Why all the Fuss about the 2012 New Year Thing?

Well, maybe it is an obvious answer, but then again maybe for some it is not.  The truth is - MOST people are in a mindset that they are going to try one last time to make their lives a little bit - or even allot better.

They know that there is power in joining a crowd to change.  I mean gosh, when the world itself is starting over - it is a bit easier to join in.  We know what is coming - winter , spring, summer and fall and we know what order they come in.  SO, it makes a bit of sense that we think we might be able to do it a little better on another run though.

So, here we are, when millions of people looking for something better in our lives.  looking to see if THIS is the year that they really get things done better this time.  We human beings are quite an interesting race... there is a part of us that  always believes that something better can happen - and THAT is the MAIN reason it does happen.   Because we are LOOKING for some thing good.

The nice thing about being around the New Year time is that most smart businesses KNOW we are looking for something better - and THAT is why we see so many offers to help us do better, feel  better, be better.

And sometimes, the New Year Special Offers are things that we have said that we wanted to do in the past but just never got around to it. I know this to be true because to me  as a Chiropractic Physician,  the five most dangerous words are:  "Maybe - It - Will - Go - Away!"

I know that a lot of people tend to put off the very things that they really should be doing. I have an increasing number of people that are not waiting until they have pain in their neck or back before coming to see me.  Why? - because people are understanding that if they have a history of back problems - it just makes more sense to get it checked before the "BIG FLAREUP"."

I am very similar to a dentist -  a dentist can find a cavity  - even if it is not hurting.  And any good dentist will tell you that the time to get a cavity fixed is NOT when you are having excruciating pain.   Better to do it before it gets to the nerve. So - many businesses are putting out offers of things that they KNOW people have said that they want in their life - ans a special offer might just be the sort of incentive that might bring someone in that would not use the service at any other time.

So,  I guess I have to "join the crowd" in that I have an "offer" that also fit the time of the year.  Lots of people want to loose weight, get fit, be healthier, start exercising, stop hurting, and start living and being the best they can be.

Many times, I help people do what they know they should do but will not do until they come to see me.

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A Good Reason to See a Chiropractor First

Chiropractic Physicians very frequently deal with patients that have been hurt on the job. They focus on eliminating the cause of the pain and attempting to correct the source of the problem.  Chiropractic Physicians know that keeping a patient moving and active is the fastest road to recovery.  Total Bed Rest is Totally Bad Advice to be perfectly honest. Doctors of Chiropractic have been able to get their patients back to work faster than other methods, have higher satisfaction rates than other practitioners, love their life work more, and based on the above study - be in the category that produces the least amount of disability one year after beginning treatment.  Need a Great Chiropractic Physician?  Go to www.chirovoice.org and look for a doctor that is a member of the American Chiropractic Association and their own state association or ask your medical doctor or your friends and family for a recommendation.. 

The Answer Man

THE ANSWER MAN: Movie Trailer - Awesome video clips here


I am excited to watch the soon coming movie - The Answer Man. A man that was a best selling author several years ago and is still sought after for answers that he really does not know.

I found it wonderful that the lady of the movie is a chiropractic physician. Although low back pain is a mystery to many in the health care field, Chiropractic Physicians have long been - The Answer Man - for these types of problems and quite honestly many other physical ailments. A very recent consumer reports article has Chiropractic as the # 1 rated treatment for low back pain

Consumer Reports: Relief for your aching back: What worked for our readers http://www.consumerreports.org/health/medical-conditions-treatments/back-pain/overview/back-pain.htm

Another growing source of credible, Chiropractic Research and information is the following Blog:

www.chiropracticresearch.wordpress.com/


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101 Creative Ways To Save Money

The Author of this amazing book is a very good friend of mine that clearly has a winner with this very timely book. Click here for a special price link. http://bit.ly/TTqeV

101 Creative Ways to Save Money is more than just another financial how-to book. This interactive workbook will allow you and your family to begin creating an immediate plan of action.

Filled with common sense and easy-to-implement ideas, this book is the A-Z for couples or the entire family to start having healthy discussions and setting goals around money.

You and your family will work together to:

• Save Money

• Pay off credit card debt

• Set time-based financial goals

• Get out-of-debt faster than you ever imagined possible

This WORKBOOK is jam-packed with:

• Hundreds of savings tips and beneficial websites

• Checklists for success

• Domino debt reduction strategies and worksheets

• Budgeting worksheets

• Daily health and financial trackers

• 6 steps to easy credit repair

• Action-planning worksheets and much more.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Cheryl Bassitt is CEO and co-founder of HWS International. Known as the Healthy Habits and Common Sense Coach, Cheryl has worked with numerous organizations and over 400 individuals and families in the areas of personal responsibility and healthy lifestyle habits.

Cheryl is also the author and co-author of several interactive workbooks that teach individuals and their families core values in the areas of healthy body, healthy mind and healthy finances.“My passion for health ultimately drove the completion of this book because I’m confident that when our finances are stable, our lives are healther and more meaningful.”

