The Menu Is Out

We now have the menu of talks going out. If you would like a pdf of the upcoming talks, please email me at dr.dale@gmail.com.

At this time, there are 17 speakers scheduled with 36 talks.

Or here is a link to google calendar http://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=mc
were everything is inputed.

Purpose: Your New Community Health Development Center

I was given a book recently (thank you Paul) called, Even Eagles Need a Push. What a cool book! It walks a person through vision, purpose, goals, etc., all stuff that I had done on several occasions in the past. This time however, it really took me to a wonderful place.

In looking at purpose, David McNally, the author, says something that woke me up. He wrote that the underlying purpose of everyone on the planet is to contribute and to grow. What are you here to contribute?

In contemplating this question, I came to the conclusion that I want to have a community center where everyone can come and become healthy, a safe environment for families and friends, focused on creating more health and vitality in their lives, can congregate and be happy. In short, I want a Community Health Center.

I came into the office very jazzed at the idea of creating this new center. I looked it up on line to see if there were any such centers around. I found that the term community health center was understood to mean a place were people go for free medical care. Darn!!

How about "Community Wellness Center"? Guess what? Also taken by the medical industry.

So I was bummed. It has all been taken over by the meds.

In the book, it says that when you have a great vision of what you want, you will sometimes hit a wall and get frustrated. You may even want to give up, but then, something serendipitous will happen that will let you know that you are on the right track and don't give up.


Just when I was feeling defeated, a hawk landed just outside my office window. I had never seen a red tailed hawk around my office before, but there is was. I got the message. I knew I was on the right track.

Later in the morning I had a call with my coach and told him my idea. He said, we ran into a similar problem 15 years ago. How we separated ourselves from medical was to put together Health Development Programs. The light went on for me and I started putting together my Community Health Development Center.

So far, I have scheduled 13 speakers including myself and 31 talks and workshops over the next 3 months. We have writing classes, making your house greener talks, stretching classes, core building talks, photography classes, wealth health classes, a cooking class, and many more.

This has all manifested in less than 2 weeks. Wow!

Look for the "Menu of Classes" around the area. If you can't find one, call the office 818-249-9355, and we will get you one.

Come and enjoy your new Community Health Development Center. Woo Hoo!!

On Helping Others

We had a friend who was overweight. She never seemed too worried about her health. Even when she fell off of her horse, she didn’t come in to have her spine checked. Even though we knew we could help her, she never made that decision to give chiropractic a try. She died suddenly of a massive heart attack at the age of 49, leaving a teenage daughter and husband.

Not too long after this, another person contacted us after being exasperated with the medical care he had been receiving. He was very ill, and he never made it to his first adjustment. He died of a stroke the weekend before he was to get started with his care.

Right on the heels of these events, a practice member told us that she wanted to get a family member in who is dealing with serious pain that medical doctors couldn’t help her with. She is waiting until the medical doctors tell her she needs surgery before she’ll try chiropractic.

In our office, we often hear our practice members tell us that they are trying to get someone they love to come in. They know that if they could just convince this person somehow, he or she would get the help they need.

Part of the problem is that our practice members are unsure how to tell others about what we do here. Getting past preconceptions can be difficult. So is waiting until things get really bad before trying chiropractic in desperation, as a last resort.

Some people are just shy or are afraid they will seem judgmental. It’s time to get over that.

You’ve heard the stories about the suffering. The frustration. The drugs. The surgeries. A few caring words from you may improve, or save, someone’s life.

How Did You Discover Chiropractic?

What would your life be like if chiropractic were not a part of it? Fortunately, someone told you about chiropractic. Something made you decide to give it a try. And once you began to explore natural healing and the importance of correcting subluxations, you made chiropractic a part of your life. Sharing your lessons and experiences can make it easier for your loved ones to face the unknown.

