Dr. Strauchman and Dr. Morningstar want to thank everyone who completed our email survey by November 15th. We are excited to announce that Danielle Enos won our $100 Prepaid VISA gift card. Congratulations Danielle!

Although we only have one grand prize, we also want to reward everyone who took the time to complete the survey by the November 15th deadline. Therefore, everyone who did, in fact, complete the survey will receive $5 off their next in-clinic purchase of any supplement or nutrient they purchase. We are truly grateful that you all took the time to help us help you better.

Exciting news!  Dr. Mark Morningstar, chiropractic physician at the Natural Wellness & Pain Relief Centers of Grand Blanc and Richmond, has successfully completed NeuroScience’s  NEI Certification Program.  This means he has successfully mastered the tools and approaches to comprehensively and effectively treat many of the most common, yet complex health concerns. This benefits the patient by providing quicker and more effective health management – saving time and money.  He is among the first 100 providers nationwide to achieve this distinction.

“It is very exciting to receive this certification . The human body tends to function as a single entity. Therefore, it is important to evaluate people with a whole-body approach. NEI certification serves as an assurance to patients that the NEI-certified physician will evaluate and treat them with this perspective. The NEI certification training program has challenged me to better understand the tools available to address health through the evaluation of nervous system function. It allows me to comprehensively and effectively treat many of the most common, yet complex health concerns through innovative nervous system assessment and unique treatments. This has benefited many of my patients, by providing new and very efficient approaches to health concerns – saving my patients both time and money,” says Dr. Morningstar
For more information or to schedule an appointment to discuss your health concerns and the options available to you, please call one of Dr. Morningstar’s offices below.

810.694.3576  Grand Blanc

586.727.7500  Richmond

Dr. Strauchman and Dr. Morningstar received official word this past Wednesday that their latest research paper was accepted for publication. Their study, titled “Manipulation under anesthesia for patients with failed back surgery: retrospective case series with one-year follow-up” will be published in the Journal of Chiropractic Medicine later this year. In their study, they evaluated the ability of a specialized procedure, manipulation under anesthesia (MUA), to reduce pain and improve daily function in patients who had a previous back surgery but either still had pain months after the surgery, or the pain never subsided with the surgery. One year after they received the MUA procedure, their clinical improvements were maintained.

They encourage everyone with chronic pain from disc bulges or herniations, previous spine surgery, or fibromyalgia to contact their office for a free consult to see if manipulation under anesthesia is right for you. It can literally change your life……what have you got lose?

Breastfeeding is the SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT GIFT any woman can give to her baby. It reduces the risk of allergies, asthma, increases IQ, bolsters the immune system, and a host of other vital functions. It is so important, in fact, that most baby animals cannot survive without their mothers’ breast milk.

Please encourage any expectant mothers to breastfeed. It is dramatically cheaper (can save thousands of dollars per child), and is much more convenient (don’t have to lug formula everywhere you go). Frankly, I think woman who voluntarily choose not to breastfeed (not including woman who try but can’t) are committing child abuse. For every mother out there who chooses to formula feed, listen up. Every time your baby gets a cold, an earache, an ear infection, acid reflux, bloody stool, and delayed developmental markers, IT’S YOUR FAULT. Feeding your baby the equivalent of marginally better fast food is the reason your baby is getting sick, period.

Breast milk is composed of many immune system components that help provide immunity to the baby.

Over course, there are those who tell us “My pediatrician said that my baby is allergic to my breast milk.” Guess what? Your pediatrician is an idiot. There may definitely be a chance that the baby is sensitive to something YOU are eating, which is then passed through the breast milk. Solving this “breast milk allergy” is as easy as identifying that food to which the baby is sensitive and avoid it. For example, our older son became collicky when his mom ate broccoli. Mom avoids broccoli……problem solved. Please do not ever think that switching to formula is a good solution.

