Dr. Paul Worsham

The Healthiest Meal of the Day

2010-09-01T10:33:00.001-05:00

Among the most common health complaints of patients I see in my office are fatigue and digestive problems.

When talking about fatigue this can range from a mental tiredness to a sleepiness, from an inability to fall asleep to an inability to stay asleep, from a tiredness first thing upon waking to a fatigue that hits after lunch or in the evening where you fall asleep in front of the TV. Basically this would be any unexplained lack of energy at anytime throughout the day.

Digestive problems can run the gamut including heartburn, acid reflux, nausea, gastritis, cramping, hypoglycemia, gallbladder problems, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Colitis, Crohn's Disease, diarrhea, constipation, irregularity, gluten intolerance - the list goes on and on.

Both of these health problems are important to deal with as both will eventually result in much more serious health problems. Our body does most of its rebuilding and repairing during the sleeping hours and if we can not get proper rest, then our body is not repairing properly and over time will degenerate more and more. Fatigue can also indicate issues with the adrenal glands, which provide much of our energy during the day. As for digestion - the old saying is that you "are what you eat." But this is not exactly true. In truth you are what you eat, what your body can properly digest and properly assimilate. So if you suffer from digestive problems, it means your body is not properly absorbing the nutrients you are getting from your diet - it is just like you did not eat them in the first place.

Recently I have started recommending a healthy meal replacement called Shakeology to my patients who are suffering with fatigue and/or digestive problems, and the results have been absolutely amazing! One patient was dealing with both issues - fatigue from mid-day on and IBS so bad that she literally had to get up from the table at EVERY meal and run to the bathroom. Since starting Shakeology a very short time ago she now experiences increased energy throughout the day with no "crashes" and the IBS problem has completely cleared up. These types of improvements have become common place with my patients. Other health improvements noted include improvements with blood pressure, cholesterol levels, libido for both men and women, and an overall sense of wellbeing.

Shakeology contains healthy proteins as well as over 70 different phytonutrients gathered from around the world from the well known "superfoods", digestive enzymes and the list goes on and on. The shake is gluten-free, caffeine-free, is easily tolerated, and best of all it takes GREAT! Even my 6-year old daughter craves a Shakeology shake as a meal replacement for breakfast each morning.

For more information regarding Shakeology and for ordering information, please visit my nutrition site at http://www.KajunDCNutrition.com

The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (985)867-8100 end_of_the_skype_highlighting and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Are You Falling Apart?

2010-08-25T10:57:00.007-05:00

Heart Disease, Cancer, Stroke, Diabetes - These are four of the top six causes of death in the United States today, with heart disease and cancer far and away the top two. Does anything stick out at you when looking at this list? What do these four killers have in common? Not sure? Ok, I'll tell you. Are you ready? They are all Lifestyle Disorders.

What do I mean by "Lifestyle Disorders?" I mean that these diseases, with very few exceptions, are caused by the way we choose to live our lives. The choices of the foods we eat (and the foods we do not eat), the exercise we do (and the exercise we fail to do), the rest we get (or fail to get due to those activities we "have" to do), the attitude we have about ourselves and life in general (both good and bad) determines our overall health and improper lifestyle can and does directly lead to those four killers above.

The good news is that it takes time for those four killers, as well as other deadly diseases to develop. No one goes from 100% optimal health to Heart Disease, Cancer, Stroke or Diabetes overnight. It takes time - years to decades in many cases - for our health to degrade to the point where these diseases can manifest. Our body is designed to do the best it can for as long as it can before it succumbs to these diseases.

Another bit of good news is that our body does not just sit by while these things are happening without letting us know. It gives us various warning signs to let us know our health is starting to fall apart. We call these warning signs "symptoms." Did I just say that symptoms are good news? Yes they are, and here is why.

The first thing to realize is symptoms are never "normal." There is no such thing as a normal symptom. Many in this day and age feel symptoms are normal because they are so common. Take headaches for example. Headaches are the #1 health complaint in America today. That means many people out there suffer with headaches. But just because something is common does not mean it is normal. If it were normal absolutely everyone would suffer with headaches and for all the same reasons.

Symptoms are a warning sign, just like the "check engine soon" light coming on in your car. Now let's stick with the car for a minute. If the check engine soon light comes on, you have a few choices. The first choice is to ignore the light and hope it goes out on its own. Sometimes this works, most often not. Sometimes the light will go out for a while, only to come back on in a few weeks. Then it may go out again and come back on in a few days, then it comes on and just stays on. (Does this sound like some of the symptoms you may be experiencing? Bothersome for a while, then goes away, only to come back again more and more frequently and staying for longer periods of time?) Your next choice with the car is to stick a piece of duct tape over the bulb, or pull the bulb out - that takes care of the light (symptom). Problem is that whatever caused the light to come on is still an issue and the car continues to fall apart. (This is what many do when they take medications. With very, very few exceptions, drugs simply cover symptoms but do not correct the underlying cause of the problem. How do I know? Quit taking the meds and the symptom, sooner rather than later, returns.) The final option with the car is to take the car to a mechanic to determine the reason why the light came on to begin with. However, you must choose the right mechanic. You don't want to go to a mechanic where the remedy is "pulling out the lightbulb" and not bothering to fix the car.

If your car falls apart you can always buy a new one. But we only get one body throughout the course of our entire life. So it is vital for the Quality of our life to take proper care of our body, including while we are young. When I was 21, I thought I would never reach 40 years old. It seemed like forever away. Next month I turn 43 and I know 65 is right around the corner. It goes faster than you could ever believe when young.

What symptoms are important? The seven most important early symptoms that your body may be developing a lifestyle disorder include headaches and/or migraines, pain/tension somewhere in the body, difficulty getting to or staying asleep, fatigue or an unexplained lack of energy, allergies or sinus problems, irritability or mood swings, and finally digestive problems that can range from acid reflux/heartburn to nausea, IBS, colitis, diarrhea and constipation. Now do these symptoms mean your body necessarily has a disease? No. But it does mean it could be well on its way to developing one.

Have you suffered with more than one of these symptoms in the last 6 months? Or do you suffer with one that you experience more than once per month? If so, then your body is trying to tell you something, something you should be concerned about and listen to. And you should take action before it is too late. The old saying is "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" and this is the absolute truth. It is so much easier to maintain your health than to try and re-gain it after it is lost. And in some cases re-gaining is simply not possible. You don't want to wait for that to happen. Just ask someone who did wait too long.

The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

The Agony of Migraines

2009-08-24T11:10:00.006-05:00

As one migraine sufferer writes, “I get tension at the base of my skull. I know my head will be pounding soon. I’ll end up in bed, unable to take the dimmest light or the faintest whisper. The medicine might lessen them if I take it in time. If not, nothing helps.”

For the 28 million Americans who suffer with migraines, these are familiar thoughts. Some feel nausea, severe pounding, dizziness and the “aura.”

What besides pills are your options?

There is a scientifically based treatment that has greatly reduced and completely eliminated migraine episodes for thousands of sufferers. And the key comes from your neck.

Most migraines actually begin in the neck. They are caused by spinal “kinks” that cause pressure on the nerves that control the brain’s blood vessels. When these nerves become inflamed, these blood vessels constrict, reducing blood flow and resulting in migraines. Do you know what the pounding in your head actually is? It’s the beating of your heart. The blood vessel constriction is so severe that you can actually feel you pulse pounding away in your head.

Fortunately, many sufferers have found solace with the Pettibon System, a comprehensive rehabilitation program for the spine’s hard and soft tissues. It uses x-rays for diagnosis, assessing progress and proof of treatment effectiveness. The results are nothing short of miraculous and while not everyone is a candidate, the results are extremely predictable and reliable, with an examination determining who will benefit.

If you suffer with migraines, do yourself a favor and get checked by a Pettibon practitioner like myself. It very well may give you your life back.

