Painting Yourself for the New Year

Face painting is a fun way to ring in the new year. You can paint your face for a New Year's Eve party, or a New Year's Day parade, or just for family fun at home, and you can pretty much paint any design to celebrate New Year's Eve. Below are some links to give you just a few ideas on what type of face painting designs you can try to help celebrate New Year's Eve.

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Tools to help your New Years Pain

http://www.bridgechiropractic.com/ 360-574-5944 It's easy to make New Year's resolutions. But when back pain gets in your way, sticking with them all year is more challenging. I am a firm believer in making not only attainable goals, but plesant ones, as well. Here are some tools to help make keeping your New Year's resolutions easy, fun and rewarding.

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Bridge Chiropractic: T'was A Chiropractic Christmas!

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T’was the day before Christmas,

but there was no cheer.
No jingle bells jingled, no sound of reindeer.
The word had gone out that Santa was sick.
There would be no visit from jolly St. Nick.

The people were sad; no gaiety sounded.
For Christmas had come,

but Santa was grounded.
He drove down the road,

and what should he see?
But a sign for a doctor, who was a D.C.

Now Santa was not one to like a new tactic,
But all else had failed, so he tried Chiropractic.
He entered the office and saw at a glance,
in a place such as this, illness hasn’t a chance.

The office staff smiled, the music was sappy,
with all of the patients contented and happy.
In a very short time, to judge by the clock,
he was in the adjusting room, talking to Doc.

It must be the hurry, the tension and all,
I simply can’t seem to get on the ball.
Life used to be easy;

just kids, toys and whistles,
now I dodge smog, spaceships and missiles.

And Doc, take a look at the size of this pack!
Have you any idea what it does to my back?
Poor Santa was miserable and just barely able,
with the help of the Doctor, to get on the table.

The Doctor was gentle;

without a fuss or a tussle
he examined the vertebrae

and relaxed every muscle.
He spotted trouble and then with a click,
started aligning the spine of old St. Nick.

Santa felt aches and pains slipping away
and in no time at all he began to feel gay.(really?)
The air was a tingle with new fallen snow
and a healthy Kris Kringle was rarin’ to go.

As he went out the door, he threw them a kiss;
why, it had been centuries

since he felt good as this!
Then once more he shouldered

the bag full of toys,
his heart overflowing with true Christmas joys.

 

Merry Christmas!

Have a safe and

happy holiday.

Bridge Chiropractic

Dr. Reed

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Holiday Stress Increases Back and Other Health Risks

http://www.bridgechiropractic.com/ 360-574-5944  Take a Few Steps to Protect Your Back and General Health Over the Holidays.....

Be aware of how you lift things like heavy packages, an armload of firewood or that frozen turkey. It's so easy to just bend over and pick up something too heavy. Lifting with your legs instead of your back, as well as keeping heavy items close to your body as you lift, may save you a trip to the chiropractor and certainly will minimize the chances of injury. 

If you're doing the cooking and standing for extended periods of time, use a foot rest, stack of books or pieces of wood to elevate one foot about six inches above the floor. This will relieve tired leg and back muscles. When you use a foot rest and alternate each foot, it also helps to improve your posture. 

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http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/452399/holiday_stress_increases_back_and_other.html?cat=5

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Dr. Reed

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SANTA IS COMING!!!!

http://www.bridgechiropractic.com/ 360-574-5944 SANTA IS COMING!!!! 3pm-6pm at Bridge Chiropractic. Get your picture w/ Santa. Story time at 4:00pm. Bring the Family for this festive event. Snacks and hot chocolate also provided!

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Dr. Reed

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Spine and Snow

http://www.bridgechiropractic.com/ 360-574-5944  "Are you one of those people who knows when it is going to rain because your joints hurt? Are your joints sensitive to cold weather? If so, you are not alone.

