Online Wellness Assessments
The WEF Online Portal has over 40 online assessments, and the Health Risk Manager is our most popular. This state of the art, online health risk assessment is administered securely and confidentially, and generates both personal and administrative reports that identify key areas of health and wellness concerns. Recommendations are then generated to achieve optimal health.
The Health Risk Manager HRA covers key health issues including:
• Heart Health
• Nutrition
• Weight Management
• Fitness
• Cancer
• Smoking
• Stress
• Safety
When you complete your Health Risk Manager – you are entitled to a complimentary Health Risk Review with your Network Provider. Your Survey Results will be reviewed, and you will be given a “Next Steps” Outline to reduce your Health Risks and help you meet your goals to a Healthier Life!
Interactive Health Risk Assessments
The Interactive Health Risk Assessments are written so that end users may evaluate their risk for different conditions and learn how to reduce it. There are several types of assessments and profiles available. The individual Risk Assessments allow users to determine their risk for specific diseases. Note that the assessments recognize key warning signs and will direct users to the appropriate health professionals when needed. Users are then given specific instructions on how to lower their risk for each health condition. Recommendations may include:
• Self-treatments options
• Lifestyle suggestions
• Recommendations to see specific health practitioners
• Natural health products that may be of benefit
• Recommendations to take specific additional assessments
• A suggestion to participate in an online health improvement program
Interactive Behavioral Health Assessments
These Behavioral Health assessments seek to provide the user with the helping hand of a digital psychotherapist. THE WEF and its online health partners give users the tools and support that they would expect from the country's most experienced behavioral health benefits providers, along with current information for health professionals, consumers, researchers and advocates.
There are several types of behavioral health assessments available. More general assessments cover broad areas such as emotional health or stress, while condition-specific assessments address narrower clinical areas such as post-traumatic stress and depression. Behavioral lifestyle assessments look at areas ranging from career burnout to sleep. Each assessment provides detailed results and specific actionable recommendations, including self-care, conventional and alternative therapies, and practitioner referrals. Extensive links to more information about mental health conditions and treatments, other relevant health assessments, behavioral health organizations and practitioner databases are included in the output of each assessment.
Interactive Disease Management Assessments
The use of disease management has grown rapidly in the past several years, while online disease management tools have become the cutting edge of modern medical management.
Our web-based disease management tools help providers save time while retaining personal involvement with their patients. Users can learn a great deal about what their symptoms mean and how to care for them, both on their own and with professional help when needed. Physicians will not only have a more educated patient, but can also access their patients’ assessment responses, even as they change over time, along with a sophisticated computerized analysis of these symptoms.
Interactive Self-Care and IM Assessments
Users will discover things they never knew about themselves with these unique assessments and profiles.
Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) includes diverse medical and healthcare systems, practices and products. Scientific evidence exists regarding a number of CAM therapies, often indicating that they can be effective on their own or when combined with conventional medicine. Integrative Medicine is a field that specifically combines mainstream medical approaches with CAM therapies for which there is scientific evidence of safety and effectiveness.
Our CAM assessment recommendations are evidence-based and focus on how various therapies—such as massage, nutrition, chiropractic, acupuncture or herbal medicine—can be used in conjunction with mainstream medical care. Each CAM assessment provides detailed personalized results and actionable recommendations based on one or more CAM disciplines. Available modalities include mind-body medicine, Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, herbal medicine, nutrition, massage and bodywork, movement therapy and others.
Interactive Life-style and Work-style Assessments
Critical areas of everyday work and home life, including diet, sleep; fitness, stress and work-life are addressed by these assessments. Users learn whether their habits are healthy or not, what are the best approaches to improved health for their particular situations, and how to deal with common issues that occur on everyday life. For example, “Why do I sleep poorly and how can I improve it?” is one of the questions specifically addressed by the Sleep Assessment. Users who take several of the Lifestyle and Workstyle Assessments and follow the detailed, personalized and actionable recommendations will find that their daily lives, along with their overall health and well-being, are greatly improved.
My Health Features
The My Health tools enable users to track their health and wellness data while identifying important trends, further personalizing the user experience. The “FOCUS ON” feature presents users with timely and relevant health information they can access with a single click. My Health Journal enables users to log information about their health and use colors to indicate their mood or wellness level; the latter can help them spot trends early so they can be acted upon. Users can maintain a journal and keep track of meetings and events with My Health calendar. My Healthy Life allows users to plan and track their diet, nutrition and fitness needs. Topics include losing weight, getting fit, releasing stress, managing blood pressure and cholesterol, eating healthy and managing The change.
