What the heck is a COW and why should I care?

Fair question.  A COW is a Chiropractic Opportunity Week.  We’re so grateful, happy and just plain thrilled about opening our new office in Port Washington that we’re having a party ... for you. 

More than a celebration.  An opportunity. 

We’re passionate about wellness.  Most people don’t realize that there’s a huge difference between just not having symptoms and being well.  And so they miss out on the chance to really have the life they want and deserve because of a simple misunderstanding. 

That really bugs me.  Frankly, I’m tired of the big pharmaceutical companies telling us that our health can come from a bottle of pills.  So many of the people I meet here are just plain tired of taking pills all the time while they watch their health go down the tubes!  They’re frustrated but they don’t know where else to turn. They just keep hoping, praying that things will change for them someday. 

Well, they’re about to.

See, you can NEVER get more wellness by fighting illness.  They are two separate worlds.  It’s like trying to win the Daytona 500 by entering the Kentucky Derby.  Two different worlds.  I don’t care how fast your car is...you’re running around the wrong track (not to mention that it’s unfair to the other jockeys J ). 

Have I lost you?  Just hang with me for another second.  What I’m saying is; that regardless of how good your doctor is, how powerful the drugs you’re taking are, or whatever treatment you’re currently on, they are still about your sickness (whatever that may be).  To get more wellness you have to do things that promote wellness.  Simple. 

Those drugs may provide a very important, even life-saving effect, but they can’t promote wellness (in fact, if you read the side-effects insert in the package, they’re probably making you sicker in one way or another).

So what is wellness, anyway?

I like to think of wellness as what it can provide for you.  That’s what really matters.  So to me, wellness means the ability to work day after day in my busy practice without burning out.  It means having the energy, after seeing patients all day, to come home and play with our 2½-year-old son, Avi, so that Karen can get a much deserved break.  It means not having had so much as a cold that lasted more than 12 hours in over 13 years.  It means that most days I wake up happy, not because of some external circumstance, but because I can connect more easily to the source of happiness within me.  It means being able to perceive other peoples’ points of view without having to defend mine.  It means seeing myself as a participant in my life rather than a victim.  It means trusting that the same God that provided me with this life gave me the energy, the connection and the inner knowing to live that life fully.

That’s what wellness means to me. 

So how much wellness do you have in your life?

What are the things in your life that you value the most?  Peace? Spirituality? Energy? Fun? Productivity?  Love?  Relationships?  Freedom?  I can promise you this, you will get so much more out of everything that you value in your life as you increase your wellness.  That means a better life for you, pure and simple.

I have something very important to share with you.

The work we do in our office is very unique.  Perhaps you’ve heard about it.  It’s called Network Care, and it is designed to help you create unimaginable levels of wellness in your life. 

Imagine yourself with tons of energy. Feeling peaceful.  Stress just seems to go right through you.  Those aches and pains that you’ve come to accept as “normal” or even worse, blamed on “old age”, are a thing of the past.  You’re excited about life and what you can accomplish.  You’re breathing fully and deeply.  You’re living fully and deeply.  That’s wellness. 

The proof is in the pudding (or in this case, the research).

I don’t make these claims lightly.  While I can’t guarantee that everyone will get exactly the same results, I can tell you about the largest single research project of its kind studying wellness outcomes.  We studied 2818 individuals receiving Network Care from around the world.  The results of that study were more than we ever could have hoped for.  You see, we looked to see what was really changing in these people’s lives as a result of the care they were receiving.  Not just their pain.  Their lives. And you know what we found? 

Not only did we see a dramatic improvement in general physical health with the vast majority of people studied, but we also found a huge increase in many other areas that contributed greatly to their quality of life:

They reported a significant decrease in their physical symptoms.

They reported more energy.

They reported less pain.

They reported fewer colds and flu.

They reported less physical pain.

They reported feeling less stressed.

They reported less tension at work.

They reported less tension at home.

They reported feeling better about themselves.

They reported that they were better at handling various problems.

They reported greater compassion.

They reported being more productive.

They reported feeling better about their life as a whole. 

How could this be possible?  How could one thing make such a dramatic difference in so many areas? THAT’S the question you should be asking right now...and, frankly, if I were you, I’d probably be a little skeptical.

Here’s the short version: in Network Care, we look at the body in a very different way.  Rather than looking at your symptom as a problem that must be dealt with, we look at it as a warning signal.  Just like the smoke alarm in your home or the oil light in your car, your symptoms are your body’s way of telling you that you are reaching the DANGER ZONE in your health.  They are saying that, in some way, you are overloading yourself with stress and that (and this is the part most people hate) a change in behavior is necessary.  So we don’t focus on your symptoms here.  We look at something else that is very important and almost always overlooked...