Again, BREASTFEEDING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN EVER DO FOR YOUR BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (Extra exclamation points for added emphasis)

Dr. Morningstar

On September 24th, 2011, the Natural Wellness & Pain Relief Centers in Richmond will be hosting a Grand Opening!

The day’s events include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, featured health workshops, and tons of free information and prizes.

As part of our community health awareness program, in partnership with the Michigan Health & Wellness Initiative, during the Grand Opening we will be offering FREE blood pressure checks, breathing tests, and FREE laboratory tests including intestinal flora, antioxidant status, 10-parameter urinalysis, and H. Pylori testing (a common cause of ulcers and autoimmune disorders).

We will be taking $15 donations, all of which will be given to a local charity.

Laboratory testing is on a first come, first served basis until test kits are gone.

Come and find out why the Natural Wellness & Pain Relief Center in Richmond is the most comprehensive integrative medicine clinic in Macomb County.

For more information, please call 586-727-7500.

Media contacts: Please call 810-694-3576 for interviews with Dr. Megan Strauchman, Medical Director.

On August 10th, 2011, Dr. Morningstar will be conducting a free in-house workshop on the ARC3D Outpatient Therapy program. The goal of this workshop is to introduce the concepts of scoliosis genetic testing, identifying children at high-risk for progression, genetic vs. environmental influences, preventing overtreatment, and the advantages of conservative, non-surgical treatment. Other topics will include: patient selection, scoliosis symptoms, psychological impact, TornadoSuit bracing, and the various ARC3D treatment procedures. Come for an evening full of interesting information that will give you hope for a better scoliosis solution.

This workshop is limited to the first 12 participants due to space limitation. To reserve your spot, please call 810-694-3576.

ARC3D Outpatient Scoliosis Therapy

August 10, 2011

Cost: free

Reservation required

Location: 10683 S. Saginaw St. Suite B, Grand Blanc, MI 48439

The TornadoSuit is an activity suit worn by scoliosis patients to complement their exercise-based scoliosis treatments. Preliminary evidence demonstrates that the TornadoSuit can provide 15-35% initial scoliosis correction. The TornadoSuit is an adjunct designed for the ARC3D Therapy Outpatient Scoliosis Program, but can also be used for other exercise-based scoliosis treatments. It is not intended as a stand-alone treatment.

The TornadoSuit certification series is coming to Flint, MI on October 8,9 2011. This seminar is taught by Dr. Mark Morningstar, founder of the ARC3D Therapy system. Each seminar is limited to 10 attendees, so that each participant can get as much hands on as possible. Once the participant has completed this initial weekend, each provider must fit a total of 10 patients within the next year to become fully certified and endorsed on the TornadoSuit referral network.

A TornadoSuit certification seminar will also be held the same weekend in Las Vegas. This course will be taught by Dr. Roger Elmer of Advanced Spinal Solutions.

For more information or registration materials for these seminars, please contact Katarin at 810.694.3576, or email at drmorningstar@nwprc.com.

Although scoliosis has a documented occurrence rate of 5-10% in juveniles and adolescents, the rate of scoliosis jumps to at least 32%, and even up to 68% in seniors.

A 2005 study revealed that the occurrence of a De Novo scoliosis, or a new-onset scoliosis in adulthood, may affect two-thirds of our elderly population.

Although juveniles and adolescents with scoliosis rarely report pain as  a primary symptom, adults with scoliosis tend to develop chronic pain at higher rates than the rest of the population.

In 10 years we have hundreds of adult patients for scoliosis care, and have enjoyed high success rates. The ARC3D Therapy for scoliosis utilizes a broad base of techniques and procedures to facilitate immediate correction AND long-term neuromuscular rehabilitation for sustained benefit. Our collection of peer-reviewed research on scoliosis treatment is second to none in chiropractic medicine.

Get ready for Monsanto’s poisonous GM plants to be released without any regulation. The USDA is abdicating its role in controlling many of these plants.