A Few Facts For Those Analytical Types

• Chiropractic is the #1 health profession in the world.
• Chiropractors specialize in removing nerve interference, which re-establishes the body’s ability to heal and function properly.
• Chiropractic school is a four-year, post-graduate program.
• Chiropractors do not “crack” backs. An adjustment is a precise, positive impression delivered to your nerve system with the focus of bringing about balance so that you may adapt better to your environment.

Tell Others

Whether you are dealing with a health issue or not, everyone can benefit from a healthy nervous system. In addition to proper nutrition, daily exercise, and a positive attitude, spinal health is an essential factor in your overall well-being. Many of our practice members who came in to address a specific condition continue chiropractic care to help them maintain their health. They tell us they sleep better, recover more quickly from injuries or colds, and handle stress better. Do you think these people have a better chance at living a long, healthy, productive life?

Please don’t keep chiropractic a secret. Bring in that friend or loved one and show them the care you receive. Share your success story. Bring them to a health talk. Your voice can heal.

Introducing Our New Wellness Coach

We are really excited to add to our staff an amazing new Wellness Coach.

Stephenie Van Buren is incredible!! She is friendly, fun and a blast. Our practce members are loving her.

I am so grateful and happy to have her on our team.

Woo Hoo!!!

Monday Motivator – August 6, 2007

Eat That Frog

Mark Twain once said, “If you woke up every morning and ate a live frog, it’d probably be the worst thing you’d do all day.”

I just read a book by Brian Tracey based on that saying called, Eat That Frog. It was about getting things done without procrastination.

It is amazing how often the things that are most important to us, the things that would dramatically change our lives, are the things that we put off. Why is this?

I believe that it is because in order for us to change, we must grow. You can’t get what you want by doing the same things over and over again. This is comfort, but it doesn’t get you anywhere. To grow, you must get uncomfortable. You must do something differently than what you are used to. You must eat frogs.

Write down your most important goals. The ones that will really improve your life. Make a plan to get it. Take action every day. Especially if it is uncomfortable.

Jump in and eat that frog!

Many blessings,

Dr. Dale

Standing Tall Chiropractic: A Creating Wellness Center

3436 N. Verdugo Rd., Suite 250

Glendale, CA 91208

818-249-WELL (9355)

Why I’m So Glad My Daughter is a Chiropractic Kid by Barbara Rousey

I know that chiropractic is about more than pain relief.

Those of us who have had the good fortune to get chiropractic care on a regular basis realize that it keeps us healthier, happier, and better able to handle the stresses of life. Sure, we still experience injuries and soreness on occasion. This is normal. But we know that chiropractic keeps our systems working efficiently so that we heal correctly.

Many people, even those who recognize the benefits of chiropractic wellness care for themselves, don’t think it has anything to offer children. They go back to the idea of pain relief, particularly back pain, and assume that their child has no pain to alleviate.

I know that even at four months, Evan has had subluxations. The birth process, being held and passed from person to person, riding in the car and stroller, and exercising new wobbly muscles, all can cause subluxations. Soon she’ll be sitting up (and falling), crawling (and bumping into things), walking (and falling some more). Chiropractic care will keep her free from the problems that can develop when these subluxations go uncared for into adulthood. Her nervous system, and therefore her entire body, will grow without interference.

We also know that chiropractic care keeps the immune system functioning better. Evan will have fewer colds, ear infections, and other common childhood ailments. When she does get sick, she will heal faster than her peers without chiropractic care.

She will learn the “natural first” philosophy.

Evan will learn that the body does what it needs to do to fight disease and get healthy. A cough has a purpose. Diarrhea has a purpose. Vomiting, rashes, and fever, too. These “symptoms” that sometimes make us feel awful are the body’s way of fighting those foreign things that don’t belong in us. We help the body fight these things naturally first. Medicine has its place, but if it’s only to cover up symptoms that can actually delay the healing process, it’s not worth it. By dealing with it naturally, we learn and reinforce the idea that the body can, and does, heal. We get stronger in the process. And this is a valuable lesson to teach our children.