We call it Defense.

Again, the short version.  Defense means that your body is still holding onto energy from past stresses in your life.  Physical. Mental/Emotional.  Chemical.  Stress can take many forms but they’re always one of the above three categories.  When your system gets overloaded with stress, it will naturally go into survival mode (“fight or flight”) to deal with it.  If, however, the stress is too much (which happens more than you might think), then that energy gets “locked” in your body.  So from that point on, you are holding the tension from that event and your brain is still responding as though it’s still going on.  Yes, your brain.  The complications from here are nearly unlimited but let’s just say that it can be a “bit of a problem” (yes, that is an understatement). 

Bottom line: when you’re in Defense, you can NEVER be as healthy as you’d like.  Period.  Your immune system is compromised.  Your higher brain function is compromised.  Your quality of life is compromised. 

And without being checked for it, you’d probably never know that you were ever in Defense in the first place!

Well, read on because that’s what we intend to do!

Network Care has but one simple goal: to help your body and brain recover from the destruction of Defense and to begin to heal naturally.  Like you were meant to.  To begin to reconnect with those parts of yourself that were so stuck in tension that you forgot they were even there.  To be able to live without the stresses from your past affecting you today!

Are you beginning to see?  We’ve been sold a bill of goods that says that health is merely the absence of symptoms.  Why else would we be so quick to take a pill every time we have the slightest complaint? 

I’m suggesting that there’s another way.  But that way is going to challenge everything that you may already think you know about health and wellness. 

“O.K.  This sounds pretty good. What do I have to do?”

Glad you asked.  Your timing is excellent.  Remember our COW?  Here’s how that works:

On Monday, March 6th through Friday, March 10th Family Wellness Chiropractic will be giving our First Two Wellness Visits (including Consultation, Computerized Scans, Exam, Doctor’s Review of Findings and Your First Gentle Adjustment), F REE OF CHARGE (normal value: $195.00). Call (516)883-WELL (9355) to reserve your time (this offer will be limited to the first 14 callers only).

During that exam, we’ll do advanced computerized imaging of your spine, muscles and nervous system to help me get a ton of information regarding your overall health and wellness. Then you’ll come back, I’ll explain everything that I found so that you can understand it fully and THEN I’ll give you your first sample of a Network Care adjustment (right about now is where I’d be running for the phone if I were you!).

There’s no further obligation.  Just a chance to find out if there is something vital that you could be missing about your health. 

Look, you check your blood pressure regularly.  You have your teeth checked regularly. When was the last time you had your nervous system checked? Doesn’t it make sense to check the one system that controls everything else?  And I’m not kidding, this same exam will normally cost you $195.00. 

Why are you doing this?

Earlier, I mentioned my 2 ½ year old son, Avi.  Avi is the motivation for our reaching out to so many people.  So if you need to thank someone, thank him.  See, I am committed to making our community a better place for him to grow up. And I truly believe that a community focused on wellness will be a better place to live, to work and to raise our families.  Sometimes it seems like an impossible task, but I promise to keep trying anyway. 

Here’s the “catch”...

During the upcoming week, we will only have time for a maximum of 14 New Patient Appointments.  Last I checked, we already had something like 4 or 5 booked.  So if you want to take me up on this F ree Offer, you’re going to have to act pretty fast, because these last spots will definitely fill soon. And once they’re gone, they’re gone.

The Party.

Didn’t I mention a party before?  Almost forgot.  We’ve also teamed up with some of the finest local businesses in town and they’ve agreed to give away some really wonderful prizes as part of our Grand Opening Celebration. Over $1000 in really neat stuff!  And ... we’re giving away three complete month long care packages as well ... worth over $1000 each!  Just come by our office at 153 Main St. in Port Washington to register.  In fact, all told, we’re giving away over $5000 in prizes and care! 

Here’s to the unlimited potential within each of us!  May you soon connect to this power in yourself and experience the life and health you deserve.

In Health,

Dr. Fred & Karen Blum

Family Wellness Chiropractic
www.nsawellness.com
(516) 883-WELL (9355)

P.S. I have a Free Nutritional Gift, worth $29.95 for the first 5 people that call to book appointments. First 5 callers only at (516) 883-WELL (9355)

P.P.S.  Remember, the same exam would cost you at least $195.00 any other time.

P.P.P.S  What are you waiting for?