The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Mandeville Chiropractor Loses Weight Fast and Keeps It Off, and You Can Too

2009-08-17T10:30:00.003-05:00

St Tammany Chiropractic Specialist to share how he lost 115lbs in only 200 days and continues to maintain 5 years later, and help the Covington Food Bank in the Process
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Dr. Paul Worsham, chiropractor and clinic director of the Advanced Wellness Center, a Mandeville, La chiropractic clinic, weighed over 280lbs back in November 2003 when his daughter was born. “My father passed at the age of 56, when I was only 15 years old. That was the only thing that went through my mind the first time I looked into Sophia’s big blue eyes,” Dr. Worsham says. “I knew if I did not change my lifestyle, she was destined to go through all the heartache I did losing my father so young. I was determined that not happen to her. So I knew I needed to get healthy and the start was getting the excess fat off my body.”

And lose the fat he did. After a few months of research to make sure he chose the most healthy and scientifically valid regimen, Dr. Worsham dropped 23lbs in the first three weeks in route to a total loss of 115lbs and an incredible 15 inches off his waist, all in only 200 days. “The weight just seemed to pour off my body. I lost almost 30lbs in the first month alone, and then settled into a steady loss of between 10-13lbs each month until I reached my goal weight.”

What is the most common question Dr. Worsham gets about his weight loss? “Many ask if I had surgery to lose the weight. The answer to that is absolutely not. I researched the surgeries but found the long-term results to be no better and in some cases less effective than other ways to lose weight. And surgery is not healthy - health was my main goal.”

Since losing the weight, Dr. Worsham has educated hundreds of northshore residents on the secrets he discovered in his research. But for those scheduling in August and September, he is offering something extremely special. “I’ll be offering a one on one weight loss consultation. Normally I charge $100.00 for the consultation but I am offering this at no charge in exchange for a non-perishable food donation to the Covington Food Bank. The Food Bank does such a wonderful job providing food for needy families in the area year round. So this is truly a win-win for the community as well as one of my favorite organizations.”

Please call Advanced Wellness Center in Mandeville, LA at 985-867-8100 for full details, or visit Dr. Worsham’s website Mandeville Chiropractor.

The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Chiropractic Instead of Drugs for ADHD

2009-08-07T21:01:00.003-05:00

A recent study links stimulant use to sudden death; media and current research suggest chiropractic as a safe alternative.

Certain stimulant medications used to control attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may cause sudden, unexplained death - this according to a study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. This adds to previous reports emphasizing the potential dangers of such medications.

The study, funded by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) along with the National Institute of Mental Health, evaluated stimulant use in 564 children and teens age 7-19 who died unexpectedly, and had no known history of life threatening illness or defined cause of death, such as accident or homicide against a control of 564 age-matched who died in motor vehicle accidents (the control group.)

Comparing the two groups, researchers foundthat a significantly higher number of children/teens in the study group had taken methylphenidate prior to their death than the control. Methylphenidate is the generic form of ADHD drugs like Ritalin and Concerta.

On the good news side, according to a CBS Early Show segment and recent research from the International Pediatric Chiropractic Association (ICPA) suggests benefit of chiropractic care for ADHD sufferers. The study, "The Chiropractic Care of Patients With Attention Deficit Disorder: A Retrospective Analysis" has been aceepted for publication by a major biomechanical journal shows promising results for children under chiropractic care.

In the CBS Early Show segment on the June 15th "Healthwatch", medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton told CBS anchor Julie Chen, "There have been studies that show complimentary or alternative therapies [such as] chiropractic care and dietary changes can be beneficial is some children who are on ADHD medication. She also noted side effects accompanying ADHD drugs including elevated heart rate and blood pressure.

I have been treating children suffering with ADHD in my office for several years now, and have found many children, and adults, have had the ability to discontinue use of Ritalin, Concerta and Adderall (with medical supervision) after starting care in our office. If you know someone suffering with ADHD, please have them call the office 985-867-8100 or go to the website at Mandeville Chiropractor for a free consultation to discuss their health and possible options.

The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

Google Places for Mandeville, LA Chiropractor - Chiropractic Wellness Clinic

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Mandeville Chiropractor Chiropractic Specialist Provides Spinal Disc Decompression Therapy

2009-08-06T23:51:00.008-05:00

From bulging and herniated spinal disc pain to pain related to car accidents, falls, or athletics, Advanced Wellness Center and Dr. Paul Worsham have been fortunate to help thousands of local residents recover from injuries with safe Spinal Disc Decompression Therapy, chiropractic care, muscular therapy, and corrective rehabilitation exercises.

“I have seen the agony that can affect an entire family due to bulging and herniated disc problems and I have a great deal of passion for helping others in the community recover safely from spinal injuries in order to live full, healthy, and pain-free lives,” stated clinic owner Dr. Worsham. “From teenagers to senior citizens, we help people of all ages and professions heal much faster so they can get back to enjoying their lives again. You really can’t appreciate how important health is until you lose it.”

Dr. Worsham has proudly served the St. Tammany Parish community through Advanced Wellness Center (formerly known as the Global Health and Spine Center) since 2002. Prior to that, he studied at Life University College of Chiropractic in Georgia. Spinal disc problems have increased tremendously in recent years. Research has consistently shown that Spinal Disc Decompression Therapy, chiropractic care, muscular therapy, and corrective rehabilitation exercises can help re-hydrate spinal discs and help avoid spinal surgery.

Founded in 2002, Advanced Wellness Center services the communities of Mandeville, Covington, Madisonville, Abita Springs and Lacombe. They provide innovative health and wellness therapies, including Spinal Disc Decompression Therapy, chiropractic, physiotherapy, corporate stress-free days, lifestyle advice, weight loss counseling and much more. The acclaimed clinic is owned and operated by St. Tammany Parish resident Dr. Paul Worsham.

For more information, please visit http://advancedwellnessctr.com/

The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Trouble Losing Weight?

2009-07-31T00:51:00.004-05:00

It has been over 5 years now since deciding it was time to lose weight and keep it off. My motivation was the birth of my daughter. At the time I weighed over 280lbs and I knew that if things did not change, she would lose her father at a very young age. I lost my dad when I was 15 and he was only 56 - I did not want Sophia to have to go through all I did.

There are literally hundreds of differing diet approaches out there, and they all have the same 5% success rate. I knew that once I lost the weight I wanted (115lbs in less than 7 months, by the way) I had to figure out how to keep it off. I was fortunate enough to come upon a strategy early on in my weight loss journey, a reason for the rebound so many suffer from, other than going back to eating poorly again.

We are surrounded by over 82,000 chemicals and toxins each and every day. They are in our food (over 18,000), in our water and in the air we breathe. They are such things as that "new car smell", the smell of paint, the chemicals in carpeting to prevent staining... the list is truly endless. As a matter of fact, there are over 1700 new chemical compounds that industry introduces into our environment each and every year - chemicals that we have never been surrounded by before. According to the 1976 Toxic Substances Abuse Act, the EPA requires testing of new chemicals for toxic effects in humans ONLY if there is a reasonable expectation beforehand that a toxic effect might exist. Because of this, of the 82,000 chemicals that surround us, less than 25% have ever been tested for toxic effects in humans.

Now what does this have to do with weight? As these chemicals continually enter our bodies, they eventually overwhelm the liver, preventing it from doing its jobs properly. The liver is the primary detoxifier of the body and when it gets overwhelmed, these toxins are no longer removed at an acceptable rate. The body, in an effort to minimize the damage caused by these toxins surrounds the toxins in fat. When we lose weight, if we have not purified our liver, these toxins stay in our body and our body "rebounds" by surrounding them in fat again and putting them back in the fat cells.

Purification and detoxification programs, specifically designed to detox the liver, have shown phenomenal results for people, including myself, to not only lose weight but also to keep that weight off long-term. It has been over 5 years for me and I still maintain my loss. And I am not the only one. There are hundreds of success stories out there, including many I have counseled myself.

If your weight is stuck, a healthy liver detox may just be your answer.