Multi-media Center
The Multimedia Center provides for over 50 files of streaming audio and video information on health and wellness topics. Our library listing makes it simple for users to find information that interests them. While watching a video or listening to an audio file, the users will also see related information in the dynamic link list.
Site Search
The Site Search permits the end user to search multiple databases simply by typing in a search term on any health and wellness related topic. Our proprietary search engine then returns all matches from all areas within the client-customized THE WEF website, as well as from outside databases such as the National Library of Medicine. In addition, all results (including those from outside sites) are categorized by subtopic for easy browsing.
Dynamic Link Library
THE WEF Dynamic Link Engine is particularly powerful. On each content page that utilizes this feature, from static article to constantly changing assessment output, the Dynamic Link Engine provides the end user with a specific list of additional information directly related to the content they are viewing. These dynamic links are always easy to find on the right side of the page: no more searching to find what is important. In addition, when the end user rolls the mouse over a link, a brief summary of the related link appears, providing a “sneak peak” of what the link contains without needing to go to the referenced web page. This license for this feature is limited to the specific use with the content THE WEF provides.
You Benefit from Self Help Works Programs:
Living Lean
This no nonsense workshop is designed to put people in control of unhealthy and compulsive eating habits. Participants change their relationship with food and eating to lose weight, keep it off naturally, and experience lasting lifestyle change. Living Lean focuses on breaking free from an emotional dependency, as opposed to focusing on dieting, pills, packaged food, or feelings of deprivation. No matter how long a person has been overweight or whether they have struggled with diets, plans, or meetings, he or she can succeed with Living Lean.
The workshop consists of 12 sessions, an orientation. A typical daily session will include a self-evaluation survey to assess the individual’s current emotional state, four five-minute segments utilizing engaging video and audio, interactive exercises following each segment, and personalized coaching. Also available to participants is access to an online manual, access to a course review for easy reference and support when needed, recipes and food guides, an exercise planner, community message boards for support networking, personalized emails and reminders.
Living Free
In this workshop participants become ex-smokers in just three weeks. This workshop has among the highest success rate of any other smoking program on the market today. The workshop consists of 8 sessions, an orientation, and an introduction.
A typical daily session will include a self-evaluation survey to assess the individual’s current emotional state, four five-minute segments utilizing engaging video and audio, interactive exercises following each segment, and personalized coaching. Also available to participants is access to an online manual, access to a course review for easy reference and support when needed, community message boards for support networking, and take-away items such as a series of creed cards, personalized emails and reminders.
Living Fit
Participants learn how to make exercise a regular part of their life and for it to be an activity that they eagerly anticipate.
Habits and patterns rule. Most of what we do on a daily basis is a function of habit and that is both good and bad. Some of our habits are productive and some do not provide well-being. Three common features of all habits is that once a habit is established it is easy to do, becomes automatic and is hard to break.
Using our technology, your organization can quickly and easily assess the individual or aggregate health or your population with an assessment and prevention system that seamlessly integrates with your Company Website or Intranet.
Remember your WEF Wellness Portal can become your Wellness support center to help you stay healthy for a lifetime.
Email drwade@wellnesseducationfoundation.org for appointment to review your “NEXT STEPS” Wellness Program.
Monday, March 21, 2011
My Personal Wellness Plan -- Worksheet
To be completed by the healthcare professional and patient.
DATE: _____________________________________________________
PATIENT NAME: _____________________________________________
Email Log In (User Name)_____________________________- Password __________
HEALTH OVERVIEW
1. Have you (the patient) been diagnosed with any of the following chronic health problems or diseases?
Hypertension pre-diabetes arthritis cancer type: ________
heart disease type 1 diabetes type 2 diabetes osteoporosis
stroke other ________
2. What is your (the patient’s):
a. Weight_______ Height ___________
b. Hip Measurement__________
c. Waist Measurement ________
d. Blood Pressure Laying ___________; Standing ___________
READINESS AND SUPPORT
3. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being least likely and 10 being most, how likely are you to consider a couple of small lifestyle changes, specifically to increase physical activity and eat healthier, to improve your health?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being least supportive and 10 being most, how much support would you receive from your family and friends if they knew you were trying to increase your physical activity and eat healthier?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being least receptive and 10 being most, how much support would you like to receive from me should you choose to increase your physical activity and eat healthier?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The purpose of this tool is to allow you to have a baseline set of answers (Health Overview) to which to compare at the next patient visit. In addition, the “Readiness and Support” section will give you a basic idea of this patient’s readiness for change.