Just as the truth of genetically engineered crops have started to leak out to the general public, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has pulled off a carefully-designed plot to give the entire ballgame to Monsanto. They have handed Monsanto the ability to sell their Roundup Ready grass seed, and have done it in a manner that will allow them to sell nearly every other GM product they devise with absolutely no limitations.

This has been accomplished by a clever and clandestine plan, one that initially appeared to support serious restrictions on genetically modified plants—but, as demonstrated by a sneaky late-Friday declaration, was actually designed to give Monsanto virtually everything.

Late last Friday—when news tends to take a holiday—the USDA quietly issued a press release stating that they will not regulate Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Scotts Kentucky Bluegrass.(1) By not regulating it, they are allowing it to be sold without any regulation of any sort.

Monsanto will be able to sell its glyphosate-resistant grass seeds at will. You can expect to see corporate entities, like golf courses, plant those seeds and then madly spray soil-sterilizing glyphosate everywhere.

Then, as their GM seeds start to cross-breed with yours, you can expect Monsanto to demand that you pay them for infringing on their patents. Just as farmers, whose crops have been adulterated by Monsanto’s seed pollen, are forced to pay Monsanto for growing those adulterated crops, there is no reason to believe that homeowners should expect to be exempt from Monsanto’s rapaciousness.

USDA Decides Not to Regulate

What is both remarkable and frightening is that the USDA did not approve Monsanto’s grass. Instead, their division, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), stated:

APHIS has confirmed that organisms used in generating Scotts’ variety of GE Kentucky bluegrass arenot considered to be plant pests, and Scotts did not use a plant pest to genetically engineer the Kentucky bluegrass. Moreover, the glyphosate tolerance is caused by a single gene insertion, which does not create a new species of Kentucky bluegrass. In addition, APHIS has no reason to believe that the GE Kentucky bluegrass itself is a plant pest. Accordingly, the Scotts GE bluegrass variety is not a regulated article under APHIS’ biotechnology regulations… [Emphases mine.]

In a nutshell, the USDA says:

• If a plant pest is not used in the manufacture of a genetically-engineered crop, or
• A single gene insertion modified the organism, or
• The new organism is not believed to be a direct plant pest itself, then
• APHIS (the USDA) does not have the authority to regulate it.

How We Got to This Point

Doug Gurian-Sherman is a senior scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Food and Environment Program. In a recent interview with Mother Jones magazine’s Tom Philpott(1), he said that back in the ’50s, the Plant Pest Act gave the USDA authority to restrict the introduction of organisms that might harm plants. According to Gurion-Sherman:

The Plant Pest Act was always just a regulatory hook to give the USDA authority to regulate engineered crops. Everyone—the industry, industry watchdogs, the USDA—always knew it was a fiction.

The genetic engineering industry accepted it, because according to Gurion-Sherman, they knew it was little more than:

…a fig leaf. They could say that their crops are regulated and have been deemed ‘safe’ by the USDA.

They also knew that, once the fiction of a GM plant being a direct pest was stripped, they would be left virtually unregulated.

But another regulation was tossed into the works in 2000. The Plant Protection Act extended the Plant Pest Act to include a noxious weed status, meaning that any plant that threatens to go wild and become a dangerous weed could be controlled by the USDA. This, though, just slowed the deregulation down a bit.

The Scotts corporation recently sent a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack stating:

Because Kentucky bluegrass itself is not a plant pest, no plant pest components will be involved in the transformation, and the native plant genomes that will be used are fully classified, there is no scientifically valid basis for concluding that transgenic Kentucky bluegrass is or will become a plant pest within the meaning of the Plant Protection Act.(3)

As Gurion-Sherman told Mother Jones:

If the companies don’t use plant pests [in development of GMOs], then the USDA ostensibly doesn’t have a legal hook to regulate the crops.

