Life is a family health and wellness centre providing natural health care to your whole family.

• Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Taylor - Chiropractor Brighton

“Love is the only flower that grows and blossoms without the aid of the seasons” ~ Kahlil Gibran

Traditional health care today doesn’t allow for the “love” factor to flourish.  Financial and time constraints means that the average MD has only a few minutes to spend developing that special “love” relationship with each patient – however we want to know all about you!   Your pains, your pleasures, your challenges your victories, your diet, your activity (or inactivity) and how this makes you think and feel.  We want to know about the people who share your life. Why? – Because we know all these things influence your health today and into the future!

Dr Bruce Lipton proved that your environment is more powerful that your genes in determining your health.

If you want the “love” factor put back into health care, consult a Chiropractic Life Chiropractor.

• Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Taylor - Chiropractor Brighton

Some said it wouldn’t last.  Some said “give them six months” – now it is the largest meeting of Chiropractic delegates in the United Kingdom!  That is/was the United Chiropractor’s Association  annual Conference in Birmingham over the weekend -  and we were there!

Over the years there have been many individuals and organisations trying to silence the soul and spirit of the true Chiropractic story – people who want to move away from the founding principles of Chiropractic and reduce Chiropractic to back and neck pain therapy.  We are delighted to announce – Chiropractic in it’s purest form is alive and well – AND GROWING with thanks to Melissa and Amanda from the UCA and tireless individuals who work with passion and compassion to bring the message that health and vitality is within your reach – by keeping the nervous system free of interference so that the body can do its marvellous work of self healing.  Chiropractic is a science, art and philosophy that allows individuals to express the health and life potential they were born to have, and the United Chiropractors Association and it’s members are working to keep it that way.

Look this way for a lifestyle of  natural health and vitality!

• Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
• Helen Taylor - Chiropractor Brighton

Every day of our lives we are given 86,400 of them!  We cannot carry them forward until to tomorrow.  When they are gone, they are gone!   We cannot hoard it, save it, store it, invest it or give it away.    It is only ours to use.

Time!  86,400 seconds every day!

The question is – “how are we investing it?”

Time cannot be managed, however, we can manage those things that take up our time.

• Time is perishable – it must be used by midnight!
• Time is measurable and we all get the same amount to use each day.
• Time is irreplaceable – we cannot get it back once it has gone.
• Time is a priority – we always make time for our priorities.

This leaves the question “What are our priorities?”

Are we taking the time to be healthy?

• Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
• Helen Taylor - Chiropractor Brighton

Chiropractors Brighton and Hove

Chiropractic is at the forefront of the wellness revolution.

Don’t wait to get sick.  Have your nervous system checked for interference so that you can express your true potential on every level!

Your nervous system is housed in the moving bones of the spinal column. Remember – your nervous system controls every cell, tissue, muscle, gland, organ and system of your entire body. Interferences to the nervous system prevent your body from doing it’s marvelous work of self healing.

Consult a Chiropractic Life Chiropractor to see if your Nervous System is allowing you to express your true health and life potential.

• Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
• Helen Taylor - Chiropractor Brighton

Brighton and Hove Chiropractors

Get the health you deserve and desire – consult a Chiropractic Life Chiropractor!

Picture courtesy of United Chiropractors Association

• Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
• Helen Taylor - Chiropractor Brighton

Dr James Chestnut helps us ask the right questions so that we can know the right answers!

• What is the Wellness & Prevention Paradigm?
• What are it’s major premises and/or assumptions?
• How does this differ from the allopathic paradigm and the major premises or assumptions of this paradigm?
• How do allopathic and wellness & prevention practitioners differ in terms of intervention and clinical outcome goals?
• Which practitioners are more evidence-based in terms of improving health outcomes and prevention of chronic illness?
• Why does the allopathic paradigm and why do allopathic interventions dominate in terms of funding for research and healthcare interventions regarding chronic illness despite overwhelming evidence of ineffectiveness, harm, and bankrupting costs?
• If we are to solve the chronic health care crisis caused by the chronic illness pandemic – which paradigm will be required as a solution? –  more drugs, radiation and surgery to treat diagnosed chronic illness or more lifestyle intervention to increase health and prevent chronic illness?
• Does treating chronic illness with drugs, radiation and surgery cure chronic illness, prevent chronic illness, prolong life, or save money?
• Does lifestyle intervention – taking responsibility to Eat Well, Move Well and Think Well?

