There is a pervasive belief in out society that happiness is external to myself.  I am therefore always in a state of lack and desire.  So I must look for the cause of my happiness or the solution to my symptoms externally.  This is the proverbial dog chasing its tail.  Even if it catches its tail, it’ll end up biting itself and causing pain, instead of happiness.

According to Dr. David Ludwig from Boston’s Children Hospital, statistics validate 1 in 3 children today are obese (JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association).  He began to study genes and switched to the environmental causes of obesity and the effects obesity creates in adulthood (chronic pain, inflammatory conditions, heart disease, stroke, type II diabetes).  What he concluded is that it is a lifestyle.

What this says to me is that it is our beliefs and habits that turn on certain genes, which create our body physiology and state of health or ill health.   This brings us back to willingness.

Are you willing to:

1.  eat different than you have been or were taught or raised with?

2.  drink differently than you have been or were raised with?

3.  exercise differently than you have been or were taught?

4.  think differently than you have been or were raised with?

If you are call us today to begin your journey to optimum health happiness and success!

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland Phillips

What do we know about chronic pain

- It may include headache, back pain, pain caused by arthritis, neck pain or any body symptom which is associated with inflammation – anything ending in ”itis”

- People may suffer from chronic pain without any identifiable cause like trauma or physical injury/damage

- Chronic pain can have a physical, mental, emotional or chemical cause, yet continues long beyond the point of healing

Major clinical depression includes

-predominant sadness

-blue and hopelessness

-change in weight,appetite, sleep (autonomic hormonal function)

-restlessness and fatigue

-poor concentration and memory

-feeling worthless and guilty

-loss of interest in previous activities

How are chronic pain and depression related?

-each can trigger the other, creating a vicious cycle

-pain triggers sleeplessness, which triggers fatigue and hopelessness etc

DID YOU KNOW?!?!

- B.E.S.T. was studied at Parker Chiropractic College and had a greater than 80% effectiveness in treating chronic pain clients that had failed in medical and chiropractic care

- And almost an equally significant percentage with depression

What can you do today, besides go for a walk or just get outside in the sun?

Call for an evaluation to take charge of your health today and learn how your choices impact your body,health and mental state.

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland Phillips BA, BS, D.C.

Let me go back a bit. This client originally came to me a year before. He presented with right shoulder pain experienced over the past 7 years, waking him up at night. His history included diabetes and high blood pressure (taking meds for both for the past 5 years). He was fairly consistent with care for a year- attended classes, got reports, education, retests and reports of findings. Then he just stopped coming in for care. He was feeling better and ignored my recommendation for minimum once a month care.

It’s now a year later with his symptoms worsened and medications increased, including a new drug added for pain. Re-examination proved all clinical indicators were now much worse. I pointed this out to him in a mildly emphatic manner, treated him and had him schedule his report of finding and subsequent treatment for the very next day.

The next day I asked him how the right shoulder/arm pain and bilateral sciatica was doing, as it was an 8 to 9 pain scale the day before. His answer astonished me. “Oh, that’s all gone!” “That’s the problem” I said. “BEST is too good.” We interpret a lack of musculoskeletal symptoms as healing, when in fact there is much more to do to stabilize, restore and maintain healing function. Does this sound like anyone you know? I related that it was my duty and good conscience to let him know that he is not on the wellness tract until all clinical indicators change and normalize- which in his case, could take 6 months to one and a half years. He knew I was speaking from my heart: That I was devoted to his highest good. I was there for him.

I could see that he got it. I am left grateful for this lesson and for this man being my teacher of the moment. He is now back on track -  taking his supplements, cleaning up his diet, doing a liver cleanse and journaling his homework. His skin color and attitude has improved. He has completed his Life Experience List (that we use in Experiential BEST). His goal is to “get off the pill for shoulder pain” and I support him.

To alkalize, detoxify, normalize and revitalize takes Time, Treatment, Coaching and Enthusiastic Commitment. Stay the course. The truth sets us free.

Remember how good you are!

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland F. Phillips, Jr.

Tomatoes and their sauces ( like barbecue and brown sauces), seasonings, condiments like ketchup and steak sauce, prepared meats (like meatloaf), baked beans, gravies, and salad dressings containing them.