We, and our children, are bombarded by the media and conventional thinking that there’s a pill for every symptom. I’m sure you’ve noticed the advertisements of happy people on some sort of drug, and it’s not even clear what the drug is actually for. But the people sure do look happy! For many children, there has been a constant stream of drugs, beginning with antibiotics, cough medicine, cold medicine, behavior medicine… And it is no wonder that teens begin experimenting with illegal drugs. There is no clear line between illicit and prescription drugs. The message is the same: Take this drug and you’ll feel better. Our daughter will grow up knowing that her body is a magnificent, self-healing, self-regulating instrument to be treated with care.

She’ll avoid the common problems that adults face.

Just ask Dr. Ellwein. Many, many issues that bring people into a chiropractic office are not new injuries. Some of them have been going on since childhood. That time you fell off of your bike? Tripped over something? Ran into something? Rough-housed with a friend? Fought with a sibling? Played sports? Carried a heavy backpack? When we’re kids, our healing mechanisms work pretty fast. The body compensates for injuries quickly, and we easily forget them. Then we come in for care as adults with health issues, and they take a long time to handle. Chiropractic kids like Evan will heal more quickly and, as adults, will be spared from many of the challenges their parents faced.

She will also learn the value of taking care of oneself. So often we as adults get caught up in the day-to-day details and lose sight of the big picture. We forget to take care of ourselves until a health crisis gets our attention by interfering with our lives. Chiropractic is an important part of making one’s health a priority, deserving regular attention, even when we “feel fine.” I want my daughter to thrive, to enjoy and appreciate life, not just survive and get by.

Chiropractic is Safe

A chiropractic adjustment for a child looks much different than one for an adult. Adjustments are performed using about the same amount of pressure that you would use to check the ripeness of a tomato. Because they don’t have all of the muscle tension accompanying subluxations that adults do, the adjustment is extremely gentle and very effective. Chiropractic is a natural, non-invasive health care system whose safety record cannot be beat. I am so glad that chiropractic is Evan’s primary form of health care, from before birth, and that she is on her way to a strong, happy, healthy life.

Because I Care

I care about your children, and I want your children to get all of the advantages of chiropractic care too. I have asked Dr. Ellwein to offer a checkup for your children, and their first adjustment, for free throughout the month of July. Please take advantage of this generous offer and make an appointment soon. We’d love to see you.

Standing Tall Chiropractic: A Creating Wellness Center

3436 N. Verdugo Rd., Suite 250

Glendale, CA 91208

818-249-WELL (9355)

Monday Motivator - July 9, 2007

Your Upgrade Is Waiting For You

Do you remember the titanic? After the ship went down, many of the people were in the water, waiting to be rescued. Half of them lived and half of them died. Why? Everyone was in the same freezing water. How did some survive?

Some of them were able to adapt long enough to be rescued. The others could not adapt. In other words, some had a greater General Adaptive Potential (G.A.P.) than others. This allowed them to handle stress better for a longer period of time.

How do you increase your G.A.P.?

Stress is managed by the nerve system. If you were somehow able to make your nerve system more efficient, you could handle more stress. Well, how do you do that?

Dr. Donald Epstein explained it well when he said that being under chiropractic care is like upgrading you from a Pentium 1 to a Pentium 4. When you run larger, more robust programs on a Pentium 1, those programs meant for a Pentium 4 computer, what happens? The computer crashes.

This is why in a study conducted by Perro; people under chiropractic care had 4 times the amount of enzyme to rebuild DNA than the cancer patients and 2 times that of the “healthy” people. The people under chiropractic care ran so much more efficiently that their body could put a lot more energy into repair and less into survival mode.

So, what should you do?

For yourself, continue your chiropractic care.

For your family, make sure that they are checked by a chiropractor and encourage them to get under care.

For your town and community, spread the word. A society filled with Pentium 4 people would run much better than a society filled with Pentium 1 people. Don’t you think?

Many Blessings,

Dr. Dale

Standing Tall Chiropractic: A Creating Wellness Center

3436 N. Verdugo Rd. Suite 250

Glendale, CA 91208

818-249-WELL (9355)