People who are successful at making lifestyle changes take time to write out specific goals and a plan of action. Use this work sheet to write out your goals and action plans. Review the various area of your health. Decide in which areas you would like to make improvement. List your present situation and specify your goals (what you want to accomplish) in measurable terms.
Keep track of your progress. Review your goals regularly. Get help from others as needed.
Personal wellness plan for: ___________________________
Start date: _____________
Weight Goal: Present weight________ Weight goal in 6 months: ________
Action plans:
Blood Pressure (BP): Present BP ______________ BP goal in 6 months: ________________
Action plans:
Blood Cholesterol: Present Total cholesterol level ________ HDL cholesterol level _________
Goals: Total cholesterol level ________ HDL cholesterol level _________
Action plans:
Lung Volume:____________ Specific things I want to do to improve my maximum volume.
Action plans:
Healthy Eating: Specific things I want to do to improve my eating habits.
Action plans:
Physical Activity: Number of days/week I currently get 30+ min of physical activity ________
Goals: Active 30+ min ______ days/week Kinds of activities: ___________________________
Action plans:
Stress and Coping: Ways I can improve mental/emotional health and coping skills such as daily
relaxation, recreation, hobbies, social interaction, and avoid habits that waste productive living.
Action plans:
Preventive Exams: Health tests and exams I want to do to keep current in my preventive exams:
Action plans:
Addictive Behaviors: Habits I would like to change that seem to control me such as smoking,
alcohol, drugs, gambling, binge eating, excessive work that damages my health and family life,
or excessive TV viewing.
Action plans:
Spiritual Health: Values, virtues, or service to others I would like to incorporate into my life
that would provide meaning, purpose, peace, and enrichment to my life and to others.
Action plans:
Other Changes:
Commitment: I choose to implement these wellness goals to the best of my ability. I agree to allowing this report to be submitted to my PCP.
______________________________ ________________ ________________________
(Your signature) (Date) (Wellness Coach)
.
DATE: _____________________________________________________
PATIENT NAME: _____________________________________________
Email Log In (User Name)_____________________________- Password __________
HEALTH OVERVIEW
1. Have you (the patient) been diagnosed with any of the following chronic health problems or diseases?
Hypertension pre-diabetes arthritis cancer type: ________
heart disease type 1 diabetes type 2 diabetes osteoporosis
stroke other ________
2. What is your (the patient’s):
a. Weight_______ Height ___________
b. Hip Measurement__________
c. Waist Measurement ________
d. Blood Pressure Laying ___________; Standing ___________
READINESS AND SUPPORT
3. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being least likely and 10 being most, how likely are you to consider a couple of small lifestyle changes, specifically to increase physical activity and eat healthier, to improve your health?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being least supportive and 10 being most, how much support would you receive from your family and friends if they knew you were trying to increase your physical activity and eat healthier?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5. On a scale of 1-10, 1 being least receptive and 10 being most, how much support would you like to receive from me should you choose to increase your physical activity and eat healthier?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The purpose of this tool is to allow you to have a baseline set of answers (Health Overview) to which to compare at the next patient visit. In addition, the “Readiness and Support” section will give you a basic idea of this patient’s readiness for change.
People who are successful at making lifestyle changes take time to write out specific goals and a plan of action. Use this work sheet to write out your goals and action plans. Review the various area of your health. Decide in which areas you would like to make improvement. List your present situation and specify your goals (what you want to accomplish) in measurable terms.
Keep track of your progress. Review your goals regularly. Get help from others as needed.
Personal wellness plan for: ___________________________
Start date: _____________
Weight Goal: Present weight________ Weight goal in 6 months: ________
Action plans:
Blood Pressure (BP): Present BP ______________ BP goal in 6 months: ________________
Action plans:
Blood Cholesterol: Present Total cholesterol level ________ HDL cholesterol level _________
Goals: Total cholesterol level ________ HDL cholesterol level _________
Action plans:
Lung Volume:____________ Specific things I want to do to improve my maximum volume.
Action plans:
Healthy Eating: Specific things I want to do to improve my eating habits.
Action plans:
Physical Activity: Number of days/week I currently get 30+ min of physical activity ________
Goals: Active 30+ min ______ days/week Kinds of activities: ___________________________
Action plans:
Stress and Coping: Ways I can improve mental/emotional health and coping skills such as daily
relaxation, recreation, hobbies, social interaction, and avoid habits that waste productive living.
Action plans:
Preventive Exams: Health tests and exams I want to do to keep current in my preventive exams:
Action plans:
Addictive Behaviors: Habits I would like to change that seem to control me such as smoking,
alcohol, drugs, gambling, binge eating, excessive work that damages my health and family life,
or excessive TV viewing.
