July 2024 Newletter

From the desk of Dr. Brown…...

Hello Excel Family!

Happy July!
I am on a soap box today! I’m actually angry. I dislike seeing people in pain when we are here to help them.

As I attend group meetings; mix and mingles, chamber meetings, out talking to people, some of the things I hear about how people handle their injuries and other reasons for pain astounds me! Long stories really short ….

1. Myth: If I am in SEVERE pain, chiropractic cannot help me. Wrong! If you have a broken bone, go to the ER. If you throw your back out picking up sticks in your yard (as MANY of us have lately due to the storms), and have acute, stabbing back pain, call us!! You are subluxated. A pill will not fix this. Only a hands-on spinal adjustment will. Always try calling our office. If we are closed, call the emergency line. If we can meet you at the office - we will!

2. That leads me to my next soap box…. Chiropractic should be your FIRST line of defense. If we cannot help you….we will put our ego aside and refer you to someone who can! If you go to the ER or an MD, it is rare that they will refer you to a chiropractor when that is exactly what you need!!! I have a long story about this I will make short. Someone who knows me threw his back out severely. He could not move, sit, bend. He had pain down the leg! You know the story. He went to his MD who gave him a steroid and sent him off for an MRI. Let me just say….5 weeks later, this poor guy has had many tests, given different opioids and pain pills, no diagnosis as of yet, is waiting on his x-ray results which were taken 10 days ago, and is still in pain. He can’t cut his grass and has to rest frequently because basic activities cause too much pain. His life is on hold until the medical paradigm figures this out! He is SUBLUXATED with a pinched nerve! What’s to figure out!? Why don’t any of these MD’s refer my friend out to a chiropractor? This guy could have been 80% better in the past 5 weeks with chiropractic
care.

3. Which now leads me to soap box #3.In the above story, the MD said my friend’s nerves look good on the MRI. (While he is suffering from pain down his leg, really?! The nerves “are good”??) Medical x-rays, CTs, and MRIs are all performed with the patient lying on their back, nonweightbearing. Chiropractors take x-rays with the patient standing! Weight-bearing. This changes the alignment of the spine. We don’t live life on our backs. We walk, sit, stand, bend in many different directions. We live in the upright position. Doesn’t it make more sense to take the x-ray with the patient standing? (Ugh)

4. MDs are not trained to find or fix subluxations.They don't know what it looks like on x-ray. Even if they could identify a subluxation, they would not know what to do with it.

Bottom Line Truths:

1. Except for life threatening conditions, like stroke, heart attack, or other emergencies that might require surgery like a gall bladder attack, appendix, or kidney stone, etc., chiropractic should be everyone’s first go to for musculo-skeletal pain. If we can’t fix you, I promise we will send you out. It’s not about us. It’s about you getting the right care.

2. It doesn’t matter the severity of pain or how far the pain extends, or even how debilitating the pain is to go see a chiropractor. I have had patients literally carried into my office who walk out.

3. If in severe pain during our closed hours, try calling anyway! Sometimes a Dr. is here during closed hours. If one of the Dr’s can meet you at the office, know that we will.

Our mission is to help people live better.
Don’t put boundaries on that with statements like "this is too much pain for the chiropractor" or "my MD wants me to do 5 more tests to figure this out first." We can still help you while they are trying to “figure it out”! LOL.

Dr. Brown

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Our Patients Speak

"I felt like a new woman!"
I was having so many problems with my back and neck last week and a half, so I called and I got an appointment to see Dr. Emma Hervat on Monday. I couldn't believe being a new patient they got me on the same day that I called on Monday. When I walked out of there, I felt like a new woman. She was amazing. I could walk again like I am supposed to walk without pain and I wasn't hunched over anymore. If anybody needs a chiropractor, I highly recommend Excel Family Chiropractic and Wellness in Lake Geneva. The staff is so friendly and caring. You will not be disappointed.

Colleen Dykstra
5 Stars
 

Office News

The Skinny on Subluxation

You have probably heard Dr. Brown or myself mention the word subluxation and hopefully, you know what it means, but if you need a refresher let me break it down (cue dance break).

The word subluxation can be broken into two words, sub- and -luxation. Sub means “under” or “less than” and luxation means “dislocate” or “dislocation”.

So, a subluxation is just less than a dislocation. When bones of the spine or other areas of our body subluxate they create nerve interference and nerve interference can cause pain, numbness and tingling, headaches, shortness of breath, decreased immunity, and a host of other problems.

The good news? Chiropractors specialize in finding and correcting subluxations to remove the interference and restore health. Make sure you and your family have a subluxation free summer and schedule an appointment today!

Dr. Hervat
 

Recipe Corner

Perk up your water and stay hydrated in the dog days of Summer.

And how about making your water fun this summer with a few additions, make drinking water easier to sip and stay hydrated this summer:

• Basil and fresh cut up watermelon

• Cucumbers alone or with sliced lemons or mint

• Fresh sliced strawberries and Lime. Squeeze the juice of 1 more lime into your pitcher

• Blueberry Lemon. Crush 3 cups of blueberries and 2 thinly sliced lemons to pitcher of water