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The The National Coalition on Health National Coalition on Health CareCare describes our health care describes our health care system as system as riddled with riddled with inefficienciesinefficiencies, excessive , excessive administrative expenses, administrative expenses, inflated inflated pricesprices, poor management and , poor management and inappropriate careinappropriate care, waste and , waste and fraudfraud..

Current Model of Health Current Model of Health Care Care

The The biggest problembiggest problem with the U.S. health-with the U.S. health-care system is that care system is that it has long been it has long been designed to designed to respond respond to illness rather than to illness rather than prevent it.prevent it.

"We are living "We are living longer, but longer, but we are we are not living healthiernot living healthier," ," says Dr. Nancy says Dr. Nancy Nielsen, President of Nielsen, President of the the American American Medical AssociationMedical Association Time Magazine Time Magazine 12/0912/09

Are We Getting Our Are We Getting Our Money’s Worth?Money’s Worth?

“ “Spending on Spending on health carehealth care is the is the single single largest componentlargest component of of overall consumer spending…overall consumer spending…larger larger than than spendingspending on either on either housing or foodhousing or food.”.”

— — Ben Bernanke, Ben Bernanke, Federal Reserve ChairmanFederal Reserve Chairman

America Will Spend…America Will Spend…

$2.6 trillion$2.6 trillion this year on this year on health health carecare and according to the and according to the Congressional Budget OfficeCongressional Budget Office, , that equates to that equates to $8300 per $8300 per personperson or or 18%18% of the GDP. of the GDP.

America makes upAmerica makes up 4%4% of the world’sof the world’s

population andpopulation and spends 50%spends 50% of all of all thethe money on money on medical caremedical care worldwide. worldwide.

96%

4%

50%50%

World

U.S.A. Rest ofthe World

U.S.A.

Do You Know Where Do You Know Where The The World Health World Health

OrganizationOrganization currentlycurrently

rank rank America’s Health America’s Health CareCare System System? ?

We Spend The Most…We Spend The Most…Is Our Health Care The Is Our Health Care The

Best?Best?

1.1. FranceFrance2.2. ItalyItaly3.3. San MarinoSan Marino4.4. AndorraAndorra5.5. MaltaMalta6.6. SingaporeSingapore7.7. SpainSpain8.8. OmanOman9.9. AustriaAustria10.10. JapanJapan11.11. NorwayNorway12.12. PortugalPortugal13.13. Monaco Monaco 14.14. Greece Greece 15.15. IcelandIceland16.16. LuxembourgLuxembourg17.17. NetherlandsNetherlands18.18. United KingdomUnited Kingdom

19.19. IrelandIreland20.20. SwitzerlandSwitzerland21.21. BelgiumBelgium22.22. ColombiaColombia23.23. SwedenSweden24.24. CyprusCyprus25.25. GermanyGermany26.26. Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia27.27. United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates28.28. IsraelIsrael29.29. MoroccoMorocco30.30. CanadaCanada31.31. FinlandFinland32.32. AustraliaAustralia33.33. ChileChile34.34. DenmarkDenmark35.35. DominicaDominica36.36. Costa RicaCosta Rica

37. United States of

America

Preventable illnessPreventable illness makes up makes up 75%75% of the of the burdenburden of of illnessillness and the associated expenses.and the associated expenses.

— — The New England Journal of The New England Journal of MedicineMedicine

Prevention is KeyPrevention is Key

““Symptomatically Symptomatically treating treating diseasedisease without without assessing the assessing the patient’s lifestylepatient’s lifestyle or offering or offering guidance on how to change isguidance on how to change is irresponsibleirresponsible and bordering on and bordering on neglectneglect.”.”

— — Dr. John KellyDr. John Kelly President, American College of Lifestyle President, American College of Lifestyle

MedicineMedicine

Lifestyle Changes Creates WellnessLifestyle Changes Creates Wellness

The The number one causenumber one cause of of

preventable preventable deathdeath is … is …

SuicideSuicide

fromfrom lifestyle choices lifestyle choices

The Cause of Preventable The Cause of Preventable DeathDeath

Sickness or Wellness?Sickness or Wellness?

Sickness Sickness CareCare

ReactiveReactive Fear-DrivenFear-Driven SuppressiveSuppressive CircumstantialCircumstantial

Wellness CareWellness Care ProactiveProactive Knowledge-Knowledge-

DrivenDriven ExpressiveExpressive By DesignBy Design

Health is…Health is…

““Health is a state of Health is a state of optimal optimal physicalphysical, , mental mental and and social social

well-beingwell-being and and notnot merely the merely the absence of symptomsabsence of symptoms or or

disease.”disease.”