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The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

Google Places for Mandeville, LA Chiropractor - Chiropractic Wellness Clinic

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

It is up and running! - Mandeville, LA Chiropractor

2009-06-21T00:08:00.003-05:00

After many days of work, our new clinic website is up and running at http://www.advancedwellnessctr.com/ Please check it out and let me know what you think of it.

We specialize in neck pain, back pain, fibromyalgia, bulging, herniated, ruptured, degenerated and degenerative spinal discs, carpal tunnel syndrome, sciatica, spinal stenosis, migraines, headaches, and other pain and health problems.

The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

Google Places for Mandeville, LA Chiropractor - Chiropractic Wellness Clinic

Google Places for Metairie, LA Chiropractor - Chiropractic Wellness Clinic

If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

2009-06-16T22:52:00.003-05:00

Our revamped clinic website goes on-line Friday, June 19th. I am really excited about all the innovative changes - including the above video which will serve as my welcome message.

The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

Google Places for Mandeville, LA Chiropractor - Chiropractic Wellness Clinic

Google Places for Metairie, LA Chiropractor - Chiropractic Wellness Clinic

If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Tony Horton's Laws of Success

2009-05-04T08:58:00.005-05:00

Tony Horton has come up with 11 Laws - the Keys to Success in changing your body and your health. I hope all will benefit from these very sound words of wisdom.

Law 1: VARIETY
Variety is the spice of life and fitness. A lifetime of health and fitness is achievable when you can think outside of the box. Mix it up, change it up, and turn it up all the time. Curiosity is a key reason why I’ve been able to sustain a high level of fitness for over 20 years. If I see something that looks fun and challenging, I'll try it. Stay curious, be creative, and do the kinds of workouts that you enjoy. A variety of exercises, workouts, and sports will allow you to avoid the evil fitness killers: plateaus and boredom.

Law 2: CONSISTENCY
Improvement and change occur when you do things often. Stopping and starting all the time will kill any momentum you need to succeed. You must find ways to stay in the game. Moderate forms of exercise, done consistently; provide far better results than the occasional full-body pummeling. A lifestyle that includes multiple forms of exercise 5 to 6 days a week guarantees results. There are key factors that are very important when it comes to staying consistent. One of them is staying motivated. “How,” you ask? Here are a couple of tricks that will help maintain your motivation: 1. Stop beating yourself up if you can’t maintain your “perfect” plan! It’s OK to miss a workout once in a while. It doesn’t mean that your process has gone to hell in a handcart.2. On your most exhausted, overwhelmed, and lackluster days, PUSH PLAY ANYWAY! Except if you’re SORE. Movement is good-even when you feel that you’re not 100% up to it. Sometimes you have to “Forget Your Best and Do the Rest!”

Law 3: INTENSITY
You’re TOUGHER than you think! The avoidance of pain or focusing on the possibility of injury from working out is a mindset steeped in fear. You must learn to “Find the Line.” The “Line” is that special place you need to get to if you want any program to work. It’s the desire to do that extra push-up, to increase the depth and range of motion on your lunges and squats, and not being afraid to add more weight and resistance as you get stronger. It’s discovering your pain/discomfort threshold so you can get the job done-without jeopardizing good form and without injuring yourself. If you are under-train or just plain old “give up” because you “can’t” do something the first few times, then you’ll never know what it’s like to be fit and healthy. Find the “Line,” do the best you can, and maintain good form.

Law 4: PURPOSE
You are what you eat and what you do! If you choose to devote your time and energy to health and fitness with wisdom and courage, you become a beacon of energy so powerful it could change the lives of thousands of people. A healthy, fit body directly affects the mind and spirit. The brain and body are one. People reach for cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, and fast food because it makes them feel good…for now. These short-term pleasures deliver a long list of physiological and psychological disorders and diseases down the road. A steady dose of exercise, on the other hand, will guarantee the opposite result-a lifetime of good health, energy, self-reliance, and hope! Purpose is the driving force that moves you from here to there. Your purpose for taking care of yourself is based on intention and resolution. Let your purpose shine through what you do-every day. You’ll look better, feel better, act better. And let’s face it; you’ll become an all-around better person!

LAW 5: REALITY
If you want positive, long-term change in life, accept the truth of your situation. Let go of your ego and find ways to love who you are right now. Living in the past, the future, and for others destroys your ability to stay in the moment. Life has peaks and valleys, ups and downs, lessons and celebrations. This is how we grow and learn. The way to live in this world is to live in the real world. Lift the burden of having to “keep up with the Joneses” all the time. Stop lying to yourself and everyone else about what you’re doing, what you’ve done, and what you’re going to do. Stop telling others about your hard workouts and clean diet while pretending that what you’re saying it true. If it is true…guess what? We’ll know. Reality is about discovering the truth about the here and now. Reality is the ability to accept your present situation and love who you are through the process.

LAW 6: PLAY
Take your mind off of weight, inches, and body fat percentages, and put the focus on MOVING-dancing, rock climbing, in-line skating, running, team sports, mountain biking, etc. I personally happen to enjoy the graceful sport of table tennis. I don’t care what you say, it’s a sport! Think more in terms of “can do” and less in terms of “look like.” You’ll develop balance, coordination, and stamina-which helps accelerate and maintain your fitness. Go outside (or inside) and PLAY!Every Sunday I head down to the original Muscle Beach in Santa Monica and meet a group of friends for a two-and-a-half hour fitness extravaganza. We do a crazy combination of pull-ups, handstands, swinging Plyometrics dips, 15-and 25-foot rope climbing (hands only and sometimes upside down), tons of wacky push-ups – we even throw in a back flip or two. I show up every Sunday morning to hang with the crew. As hard as the workout is, we’re there for the camaraderie, laughter, and encouragement.I encourage you to get involved in SOMETHING athletic – anything what would be fun and enjoyable for you. Try to focus less on weight loss and more on accomplishment. Set a goal, take a class, sign up for a race, anything that gives you a reason to focus on what you “can do” and not so much on what you “look like.” If you shift to a mindset playing and having fun, you won’t obsess as much on calories, inches, and your weight.

LAW 7: PLAN
We’re pretty good at scheduling when to go to bed, when to eat, and when to watch our favorite show ion the tube. We find ourselves trying to squeeze workouts in. The “fit in whenever” approach might work for a little while, but it never survives in the long run. You can’t have a fitness lifestyle if you don’t have a long-term plan. Stop winging it and schedule in advance when to Push Play. Move your workouts to the top of your priority list. Don’t think about doing them whenever. Schedule them as if they were very important meetings or appointments. BECAUSE THEY ARE! You can love what you’re doing and eat like a star, but if you don’t plan those workouts you won’t go far.

LAW 8: STRESS AND SLEEP
Stressed-out, sleep-deprived people don’t eat right and exercise regularly. Stress depletes energy, strength, and desire; while poor sleep habits affect your moods and immune function along with cognitive and motor performance. Burning the candle at both ends makes it impossible to be fit and healthy. Don’t waste your time on gossip, ridicule, envy, self-pity, anger, guilt, arrogance, impatience, regret, manipulation, jealousy, fear, worry, and anxiety. It’s too stressful, and it destroys the energy you need to stay healthy and fit. If you choose understanding, truth, clarity, patience, devotion, gratitude, acceptance, wisdom, and forgiveness, you will have peace of mind and all the energy in the world to do whatever you want.

LAW 9: LOVING IT
Your workouts involve commitment, determination, planning, consistency, and intensity. If you don’t like what you’re doing, then there’s no way on earth you’ll succeed. Enthusiasm is a huge piece of the puzzle. Get creative and stay curious. I don’t know about you, but if I don’t love something, then I don’t do it. Period. It boggles my mind why anyone would continue to do anything they don’t enjoy. If you’re anything like me, you’ll discover that the same thing over and over doesn’t work over time. FIND OUT WHAT YOU LOVE and do THAT. If you stay curious, try new things, abandon the exercises you dislike, and stick with the ones you love, then you’ll discover a fitness philosophy that you’ll stick with for a lifetime.