Action plans:
Spiritual Health: Values, virtues, or service to others I would like to incorporate into my life
that would provide meaning, purpose, peace, and enrichment to my life and to others.
Action plans:
Other Changes:
Commitment: I choose to implement these wellness goals to the best of my ability. I agree to allowing this report to be submitted to my PCP.
______________________________ ________________ ________________________
(Your signature) (Date) (Wellness Coach)
.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Tips to Prevent Overweight Children
Tips to Prevent Overweight Children
1. Place limits on TV, computer games, and other sedentary pursuits
2. Encourage physical activities - 1+ hours/day
3. Make physical activity a family affair – take hikes, ride bikes together, go to the park…
4. Plan birthdays around fun activities rather than at fast food restaurants
5. Encourage the habit of eating at meal times and limiting snacking
6. Avoid eating in front of the TV – it conditions people to eat when they watch TV
7. Eat most meals at home. Restaurants serve too much for adults let alone children
8. Pack lunches -- with planning they can be much healthier than what they might buy at school
9. Provide wholesome meals and snacks that your child enjoys while introducing new foods
10. Emphasize rewards for healthy eating rather than punishment
11. Explain that you eat healthfully because you value good health
Interested in more information about Raising a Healthy Drug Free Child? Go to www.wellnesseducationfoundation.org
1. Place limits on TV, computer games, and other sedentary pursuits
2. Encourage physical activities - 1+ hours/day
3. Make physical activity a family affair – take hikes, ride bikes together, go to the park…
4. Plan birthdays around fun activities rather than at fast food restaurants
5. Encourage the habit of eating at meal times and limiting snacking
6. Avoid eating in front of the TV – it conditions people to eat when they watch TV
7. Eat most meals at home. Restaurants serve too much for adults let alone children
8. Pack lunches -- with planning they can be much healthier than what they might buy at school
9. Provide wholesome meals and snacks that your child enjoys while introducing new foods
10. Emphasize rewards for healthy eating rather than punishment
11. Explain that you eat healthfully because you value good health
Interested in more information about Raising a Healthy Drug Free Child? Go to www.wellnesseducationfoundation.org
Friday, January 14, 2011
A GUIDE FOR LIVING IN 2011
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow ON trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured IN plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2010 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep at least 7 hours.
10.Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts on things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes in the past, that will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70, and under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.
37. The best is yet to come...
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
WEIGHT LOSS:
40. Learn the "Plate Look" eating pattern
41. Make quality protien a part of each meal.
42. Never eat more quantity of "Starchy Carbs" than protien.
43. Fill up on "Smart Carbs"
44. Learn what "Starchy Carbs" and "Smart Carbs" are!
45. Attend my Breakthrough Weight loss Seminar
46. Find out what my "Will-Power in a Bottle" can do for you.
47. Detox your body
48. Add a quality pro-biotic
49. learn about food combinations and timing your meals to reset and recharge your metabolism.
Last but not the least:
40. Consider forwarding this guide to those you care about.
to learn more go to http://www.wadechiropractic.com.
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow ON trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured IN plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy.
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2010 .
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep at least 7 hours.
10.Take a 10-30 minute walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts on things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner of his/her mistakes in the past, that will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree...
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70, and under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful, or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up, and show up.
37. The best is yet to come...
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
WEIGHT LOSS:
40. Learn the "Plate Look" eating pattern
41. Make quality protien a part of each meal.
42. Never eat more quantity of "Starchy Carbs" than protien.
43. Fill up on "Smart Carbs"
44. Learn what "Starchy Carbs" and "Smart Carbs" are!
45. Attend my Breakthrough Weight loss Seminar
46. Find out what my "Will-Power in a Bottle" can do for you.
47. Detox your body
48. Add a quality pro-biotic
49. learn about food combinations and timing your meals to reset and recharge your metabolism.
Last but not the least:
40. Consider forwarding this guide to those you care about.
to learn more go to http://www.wadechiropractic.com.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
The Luck of the Draw
Some people do all the right things and still develop serious health problems. Others flaunt their bad habits and are able to live long lives, dying peacefully in their sleep at the age of 95. For example, high blood pressure (hypertension, HTN) is a common chronic disease in the United States. With HTN a person's heart has to work much harder, all the time, to pump the blood needed by the rest of the body. HTN is associated with heart attacks and stroke, and hypertensive heart disease is a leading cause of death. 1
HTN is often described as a lifestyle disease. 2,3 Those who are overweight and/or obese (this characterizes two-thirds of American adults) are at increased risk for HTN, as are persons with diabetes. People who don't exercise regularly are more likely to develop high blood pressure, as are those who smoke cigarettes. In fact, overweight/obesity, lack of exercise, and tobacco use are the top three causes of HTN.
