Heartburn drugs under fire

Common heartburn drugs are under fire, as a series of studies from the Archives of Internal Medicine released on Monday demonstrating serious side effects such as increase in fractures and bacterial infections.

Collectively, these drugs are called proton pump inhibitors, but they are better known as Nexium (AstraZeneca), Prilosec (AstraZeneca), Protonix (Pfizer), and Prevacid (Takeda).  These medicines have a total U.S. sales of 13.9 billion annually, as an estimated 113 million prescriptions are filled each year.  Dr. Michael Katz, director for the San Francisco Department of Public Health, states that 60 to 70 percent of people taking proton pump inhibitors do not need to be on them.  This problem is augmented by people being unaware of the risk until now.

One of the studies was done at University of Washington, taking 161,806 women ranging from 50 to 79 years old over an eight year period and determined those taking the drugs had a 25 percent increase in fracture risk, primarily of the spine and wrist.

Another study tied to Harvard Medical School examined over 100,000 patients discharged from hospitals over a five year span.  They found that people who use a proton pump inhibitor drug daily have a 74 percent increase in cases of Clostridium difficile infection.  This is a sometimes deadly cause of diarrhea, and the cost of treating it has risen over 1 billion each year.

It is a common trend to see pharmaceutical lifestyles yield serious side effects.  There is a price to be paid for putting foreign chemicals into a human body, especially over long periods of time.  Heartburn is not caused by your body’s lack of making Prilosec, it is more likely due to poor food and lifestyle choices. If you have seen the commercials, they tell you that it is okay to eat pizza, wings, beer, and french fries as long as you take your medicine ahead of time.  The truth is your body knows these things are toxic and is trying to reject them.  Make better choices, create better health, and avoid unnecessary side effects.

In Health,

Dr. Cole
trinitychirowellness.com

Purpose, Vision, & Mission of Our Office

Purpose
To be happy, healthy, and vibrant. To be an example to others who ALL deserve the same.

Mission
To engage, educate, and encourage all people in our community about living subluxation free through a chiropractic wellness lifestyle.  To help them have the body and health they deserve.

Vision
To have our community be the healthiest and happiest in America, by using chiropractic wellness care beginning at birth.  Encouraging and practicing self-responsibility to stay active, properly nourished, and drug free.

In Health,

Dr. Cole
trinitychirowellness.com

In the Footsteps of Greatness

I have been spending the weekend at the Grove Park Inn, where B.J. Palmer, the developer of our great chiropractic profession would stay and work on philosophy.  His picture is hanging up in the hall next to Presidents, where they honor him as “the father of chiropractic,” (though erroneous, I was still very excited to see him up on the wall).

It is easy to see why he chose this place, it drips of  inspiration with an amazing view of the Smoky Mountains.  You can really shut out the world here and be still, an art that is all but lost in my generation. Being here in his temporal footsteps is not only motivating, but challenging.  Can I contribute a fraction of what he did?  Will I leave chiropractic as a better than when I entered it?  My heart declares a resounding yes, and I know it can be done as long as I stay true to the purpose and vision for the second century of chiropractic.

Do You want a Healer or a Dealer?

Health care is such a burning topic right now, and with all the press and dinner conversations going on about it, what is missing from the dialogue is health.  If you've been following my blog for any time at all, you have heard me talk about Health Care & Sick Care.  What we have in America is Sick Care, in fact you can see it all around you...we have more medicine, more surgery, more hospitals and we are sicker than ever before!  Our current system does not address health, it focus on ameliorating symptoms so we can continue our hectic lifestyles uninterrupted....then we are surprised when our health fails!  Health is proactive, I believe health to be the byproduct of making positive lifestyle decisions repeatedly over time.

Health is something you create, it is not early detection, preventative medicine, or screenings.  True health care adds value to your life.  Remember, when you give Sick Care to a community and call it Health Care, you end up with a sick society and a health care crisis.  This brings me to Healers & Dealers (thanks to Dr. J for the title).

Healers:

• Know that the body is able to heal itself, and encourage the process
• Have a purpose and mission to educate and empower humanity so people can choose health
• Are concerned with how your body is functioning, and create care plans to optimize your health potential
• Inspire people to see what is possible, and offer hope, compassion, and an environment for people to succeed
• Know that everything the body does (even feeling pain), it does for an intelligent reason (in order to survive in it's current environment).

Dealers:

• Champion themselves as having or being the "cure" to your symptoms.  
• Wait until you have a problem that needs "fixing" through chemicals (medication) or removal or body parts (surgery)
• Are concerned with how your body is feeling, and offer solutions to try to get rid of your current pain and symptoms.  For example: "Try this (pills) for a couple weeks, if they don't work or you get a bad reaction, come back and we'll try something different."
• Like to get you hooked on their chemical so you become a lifetime consumer of one or more of their products
• Believe that the body operates like a machine, and that it makes bad decisions when things go wrong.  Malfunctioning parts can be removed at little consequence.

