Health Reform Egoscue-style

From our Orange County clinic, great stuff:

http://ocegoscue.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/health-care-reform-egoscue-orange-county-style/

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Shopping tip

Got this from amazon.com, they’re going to be running Black Friday specials (normally reserved for the day after Thanksgiving) starting Monday. You can access those here. Just passing it on. Happy shopping!

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A nice short explanation of Egoscue

Want to know, simply, what Egoscue is?

Read this great little piece from our Orange County clinic:

http://ocegoscue.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/what-is-the-egoscue-method-a-simple-answer/

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Thank you to our veterans

We at the Austin clinic want to take this day to thank not only our veterans, but their families as well, for their service to our country. It’s not just those on active duty or who previously served who sacrifice. There are many husbands and wives taking care of families while their spouses serve, mothers and fathers, grandparents, brothers and sisters who sacrifice in their own lives so that those on active duty can or could heed the call. We thank ALL of you for your service, past and present.

As a nation, we can and should disagree and debate about when and how we should deploy those who serve. But whether or not one agrees or disagrees with a particular mission, we should never confuse our feelings about the mission with those who are tasked to complete it. In fact, I can think of no finer way to “support our troops” than to not blindly accept what our government tell us, and instead to challenge our leadership to justify to the nation its rationale for sending such a precious resource into harms way. I thank God we have a strong military system and I pray that our leadership will have the wisdom to deploy it responsibly and never needlessly or wastefully.

So those of us who have never served, we salute those of you who have or currently do. Thank you, and God bless you and your families.

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Do It Yourself Chiropractic Adjustments

from our Orange County clinic director’s blog:

http://ocegoscue.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/marie-makes-her-own-chiropractic-adjustments/

One of the things i love about Egoscue is that it so empowers the client. Most people have a sense that they understand their bodies and have a feel for what is wrong. They’re looking for someone who will believe in them and guide them, who will work WITH them instead of just throwing pills or procedures at them. And that’s exactly what Egoscue does. We encourage our clients to trust their own instincts and to never act against them. They know their bodies better than ANYONE else, including all the so-called experts, and that includes us Egoscue therapists. i don’t just encourage our clients to share what they think and believe about their bodies with us, it’s mandatory, something they MUST do if our relationship together is to be as productive as possible.

So congratulations, Marie, for taking ownership of your body and the process. Keep on rockin’!

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How to do Raw Food

Clients of our clinic know that we’re big fans of the Boutenko family. Victoria Boutenko has written a book we frequently recommend to clients looking to improve their health. “Green For Life” talks about how greens are the true nutritional powerhouse in our grocery stores and how to use green smoothies to unlock their nutritional power in a way that is tasty and simple.

The Boutenkos were just in Austin and gave a talk sponsored by Dr Ritamarie Loscalzo, a lady who is one of the great health resources here in Austin (note, you can visit her website at www.drritamarie.com). I wasn’t able to attend but I purchased the ability to watch videos of the event and from the little I’ve seen so far, this was a great event that is well worth watching. If you’re looking for ways to improve your health, if you want to learn more about how to make raw food easy, you will want to watch the video from this event. It’s a bargain at only $15.

You can buy your access to the event here:

http://www.drritamarie.com/Boutenko-Videos.php

I highly recommend the book linked above, and this talk by the Boutenko family is a great companion. You’ll learn a lot, I know I am.

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Heal yourself by giving

I love this, very, very cool. She is helping her MS by focusing not on her symptoms and problems but on helping and blessing others. What a concept.

http://tinyurl.com/yhyo5h3

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A note from Rick

Hi folks, I wanted to apologize for my erratic and infrequent posting here of late. It’s been an interesting couple months.

Early in the year, I fell while roughhousing with my teenage son and tore a tendon in my left shoulder. I knew it probably required surgery but wanted to give it every opportunity to heal on its own. I ended up getting surgery in early September and it went very well. They found a third of the subscapularis tendon was ripped away from the bone and needed to be reattached. The first month after the surgery was a challenge, I had to have my arm in a sling most of the time. Even though it was my left arm and I’m right handed, you forget how many things you use both arms for. Rehab is going well and I’m ahead of schedule and doing great with it.

Then I had the privilege of contracting the H1N1 flu. It’s just ripping through our school district. The good news is I used a lot of the strategies I’ve discussed here and while it wasn’t any fun, I got over it faster than the typical Central Texas case (from what I’ve read), and my symptoms didn’t get all that bad. During most of it I actually could’ve worked, but I didn’t want to communicate it to anyone else so I laid low.

Then this past weekend I developed a case of cellulitis/MRSA on my right elbow. Basically, that’s a localized staph infection of the tissue that is resistant to antibiotics. The only way to effectively treat it is IV antibiotics, so guess what I’m doing right now? I’m in the hospital getting IV antibiotics! I actually feel great, just gotta get this elbow cooled off and I’ll be on my way, thank you very much.

It was funny, I asked if they could unhook me from the IV setup after the last dose was finished so I could maybe go for a walk outside and get some sunshine and fresh air. Nope, not allowed to leave the floor, had to drag the IV stand with me. OK, I thought, have it your way. So I went out and started doing laps around the floor. Freaked the nurses out, they weren’t used to seeing someone walking that fast around their floor, shoot, I was the only patient up and walking at all, and most of the beds here are full. At first they smiled, then on the second lap they kind of laughed and made some jokes, by the end they were saying “next time we should just follow you and do a group workout!” Yes, come join me! And afterwards we’ll do an Egoscue menu and I’ll show you all how to help those tight shoulders feel better.

So anyway, hopefully on a physical level I’m about to come up for air. I’ve got some cool stuff to share with you and I promise it’s coming. Thanks to those of you who regularly check back here and I promise more content is on the way. The elbow is already responding well to the drugs and I’m hoping to be discharged in a day or two.

Peace and health to all our friends out there.

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Great video piece on the Patch!

The Egoscue Foundation donated a set of the Patch Fitness equipment to a Boys and Girls Club in the San Diego area, and the local news did a piece on it. Cool stuff, you can see it here:

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/health/Fitness_Patch__the_Great_Equalizer_San_Diego.html

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Why didn’t you do your Egoscue menu today?

Here’s a great blog post from our clinic in Orange County on this subject, enjoy!

http://ocegoscue.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/how-come-you-did-not-do-your-menu-today-let-me-guess/