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To Your Health
COLE CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC, LLC
Volume 1/Issue 3
May/June 2010

Getting back into the Swing of Golf

By Dr. Lucas Cole

Spring has sprung and the time has come for golfers to hit the course. The excitement and anticipation of a full round of golf without rain or below average temperatures makes grown men act like kids on Christmas morning. But before you hit the links, remember that you’re not as young as you were the last time you played and injuries on the course are two to three times more likely to happen within your first four rounds of the season. Before your outing, make sure to stretch out well. You also need to warm up properly before hitting the first tee. Warming up, in my book, is more important than stretching before a round. The ideal warm up is to walk 10-15 minutes, uninterrupted, before making it to the practice tee. Once at the practice tee, begin to do some dynamic stretches to get everything “loosened” up. Now that you’re ready, hit some balls by starting with 10 chip shots, making sure not to go past halfway (I like to keep my feet together when I do this drill). Next, spread you feet out a little more and knock 10 balls down range with a 75% swing. Lastly, hit 10 balls by working up to your full swing at ball 10. The rest of the balls you can do with as you wish. I like to work on shot shaping and save my last three or four balls to hit with the driver. If you do get injured, apply ice to the area as soon as possible. I occasionally watch sports on TV and I have never seen an athlete wearing a heating pad after an injury. The reason is because IT IS THE WRONG THING TO DO. Heat encourages inflammation and ice reduces it. If you think your injury is serious, see a specialist. Specialists can not only diagnose your injury, but they can also suggest the proper type of treatment for your injury. Being the official chiropractor of the Nationwide Tour Championship, I have been given the opportunity to offer K-Laser therapy to my patients. This type of therapy has been a part of professional level sports for some time, but up until recently you had to make seven figures playing sports to experience this type of therapy. Recent articles suggest that K-Laser therapy can cut healing and recovery times in half. Our clinic has seen amazing results with rotator cuff injuries, elbow pain, knee injuries, plantar fasciitis and back pain, to name a few. Follow these easy steps to help prevent an injury on the links. If you do get injured, take the appropriate steps to ensure that it doesn’t become chronic. Until next time: tee it high, let it fly, and above all ,keep it in the short grass.

Getting back into the Swing of Golf “ Before you hit the

links, remember that you’re not as young as you were the last time you played and injuries on the course are two to three times more likely to happen within your first four rounds of the season.”

Inside this issue:
RECIPE BACK SURGERY OUR PATIENTS SPEAK! CONGRATULATIONS! 2 2 3 4

To Your Health
Make your own Greek Yogurt!
Ingredients:  Plain whole-milk yogurt (use a skim product if you want a healthier version)  Honey  Dried Fruit  Walnuts Line a sieve with a coffee filter and set it over a bowl. Place 4 cups plain wholemilk yogurt in the filter and refrigerate for 12 hours (you'll get about 2 cups thick yogurt). Divide among bowls; top with honey, dried fruit and walnuts.

IN A POOLED ANALYSIS OF 25 INTERVENTION TRIALS, EATING AN AVERAGE OF 67 GRAMS OF NUTS A DAY (2.4 OUNCES) REDUCED TOTAL CHOLESTEROL BY 5.9 PERCENT.

Nuts May Help Lower Cholesterol Levels
The natural snacks may have unrealized benefits for your heart, researchers say. Eating nuts improves cholesterol and other blood lipid levels, which may help stave off heart disease. In a pooled analysis of 25 intervention trials, eating an average of 67 grams of nuts a day (2.4 ounces) reduced total cholesterol by 5.9 percent and LDL, or bad, cholesterol by 7.4 percent, according to Dr. Joan Sabaté of Loma Linda University in California and colleagues. The ratios of total to HDL (good) cholesterol and of LDL to HDL cholesterol also were reduced, they reported in the May 10 Archives of Internal Medicine. Epidemiological studies have linked nut consumption with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease, and many dietary intervention trials have studied the effects of nut consumption on blood lipid levels. "This study gives evidence that the cholesterol-lowering mechanism is one of the driving forces in the previously discovered relationship that nuts prevents heart attack," Sabaté said in an interview. ABC News / Health

