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 Dr. David Russ is a Wilmington, NC Chiropractor who is passionate about educating the community on health and wellness topics. He believes that chiropractors, at the forefront of the wellness community, should strive to lead and teach by example. Dr. Russ discusses the "popping" sound associated with a chiropractic adjustment.

Fix Your Own Aching Back!

Back pain is one of the most common ailments to affect Americans and it cost us a whopping 250 billion dollars per year. It can range from an annoyance to disabling pain requiring permanent disability.

As a doctor who treats back pain, among other conditions, I see the same things over and over so I have written this to help you prevent issues from arising now or in the future. Below are a list of things that YOU can do for free!

GET MOVING! - Whether you call yourself one or not you are an athlete! Your body was designed to run, jump, hunt, fight, play, etc. but I rarely meet anyone over the age of 15 that leads a truly active lifestyle. Like car that has not been started in years, our bodies too will get "gunked up." Being active can keep the back strong.

LOSE THE GUT! - If you are carrying excess weight, especially in the abdomen, its time to shed that spare tire. Being overweight stresses the joints of the spine particularly the ones in the low back. If you need to lose a few set a goal of losing 1 pound/week until you reach your target weight. Your spine will love you for it.

TOUCH YOUR TOES! - Stretch, stretch, streeeeeeeetch! Flexibility is essential to keeping the joints moving freely. Picture the stiff old tree or the young green sapling during a hurricane: which one is more likely to become damaged? Aim to stretch once a day for at least 10 minutes.

ATTENTION!! - Are you slouching as you read this? Sit up and stand up straight as often as possible to prevent the ligaments and discs in your spine from being damaged. Postural fatigue is one of the top causes of back pain.
As always consult your local chiropractor before making any changes to your lifestyle to make sure that your body is ready.

Dr. Russ practices in Wilmington, NC and has been freeing people from pain and other conditions since 2007. Russ Chiropractic and Wellness Center utilizes Chiropractic, Massage, Exercise, Nutrition, and Weight Loss to help others achieve their individual health goals. Visit us on the web at http://www.RussChiro.com

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National HIV Day Health Fair

Dr. King, Adja ( our massage therapist), and I are downtown at the Martin Luther King center at 401 8th street doing free health assessments and spinal screenings. Come on down for a free chair massage and show some support! There are also free blood tests available for cholesterol, stds, etc. We will be here from 10 - 2. Hope to see you today!

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Eat Breakfast to Lose Weight

A study appearing in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2009; 63, 405-412) found an association between skipping breakfast and becoming overweight or obese. Information was gathered about breakfast, physical inactivity and alcohol consumption in 25,176 teen-aged subjects. The researchers found that skipping breakfast had a stronger association with being overweight obese-stronger than alcohol consumption or physcial inactivity. Other research appearing in Family Practice News (May 15, 2003:10) looked at 1,943 adults between the ages of 25 and 37 and found that those who ate breakfast seven days per week were less likely ot be obese, or to have insulin resistance. The risk for insulin resistance was between 37% and 55% lower for regular breakfast eaters than for those who ate breakfast seldom or never.


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Free Seminar - FAST TRACK TO HEALTH ($57 Value)

This information could literally SAVE YOUR LIFE or that of someone you love!

Come join us on Thursday, November 19 at 6:00 PM for an interactive, educational seminar.  You will learn how to spend less time in doctor's offices, how to live with less pain, and become healthier in 5 easy steps. We'll also let you in on the best kept secrets your doctor doesn't want you to know!  This seminar will help you and your family live healthier lives.

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Free Intro Massage!! Limited Time Offer. Call Now!

You asked for it so you got it!  We are excited to announce the addition of a new massage therapist to our team here at Russ Chiropractic and Wellness Center. We are always striving to serve you better and after extensive searching and interviewing we have found the perfect massage therapist to complement our wellness center.

I would like to introduce you to Jennifer McCarthy.  Jennifer comes to us from Ottawa, Canada and has been a proud Wilmington resident since April 2008.  She has multiple national massage certifications in Rehabilitative, Swedish, Deep Tissue and Elderly massage.  Her massage practice specializes in a client centered focus that helps each individual achieve his or her personal goals.

When Jennifer is not busy following her passion to help people stay healthy and out of pain, she enjoys scuba diving, traveling to far away places, surfing, biking and kayaking.  You may even find her on the nearest ice hockey rink!

 She is a wonderful addition to our office and will be a great asset in helping our patients down the path to wellness!

Call 910-395-5066 now to book your FREE MASSAGE! (limited time offer)
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Kids find a new way to adjust: Chiropractors

By Kim Painter, USA TODAY

Melanie Booth never expected to take her baby to a chiropractor. But when son Mac was 3 months old and having problems — difficulty with nursing, apparent discomfort when lying on his tummy and a tendency to turn his head only one way — his pediatrician recommended she do just that.

Booth, a university professor in Portland, Ore., found that her lactation consultant and several friends also endorsed chiropractic care for kids.

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After one visit, she was a believer, too: As chiropractor Elise Hewitt worked on Mac, "he began to quiver and shake, and it kind of scared my husband and me," Booth says. "But she explained (she) was releasing energy that was stored up incorrectly in his body and particularly his spine. … And almost immediately, we saw a change in his ability to move his neck." The nursing and tummy time problems cleared up, too, Booth says, as Mac continued treatments over several months.

Stories such as Booth's help explain why nearly 3% of children in the USA were treated with chiropractic or osteopathic manipulation in 2007, making it the second-most common form of complementary or alternative medicine for children, a government report said recently. (Most common: natural products, such as fish oil and herbs.)

But stories are not studies. Even practitioners such as Hewitt, president of the American Chiropractic Association's council on pediatrics, concede their work is not backed by the kinds of studies that would be required if chiropractic care were a drug. As the government report noted, "there is insufficient proof that (alternative practices) are safe and effective." The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, which released the report, was created to fill the research gap.

Chiropractors say they welcome the scrutiny. Hewitt says: "I wish there were more high-level studies." But she also says she is comfortable treating kids based on preliminary research, 100 years of chiropractic history and her own experiences.

Harm is 'rare, but possible'

One large safety review, published in 2007, did find a few serious injuries in children, including one death from a brain bleed and one case of paralysis. But there was no proof spinal manipulation caused the injuries and no way to estimate how common such injuries might be, says Sunita Vohra of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada.

"Serious harms may be rare but are possible," she says. She is working on further studies.

"I suspect that adverse events are very rare," says Kathi Kemper, professor of pediatrics at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C. She wouldn't refer a child to a chiropractor for non-musculoskeletal problems but wouldn't ask parents to stop visits if they perceive benefits.

Word-of-mouth, not research, brings most parents to Jeanne Ohm, a chiropractor in Media, Pa., and executive coordinator of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association. Parents "are usually referred by someone whose asthma went away or whose ear infections went away," she says.

Ohm says she does not promise to cure any ailment in a particular child. She emphasizes broader goals: "Taking stress and tension off the nervous system affects their whole physical body and their mental state. We look at the whole person."

Dr. Dave's Comments - 

As the old saying goes - an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Chiropractic has shown to be remarkably safe and effective in helping many conditions common to children such as colds, earaches, colic,  and ADD/ADHD to name a few. Just like most people make sure that they maintain their car by changing the oil and getting it tuned up, we should look to treat our children with the same care, if not better. More and more parents are taking their children to see chiropractors for preventive/ wellness check-ups than ever before. When was the last time your child's nervous system was checked?

Call 910-395-5066. to find out if Wellness Chiropractic is right for your child. Visit us at Russ Chiropractic and Wellness Center for more information.