LAW 10: FLEXIBILITY
Flexibility is the fountain of youth! Flexible people are much less prone to injury. Flexibility is the key component that allows you to bring more intensity to your workouts. Aging has a funny way of making everything we do harder. Staying limber and flexible is the way to prevent that from happening. People hate to stretch because they say it’s too boring. They don’t like it because it cuts into their workout time. I’m here to tell you that it’s time to rethink the importance of flexibility. Flexibility increases mental relaxation, greatly reduces the risk of various injuries, and slows the aging process in muscles and joints. Who wouldn’t want all that? Flexibility is the fountain of youth. Give yourself that amazing gift.

LAW 11: FOOD AND SUPPLEMENTATION
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT! Food and supplements are your fuel. The right fuel supplies proper energy and recovery through balancing brain chemistry. Healthy, nutritious food provides the energy you need to get through a hectic day. High-quality foods and supplements assist in lowering fat stores, weight loss, increasing energy, recovery from workouts, and maintaining healthy bones, muscles, and joints. Supplementation and eating well also reduce bouts of depression, sadness, and anxiety while promoting psychological well-being. Our bodies do not run on exercises; they run on the fuel we put in our mouths. You cannot substitute good exercise for a bad diet. A good diet and exercise have to happen at the same time. If you bring the same level of consistency and discipline to your daily fuel intake as you do the workouts, you’ll greatly reduce a lifetime of health risks, improve your overall quality of life, and see greater physical change in a shorter period of time.
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The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Tony Horton... God Love Him

2009-04-20T09:00:00.005-05:00

As I recounted in a previous post (My Story... and I do have one), I used to weigh 280lbs and had a 46 inch waist at my heaviest, March 2004. The birth of my daughter gave me the motivation to lose 115lbs and 15 inches off my waist in less than seven months. This weight loss was accomplished through diet alone. The result was I weighed less, but was not necessarily that much healthier overall.

I decided to add exericse to my plan in July, 2005. As someone who detests running (I am only going to run if someone is chasing me) I chose to begin lifting weights. Weightlifting is one of the smartest things you can do to lose and maintain fat loss because muscle is a very metabolically active tissue - meaning it burns many calories per day to maintain muscle and burns even more calories to build more muscle. So our muscle mass is the greatest single control we have over our own metabolic rate i.e. the number of calories we burn per day.

I began weightlifting by building my own plan of lifts that I got off the internet. The results were fair - a decent start for a "newbie" (as I had NEVER lifted before) but nothing to write home about. After doing more research I began doing routines from books written by some of the most respected personal trainers in the business. These were better than my "homemade" plan but still did not give me the results I was looking for. I was not looking to have a body like the "Governator" but did want to look healthy and defined with my shirt off. (The old saying is dieting makes you look good with your clothes on, exercise makes you look good with your clothes off.) And lifting 30 minutes, 3 days a week was simply not giving me that look.

I believe everything in life happens for a reason and everything happens to prepare you for the next step. God has directed me down several roads in my life - some fun, some not so fun - but all preparing me for a journey I was yet to begin. What I did in those early months/years weightlifting and fitness-wise was preparing me to succeed at the program that finally let me attain many of the goals I had set for myself back in July, 2005. On December 24, 2008 I began a program that once again changed my life - that program is called P90X.

P90X was developed by fitness personal trainer Tony Horton. Tony has been well known for many years - training many of hollywood's elite. He is the developer of the beachbody program "Power 90", a 90-day routine that has assisted thousands across the country and around the world to improve their health and fitness levels. Power 90 Extreme, or P90X, is the step up in intensity from the Power 90 program. I found P90X through one of the infomercials on TV. I became intrigued with the program and thought it would be perfect to do while on our two-week Christmas trip to Canada, as I would not have access to a gym or weights while at my wife's parent's house. P90X can be done using resistance bands and that I could pack in my suitcase. On Christmas eve, I woke at 7:00am and popped in a routine Tony calls "Chest and Back."

The first thing I noticed about Tony was how much I enjoyed his humor and coaching. I found, and still do find it hard not to get a grin on my face while listening to him during the workouts. The next thing I noticed is that these routines are not something that will be mastered after the first time or two going through them. Unlike many other DVD's, these would be an on-going challenge, which is great. Your body will only change if it is constantly being challenged.

Tony's philosophy of fitness is something he has termed "muscle confusion." The concept is that if you continually do the same routine over and over, your body will adapt to what you are doing and will plateau (cease changing) rather quickly. By changing things up on a regular basis you prevent muscle adaptation, allowing on-going changes to your physique. P90X consists of 12 different routines so variety is an important element.

Not just a muscle building program, Tony has included a Yoga program and also a stretch routine. He often says that flexibility is the key to the fountain of youth. I agree with this. I have seen from the patients who enter my practice, once you lose your mobility your health goes downhill rather quickly. Also included are several cardio routines ranging from Kenpo martial arts to plyometrics, which burn tons of calories in a very short period of time.

I completed my first 90 day round of P90X on March 24, 2009. If you look over in the right-hand column under the P90X tab, you will see a slideshow of pictures showing my changes in the 90 short days. They still blow my mind when I view them. I am now into my second round of the program and am even more enthusiastic about it now than I was when I began... if that is possible.

Tony Horton has been and continues to be an integral part in changing my health and my life. If you are interested in experiencing the same type of life-changing program, click on the P90X link on the right to learn more about this exciting program and the other programs available through Beachbody. If you have not been exercising at all, Power 90 would be a great place to start with a look to graduating to the P90X program afterwards.

As Tony says; Do Your Best, and Forget the Rest!

BRING IT!

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The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Elderly aspirin use linked to brain micro-bleeding

2009-04-15T10:46:00.004-05:00

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Taking aspirin or similar blood-thinning medication may cause minute bleeding in the brains of older adults, according to a new study.
The report released Monday in the Archives of Neurology found that older patients taking aspirin appeared more likely to have barely-perceptible bouts of cerebral "microbleeding," detected by researchers with the aid of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology.
Compared with patients who did not use anti-clotting drugs, those who took aspirin or another anticoagulant drug, carbasalate calcium, were more likely to have cerebral microbleeds.
The study found that the link between the drugs and microbleeding was particularly pronounced among individuals taking aspirin at higher doses. The drug often is taken as a blood thinner by elderly people to treat or prevent heart disease.
Cerebral microbleeds -- sometimes a sign of small-vessel disease and common in the elderly -- occur when the walls of blood vessels in the brain become weakened.
The authors said the findings raise questions as to whether patients with cerebral microbleeds who also take aspirin or similar drugs are at increased risk for even more severe symptomatic brain hemorrhaging.
While for many heart attack and stroke patients, the beneficial effects of anti-clotting drugs for individuals at risk for heart attack and stroke typically outweigh any risks of bleeding, the authors of the study concluded that for some patients "this risk-benefit ratio may differ for certain drugs ... thus influencing treatment decisions."
The report, which was posted online Tuesday, is to be published in the June edition of the publication, one of several put out by the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study was conducted by doctors at Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands and involved 1,062 patients whose average age was about 70 years old.
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Dr. Worsham adds: Drugs are always a risk/benefit proposition. With aspirin and blood thinner use, you are trading the possible decrease risk of heart disease (as not all heart attacks are due to arterial plaquing) with an increased risk of stroke. Many sources have found arterial plaquing to be a result of thinning and weakening of the blood vessels... a result of inflammation of the vessels over time. This inflammation is often caused by excess sugars in the diet. So the body is putting the plaquing down trying to prevent arterial vessel ruptures aka strokes. By preventing the plaquing, without addressing the cause of the inflammation, you greatly increase your chances of having a stroke.

Reducing sugar intake and other natural, healthy measures have been shown to reduce arterial inflammation as it addresses the CAUSE of the problem rather than trying to address the RESULT of the problem. Addressing your health naturally, before you are in a life-threatening disease situation, always has the best benefits with the absolute least risk to your health and life. This is what the concept of Wellness is all about. Preventing and correcting the underlying cause of health problems, without the use of drugs, injections or surgery.