Economic Spinal Stimulus and Recovery Package

The purpose for this post is to give visitors the opportunity to get a free report about our "Economic Spinal Stimulus and Recovery Package" The truth is there are alot of people hurting out there and I do not mean just financially. The stress of this "New Economy" can actually cause people to get physically sick. I wanted to do something about it and give you a great way to understand what we do and how we do it to help people get well and stay well. Go ahead and fill out the information - just your first name and your e-mail and I will send you your free report. Dr. Rob

Healthy People Do It.

Healthy People Do It. They do Healthy things. It is no real secret to being healthy. Eat right, sleep right, exercise, smile right and get your health check-ups. Basically - healthy people do the things that healthy people do. A spinal check-up IS a healthy thing to do.

My Green Backyard

So this is a look at my backyard. And the Vision that I have for it. Really I have been working on other things on the house up to this point and ... I had a bit of a break - literally - when I broke my leg in December of 2007. But - I believe we DO have power over many things that we are not exercising that influence over - yet. Having a big picture - before - knowing exactly what it will look like before - you know - "having the end in mind" is critical.

It is amazing how many problems I solve while spending a few minutes in the back yard.... because I really do not have very much time. I do not like to watch TV at all...... I tire of it very quickly..... I want to put into my brain the things that I want to have there.

I will post a picture of the new "green" back yard later - it IS a big project - but the benefits will be there for years to come. Those are the things I want to spend time doing...... I have several of those projects going on right now in my life.

Dr. Rob

The Scoop on Twitter

An amazing tool that will become even more important as our systems in business change. My twitter account is drrobs Sign up and follow me with your twitter account http://www.twitter.com/ It will open up a whole new world of connections and business. Dr Rob.

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The Safety of Chiropractic - Dr. Ronald Farabaugh

This is an extremely informative video that was produced by Dr. Ronald Farabaugh, a Chiropractor Physician from Columbus, Ohio and very close friend of mine. He asked me - Dr Robert Sheely - to assist him in producing this film and I agreed to direct the production. Dr. Farabaugh has been in practice since 1982 and serves on numberous national committees. The facts revealed in this video are very important - as they will help more people understand the amazing safe benefits of chiropractic care.

Rocky Balbo Inspiring Speech

The kind of words we need to hear at times when we are down and need to be lifted up by people that care. The truth is - we need to know how to lift ourselves up - because we might be down sometime and nobody else is around to do it. In fact - we need to learn to be like a Rocky - the one that inspires. Inspiring others on purpose automatically gets us back up! Go Forth and WIN!!!

A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Medication, Acupuncture, and Spinal Manipulation.

Giles and Muller: Chronic Spinal Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Medication, Acupuncture, and Spinal Manipulation. Spine July 15, 2003; 28(14):1490-1503

Objective: To compare medication, needle acupuncture, and spinal manipulation for managing chronic spinal pain.

Design: RCT, 115 patients, public hospitals multidisciplinary spinal pain unit. Evaluated at 2, 5, and 9 weeks. Manipulation performed by DCs with 18 adjustments or less. Drugs used; Celebrex, Vioxx, paracetamol. Average duration of spine pain was 8.3 years for the manipulation group.

Results: The highest proportion of early (asymptomatic status) recovery was
found for manipulation (27.3%), followed by acupuncture (9.4%) and medication (5%).

Conclusions: The consistency of the results provides evidence that in patients with chronic spinal pain, manipulation, if not contraindicated, results in greater short-term improvement than acupuncture or medication.

Points of interest:

1. It is impossible to reach specific diagnosis for the pathologic cause for 85% of those with an episode of spinal pain.
2. Patients with low back pain do exhibit abnormal spinal motion.
3. There is insufficient evidence for the use of NSAIDs to manage chronic low back pain.
4. The new COX-2 nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs) drugs have problems and significant contraindications.
5. Gastrointestinal toxicity induced by NSAIDs is one of the most common serious adverse drug events in the industrialized world.
6. In this study, in the medication group, more patients experienced adverse events (6.1%) than recovered from their spinal complaints (5%).
7. Even though the chiropractic treatment group was the most chronic (8.3 years), 27.3% recovered with 18 spinal adjustments over a period of 9 weeks, or less. This means that better than every fourth patient became asymptomatic with 9 weeks or less of chiropractic manipulation, even though they had been chronic for more than 8 years.
8. The chiropractic group showed significantly greater improvement in subjective complaints, functional abilities, objective range of spinal motion, and in general health status than acupuncture and medication.
9. In this study, patient involvement in litigation did not influence the outcome measures.
10. In the treatment of chronic spinal pain, chiropractic manipulation is superior to acupuncture and medication.

The Fellow that Blows His Horn The Most Might Be in the Biggest Fog!

I have been thinking how easy it is to let people know what it is that you do on the web these days. Self promotion is an easy to do thing. And the truth is - if you do not say good things about yourself - it is unlikely that anyone else will either.

