Pregnant women often find themselves with back pain, abdominal pain, headaches, joint pain, and other discomforts caused by weight gain, swelling, and postural changes. These pains are often a necessary sacrifice in order to allow the baby optimal conditions to grow. But living with pain, especially pain that reduces or prevents sleep, is not much fun. Many women turn to chiropractors in order to help them with the temporary pain of pregnancy. Chiropractors can also help prepare mother and child for the birth process. Even more women turn to simple over-the-counter medications to deal with the pain. Aspirin. Motrin. Midol. Celebrex. Toradol. Advil. These drugs are called NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs). I have spoken with several patients who say they use NSAIDs "like candy" when they are in pain. But are these drugs safe?
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News release from Peoria City/County Health Department: Join Peoria City/County Health Department in celebrating August as Breastfeeding Promotion Month in Illinois. The celebration is designed to raise breastfeeding awareness and highlight how our community can promote and support mothers to choose breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is healthier for both mom and baby, saves money, and is the natural way to feed babies. Breastfeeding reduces the lifetime risk of obesity for both mom and baby, an important health issue in our community. Breastfed babies also receive protection against infections, type II diabetes, asthma, allergies, and childhood cancers. Breastfeeding mothers have a decreased risk of breast and ovarian cancers, and lose weight more quickly. An added advantage for breastfeeding is the reduction in costs of infant feeding and illness care for both families and for the community. Breastfeeding also strengthens the special bond between mother and baby. Curt Fenton, Director of Child and Family Health at Peoria City/County Health Department, states, "Breastfeeding is a critical issue in our community. It may be the most important choice a mother can make when her baby is born. Babies should breastfeed exclusively for the first 6 months and continue through 12 months, as recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics." The newly released Breastfeeding Report Card - United States 2012, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals significant differences in breastfeeding rates between low-income and higher-income families, and between racial and ethnic groups. National goals aim to increase breastfeeding to over 80% by 2020. According to Fenton, only 55% of mothers in Peoria's Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program tried breastfeeding their infants, compared to 70% statewide. Only slightly over a third of Peoria's African American babies on WIC are breastfed. To support these national goals, the Peoria City County Health Department promotes community awareness of the importance of breastfeeding. Fenton adds, "Under Illinois law, breastfeeding is allowed in public places, and employment laws assure support for breastfeeding in the workplace. Now we need to involve our community to promote breastfeeding. Breastfeeding should start while moms are still in the hospital with baby. As family and friends, we need to surround mothers with support to continue breastfeeding after they go back to work or school. This support can help babies and moms receive the health benefits that breastfeeding can provide." The Breastfeeding Report Card is available at www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/data/reportcard.htm. For more information about Public Health issues call the Peoria City/County Health Department at 679-6000 or visit our website at www.pcchd.org. As children all around Peoria and Central Illinois get ready to go back to school, this is an important time to remind all parents about the dangers of heavy backpacks. Even with the advent of technology such as laptops and tablet computers, children are still carrying more (and heavier!) books from class to class. And they still need pencils, pens, rulers, workbooks, folders, and dozens of other supplies on a daily basis. Backpack safety is an important issue for children, who are still growing. Even if your child's backpack feels light to you, it will proportionately heavier for him or her. A recent Italian study found, according to the American Chiropractic Association (ACA), "that the average child carries a backpack that would be the equivalent of a 39-pound burden for a 176-pound man, or a 29-pound load for a 132-pound woman. Of those children carrying heavy backpacks to school, 60 percent had experienced back pain as a result." To reduce the impact of heavy backpacks on your child's health, here are nine important tips from the ACA:
Source: Fox News U.S. adults are walking more than they did half a decade ago, but less than half are exercising enough to improve their health, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sixty-two percent of adults surveyed in 2010 said they walked 10 minutes or more at least once during the preceding week, compared to 56 percent in 2005. However, the National Health Interview Survey determined only 48 percent of adults are getting enough physical activity to see health benefits. For adults, the CDC recommends at least two-and-a-half hours per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity, such as brisk walking, for 10 minutes or more at a time. Walking is the most common physical activity among U.S. adults, according to the survey. [snip] Public health officials described the increase in walking, both in the South and nationally, as an important "first step" in lowering Americans' risk for a host of common ailments including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, depression and cognitive decline. (read more) It can often seem as though doctor's offices are the same around the world: the front desk, the waiting room, the wait for the doctor, the transition to the treatment room, another wait for the doctor, and then the visit with the doctor.
Why is waiting for the doctor such an important part of the process? Why is it always automatically assumed that you'll have to wait? Why is there a room called the "waiting room"? We at Johnson Family Chiropractic believe that a routine visit to your Peoria doctor's office shouldn't take up your entire afternoon. We accept patients by appointment, which means that we do our very best to see you when we've promised to see you. After all, your visit is all about you. Johnson Family Chiropractic has always made timeliness a hallmark of our practice. We take our pledge to see you on time very seriously. In rare and unavoidable circumstances, we have to work emergency situations into our schedule, and are grateful for your understanding. On every other day, your time in the waiting room should be five minutes or less if you arrive on time. Many times, the doctor will be free and waiting for YOU if you arrive on time. If you are looking for a doctor's office in Peoria that treats your time with the respect you deserve, give Johnson Family Chiropractic a call. |
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