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The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

My Story... and I do have one.

2009-04-13T17:26:00.009-05:00

You know, life is great... fabulous... fantastic... more than I could ever dream. But I did not always feel this way.

Stress used to get to me a great deal. Back in 2003 I had a particularly stressful year. My wife and I had recently started a new business venture, we bought our first home, I found out she was pregnant with our first child, and my mother was having severe health problems; health problems that would take her life in October of that year - a mere six weeks from the birth of my daughter. Back then, any one of those things would have been more stress than I would like but when you pile them all on top of one another - suffice it to say it was not my shining moment. I searched for solace in the food pantry - and ended up gaining a ton of weight. Well, not literally a ton but it sure felt like it. I ballooned up to 280 lbs. I had weight problems for my entire life, constantly ranging from the low to mid 200's since back in high school, but 280lbs was far and away an all-time high. Then something happened that would change my life forever. My wife and I had a child.

My daughter, Sophia, was born on November 19th, 2003. Gisele's pregnancy did not have a very profound affect on me, other than the stress of how was I going to take care of the new addition and what kind of father would I make. Her actual birth, however, was a different story. Sophia was born in our master bedroom - a planned home birth with the assitance of a mid-wife. When I took her into my arms the first time, I had a head-spinning revelation. I looked into Sophia's eyes and my initial thought was that I had lost my father at the age of 56, when I was only 15 years old. It hit me like a sledgehammer that if I did not change, Sophia would lose me at that early age, if not even younger. I did not want Sophia to have to go through the agony I did losing my father so young. I also wanted to be around to see her grow up, grow old, and I wanted to one day hold my grandchildren - a joy my father never got to experience.

I decided it was time to get healthy and lose weight... with the health part being most important. I ended up losing 115lbs in less than 7 months between April and November 2004, and have maintained my weight ever since. Even with the stress of Hurricane Katrina, where we lost our home and it took 16 months to finish construction on our new one, my weight never fluctuated. I found my life-long motivation. I managed to lose the weight thanks to a healthy diet regimen. Maintaining it, however, has been the results of the combination of diet and proper exercise.

In December 2008, I discovered the workout program that, once again, totally changed my life. The family decided that 2008 would be the year we went to Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada for Christmas at my wife's parent's home. I knew I would have no access to a gym for two weeks so I decided to find some way to workout during that time. It was then that I really watched the P90X informercial on television.

I had seen the P90X infomercial many times but had never really stopped to "watch" it. Needing a routine to do in Canada, I decided to give Tony Horton's program a try. My original plan was to use the DVD's during my two weeks in Canada and then return to the gym once we returned home. I began the program on December 24, 2008. I used resistance bands instead of dumbbells since that is what I could fit in my suitcase. And the program immediately made me into a convert.

In my first 90 day cycle on P90X, I lost body fat and gained much more muscle than I had in the years of doing my own routines at the local gym. I look and am healthier and happier than I have ever been in my entire life and, just as importantly, I have really enjoyed the routines and look forward to continuing them in the future along with Tony's P90X+ programs and his brand new One on One Series. I have been so impressed I decided to become a coach for Beachbody and teach my patients the importance of exercise using the Beachbody dvd's along with my coaching them on weight loss and proper nutrition. The two side shows along the right side of my blog show both the weight loss juorney and the P90X transformation I have experienced in the last 5 years.

If you are interested in improving your health and your life - please visit the clinic website and/or my Beachbody Coach site in the links on the right. I provide no cost, no obligation consultations to determine how I can best help you.

The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

Google Places for Mandeville, LA Chiropractor - Chiropractic Wellness Clinic

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Safety a problem for new generation drugs, too

2008-10-22T18:45:00.001-05:00

By LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer Lindsey Tanner, Ap Medical Writer

CHICAGO – Nearly a fourth of widely used new-generation biological drugs for several common diseases produce serious side effects that lead to safety warnings soon after they go on the market, the first major study of its kind found.
Included in the report released Tuesday were the arthritis drugs Humira and Remicade, cancer drugs Rituxan and Erbitux, and the heart failure drug Natrecor. All wound up being flagged for safety.
That might surprise some doctors who may have thought that these new treatments might be safer than traditional chemical-based medicines.
Researchers found that most of the warnings came within five years after these biologicals won government approval in the United States and Europe between 1995 and 2007.
Many traditional medicines wind up with safety warnings too after they go on the market. But experts said there were no similar studies of older medicines that made it possible to compare safety issues between the two groups of drugs.
The new study, by Dutch researchers, is the first comprehensive examination of these newer medicines, a driving part of the biotech revolution.
The drugs are known as biologicals because they're made from living material and they typically affect the body's disease-fighting immune system. Many relieve severe symptoms by suppressing that system.
It's that same mechanism that can result in side effects often not seen with traditional chemical-based medicines, said Dr. Charles Bennett, a Northwestern University drug safety expert. These can include brain and fungal infections and cancer.
Many are genetically engineered and Bennett said that because they typically resemble naturally occurring proteins, many doctors have assumed they were safer than traditional chemical-based medicines. But he said the study shows that's not necessarily true.
"They have an important role," Bennett said. "They're really the next generation of pharmaceuticals."
He said the results simply show that doctors and patients should be aware that the drugs have many potential side effects that may not be listed on the label.
Among the drugs under examination are Genentech Inc.'s psoriasis drug Raptiva, which just last week the Food and Drug Administration warned may contribute to a life-threatening brain illness and infections; and Exubera, an inhaled insulin product, linked with lung cancer risks. Exubera was approved by the FDA in 2006 but Pfizer Inc. stopped selling it last year.
The study appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association.
It involved 136 biologics approved in the United States and 105 in the European Union between January 1995 and June 2007. A total of 41, or nearly 24 percent, got safety warnings issued through June 2008.
The results are a concern, and they underscore the need for closer scrutiny of drugs after their approval, said lead author Thijs Giezen of the University of Utrecht.
But he said the study also is reassuring because most problems showed up relatively soon after the drugs became available, which minimized the potential for widespread harm.
"If most issues are discovered within the first few years, then the system is working," Giezen said.
Bennett says it's unreasonable to think that the studied drugs' safety issues should have been discovered before they were marketed. That's because drug approval is based on relatively small studies with patients who generally are healthier than those in the general population. It often takes real-world experience for side effects to appear, he said.
Many biological drugs have advantages over conventional medicine, but the study shows their risks need to also be considered, said Thomas Moore of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices.
For example, non-steroid arthritis medicines including ibuprofen can reduce pain by decreasing inflammation, but they can cause stomach bleeding.
Biologic rheumatoid arthritis medicines Remicade, Enbrel and Humira are designed to ease painful joints by keeping the body's immune system from attacking itself, the underlying problem in the disease. But they are much more expensive and have been linked with higher risks for potentially fatal infections. Also, the FDA is investigating possible cancer risks.
"My message to patients is that these biological products often can treat very difficult to treat diseases but may have very substantial risks and that you need to take extra care to educate yourself as to what those risks might be," Moore said.

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The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

Google Places for Mandeville, LA Chiropractor - Chiropractic Wellness Clinic

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If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Reports of serious drug reactions hit record

2008-10-22T18:44:00.001-05:00

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON – A health industry watchdog group reports that a record number of serious problems and deaths linked to medications were reported to the government in the first three months of this year.
An analysis of federal data by the nonprofit Institute for Safe Medication Practices shows that the Food and Drug Administration received nearly 21,000 reports of serious drug reactions, including over 4,800 deaths. The group analyzed quarterly data going back to 2004, and yearly totals dating to the 1990s.
Two drugs accounted for a disproportionately large share of the reports early this year. One was Pfizer's anti-smoking medication, Chantix, and the other was heparin, the tainted blood thinner from China that caused a safety scandal.

