The Chiropractic Experience: A Creating Wellness Center 2449 Iowa, Suite Q, Lawrence, KS 66047 785-838-3333 - fax: 877-289-4468 www.chiropracticexperience.com

Dr. Mark Howarter’s

Breakthrough Patient Newsletter...

February 2008

Dear Patient and Friend,

When you are driving down the highway, do you
ever look out the window at other cars and wonder
where they are going in such a hurry? And then, do
you ever wonder where YOU are going in such a
hurry? Are you actually
enjoying your day or just
speeding through it?

Life moves pretty quickly these
days. We are so busy living it
that we forget to focus on the
quality of our lives and
participating in what really
matters. We think, “I can’t stop now, I have things
to do, places to go, expectations to meet.”
We participate in a 21st century thievery
operation. Not only is our time being stolen, but
other things we value are being stolen, and we
are allowing it to happen. Perhaps it is time to
question ourselves about how we spend our time
each day as well as what is
most important to us in life.

Maybe we accept our time
limitations, but we long for
a better QUALITY of life.
If you are somehow
dissatisfied with life, try to
get down to the bottom of it. What is it that you
want but do not have? Companionship?
Recognition? Better health?
Most of us want a life in which we have time
during the day to enjoy the special people or
activities that bring a smile to our faces and our
spirits as well. We want to enjoy the PROCESS of
life, not just the end result.

Underneath the quality of our day is
the quality of our spirit and our
health. It can be difficult to be happy
when the body has unresolved health
issues. Today, we are increasingly
aware that nature offers the best
solutions to many of our health
issues. With renewed health,
suddenly we become more patient,
more tolerant, and less irritable
individuals who can enjoy the
PROCESS of life.


Since health underlies our
participation in and enjoyment of life,
doesn’t it make sense to make our
health a priority in our lives?
Unfortunately, our society does not
encourage us to investigate
alternatives to accepted health care
methods. We tend to accept what
history has handed us, instead of
asking questions and finding out
ourselves which health care methods
encourage the body’s natural
ability to heal itself.
No matter what your health problem may
be, restoring nerve system function will help your
body use its natural recuperative powers to heal
itself. The chiropractic model of health
and wellness does not focus on
pain and symptoms.

The chiropractic model of health
and wellness focuses on YOU and is
centered on the philosophy that the
human body, being knit together
in a wonderful way, will heal itself
given the right opportunity
and circumstances. The passion for
the Doctor of Chiropractic is
to promote the healing process
by locating and removing
any interference or blockage in
the nerve system, which may
be interfering with your ability
to express your maximum
health potential.

Don’t let life pass you by. Take note
of what really matters in life. Make
your health a priority in 2008. Make
the decision today to live a
healthier lifestyle because
you deserve great health
and wellness. You deserve a life
filled with love, vitality and all of your
dreams come true.

Children Need Chiropractic Too!

Common Questions Asked By Parents About Chiropractic
determining the health of their child’s spine- a
Doctor of Chiropractic.

“Which Common Children’s Disorders
Have Been Linked to Spinal
Subluxations?”
The most common reason children are taken
to a Doctor of Chiropractic is for correction
of spinal misalignments (subluxations) directly
linked to some of the most common childhood
disorders: earaches,
headaches, colic,
asthma, bladder control
loss, stomach troubles,
and growing pains. If a
child is suffering from
any of these issues, a
visit to the chiropractor
may be the answer.

“Can My
Family’s Medical
Doctor or Child’s Pediatrician Find
Spinal Subluxations?”
Parents sometimes wonder if the family doctor or
pediatrician can find spinal subluxations or determine
the necessity for chiropractic care. With the right
chiropractic training, it is possible they could.
However, just as parents would not take a child to
the dentist to put a cast on a broken arm, or to a
medical doctor for a toothache, mothers and fathers
should seek the appropriate professional for determining the health of their child's spine- a Doctor of Chiropractic.

Americans are the most “overmedicated and over
operated on” people in the world. Hospitals are
overflowing, mental institutions are flooded, the
disease rate is increasing much faster than the
population, and the cost of health care is rising
even faster than the
disease rate. Pills,
shots and potions,
along with
unnecessary
surgery, have made
the U.S. the sickest,
most drugged
nation in the world.

Chiropractic care,
on the other hand,
has only one side
effect - good health! Chiropractic care takes
nothing away from the body, nor does it add
anything to it.

Chiropractors simply locate and
correct interferences to normal
nerve control so the “power” that
made the body can heal the body.
Chiropractic plays an important
role in taking responsibility for
our health!

Closing Thoughts ...
Teaching the ABC’s To Your Children -Glenda Hotton, M.A. Counselor

Always be on time.
Be a model of honesty.
Care about their hurts.
Do acts of kindness.
Every day give plenty of hugs and kisses.
Forget past offenses.
Give occasional “token gifts” of love.
Have a happy disposition.
Invest quality time.
Jump for joy when they bring home good grades.
Keep looking for the good and positive.
Listen to their cares and woes and excitement.
Make adjustments for physical pain.
Never criticize in front of their peers.
Only say words that edify.
Put on the heart of patience.
Quietly discipline in private.
Recognize each child is creatively, uniquely different and specially gifted.
Spend time reading to them and listening to them read.
Take care of yourself.
Understand the age appropriate behavior of each child.
Voicing - teaching them to share facts, thoughts, ideas, dreams, opinions, intuition.
Welcome their friends.
X-ray to the need of the heart.
Yesterday does not have to dictate today.
Zoom in on good behavior.