What is Reiki?
Reiki was founded in the 1800s in Japan by Mikao Usui, a Buddhist who dedicated his life to the study of hands-on healing methods.
Reiki is not a religion, as it holds no creed or doctrine. It is not a belief system, therefore, no mental preparation of direction is needed to receive a treatment, only a desire to receive and accept the energy. Having a Reiki treatment does not involve massage.
Since Reiki
requires no specific setting or preparation, it can be utilized in all
hospital environments, including outpatient clinics, emergency rooms,
intensive-care units, operating rooms and all other patient settings.How does it work?
Reiki practitioners have received both instructions
and Reiki ‘attunements’ which raise and accelerate their energy flow. The practitioner provides a Reiki treatment by the gentle act of ‘laying on of hands’
with the intention to be of assistance. The result is that the health giving life-force energy in the recipient’s body becomes amplified and balanced.
What are the benefits?
Reiki complements and enhances all types of medical treatment. It helps
relieve stress, agitation and acute and chronic pain; its is helpful as an aid for sleeping; and it also can be an energizer. It promotes the release of emotions such as grief, anger or anxiety. It provides comfort in palliative care and accelerates wound healing. It produces a feeling of mental clarity, calmness, well-being and spiritual connection in the recipient. Reiki aids healing in
virtually every known illness and injury.
Every person responds differently to Reiki. The person being treated is not ‘healed’ by the practitioner. The healing comes from the life force flowing through the Reiki practitioner.
What are the side effects?
There are no side effects or contraindications with Reiki; it is noninvasive and safe for all ages from premature babies to the elderly. Reiki can be performed
on a patient while is lying down, sitting or standing. No adjustment in clothing needs to be made, since Reiki flows through any barrier.
IN THIS ISSUE:
The Three Pillars of Health >>
Do you suffer from
lower back pain? >>
The
Gait Cycle
System
When you walk or run,
you progress
through three unique phases...
• heel strike
• midstance, and
• toe-off
that make up what is called
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Having a Reiki treatment is really quite simple.
You will lie on a comfortably padded massage table,
fully clothed, for approximately 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Modesty is respected at all times.
The Reiki practitioner will place his or her hands gently on top of your clothing over key positions on your body. Clients of Reiki often report feeling warmth in the areas that they are touched or in areas that the Reiki energy focuses on to promote healing. Many people fall asleep during the treatment because they feel so relaxed. You are a participant in your health care and are always in control.
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1 The first is trauma.
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Falls and accidents that occurred in the past may have caused undetected and long-lasting damage, not just to muscles, but to nerves as well. Nerves control all functions in the body. If they are not working properly, neither will your body.
2 Second, we have stress, which everyoneexperiences in life.
Stress reduction and the ways we handle our stress can go a long way in helping us feel our best.
Prolonged stress leads to hormonal imbalances related to the stress handling glands of the body knows as the adrenal glands. These glands secrete hormones that control sleep, digestion, metabolism, blood sugar stability between meals, immune system response, healthy mood and overall stamina/energy levels.The adrenal glands can be checked and if malfunctioning can be repaired through diet and supplements. This usually only needs to be done for 8-12 weeks.
3 The third factor in illness is pollution of our water,
food and air.
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The US rates 48th in life expectancy. We are on the bottom of the list despite all the drugs we take. There are 82,000 chemicals that can enter your body weekly. To defend against them your body surrounds them in fat.
Through a revolutionary nutritional cleansing program you can rapidly reduce these chemicals, lose weight if you need to, and feel great. The average weight loss is 7 pounds in 9 days, but the program goes way beyond weight loss.
By addressing the three pillars of health, one can find well being and balance in their life.
To schedule a complimentary health screening, call our office.
Chiropractors spend years
learning to find and remove
areas of interference through
hands-on techniques that
realign bones, muscles and ligaments that might be
causing nerve pressure.
Lakeshore Wellness Center offers detoxification using the Ion Cleanse.
Ion Cleanse benefits include: many people feel better, think more clearly, have more energy and feel a boost in well being! It aids your body in releasing the toxic compounds produced by our modern lifestyle.
Call our office today to schedule a treatment.
“ If not chances are you will,” stated Lisa Feronda, Channel 13 news broadcaster, in a story about the Lordex® Spine Institute airing last year.
Some studies show that 85% of Americans experience low back pain at some point in their lives. The Lordex® procedure, a revolutionary new non-invasive medical treatment, is now a primary option for patients suffering with chronic
and serious lower back pain.
The cutting edge technology utilized to improve the quality of life has been
proven effective for those suffering from herniated disc, degenerative disc disease, facet syndrome and even failed back surgery syndrome.
Computerized spinal decompression, known as LDT or Lumbar Decompression Therapy, relieves back pain by unloading the pressure on the spinal joints, nerves and discs. For over 2000 years, traditional traction has been tried and failed because muscles spasm due to a response known as proprioceptive/mechano receptor firing. The Lordex® procedure targets each area of the lumbar spine diagnosed by the physician to be the source of irritation to the nerve or nerves. Variation in angle, position and vertebral level setting on the Lordex® machine allows the doctor to prescribe a program specific to each condition.
“Advancement in spine care has not been promising over the last 30 years,” says Dr. John Boren, President/CEO & Inventor of the Lordex® Lumbar Spine System. “Even the new artificial disc implant has proven to be somewhat disappointing because relatively few people qualify as candidates,” says Boren.
“ Lumbar Decompression Therapy (LDT) and Strength Restoration Therapy (SRT) are the biggest innovations
in spine care and have success rates as high or higher than surgery in many cases,” says Tom Dunn PT,
a 30 year physical therapy practitioner. “Besides being safe, non-invasive and painless, it allows physicians
a place to refer patients that does not involve surgery,” says Dunn.
To find out more on this new alternative to back surgery call Parkhurst Chiropractic to schedule a
consultation on the Lordex® Spine alternative. Free CDs are available at the office. Watch for more written information in our next on-line newsletter.