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The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

Google Places for Mandeville, LA Chiropractor - Chiropractic Wellness Clinic

Google Places for Metairie, LA Chiropractor - Chiropractic Wellness Clinic

If you are looking for an effective workout program that you can do at home, please visit my Beachbody Coach's site at http://MyCoachPaul.com As your coach I will gladly offer advice on which programs may be suitable for you and offer weight loss advice. I lost 115lbs in only 200 days back in 2004 and have maintained since. I have also counseled hundreds of patients and others to lose weight in a healthy manner, and coached on the secrets to keeping it off. You do not have to live locally to me to take advantage of this coaching offer.

Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Arthritis drug boosts heart disease risk, long-term study confirms

2008-10-13T22:08:00.001-05:00

The arthritis drug Vioxx nearly doubled the risk of heart attack and stroke compared to no treatment at all, according to a long-term follow-up study released Tuesday.
But the risk virtually disappeared, the study found, a year after patients stopped taking the once widely-used painkiller, which was recalled by manufacturer Merck in 2004 after research showed a link with heart disease.
Last year the US-based pharmaceutical giant, while not admitting fault, agreed to pay out 4.85 billion dollars (3.57 billion euros) to head off some 50,000 pending lawsuits.
Other drugs in the same class, known as Cox-2 inhibitors, may also increase the chances of strokes and heart attack, the authors said.
A team of researchers in Britain and the United States followed up on clinical trials conducted in 2000 and 2001 designed to assess whether a three-year treatment with rofecoxib -- the generic name for Vioxx -- would prevent cancerous colon polyps from reappearing.
The trial was stopped a couple of months shy of the planned completion date when Vioxx was recalled.
The new study, published in the British medical journal The Lancet, tracked 84 percent of the more than 2,500 patients from the trial who had been divided into two groups, one taking daily doses of rofecoxib, and the other dummy pills with no active ingredients.
The researchers looked for any signs of "cardiovascular toxicity" such as non-fatal or fatal heart attacks or strokes occurring during the year after treatment stopped.
In the original clinical trial, patients were monitored for adverse effects only while taking the drug, and 14 days afterward.
The long-term study was consistent with earlier findings that the drug doubled the risk of heart attack or stroke, but that the risk did not appear to augment over time.
"Our data are compatible with an early increase in risk that seems to persist for about one year after three years of treatment," the researchers concluded.
"The cardiovascular toxicity seems to be a class effect. Indeed, studies of other selective COX-2 inhibitors reported similar findings," they added.
So-called COX-2 drugs were designed to be safer replacements for other less-narrowly targeted anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen, that suppressed not just the COX-2 enzyme but another one, COX-1, that plays a key role in protecting the stomach from corrosive gastric juices.
Vioxx was generating more than two billion dollars (1.45 billion euros) in sales annually for Merck when it was taken off the market.

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The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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Weight lifting helps knee arthritis patients

2008-10-10T20:20:00.001-05:00

Fri Oct 10, 1:41 PM ET
Strength training can help ease pain and improve physical functioning in people with osteoarthritis of the knee, a new review of current data confirms.
But more study is needed to determine the long-term benefits of resistance training for these patients, Dr. Angela K. Lange of the University of Sydney in Australia and colleagues conclude.
Weak quadriceps muscles and out-of-balance joints can contribute to the development of osteoarthritis of the knee, Lange and her team note in their report. Given that resistance exercise can strengthen these muscles and restore more normal joint mechanics, they add, it should be beneficial to people suffering disability from degeneration in their knee joints.
The researchers reviewed 18 studies including a total of 2,832 patients to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of strength training for osteoarthritis of the knee. Interventions included training with free weights, working out on weight machines, and using Therabands. Most commonly, patients were prescribed three sessions of resistance exercise weekly.
In most of the studies, the researchers found, people showed improvements in pain, physical function, walking speed, and balance after undergoing strength training. The majority of studies used a progressive approach, meaning patients were required to increase the intensity of their exercise as time went on (for example, lifting heavier weights). Three of the four studies that showed no significant effect for strength training did not use this progressive approach.
More information is needed, according to the researchers, on the safety of resistance training for these patients, as well as effects on health related quality of life, psychological outcomes such as depression, and how the disease progresses over time.
SOURCE: Arthritis & Rheumatism, October 15, 2008.

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Just One Exercise Session Speeds Fat Metabolism

2008-10-07T11:08:00.002-05:00

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A single bout of exercise helps obese individuals boost their body's fat-burning rate and improve their metabolic health, results of a small study confirm.
"This means that exercising, even without losing weight, can benefit individuals in terms of metabolic health," Andrea Cornford, a graduate student researcher from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, told Reuters Health.
"By exercising to increase their ability to burn fat and store fat as triglycerides in muscle, which is beneficial, people reduce their insulin resistance and their likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes," Cornford explained.
She presented her research last month at the 2008 American Physiological Society Intersociety Meeting: The Integrative Biology of Exercise V in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
To study the effect of exercise on fat accumulation, the researchers evaluated five obese women. In one session, the women ate a high-calorie meal and did not exercise; in another, the women ate the same meal and then exercised to expend 700 calories.
The investigators performed tests to measure the women's levels of fatty acid oxidation, muscle triglycerides, enzyme activity and various other factors associated with fat metabolism.
They found that the women's fat-burning rate was reduced after the session in which they overate and did not exercise. Conversely, just one 90-minute session of exercise -- enough to expend the excess 700 calories that were consumed -- increased the rate of fat-burning and increased the amount of fat that would be stored in muscle, Cornford reported.
"We expected to see the benefits of exercise that are presented here, as other groups as well as our research team have shown that a single session of exercise has a profound impact on metabolic health," she noted.

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Chairman of Citizens for Health Declares FDA Should Review Approval of Splenda

2008-09-27T09:13:00.002-05:00

New Study of Splenda and Sucralose Reveals Shocking New Information About Potential Harmful Effect on Humans

MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 22, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- James Turner, chairman of the national consumer education group Citizens for Health expressed shock and outrage after reading a new report from scientists at Duke University. "The report makes it clear that the artificial sweetener Splenda and its key component sucralose pose a threat to the people who consume the product. Hundreds of consumers have complained to us about side effects from using Splenda and this study, published this past week in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, confirms that the chemicals in the little yellow package should carry a big red warning label," said Turner.
Among the results in the study by Drs. Mohamed B. Abou-Donia, Eman M. El-Masry, Ali A. Abdel-Rahman, Roger E. McLendon and Susan S. Schiffman is evidence that, in the animals studied, Splenda reduces the amount of good bacteria in the intestines by 50%, increases the pH level in the intestines, contributes to increases in body weight and affects the P-glycoprotein (P-gp) in the body in such a way that crucial health-related drugs could be rejected. Turner noted that the P-gp effect "could result in crucial medications used in chemotherapy for cancer patients, AIDS treatment and drugs for heart conditions being shunted back into the intestines rather than being absorbed by the body as intended."
The study was conducted using male rats over a period of twelve weeks. The manufacturers of Splenda also used a rat study when they applied for and received approval to market the product from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. At the time, the findings from their rat studies were extrapolated as to possible effects on humans. This is standard FDA practice and this study is consistent with that practice.
Turner said, "This report followed accepted policies and procedures and the results make clear the potential for disturbing side effects from the ingestion of Splenda. It is like putting a pesticide in your body. And this is at levels of intake erroneously approved by the Food and Drug Administration. A person eating two slices of cake and drinking two cups of coffee containing Splenda would ingest enough sucralose to affect the P-glycoprotein, while consuming just seven little Splenda packages reduces good bacteria." Although the effect of consuming Splenda does not result from a one time use, the side effects do occur after accumulated use. Turner also noted unmistakable evidence that Splenda is absorbed by fat, contrary to the claims of Johnson & Johnson.
Turner announced, "We are calling today on the FDA to immediately accept our petition filed over a year ago and initiate a review of its approval of sucralose and to require a warning label on Splenda packaging cautioning that people who take medications and/or have gastrointestinal problems avoid using Splenda. The new study makes it clear that Splenda can cause you to gain weight and lose the benefits of medications designed to improve and protect your health. The FDA should not continue to turn a blind eye to this health threat."
Citizens for Health will testify in Sacramento, CA, on October 3, 2008, before the California Assembly Committee on Health which is examining the use of deceptive advertising to promote sales of potentially unhealthy food additives, particularly artificial sweeteners.
About Citizens for Health
Citizens for Health (http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/ctr?d=150785&u=http://www.citizens.org) is an international non-profit consumer advocacy group working to broaden healthcare options, create an integrative health system based on wellness, and advance the freedom to make health choices. The group promotes the fundamental policies needed to improve health choices and information in the U.S. and internationally. The group works with grassroots and education organizations and partners to ensure consumer access to dietary supplements, safe foods, a healthy environment and a wide range of healing therapies. Citizens for Health fosters active citizen leadership and organizes natural health consumers to create political and legislative solutions that support those rights.
CONTACT: Citizens for Health
Jim Turner
202-255-8040
jim@swankin-turner.com

