Compass Chiropractic June, 2014 E-Newsletter
Saturday Hours Available through Summer!
Painful flareup? Inflexible work schedule? Gardening injury?
We’ll give you a hand this summer! Saturday appointments are currently planned from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM intermittently this summer. Please call for availability.
Sandy Recommends Hail Merry's Miracle Tarts
In my endeavor to adopt healthier eating with an
emphasis
on paleo (mostly) and much, much less gluten and processed sugar.....I
stumbled across "Hail Merry's Miracle Tarts" at my local Whole Foods
store. I was determined to find something that met my criteria of
healthier eating -- and yet didn't want to completely ignore the fact
that I still crave a little something sweet now and then. Hail Merry
tarts did not disappoint. I have tried the Meyer Lemon tart, the
Persian Lime tart and the Dark Chocolate Mint tarts. Very yummy!Hail Merry also makes gluten-free, dairy-free macaroons and granola that I am looking forward to trying.
Sheri Recommends Gluten-Free Pancakes
Sunday mornings are my time to lounge a little. I get up and go for a walk with Rileigh, have my cup of tea in a “real” ceramic mug instead of my travel mug, then settle in to watch Sunday Morning. Lately I have been totally addicted to these yummy gluten-free pancakes! They are so easy to make and if my husband likes them, knowing they are gluten-free, we have a winner folks! They do take a little longer to cook than normal pancakes but they are awesome! I like to add fresh blueberries once I pour them onto the griddle. I have plans to try them as pumpkin and probably other fun concoctions. Here is the recipe if you would like to try them yourself.
2 eggs
3/4 cup of rice flour
1 Tablespoon of baking powder
1/4 cup of oil-(I use olive or grape seed)
1/4 teaspoon of salt
2 Tablespoons of sugar
3/4 teaspoon of xanthan gum
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract-(I have also used almond)
1 cup of milk-(I use almond milk)
Place all dry ingredients into a medium-size bowl, add oil, eggs, vanilla, and milk. Mix well, batter will thicken upon sitting. Heat pan or griddle to medium heat. Pour batter in pan by spoonful and spread it around to make desired size of pancake. Because this batter thickens quickly it will not spread on its own like normal pancake batter. Cook until small bubbles appear on the surface and the bottom is lightly browned on both sides. Makes eight to ten 4 inch pancakes.
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Walk Now for Autism Speaks
I am also gearing up to do the Walk Now for Autism Speaks again this year on Saturday June 14 with my brother and his family. My great nephew, Cristian, has autism and I am part of the family team for Cristian’s Warriors! We are a team so far of six with a modest goal of raising $2000. My personal goal to raise is $500. Below is my brother’s update on the walk and Cristian’s progress over this last year. If you would like to help us out and donate to our cause we would truly appreciate it! Here is a link that you can go to and donate to our team to help us reach our goal! You can either click on the tab for a general team donation or scroll down and find my name (Sheri Turner Abresch) and click on it to make a donation. Help us fund research and solve the puzzle of autism. Thank You!
Dr. Krohse Recommends Louie's Wine Dive & Pinot's Palette
For a great night out with friends or an entertaining date, I recommend Louie's Wine Dive for dinner and Pinot's Palette for some wine and painting. On a recent Saturday evening, the Compass Chiropractic team had a night out and we had a blast!
Louie's Wine Dive is in the Uptown Shopping Center in
the
space formerly occupied by the Iowa Bagel Bakery and Cafe. The small
space is filled with dark woods and wine-themed decor. Every time we
have gone it has had a crowded energetic vibe with lots of laughter and
chatter surrounding us.The menu is diverse with fresh flatbread pizzas, pastas, burgers and more. A couple personal favorites have been the lobster poutine which is crispy fries with Maine lobster, portobello mushrooms, green onions and fontina in a light seafood gravy and the Sinatra burger which is Capicola, roasted Roma tomatoes, shredded lettuce and fresh mozzarella on a brioche bun with Green Goddess dressing. Obviously Louie's has a diverse selections of wines and beers to liven the evening.