Joint pain from either cold or rainy weather is typically due to pre-arthritis or arthritis of the joints. The reason that joints ache when the weather shifts is debatable. Many experts feel as though scar tissue is at the source of this pain.
As it turns out, scar tissue is believed to be very sensitive to the changes in barometric pressure that come with rain as well as extreme changes in temperature.
Once one of our joints has been injured in a fall, motor vehicle accident, work injury, etc., the process of joint degeneration begins. The initial injury causes irritation of the joint. The irritation leads to inflammation which later cause scar tissue formation. Scar tissue not only limits joint motion but can be a source of pain itself. This is why some long lasting chronic joint problems are associated with both pain and stiffness..."

Click on the link for the full article:
http://www.jonespainrelief.com/blog1/uncategorized/cold-weather-pain-and-chiropractic-care/

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Dr. Reed

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Accident does NOT mean suffer.......

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You dont have to suffer just because you were in an accident!

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Dr. Reed

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Keep a child WARM this holiday season!!!

http://www.bridgechiropractic.com/ 360-574-5944  Clothing Drive In Full Swing!!! Donate 2 or MORE new or slightly used aricles of warm clothing and you'll recieve a FREE chiropractic exam and x-ray!!! Clothing Donated To "Open House Ministries"

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Dr. Reed

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Restore your Christmas Joy!!!

http://www.bridgechiropractic.com/ 360-574-5944 Relax relieve restore Christmas joy to your life by making an appointment with our expert massage therapist.

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Dr. Reed

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Dr. Paul Reed's own testimonial

http://www.bridgechiropractic.com/ 360-574-5944 Dr. Reed and why he became a chiropractor....

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Pain and Symptoms - Covering NOT a Cure!

http://www.bridgechiropractic.com/ 360-574-5944   Pain and Symptoms

We all know there's no cure for the common cold. But, if you go to any drugstore, you'll see shelf after shelf of "cold remedies." There are medicines for head pain, chest congestion, runny noses, stuffy noses, itchy eyes, sneezing, and body aches -- for all the discomforts associated with the cold.

Curing the Common Cold?

Do these drugs cure the common cold? No. The best they can do is temporarily stop the symptoms while the body works to regain its health.

Yet, you'll often hear people rave about a particular drug. "It really knocked that cold right out of me," they'll exclaim. "I was sick as a dog and I took two of those pills and felt better the next day.

Unfortunately, these people are confusing their symptoms with the actual dis-ease taking place in their bodies. They think that because the symptom is gone, the dis-ease is gone.

They think that good health is merely the absence of symptoms. Actually, a vital part of good health is the presence of a normal flow of energy through the body -- and that depends on eliminating any interference caused by subluxations.

Warning Signals

We need to realize that symptoms are the body's way of announcing that there is a problem. When everything in the body is functioning normally, we don't have headaches or stomach problems or back pains.

If the smoke detector alarm in your home went off in the middle of the night, would you rush over and disconnect it? Once the noise was gone, would you go back to sleep again as if nothing had happened? Of course not. That's because you know that the alarm is NOT the problem. It's just a warning that a problem exists.

The same is true for symptoms. Your body will often send out a warning signal -- a symptom -- to tell you that a problem exists. If you take a couple of pills to cover up the symptom, it's like disconnecting the alarm. You haven't solved the problem you've just silenced the alarm.

That's why chiropractors don't attempt to mask or treat symptoms. Instead, they listen to the alarm and work to find the cause of dis-ease.

The Real Danger

Unfortunately, our bodies can't always warn us that there's a problem. Nerve interference can cause dis-ease without any outward sign.

Chiropractors often see people who appear perfectly healthy. Yet, an examination will show that they have serious, long-term subluxations. Outside, everything seems fine. Inside, the interference is doing its damage.

We can't ignore symptoms when they show up, but we can't afford to wait for them to show up before we see a chiropractor.

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Dr. Reed

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Bridge Chiropractic Quote of the Day!

~ Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~ AA