On the first of July, the USDA sent a letter to Scotts. They capitulated completely to the Scotts letter’s claim:

Because no plant pests, unclassified organisms, or organisms whose classification is unknown were used to genetically engineer this variety of GE Kentucky bluegrass, APHIS has no reason to believe it is a plant pest and therefore does not consider the Kentucky bluegrass described in the letter dated September 13, 2010 to be regulated un 7 CFR part 340 and is not subject to the plant pest provisions of the PPA [Plant Pest Act].(4)

USDA, Rogue Agency

The USDA could easily have declared genetically modified Kentucky bluegrass to be a noxious weed. The Center for Food Safety did, in fact, request that they do so. It would have been a perfectly logical step to take. Grasses of all sorts—and Kentucky bluegrass is no exception—have light and easily dispersed pollen. Thus, the likelihood of polluting existing strains is very high—in fact, it’s virtually certain. Like most other grasses, Kentucky bluegrass grows and spreads rapidly. There is already an example of a genetically engineered grass becoming a noxious weed: Roundup Ready bentgrass is already a scourge in Oregon.

And the USDA admits it!

In a document released on Friday, the same day that they refused to regulate GM Kentucky bluegrass, the USDA stated:

The analysis concludes that Kentucky bluegrass species P. pratensis (including GE and non-GE) can be considered for regulation as a Federally listed noxious weed.(5)

Their analysis even goes on to document that non-GM Kentucky bluegrass has already proven to be a noxious weed.

A court had ordered the USDA to complete its environmental impact study on GM beets, but the USDA ignored the order and went ahead with their approval. Now, after thumbing its notse at the courts, the USDA has given Monsanto free rein to poison the soil and people with its GM seeds.

This is a statement included in the USDA’s document explaining why they are not going to regulate GM Kentucky bluegrass as a noxious weed! They used the sleight-of-hand declaration that the GM version is “essentially the same” as the non-GM version.

In other words, their logic reads like this:

• Non-GM Kentucky bluegrass is a noxious weed.
  X is black.
• GM Kentucky bluegrass is essentially the same as non-GM Kentucky bluegrass.
  Y is just like X.
• Therefore, GM Kentucky bluegrass is not a noxious weed.
  Therefore Y is white

Only a rogue agency would presume to use logic that runs like that! It’s obvious that the USDA set out to loose genetically-engineered crops on the world.

So, you can get ready for even more toxic poisons to be used against the coming plague of glyphosate-resistant plants that have gone wild. You can also anticipate that Monsanto will follow through on its plan to make every person in the world pay them tribute.

Even when farmers have actively tried to prevent it, Monsanto has been declaring that any farm plant with their toxic genes belong to them. When you don’t find their plants quickly enough to weed them out, expect a bill demanding payment.

After all, when you rule the world, you can exact whatever tribute you want.

by Heidi Stevenson

Source:

http://www.gaia-health.com/articles451/000489-gm-wins-usda-monsanto.shtml

We just wanted to send out a quick post to thank everyone who is participating in the TornadoSuit clinical trial. Admission to this trial closed on June 1st, and we definitely have a large database from which to analyze the initial effects of the TornadoSuit.

The TornadoSuit is a flexible activity suit designed for patients with idiopathic scoliosis. The suit is used in conjunction with a neuromuscular reeducation based outpatient rehabilitation program called ARC3D. The TornadoSuit allows the therapeutic benefits of the  ARC3D Therapy to last much longer after the therapy is completed each day. The goal is to help patients maximize the therapeutic gains from the exercises they perform at home.

As the statistical data is completed, it will be submitted for peer review into a medical journal, we’ll keep you posted.

For prospective patients or parents of patients with idiopathic scoliosis are encouraged to call our office to schedule a FREE initial consultation to determine if the TornadoSuit and the ARC3D Therapy can help. Scoliosis is much easier to manage and control when it’s caught early. We have many therapies within the ARC3D Therapy system to offer, along with specialized genetic testing to prevent overtreatmentm and identify high-risk patients at the earliest possible time.