Just a few blocks south in a space formerly housing Curves next to Action Accents and Boulevard Sports is Pinot's Palette. Their specialty is hosting parties where you can enjoy a glass or two of wine while they guide you through painting.
We were a bit disappointed that our instructor looked
nothing
like Bob Ross. She was an upbeat, bubbly local art teacher who cued up
a great soundtrack of current and past hits to get the creative juices
flowing (Madonna Pandora station if I remember right). Pinot's Palette
is BYOW (bring your own wine) so we pulled the corks out of a couple
bottles we had selected at the HyVee over by Louie's.Our instructor took us through the steps of painting a sample picture below. It was fun to see how some in our group strived to perfectly recreate the sample while others created a much more
liberal
interpretation of the subject. We all had a great time during the two
hour process and enjoyed interacting with our instructor.I highly recommend a night out at these two wine-themed venues along 42nd Street!
Artistic Ladies!
Dr. Krohse & his girlfriend, Val
dule? Gardening injury?
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tells us that our food and lifestyle choices create health or disease,
depending on what we choose. It also narrates the leading edge research
of Terry Wahls, M.D., a clinical professor of medicine at the
University of Iowa - Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City. She has
made it her mission to spread the word about how to beat multiple
sclerosis, autoimmune conditions and chronic diseases (and a whole host
of other symptoms and diseases) that we cause through poor diet and food
choices. She is living proof that changing her diet helped her gain
back her health after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2000
which in just three short years, deteriorated to the point that she
needed a tilting/reclining wheelchair. Today, after researching and
changing her diet, she now walks unassisted and bikes on a regular
basis.
The
book provides a dietary and lifestyle protocol, using Paleo concepts as
guidelines, to help you take charge of your health and your life. You
don’t have to have multiple sclerosis to appreciate the recommendations
this book makes with easy-to-follow, real-food nutritional guidelines. I
have read several reviews that tout that following this protocol will
leave you feeling so amazing it'll make you wonder how you ever ate any
other way. I am in the early stages of adopting some of these dietary
and lifestyle changes and look forward to seeing what kind of results I
get. No question, I am guilty of consuming too much sugar, carbs,
chemicals and processed foods.
had a decent understanding of how to keep my dog, George, behaving
well. Basically we just avoided situations where he might behave
poorly. If we ended up in a risky or confrontational situation, we got
out of there ASAP. However as my girlfriend, Val, and I have gradually
been combining lives it became clear that this strategy wasn't going to
be adequate. Val, George, and I needed clear communication for things
to work!
than
I do when it is warmer out. Here are solutions I find that work for
me. These recipes of cleansing waters not only taste great, but can add
some variety to your water drinking in the warmer months too! I have
not tried them all, but intend to make all of them at one point or
another. So far, I have tried the classical, granite, and antioxidant
waters. If you try any of the recipes or have other options I would
love to hear about them next time you come in to see us or email them to
us!
YMCA
activities defined my youth. I was a YMCA competitive swimmer every
winter from age 6 through 14. Some of my best friends were made through
all those hours spent at the pool at the Cedar Rapids YMCA. Certainly
that pool time also developed lasting character traits like diligence
and perseverance.
Although
in doing some research on this game, it seems the apps available out
there are slightly different to play than the actual game. It
originated in China and is played by 4 players. It is a game of skill,
strategy, and calculation involving some degree of chance. It is played
with 144 tiles with each player starting the game with thirteen tiles
each. In turns the players draw and discard tiles until they complete a
legal hand using the fourteenth drawn tile to form four groups and a
pair. Now on my Nook app, I simply have to match up like tiles to
eliminate them from the board with the goal being to clear the entire
board of tiles. However, you can only choose a tile when it can slide
left or right or has no adjacent tiles on one side or the other and does
not have a tile above it. Sounds simple enough. But even though every
game starts with a solvable configuration, moves you make can cause it
to be unsolvable. So thinking moves ahead is key to solving the board.
You also cannot go the next level until you solve the board.
muscle
spasms, helped them sleep better, solved stubborn chronic constipation,
and generally improved their life. It seems everyone notices a benefit
when they start taking Natural Calm.