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U.S. doctors offer patients scant empathy in study

2008-09-23T10:30:00.006-05:00

By Will DunhamMon Sep 22, 10:18 PM ET
During an appointment with his doctor, a man diagnosed with lung cancer sounded dispirited when talking about what cigarettes had done to him.
"I was always told I had a good strong heart and lungs. But the lungs couldn't withstand all (those) cigarettes ... asbestos and pollution and second-hand smoke and all these other things, I guess," the man told his doctor.
"Do you have glaucoma?" the doctor responded, abruptly changing the subject.
U.S. researchers who assessed interactions between a small group of people with lung cancer and their doctors found physicians provided little emotional support even when patients seemed to be searching for it.
When patients made comments on topics like the personal impact of cancer, their diagnosis and treatment and struggles with the health care system, doctors responded with words of empathy only 10 percent of the time, the researchers said.
This was a small study -- appointments between doctors and 10 patients at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Houston were audiotaped and analyzed for whether the physicians provided empathy for the plight of these people with a deadly illness.
But Dr. Diane Morse of the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York said the findings reinforce other research showing doctors fall short in the simple act of acknowledging the emotional difficulties of their patients' predicament.
"When doctors do provide empathy, it doesn't make the interaction take longer. All that we're asking physicians to think about doing is to acknowledge what they hear," Morse, whose findings appear in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, said in a telephone interview.
She said words of empathy can be succinct and spoken early in an appointment. In answering how long a patient has left to live, a doctor might say "that's a really scary question" and acknowledge the patient's misfortune.
Few studies have involved a word-by-word analysis of doctor-patient meetings to assess how doctors respond to patients' worries about their own mortality, possible mistrust of medical care and the emotions arising from a deadly diagnosis.
In this study, the doctors and patients knew the sessions were being recorded. They were not identified by name.
Researchers identified 384 times during these appointments when patients mentioned such concerns or emotions. Doctors responded with empathy in just 39 of these instances, they said.
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Dr. Paul adds:

I find it quite sad that many of our doctors have such an appalling bedside manner in this day and age. Empathy should be the first requirement for becoming a healthcare professional, not an afterthought.

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EPA won't limit rocket fuel in drinking water

2008-09-22T16:12:00.003-05:00

By ERICA WERNER, Associated Press Writer

The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there's no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country.
EPA reached the conclusion in a draft regulatory document not yet made public but reviewed Monday by The Associated Press.
The ingredient, perchlorate, has been found in at least 395 sites in 35 states at high levels that some scientists say could interfere with thyroid function and pose developmental health risks, particularly for babies and fetuses.
The EPA document says that mandating a clean-up level for perchlorate would not result in a "meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction for persons served by public-water systems."
The conclusion, which caps years of dispute over the issue, was denounced by Democrats and environmentalists who accused EPA of caving to pressure from the Pentagon.
"This is a widespread contamination problem, and to see the Bush EPA just walk away is shocking," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., who chairs the Senate's environment committee.
Lenny Siegel, director of the Center for Public Environmental Oversight in Mountain View, Calif., added: "This is an unconscionable decision not based upon science or law but on concern that a more stringent standard could cost the government significantly."
The Defense Department used perchlorate for decades in testing missiles and rockets, and most perchlorate contamination is the result of defense and aerospace activities, congressional investigators said last year.
The Pentagon could face liability if EPA set a national drinking water standard that forced water agencies around the country to undertake costly clean-up efforts. Defense officials have spent years questioning EPA's conclusions about the risks posed by perchlorate.
The Pentagon objected strongly Monday to the suggestion that it sought to influence EPA's decision.
"We have not intervened in any way in EPA's determination not to regulate perchlorate. If you read their determination, that's based on criteria in the Safe Drinking Water Act," Paul Yaroschak, Pentagon deputy director for emerging contaminants, said in an interview.
Yaroschak said the Pentagon has been working for years to clean up perchlorate at its facilities. He also contended that the Pentagon wasn't the source of as much perchlorate contamination as once believed, noting that it also comes from fireworks, road flares and fertilizer.
Benjamin Grumbles, EPA's assistant administrator for water, said in a statement that "science, not the politics of fear in an election year, will drive our final decision."
"We know perchlorate in drinking water presents some degree of risk, and we're committed to working with states and scientists to ensure public health is protected and meaningful opportunities for reducing risk are fully considered," Grumbles said.
Grumbles said the EPA expected to seek comment and take final action before the end of the year. The draft document was first reported Monday by the Washington Post.
Perchlorate is particularly widespread in California and the Southwest, where it's been found in groundwater and in the Colorado River, a drinking-water source for 20 million people. It's also been found in lettuce and other foods.
In absence of federal action, states have acted on their own. In 2007, California adopted a drinking water standard of 6 parts per billion. Massachusetts has set a drinking water standard of 2 parts per billion.
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Dr. Paul adds:

What else can I say but "wow." With rates of conditions like Autism, Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and the like rising at alarming rates, one would think that cleaning up our toxic environment would be high on the priority list. Who really is looking out for us?

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Wellness - The Future of Healthcare

2008-09-16T10:06:00.004-05:00

“Wellness” is the new buzz-word in healthcare. But what does wellness care truly mean? It is true healthcare that can not only eliminate health problems but can also prevent them. Drugs, injections and surgery are not used at all. Why is this so important? Because the truth is drugs do not correct your health problems. Drugs, with very few exceptions, are for symptom control and disease maintenance only. They neither correct health problems nor even improve health. Think about it. We, as a country, take more medications than almost ALL other countries COMBINED. If drugs made people healthy, we would be the healthiest nation on the planet. Yet, the World Health Organization ranks us currently as only the 37th healthiest of the 50 most industrialized countries in the world. We excel at keeping our dying alive (we rank #1 in crisis care), but fail miserably to keep our population healthy (36 countries ahead of us)!

So how can your health truly improve? My experience has shown there are three main causes of health problems. They are traumatic injury to your body (falls, accidents and repetitive stress), on-going stress resulting in mal-function of our adrenal glands (your stress-handling glands that control everything from sleep to digestion to hormone balance to blood pressure), and chemical pollution toxicity including heavy metals (we are surrounded by over 82,000 chemicals each and every day in our air, water and food that enter our bodies causing a myriad of problems). A comprehensive, individually tailored, physician-supervised approach dealing with all three of these areas has provided many with the greatest ability for long-term, permanent health improvements.

A no-cost evaluation with a qualified Wellness Coach has shown many how to Advance your Health and Restore your Life.

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC, along with his wife, Dr. Gisele Vermette, DC are Wellness Coaches and Pettibon Practitioners at the Advanced Wellness Center (formerly the Global Health & Spine Center) 2629 N. Causeway Blvd – Mandeville. Call the office at (985) 867-8100 for a no-cost consultation. www.advancedwellnessctr.com

The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

Your Mother Was Right…

2008-07-13T15:08:00.004-05:00

My mother used to get on me for not holding myself up right. “When you are all humped over like that, you look so unhealthy,” she would say. Turns out, mom was absolutely right – even more than she knew.

