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NOTICE BOARD is in the main for messages from ME to YOU when there is no other way to contact you.
As from September 5, 2011 I will be back at my Hilton, South Africa, Chiropractic Help clinic. Dr B
I fairly regularly get e-mails at CONTACT, sometimes urgent, asking for direction and advice. I spend some time replying, and my email is returned.
Remember, you may have to white-list my email address with your service provider. CHECK AND RECHECK YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS! And then recheck it again!
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"In paper, with rare exceptions, there’s a big upfront sales push, followed by either total evaporation or by years of low backlist sales. Digital isn’t like that. It's forever."
Barry Eisler
It was Eisler who shocked the publishing world recently when he turned down a $500,000 contract from St. Martin's Press in favour of self-publishing his eBooks. Just purchase my new book, and you'll understand why it's win-win. Win for me, with no publisher, and win for you, the same book, downloaded in an instant for a fifth of the price.
Dr Bernard Preston DC
It's no longer any secret that Dr Bernard Preston D.C. is my alter ego. If you have found this website useful, and you like my "voice", then you might enjoy my third book, but the first of my ebooks, Stones in my Clog. Chiropractic anecdotes from Holland.
A woman in acute pain who arrives on the arm of a man I presume is her husband but, no, Jan Two is her parish priest. And lover...
Dick is one of the world's best gliding instructors. He's been Dutch champion many times, flown at least ten times at the World Gliding championship... could a pupil fly so badly to make him airsick? You bet!
Semi-retirement doesn't necessarily mean sitting "behind the geraniums" as the Dutch quaintly put it. It can just means more time for other things that one has a passion for.
What plans do you have post-retirement? Retire INTO something, or drop dead in a couple years from boredom. Literally, I've seen it happen so often.
RETIREMENT SENTIMENTS ...
Do you want a sensible, helpful answer to a question ...?
Then don't send a letter like this one that I received this morning: "What exercises must I do, and which should I avoid?"
The more details you can give the better, but at least:
What is the problem?
Where is it?
What aggravates and relieves the pain?
Does it radiate? Down the leg, side of the face...
When did it begin? Trauma. Perhaps what treatment you've had.
SEND A CRAPPY, HASTILY WRITTEN NOTE IN POOR GRAMMAR AND YOU CAN EXPECT A CRAPPY, HASTY ANSWER! Or none at all.
Where possible, reply via the invitation on most pages.
Do you have a question about your health?
Do you have a question? Shoot! Please include important details such as when the problem started, what increases and relieves the pain, which movements cause dizziness, whether the pain radiates to all the fingers or just the thumb and forefinger, for example.
Returned unopened emails
Please, please, check your email address carefully. It's very irritating to send a lengthy reply, only to have it returned.
SIX GOLDEN RULES FOR CHIROPRACTORS
An observant medical doctor, Dr Robert Lamberts, has written a very thought-provoking article on what patients don't like about their doctors, what they're afraid of, their sense of rejection ... I have revamped it under the title of Golden Rules.
And I'd like to invite you the patient to respond to these rules. Have you had an experience with your chiropractor where you sense that you are not the one at the centre of attention, or that s/he is putting you down, dismissing what you are feeling ...? Then please feel free to make a contribution. We Chiropractors need to hear from you! Obviously your name won't be published, and I don't recommend you provide your chiropractor's name. This isn't a witch hunt. Just: can we learn from negative experiences?
My own interest currently is how Chiropractic can help joints outside of the spine. By applying the same principles as we use with the spine, I'm getting very good results with hips right now, for example. The hip is prone to two conditions: too much cover (Femero Acetabular Impingement Syndrome) and too little cover of the ball (Hip Dysplasia) both of which offer much challenge to the clinician. Pain in the groin is the hallmark. Untreated, both prematurely become arthritic.
Our Healthy Living Tips remains an evergreen, very popular page. Did you know the vast, and I mean vast, benefits of eating raw honey regularly? Along with Parsley benefits, raw honey increases fertility, a wonder on burns andvaricose ulcers, constipation... once again I have five beehives in my garden.
Making a compost pile may not be everybody's dream, but I've found it inordinately rewarding.
I'd like to thank you our readers because I know the enormous growth in our readership is in large measure due to you. You've obviously been passing on pages that you found useful to your friends and neighbours.
So, a very big thank you. Growth from 28,000 /month in September 2009 to over 106,000 in September 2010, and 162,000 in March 2011 is to my mind impressive. A record 6100 pages read yesterday, a new milestone.
And now over 7000...
Now a request. Growth of your newsletter in % terms is even more impressive, but off a very small base. From 68 signed up persons a year ago to 950 six months ago, and now over 1500. To be honest I've several times thought I should drop the newsletter, but I get such a good response from our readers. Undoubtedly we are in a society that is suffering from information overload. There are only so many hours in the day.
But, if you value the newsletters, would you consider forwarding them to friends and family. Even your doctor! If my newsletter went to 5000 people, I'd be happy. But for 1500 people? My time would be far better spent writing a new page for the general website.
But anyway, thank you just for scouring Chiropractic Help. Without you this website wouldn't be worth a thing. Well, that's not entirely true. I've had enormous fun writing it. But instead I could go gliding! Click on the this pic of my glider landing. Such fun but NOT for the faint hearted!