Obviously, achieving an average weight, exercising regularly, and stopping smoking (or never starting) are three main lifestyle actions related to decreasing one's risk of developing HTN. But some people who are slim, have exercised all their lives, and do not smoke may still develop high blood pressure. In such a case, HTN is termed "essential hypertension". The person has a very healthy lifestyle, there are no risk factors for HTN, and still they become hypertensive. That is the luck of the draw, otherwise known as a genetic predisposition to this disease.
In a contrasting example, a few people may smoke two packs of cigarettes a day since age 15, drink a quart of gin every few days, and never get really sick. They don't develop lung cancer or liver cancer and have no problems with HTN or heart disease, and live lives that fly in the face of all received wisdom in the field of public health. They continue to thrive well into their 80s and beyond and love to tell their well-meaning friends and relatives, "I've never been sick a day in my life" while lighting up another cigarette. Such persons are described by epidemiologists as outliers, those whose health parameters represent an outlying 2.5% or less of the standard values. Their luck of the draw lies in possessing an indestructible constitution.
Of course the exceptions only prove the rule. Their existence does not suggest that rules for good health should not be observed. Regular vigorous exercise and a healthful diet containing plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables are important for all of us, young and old. Chiropractic care is an important component of the lifestyle mix. Chiropractic care helps people, young and old, achieve the best health possible. This natural form of health care helps take the "luck" out of the equation. We can make our own luck and chiropractic helps us do that in the arena of health and well-being.
For more information go to my web page www.wadechiropractic.com. Or if you have an interest in reports or additional information go to www.ALPainRelief.com.
1Zhang WW, et al: Hypertension and TIA. Int J Stroke 4(3):206-214, 2009
2Schmid AA, et al: Current blood pressure self-management: a qualitative study. Rehabil Nurs 34(6):223-229, 2009
3Pascual JM, et al: Body weight variation and control of cardiovascular risk factors in essential hypertension. Blood Press 18(5):247-254
HTN is often described as a lifestyle disease. 2,3 Those who are overweight and/or obese (this characterizes two-thirds of American adults) are at increased risk for HTN, as are persons with diabetes. People who don't exercise regularly are more likely to develop high blood pressure, as are those who smoke cigarettes. In fact, overweight/obesity, lack of exercise, and tobacco use are the top three causes of HTN.
Obviously, achieving an average weight, exercising regularly, and stopping smoking (or never starting) are three main lifestyle actions related to decreasing one's risk of developing HTN. But some people who are slim, have exercised all their lives, and do not smoke may still develop high blood pressure. In such a case, HTN is termed "essential hypertension". The person has a very healthy lifestyle, there are no risk factors for HTN, and still they become hypertensive. That is the luck of the draw, otherwise known as a genetic predisposition to this disease.
In a contrasting example, a few people may smoke two packs of cigarettes a day since age 15, drink a quart of gin every few days, and never get really sick. They don't develop lung cancer or liver cancer and have no problems with HTN or heart disease, and live lives that fly in the face of all received wisdom in the field of public health. They continue to thrive well into their 80s and beyond and love to tell their well-meaning friends and relatives, "I've never been sick a day in my life" while lighting up another cigarette. Such persons are described by epidemiologists as outliers, those whose health parameters represent an outlying 2.5% or less of the standard values. Their luck of the draw lies in possessing an indestructible constitution.
Of course the exceptions only prove the rule. Their existence does not suggest that rules for good health should not be observed. Regular vigorous exercise and a healthful diet containing plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables are important for all of us, young and old. Chiropractic care is an important component of the lifestyle mix. Chiropractic care helps people, young and old, achieve the best health possible. This natural form of health care helps take the "luck" out of the equation. We can make our own luck and chiropractic helps us do that in the arena of health and well-being.
For more information go to my web page www.wadechiropractic.com. Or if you have an interest in reports or additional information go to www.ALPainRelief.com.
1Zhang WW, et al: Hypertension and TIA. Int J Stroke 4(3):206-214, 2009
2Schmid AA, et al: Current blood pressure self-management: a qualitative study. Rehabil Nurs 34(6):223-229, 2009
3Pascual JM, et al: Body weight variation and control of cardiovascular risk factors in essential hypertension. Blood Press 18(5):247-254
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