January
of 2010 I tried the Standard Process Purification Program. In the 21
days of the program I dropped 15 pounds. Over the next five weeks I
dropped another 10 pounds.
alcohol
free with a powerful combination of Echinacea, goldenseal, and a
Chinese herbal complex called Yin Chiao. The Echinacea and goldenseal
boost your immune system, while the Yin Chiao helps your body maintain a
state of balance. The beauty of this product? It does not taste like
dirt! Yeah for me! It has peppermint in it to help it taste better.
And you might be wondering what Yin Chiao is? It is a herbal combo of
Japanese honeysuckle, forsythia fruit (both said to clear heat, expel
wind, and eliminate toxins from the body), peppermint leaf, germinated
soy bean, licorice root, schizanepeta aerial parts, phragmites stem,
platycodon root, burdock seed and bamboo shoot. It also contains honey,
so if you are allergic to bee products do not try this. All I can tell
you is that my husband a few weeks ago had the flu pretty bad for 3-5
days, running a temp of 102! I immediately started drinking my “special
water” and never did catch his flu or any other for that matter so far
this season! Double “Yeah” for me! You can find the Sources Naturals
Wellness product at most health stores like Campbell’s or The Vitamin
Shoppe, they carry several immune boosting items. So check them out!
and
come down to run or walk. The run starts next to the downtown YMCA and
leads you toward the Capitol building before heading on a tour of the
east village and downtown. You can sign up for a 3 or 5 mile run. Post
race goodies are top notch and the fun level is high.
workshop
will follow where participants will practice drills to integrate these
concepts into their running. The session will end with video and slow
motion review of participants running form. Participants should arrive
in clothes and shoes suitable to run in. Suggested RSVP to 515-309-1217
or compasschiro@gmail.com. Free (donations to our Special Olympics
Softball Fundraiser welcome).
Natural
Calm is a magnesium supplement that helps to calm the body. A simple
explanation of the need for magnesium is that your body basically needs a
balance of calcium and magnesium to function properly. Calcium excites
the body and makes muscles more tense. Magnesium opposes that by
allowing muscles to relax. If you are deficient in magnesium, your body
will be more tense and stressed than it should be.
tingling
can progress to loss of function and even foot amputation in
diabetics. Eye problems such as diabetic retinopathy can lead to
blindness. If diabetes causes kidney disease a patient is never again
free from the dialysis clinic… three times a week!
You
might be thinking, “Can my friend or family member just get this
information from their primary care doctor?” Unfortunately, the answer
is “no.” Dr. Bernstein explains that our health care system is
overburdened and does an inadequate job of helping patients understand
this condition and how to help themselves. He explains that current
recommendations by the American Diabetes Association lead to wild swings
in blood sugar, which cause damage to most every body system over
time. In this book, he provides the understanding of the problem and a
clear, though not necessarily easy, plan to control and solve
diabetes. Don’t take my word for it though. Take some time to read the
Amazon reviews to see the amazing improvements in health that were
possible when diabetic patients took the time to understand their
problem and chose the plan to solve it. Save a life by sharing this
book with your friends and family (make sure to get the latest, most
up-to-date version).
At
first glance, Strava works similar to other ride and run tracking
programs like RunKeeper, Nike+, MapMyRun, or Endomondo. You start the
app at the start of your run or ride and it keeps track of your data
such as speed, distance, and pace. At the end of the run or ride, you
can pull up a detailed map of where you went along with all your stats.
The fun of Strava comes with the virtual races called “Segments” within
the app. If your run or ride takes you through a section of trail or
road that has been turned into a segment, Strava will take your
information and place you on a leaderboard showing every user who has
run or ridden through that section of trail or road. If you are the
fastest cyclist, you get the title of the “King of the Mountain” while
running fastest gives you the “Course Record”. All of the segments are
user created, so if you don’t see any in your neighborhood simply go for
a run or ride and create your own segment. Strava will even look into
the past to see if any users have been through that section of road or
trail.
I
wanted to break the course record in the 8k (it's a very hilly course).
Fortunately I felt a lot stronger than last week at Midnight Madness. "
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