Let the discussion and debate begin!!

http://www.wellnessandprevention.com/index.cfm/The-Wellness-and-Prevention-Paradigm

• Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
• Helen Taylor - Chiropractor Brighton

Brighton and Hove Chiropractors

It seems that winter has decided to return – however temporary, but it calls for some body warming soup.

Try this delicious, healthy, nutritious version using sweet potatoes.  I added shredded english spinach for extra nutrition.

Do try it!

Ingredients

2 tablespoons coconut oil
1 large brown onion, roughly chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 teaspoon ground coriander
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
600g orange sweet potato, peeled, diced
500g carrots, peeled, sliced
6 cups home made  stock
300g can organic chickpeas drained and rinsed or use  300g dried and soaked (for 24 hours)

Method
Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring often, for three minutes.  Stir in coriander, cumin and chilli powder.  Cook, stirring, for one  minute.  Add sweet potato and carrot.  Cook, stirring often, for five  minutes.  Add stock, cover and bring to the boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, stirring occasionally until veges are soft.
Add chickpeas to soup and simmer, covered, for ten minutes or until chickpeas are tender.
Blend soup roughly.  Season with full spectrum salt and pepper.

PS  Dried chick peas soaked for 24 hours provide a delicious and nutritious snack.

• Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
• Helen Taylor - Chiropractor Brighton

Chiropractors in Brighton

Socrates said “If you would have health – look first to the spine”.

The spine is made of many bone segments which house and protect the spinal cord and the smaller spinal nerve branches that come off the spinal cord and exit between the bones.  These nerve pathways carry information or messages between the brain and the cells of the body. These messages are essential for the life of the cells.  Without vital brain messages, the cells immediately begin the process of dying; i.e., they can no longer function the way they should, to maintain health and vitality.

Because the bones are moveable, they can misalign in such a way as to interfere with the messages and, ultimately, the ability of the person to function at their best or express their optimum life potential.

Misalignments can be caused by a wide variety of factors, which we refer to as stressors.    These stressors can be physical (such as accidental trauma, sleeping posture and mattress condition, the birth process, sneezing, falling down, etc.), mental / emotional (in its many forms, probably the most familiar use of the word stress), or chemical (such as pollution, chemicals, drugs, etc.), which are, unfortunately, a regular part of living in the industrialised world – so misalignments may be caused from a multitude of reasons.

Misalignments are rarely obvious to the individual they affect – except when they have pain,  however misalignments frequently have no symptoms at all – at least not initially.   The reason is that most of what goes on inside us happens without our awareness.  As an example, try to “feel” your liver.  What’s it doing right now?  We can’t know, so we have no idea if it is  functioning at its best or something less -  so our body function may be far from optimal and we would not even know it.  The branching of the nerve pathways is complex and extensive, making it exceedingly difficult to predict or determine exactly how the person will be affected.  In order to know if someone has spinal misalignments they need a Chiropractic checkup.

Since misalignments of the spinal column can be caused by so many different things, many people choose to maintain their health through regular Chiropractic care in order to enjoy their life more, knowing that the power that made the body is also the power that heals the body – through the nervous system, housed inside the moving bones of the spinal column.  Socrates knew this.  The ancients knew this. The modern world has rejected this wisdom, however, there are still many who understand that the nervous system is still the powerhouse of the body and our five children whose ages add up to 133 years today without ever having been to a medical doctor, and having had Chiropractic Care since the day they were born -  are a living testament to that fact!

Each person has a unique life potential – by removing nerve interference it is possible to realize that potential!

Consult Chiropractic Life for the healthy future you want tomorrow!

• Dr Richard McMinn - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Helen Martin - Chiropractor Brighton
• Dr Glenn Fredericksen - Chiropractor Brighton