More Invasive Back Surgery on the Rise Despite Evidence
The following is an excerpt from the April 2010 Consumer Reports Health News: “A recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reports that, while surgery for spinal stenosis (a narrowing of the spinal canal) is on the decline overall, spinal fusion procedures increased 15-fold from 2002-2007 among Medicare patients with the condition. This more invasive technique, which fuses the vertebrae together, lacks evidence of efficacy compared to surgical decompression. Moreover, there are serious risks of life-threatening complications. The JAMA report gives new urgency to the long list of “Medical Gotchas” that Consumer Reports published in 2007 with back surgery at the top of the list of ten overused tests and treatments.”
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Volume 1/Issue 3
Back Surgery Continued
Dr. Josh Cole believes that a second and, many times, a third opinion is important before a patient should seriously consider back surgery. According to www.mayoclinic.com only 5% of all low back pain patients require surgery. Open back surgeries traditionally have a lengthy recovery time and require additional physical therapy sessions. As techniques and technology have improved, Spinal Fusion of L3, L4, and L5. recovery time has started to decrease; however, some back surgery patients require additional surgeries for problems that arise as a result of the procedure. Many people that opt for back surgery see it as a one time procedure when, in Our Patients reality, surgery can have adverse effects that require additional surgeries and Speak! lengthy recovery times, not to mention possible life threatening conditions. Luckily, through the use of traditional chiropractic, K-Laser therapy, and muscle rehaDr. Cole, “the bilitation, we are able to get patients out of pain quickly and to a point where surGrace of God,” gery is often no longer necessary. and his new Laser machine have enabled Our Patients Speak me to do the things I hadn’t Over several months I had developed serious pain in my right knee. I done for sometime. went to the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston and they

discovered I had a Baker’s Cyst behind my right knee. I was then referred to a specialist and was immediately put on a pain killer that helped for a while. Then the Dr. started me on injections and that did good for a while, but the pain persisted. After a couple of months of limited response to injections I heard from my chiropractor, Dr. Cole, about his new K-Laser machine. This was the best thing that happened to me. At this time I could hardly walk or put on clothes. I needed my husband to drive me around to appointments and I basically quit doing my normal activities and volunteer work. I started treatment with Dr. Cole and I am going two times a week for about 7-8 minutes per treatment. I slept the best I have slept in 2-3 months after the first visit. The results of treatment with Dr. Cole have been amazing. Dr. Cole, “the Grace of God”, and his new Laser machine have enabled me to do the things I hadn’t done for sometime. The Baker’s Cyst has gone down considerably and the pain is much more manageable. I still take over the counter pain pills from time to time, but they are fewer and further between. The part that really makes me happy is when I call Dr. Cole to cancel an appointment, they are always ready to reschedule me on my time. He’s just a wonderful doctor. I have and will continue to recommend him, because he has really made a wonderful change in my life.
Mrs. Earthalee Wright
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Mrs. Earthalee Wright & Dr. Lucas Cole

Your Health is Our Business
COLE CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC, LLC

1055 Highway 41 Suite 300 Mount Pleasant, SC 29466 Phone: 843-416-8593 Fax: 843-416-8603 www.ChiropracticCharleston.com

Find us on the Web! www.ChiropracticCharleston.com
Congratulations Are In Order!
Dr. Josh Cole received his Masters in Sports Science and Rehabilitation this past April. While attending Logan College of Chiropractic, he took extra classes in addition to his chiropractic coursework. These classes include Psychology of the Athlete, Exercise Physiology, Upper and Lower Extremity Active and Passive Rehabilitation, On Field Assessment, and Sports Exercise Testing and Prescription. While in school Dr. Josh had the privilege to provide triage and chiropractic at the Missouri State High School Rodeo Championships, NAIA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships, and National Junior Disability Championships. He was also a graduate assistant at Missouri Baptist in St. Louis, MO developing strength and conditioning programs for the Women’s Lacrosse team. After moving to South Carolina, he completed an internship at Velocity Sports Performance in Mount Pleasant. Dr. Josh helped athletes improve form on the field and in the weight room. He states “Many injuries that occur to athletes are because of improper form. At Velocity, I taught athletes proper jumping and landing form, acceleration and velocity phases of running, multi-directional movements, and technique in the weight room. When these things are taught at a young age, athletes end up being faster, stronger and more coordinated than their fellow athletes.” The Masters in Sports Science and Rehabilitation prepares Dr. Josh to work with athletes of all levels from amateur to elite. He also plans on teaching Anatomy and Physiology at a local college in his spare time. Congratulations!

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