Speaking of self promotion - the reason I do it is because I am helpin glots of people when I tell people about what I do.

So, even though I am trying not to catch myself in a fog - I suppose we all find ourselves there at one point or another. Sometimes we just drift along and find ourself daydreaming - not being productive. Thinking of the future - thinking of the past - - it can ALL get a bit foggy!

Speaking of foggy and of the past - does any body remember THIS group?

Do NOT mess with the Moms

I sure got a chuckle out ot this. The makers of Motrin just did not seem to connect to the Moms in the world with this one. There was such as backlash from this ONLINE ad that it caused Motrin to pull the ad after only four days. You should see the posting on you-tube from the VERY upset Moms. The power of the Mothers in this country is enormous. This just shows how much people at paying attention to the online social media. Are you on Facebook or Myspace or LinkedIn? wow THOUSANDS of people are. Go to my website at http://www.sheelychiro.com/ and join me on those networks. I just started a facebook Business page - yeah - I am a little slow but I am getting there.

Look at just one of the responses below to the Motrin ad - Hey - I want to be on the right side of mothers in America.

And I am all for "baby wearing". We used to just call them a baby sling - but I am catching on. Anyway - I just know this - if the Mother or the baby has any pains - instead of covering them up with pain medication - we think that they would do better with a little care from our office. - No side effects and all natural!!! Keep Smiling!!

Dr. Rob

A Weak Bond Moment

Really - what is there to say about this? I have the best service week so far this year in my practice. Helping alot of people and having a blast doing it!!!!!

Spinal Manipulation in the Treatment of Low-Back Pain. Can. Fam. Physician Vol. 31: March 1985

Kirkaldy-Willis et al. Spinal Manipulation in the Treatment of Low-Back Pain. Can. Fam. Physician Vol. 31: March 1985

Summary: Spinal manipulation, one of the oldest forms of therapy for back pain, has mostly been practiced outside of the medical profession. Over the past decade, there has been an escalation of clinical and basic science research on manipulative therapy, which has shown that there is a scientific basis for the treatment of back pain by manipulation.

Most family practitioners have neither the time nor inclination to master the art of manipulation and will wish to refer their patients to a skilled practitioner of this therapy. Results of spinal manipulation in 283 patients with low back pain are presented. The physician who makes use of this resource will provide relief for many patients.

Points of Interest:
*80% of the adult population will experience LBP during their adult life.

*At any given time 20-30% of adults suffer from LBP.

*In industry, disorders of the LB account for 4 hours/yr/worker of lost time.

*LBP is second only to upper respiratory infections as cause for absenteeism.

*Patients with LBP represent a major segment of the chronically disabled.

*Estimates for the cost of tx and compensation in US exceed $14 billion annually.

*Less than 10% of LBP is due to herniation or the IVD or entrapment of spinal nerves. Most LBP is mechanical in nature.

*Spinal manipulation is essentially an assisted passive motion applied to the spinal apophyseal and sacroiliac joints.

*Three ranges of motion exist in the spine: active motion, passive motion, and paraphysiological motion.

*Only manipulation spans all three ranges of motion.

*Since 1952 there have been over 50 clinical trials of spinal manipulation for back pain.

The Man with a Burning Dream Gets the Chance.

This is fast becoming one of my most favorite clips of all time. A man that has had a dream....his whole life.... believing he was born to do a specific thing.... and one day - the opportunity arises... it takes an enormous amount of courage to attempt this - but he is prepared - practicing outright and in his mind for years.

How many of us - have a dream we have not yet acted upon. Is this the time in your life to make the move....? If not - wht not? I have to admit to you - I cry everytime I see this - it does not matter how many times. I am inspired to action after seeing it. How about you? Let me know what you think.

Dr Rob

Be Inspired!!!

"If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

Vincent Van GoghDutch Post-Impressionist Painter

"If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot succeed,’ then by all means succeed, and that voice will be silenced."

Dr. Robert B. Sheely -Chiropractic Leader

I was sitting out on my deck early in the morning having a cup of coffee while watching an early morning fire in my chiminea. I noticed how quickly the wood burns and how hot it is with small and medium size pieces. Of course, a larger one will burn more slowly and with less heat. I had a thought...

A life lived fast and quickly can be exciting and almost immediately affect those close - but the flash in a pan lifestyle can often only inspire people for short times. And - to maintain that system requires much energy and resources. However, a steady slow, consistant light/fire/life provides a reliable, more long lasting, more predicable results. Life is a choice .

Dr. Rob

He Just wants to help me and be with me.

Silas is my 'mower boy' - he rides with me as I mow my yard. He just wants to be with me no matter what I do. Simple love. Being loved - that is a healthy thing to do. Love first and be loved.

Steve Jobs Comencement Address At Stanford University

What a great talk. Steve Job's commencement address at Stanford University. Great thoughts from a great man.