Peppers include red, green, orange, yellow, jalapeno, chili, cayenne, curry, pimentos, and paprika. Thes are hidden in salads, cold cuts, pastas, sausage and deli meats, olives, tabasco, worcestershire, steak sauce, coloring on nuts and fish, seasoning mixes, crackers, dips and spreads; black and white pepper are O.K.

“Spices” If the word “spices” or “natural flavorings” appear in the ingredient list, I cannot have it.  These are hidden sources and nearly always in commercial salad dressings, mayonnaise, mustard, condiments, sauces, prepared (frozen) entrees, and soups; they could contain paprika, crushed red pepper, ground red pepper, cayenne, chili, curry; All other specified spices are O.K. (like black pepper (again not in the same family), garlic, ginger, basil, rosemary and more).

Also avoid eggplant and tabacco, as well as soy products, since monsanto is genetically modifying 80% of the soy with the petunia gene (a nightshade).

What’s Left?

Flaxseed & olive oils, vegetables, including sweet potatoes (a different botanical family) and many other spices like black pepper (again not in the same family), garlic, ginger, basil, rosemary and more.  All fresh unprocessed meats, fowl and seafoods, wines and fruits, nuts, beans, cheeses, grains and herbs are not in the “nightshade family”.

Evidence suggests good genes are only a small part of the longevity experience. Dr. Bruce Lipton, author of “The Biology of Beliefs,” has scientifically valid evidence it’s simply our habits and choices that create our physiology – how our bodies feel & work. Researchers now believe that chronic illness is not an inevitable byproduct of aging but a direct result of our lifestyle choices, choices that we are perfectly free to embrace or reject!

Here are some suggestions to move forward with Health, Happiness, and Success:

Embrace a positive attitude

According to research and my clinical experience an attitude of gratitude for all of life’s experiences is the key to longer and more vibrant living. Positive emotions trigger neurological and hormonal responses that have healing benefits to the whole body.

Challenge your mind – try something new

Research shows the more we educate and try new tasks and skills the longer we live! Take advantage of opportunities that may not have been available in the past. Travel, volunteer activities, a second career, musical instruction, writing, various classes – all serve to stimulate brain activity.

Reduce resistance and stay connected

Understand that anything I have a negative emotional reaction to is a deeper reflection of myself that I have not loved, learned from, and released.

What I resist tends to persist and/or reoccur over and over in my life.

I can choose to forgive. I can choose to view movies, entertainment, and life with humor.

Prayer/meditation/exercise are self-nurturing activities that help me to reconnect to the internal and external now; they are natural relaxants and grounding activities.

Maintain touch with family, friends, and mastermind groups that encourage us to take care of ourselves and challenge us to risk, stretch, and grow.

Begin to decrease stimulating products like smoking, drinking, junk food, white flour, white sugar, white rice products – these are a sure way to accelerate aging and produce ill health.

Embrace exercise

Find any way you enjoy to move. Movement will increase muscle tone, cardiovascular health, bowel & immune function, to name a few benefits.

5 to 6 days a week of aerobic (if you can still talk while doing it, its aerobic) exercise 30-40 minutes long.

Include 2 to 3 days of mild to moderate strength training, seek a trainer, Pilates classes, etc.

Make healthy nutrition choices and choose whole food supplements

Reduce organic grown protein to 40 grams a day (you’re getting protein from all your other food choices already)

Increase veggies and fruits to 60-70% of diet. Within 3 months you’ll be leaner and healthier.

Choose reverse osmosis water to remove toxic chemicals; sweeten with Stevia and add lemon juice to revitalize the water.

By reducing junk food we reduce devitalized, nutrition lacking substances.

Choose a supplement that directly comes from food, not mega-supplements that are highly stimulatory. Morter HealthSystems Alka-Line, Liv International and Standard Process both fulfill all natural & whole food requirements.

Choose quality health care

Find a quality holistic physician that can guide you in making a healthy balance plan.

Be regular for the purpose of wellness, not disease symptom care.

A B.E.S.T. practitioner can be found on Morter.com to help you look at your health care needs and rebalance the mind-body for more optimum wellness

In Health & Service,

Dr. Roland Phillips BA, BS, D.C.