What kind of doctor do you want?  One will foster health creation and show you the narrow path that involves personal responsibility and change.  The other will take away vital body parts and put you into a chemically induced existence so you don't have to deal with the your life/pain/disease.  One way empowers, the other is an escape.

I know what kind of doctor I am.  If you are ready, then I am ready for you.

In Health,

Dr. Cole
919-261-0202
www.trinitychirowellness.com

Creating Health @ TCW: This Week

Kicking off a great week @ the office, seeing people creating Health and watching it change their life! What is keeping you from getting adjusted and turning your Power On?

It is not to late to Spring into Health.  We are kicking off nutritional Purification Programs, Family Wellness Plans, Balance training, and Tuesday Wellness Workshops.

Trinity Chiropractic Wellness is the headquarters for the Family Wellness Movement of Wake County, come join us in our vision of creating a happy, healthy community.

Dr. Cole
trinitychirowellness.com 

Chiropractic described by a patient.

Chiropractic accurately described by long-term patient, Bill Esteb (owner, http://patientmedia.com)

"Patients (and insurance carriers) see chiropractors as spine doctors. Both look through the allopathic (medical) lens of symptom treating, seeing the body as a collection of parts that breakdown independently of the others and that being symptom-free is the objective.

Conversely, chiropractors who practice in a way congruent with the principles of chiropractic see themselves as facilitators, guides and allies. Their holistic view of the body helps them appreciate that each of us is greater than the sum of our parts. Each of us is an experiment of one and that the objective of care is to help patients adapt to their environment and express their fullest potential." -- Bill Esteb.

Since everything in your body can affect everything in your body, people must be viewed as individuals instead of symptoms. I have spent my life studying health, and I can apply the principles of health to anyone and help them actually live out health and wellness. The medical industry studies sickness and disease, and treat sickness and disease. The important distinction is that the principles of sickness cannot be used to make someone experience health. When you give sick care to a nation and call it health care, you end up with a sick society and a health care crisis.

If you want to begin your wellness journey, and discover how full life was meant to be, I am here to be your facilitator, coach, and doctor. http://trinitychirowellness.com

Dr. Cole

919.261.0202

Question of the Week.

Which is better...Expressing Life or simply being alive?  Leave answers and comments below and look for mine.  Have an amazing day!

One body, One life

At each moment, you are either moving towards health & wellness and away from sickness and disease, or you are moving towards sickness & disease and away from health and wellness.  If your determination is that you are moving the wrong way, then let this be a wake up call for you.

The things that are killing most people are preventable lifestyle diseases!  Heart disease, Cancer, Diabetes.  The fourth largest killer is the solution for those problems: drugs and surgery (see Journal of the American Medical Association)!   We are doing something wrong, we need to refresh our thinking.  Health is and has always been a personal responsibility.  That is why insurance companies do not pay for health, they pay for symptoms.  Does your insurance company pay to change the oil in your car?  Get it aligned?  Put a roof on your house?  NO, because that is your responsibility.  Insurance pays for accidents, and once the symptom is gone, then it is your job to create health.  You need insurance for accidents, but don’t expect it to keep you healthy.  Unlike a car or a house, you only get one body, one nervous system.  This is about asking the right questions: What does it take for a body to be healthy?  How can I shift my body towards better health/balance?  Are you the right person to take care of my family and I?

The way to insure your health is to stay active, get adjusted, eat right, guard your mind, spend time with God.  This insurance pays dividends of increased energy, increased immune system, increased metabolism, increased peace.  Well worth the investment because it enriches your life, not managing your disease and symptoms.  The biggest lie we have is a Sick care system that calls itself Health care.  When you give sick care to a nation and call it health care, you end up with a sick society and a healthcare crisis.  Sound familiar?  It places the cause of your health outside of you, and as we all know deep down, the cause of most of our problems can be found in the mirror.

In Health, 

Dr. Cole

www.trinitychirowellness.com

Your Nervous System and You

There has been a lot going on at Trinity Chiropractic Wellness with Health Fairs, The New Year, New You classes, and people just wanting to start the year off right...with a healthy nervous system.  Remember, your nervous system controls everything in your body, heartbeat, respiration, digestion, muscle tone and balance.  With a healthy nervous system, anything is possible.  If you want to find out how to receive true Health care instead of sickness and symptom based care, give us a call at 919-261-0202.


It's been an amazing week at the office so far, and we are keeping the momentum going. Have you had your nervous system checked for stress and interference?  Wellness checkups are available, learn where you are at on your journey to health.


http://trinitychirowellness.com

New Year, New You: Week 3

For location and event info, go to:
Trinity Events - New Year New You

Week 3: Motion is Life, The Heart of the Matter, Move it or Lose it.

Weeks 1 & 2 have been spectacular, people are changing how they think, act, and experience health.  Remember, you cannot answer health and wellness questions with symptom treating sickness answers.  Come learn to ask the right questions!  7pm, Wednesday night @ RCC