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WEEKLY HEALTH NOTE

by Dr. Carla Miller

5 FACTORS OF HEALTH / PROPER REST

Chiropractic has many goals for patients to achieve optimal health. When a patient is being treated at our office we encourage them to practice the 5 factors of health.

1. PROPER NUTRITION

2. PROPER REST

3. PROPER EXERCISE

4. POSITVE MENTAL ATTITUDE

5. PROPER ALIGNED SPINE

This week I will focus on proper rest. The purpose of rest is to allow the body to repair and rebuild. If the body is not allowed the rest needed, it will not heal or grow properly and depending on the person certain systems will begin to break down.

-Adults need at least 6-8 hours a day.

-High school children - 9.25 hours a day.

-Middle school children - 9-10 hours a day.

-Elementary school children - 9-11 hours a day.

-Prreschool children - (3-5 yrs.) 11-12 hours a day.

-Toddlers - (1-3 yrs.) 12-14 hours a day.

-Infants - (6-12 months) 13-14 hours a day.

-Newborns - (Birth-6 months) 14-18 hours a day.

Posted 7/ 4/ 2005

OFFICE LOCATIONS:

New Office Location:
6030 Unity Drive Suite I
Norcross, GA 30071
Phone: (678) 969-9911
Fax: (678) 969-9922

WHAT IS CHIROPRACTIC?

Chiropractic is a branch of the healing arts which is based upon the understanding that good health depends, in part, upon a normally functioning nervous system (especially the spine, and the nerves extending from the spine to all parts of the body). "Chiropractic" comes from the Greek word Chiropraktikos, meaning "effective treatment by hand." Chiropractic stresses the idea that the cause of many disease processes begins with the body's inability to adapt to its environment. It looks to address these diseases not by the use of drugs and chemicals, but by locating and adjusting a musculoskeletal area of the body which is functioning improperly.