World Health Organization and World Health Organization and Dorland’s Medical Dorland’s Medical

DictionaryDictionary

““Wellness is an Wellness is an active, lifelong processactive, lifelong process of of becoming becoming aware of choicesaware of choices and and making making decisionsdecisions toward a toward a more balanced and more balanced and fulfilling lifefulfilling life. Wellness involves choices . Wellness involves choices about our lives and our about our lives and our prioritiespriorities that that determine our lifestylesdetermine our lifestyles. The Wellness . The Wellness concept is centered on connections and concept is centered on connections and

the idea that the the idea that the mind, body, spirit and mind, body, spirit and community community are are all interrelatedall interrelated and and interdependentinterdependent.”.”

--Arizona State University’s Definition of Arizona State University’s Definition of WellnessWellness

Wellness is…

Cultivating Healthy Cultivating Healthy HabitsHabits

HABIT

Knowledge

AttitudeSkill

Chiropractic and HealthChiropractic and Health

Your body is self-healing and self-

regulating.You live your

lifethrough your

Nervous System

Environment

The Chiropractic The Chiropractic SecretSecret

Your nervous system has the storage capacity of six million Wall Street Journals.

Your nervous system is responsible for coordinating and controlling the function of all tissues, organs and cells in the body.

Interference to the nervous system decreases the ability of the body to heal itself.

Chiropractors remove or reduce nerve interference.

Understanding Understanding ChiropracticChiropractic

It isIt is critical critical that that the messages the messages from the brainfrom the brain travel up and travel up and down the down the spinal spinal cordcord, through the , through the spinal openingsspinal openings, , and reach all of and reach all of the body systems the body systems without without interferenceinterference..

Improved Quality of LifeImproved Quality of Life Scientific research studies published in the British Scientific research studies published in the British

Medical Journal concluded,Medical Journal concluded, “Long-term Chiropractic “Long-term Chiropractic care has a direct effect on improved Quality of Life”care has a direct effect on improved Quality of Life”

Results of a study of senior citizens receiving Results of a study of senior citizens receiving Chiropractic care for at least 5 years proved: Chiropractic care for at least 5 years proved: 21% less hospitalizations21% less hospitalizations50% fewer medical visits50% fewer medical visits40% less prescriptions40% less prescriptionsSpent 31% less than the national average Spent 31% less than the national average on medical careon medical careBetter perceived overall quality of healthBetter perceived overall quality of health

ChemicalProper NutritionWater IntakeDrugsSmokingAlcohol Physical

Birth Trauma

Posture

Exercise

Falls/Injuries

Mental/EmotionalThoughts

Stress

Relationships

Health

Physical HealthPhysical Health

Proper ExerciseProper Exercise

Get Adjusted Regularly and Get Adjusted Regularly and

Move Move

Become Aware of Your Become Aware of Your

PosturePosture

Chemical HealthChemical Health

Drink Plenty of WaterDrink Plenty of Water

Balance Your Blood SugarBalance Your Blood Sugar

Eat the Right Kinds of FatsEat the Right Kinds of Fats

Understand Toxicity and AlkalinityUnderstand Toxicity and Alkalinity

Supplement RegularlySupplement Regularly

Mental/Emotional HealthMental/Emotional Health

Your Thoughts Create Your Your Thoughts Create Your

RealityReality

PTC: Present-Time PTC: Present-Time

ConsciousnessConsciousness

Does Your Life Have Purpose?Does Your Life Have Purpose?

Are you Serving?Are you Serving?

Sleep WellSleep Well

Chronic sleep deficiencyChronic sleep deficiency is is epidemicepidemic in in modern modern societysociety and people who and people who average average less than 6 hoursless than 6 hours per night per night have an approximately have an approximately 150% higher 150% higher death ratedeath rate compared to their compared to their longer longer sleepingsleeping counterparts. counterparts.

Hour of PowerHour of Power

Your RESPONSE-ABILITYYour RESPONSE-ABILITY

IF IT IS TO BE…IT IS UP TO ME!IF IT IS TO BE…IT IS UP TO ME!

““Two roads diverged in the woods Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the one less traveled and and I took the one less traveled and that has made all the difference”that has made all the difference”

-Robert Frost-Robert Frost

Do you know someone Do you know someone needing informationneeding information

about Chiropractic and about Chiropractic and Wellness because they are Wellness because they are

not experiencing thenot experiencing the quality of life they quality of life they

deserve?deserve?

Everyone thinks of Everyone thinks of changing the world, changing the world, but no one thinks of but no one thinks of changing himself or changing himself or

herself.herself. Leo TolstoyLeo Tolstoy