There’s plenty of medical research showing poor posture not only makes you LOOK unhealthy but that poor posture does actually MAKE you unhealthy.

Doctors at the Shealy Institute in 1994 found that posture affects and moderates every physical and mental function of the body. “Spinal pain, blood pressure, headaches, migraines, pulse, lung capacity, and mood are only a small portion of the body’s functions that are most easily influenced by posture.”

Freeman, in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1957 stated that “aging in the spinal discs caused postural deviations leading to intestinal diverticula, hemorrhoids, varicosities of the legs, osteoporosis, hip and foot deformities, overall poor health and quality of life, as well as, a shortened life span.”

Reich, in “The Discovery of the Orgone,” in 1974 stated poor posture-induced tension leads to decreased blood flow. This decrease in tissue oxygenation is a major factor in ALL disease, including CANCER!

Can proper posture be restored once it is lost? Yes, thanks to the Pettibon System. Dr. Burl Pettibon, D.C. developed the Pettibon System and discovered the best way to reliably and predictably correct postural distortions, without drugs, injections or surgery. The Pettibon System helps to re-hydrate injured and degenerated discs, which allows herniated discs to actually heal (a healing visible on x-rays and MRI), and helps re-align the spine thereby correcting the cause of the problem. In addition, Dr. Pettibon developed a specialized rehabilitative program designed to strengthen the muscles of the spine, holding the spine in proper alignment preventing the postural distortions from returning! This makes this system completely unique and different – even compared to other medical systems, chiropractic systems and physical therapy systems.

The results are very reliable and very predictable, for those who qualify for this revolutionary system. An examination and x-ray evaluation shows the Pettibon Practitioner exactly who is a candidate for this system. Also, post-care x-rays are taken to confirm the changes in your spine have actually occurred. So you know the goal was achieved.

Since I personally went through the Pettibon System I have more energy, strength, and edurance than I have ever had and my body is functioning at its best in many years. In other words, I feel fantastic! The benefits for our patients have been just as dramatic.

To find a Pettibon practitioner in your area, please visit www.pettibonsystem.com

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The concept of Wellness Care is to recommend steps and lifestyle choices to prevent disease and help health issues without the use of drugs, surgery or injections. If you live in the Southeast Louisiana area, I would like to invite you in to my office for a consultation to discuss your health and any health problems you may be experiencing or to discuss any symptoms you may be having. The phone number to my Mandeville, LA clinic is (985)867-8100 and in Metairie, LA (504)846-5044. Please visit my clinic website Advanced Wellness Center

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Remember, if you ignore you health, it will simply go away.

Yours in Great Health,

Dr. Paul Worsham, DC

My Story... and I do have one.

2008-07-11T11:24:00.006-05:00

I truly believe everything in life happens for a reason and I believe I was destined to become both a Doctor of Chiropractic and, most importantly, a Pettibon practitioner. The way I was introduced to both was far too coincidental to be an accident.

When I was a child I suffered with severe asthma. Smoke, pollen, exercise, high altitudes, really just about anything could and did set off "asthmatic attacks." I was hospitalized for the attacks on several occasions and even "celebrated" Thanksgiving one year in the hospital underneath an oxygen tent. The doctors told me at that time that my symptoms may ease somewhat as I grew older, but I would suffer with it the rest of my life. And suffer I did, until I was 25 years old. Then something happened that completely changed my life.

A friend witnessed one of my asthmatic attacks. She had never seen me have one before. She asked if I'd ever seen a chiropractor about my asthma. I thought Chiropractor? What in this world is a chiropractor going to do for my asthma?Truthfully, all I knew of chiropractors were that they were considered by many to be "quacks" and "snake-oil" salesmen. At best I thought they may help a little with low back pain. My friend listened to my concerns and said, "Look Paul, just go in and talk to the chiropractor, see what he says and, if it makes sense to you, then decide what to do from there." Had I not had such respect for my friend it would have probably ended there but I knew I did not want to depend on inhalers and other drugs for the rest of my life so I figured "what have I got to lose?"

I had a meeting with the chiropractor and he explained in great detail to me the relationship between health and the function of the nervous system. A light bulb started to go on in my head. He told me that if I had a mis-alignment in my spine and that misalignment was causing an irritation on the nerves which go to my lungs, then my lungs could overreact to irritants in the environment.

The more I thought about all he said, the more it made sense. So I decided to receive an examination after which he took x-rays of my spine. The x-rays showed a distortion in my spine in the upper back area, where the nerves exit to go to the lungs. So I started receiving care. Here I sit, 40 years old and I have not had another asthmatic attack since I was 25, when I was having them anywhere from 2-5 times a week to sometimes 1-3 times a day. Needless to say, I was quite impressed.

Due to my own personal miraculous results, I decided to go back to school to become a Doctor of Chiropractic. I graduated from the Life University College of Chiropractic, with honors, in March 2000. After passing my National and Louisiana State Board examinations, I began practicing in Madisonville, LA in February 2001. Then in April 2002, my wife, Dr. Gisele, and I opened the Global Health Center in Mandeville, LA.

One concern I always had with my experiences with traditional or conventional chiropractic, both as doctor and as patient, was that the results were often temporary and care really never seemed to end. I would release people after resolving their symptoms only to have them return weeks, months or years later with the same problem all over again. The promise of chiropractic was to re-align the spine, thereby eliminating the underlying cause of the symptoms. Unfortunately, I discovered in my practice that, while it could give relief, conventional chiropractic simply did not predictably or reliably change the position of the spine. It was a promise I found unfulfilled. I was somewhat discouraged by this revelation. But that was when "fate" stepped in once again and I ran into an old friend and fellow chiropractor, Dr. Brent D.

Dr. Brent introduced me to the Pettibon System; a very reliable and predictable scientifically based system that actually can achieve the long term spinal corrections that truly do eliminate the underlying cause of many health issues. It is a system that is capable, in many cases, of putting the spine in the position where herniated discs can actually rehydrate and regenerate... a healing that is readily visible on post-care x-rays.

Since starting the Pettibon System the results have been nothing short of miraculous. We routinely take post-care x-rays on our patients to show that the changes we expected to achieve did actually occur. And if the patient has followed all instructions during care, those changes happen predictably! I personally have never seen anything like it with any other technique out there.

I am extremely proud to count myself among the growing number of Pettibon practitioners around the US and Canada and I see this as the future of chiropractic. Pettibon practitioners are intensively trained by the Pettibon Institute to achieve the highest quality care possible. I have found it well worth the countless hours I have invested into learning this system and many of our patients who have been under the care of other chiropractic techniques, myself as my wife's patient included, are experiencing results we never achieved elsewhere. The comment I most often hear from patients who received prior chiropractic care elsewhere is that this is a completely unique and different experience compared to all other chiropractic techniques, not to mention unique and different compared to physical therapy treatments and medical treatments. But it is what we do as Pettibon practitioners that is different that gives us the fantastic long-term results we achieve in our office.

Pettibon is a two-way street, meaning the patient is actively involved in their care and home rehabilitation is absolutely required for optimal results. But those willing to make the commitment find it the best decision they have ever made in their lives. And that makes it all worthwhile.

Best of all with Pettibon, the examination and x-ray qualifying process let's us know whether a person can benefit from this system, how long care will take, what needs to be done during care and what is the expected outcome when care is finished, provided all recommendations are followed both at home as well as in the office.

Not everyone qualifies for the Pettibon System. We only accept patients in our office who will truly benefit from this system and those we cannot accept receive referrals to other physicians so they can get the help they need.

Pettibon - very predictable, very reliable, and finally, a promise delivered. It is truly exciting to make such a difference in people's lives.

If you have any questions, please give our office a call at 985-867-8100 and let's arrange a time to explore your options and concerns.

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