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4 A Healthy Start for 2012 a new year upon us, this is a good time to start new healthy habits and take inventory of your life.

When most of us think of health care we tend to think of health insurance or the ability to pay for the treatment of a major illness. But health care is not just a hot political topic, but the act of taking care of your health. It’s maintenance and prevention. It’s being proactive instead of reactive. It’s not waiting until something is wrong before you get help. Health care is also not limited to just our physical bodies, but also our mental and spiritual health, our relational health, our financial health and our occupational health.

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3. Keep a prayer journal. This is a good way to put all those anxieties, or desires on paper. It’s also a great stress reliever.

1. Get a therapist. If you can’t seem to shake those holiday blues from last year, be proactive and consult a professional. Just as we get a yearly checkup for our physical health, it is wise to do the same for our mental and emotional health. 2. Take more risks or try something new.

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3. Pick a dominant health issue or concern and address it head on. Instead of a long list of resolutions, pick one the most urgent matter and focus on it. 4. Exercise and diet. This is a popular one for the new year, but make it a reachable goal by removing one bad item from your diet and get your body moving.

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1. Get the toxic folks out of your life. If the person is more of a liability than an asset, you may need to reevaluate the role of that person in your life. 2. Learn to say no. By setting (and keeping) healthy boundaries you greatly enhance your relationship experience. 3. Forgive 4. Get to know your neighbors. 5. Volunteer in your community.

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1. Take a weekly day of sabbath. This is the one day where you turn everything off and tune everything out. If you can’t do a whole day then try at least an hour a day. 2. Schedule a personal retreat to your favorite place. This can be as simple as the chair in your living room or a beach in the Caribbean. The goal is to have a place where you can reflect and reevaluate what is important in life.

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3. Face a fear and overcome it. Just pick one that’s been a challenge and take steps to defeat it.

2. If you smoke, quit. The American Lung Association www.lungusa.org has several tips to help you quit.

4. Fasting. Fasting from one meal or one favorite activity for a period of time is not only good for your health, but also for your soul.

The new year gives us a “tabula rasa,” the Latin word for clean slate, to start over and make a commitment to good health. Here are a few areas and suggestions to help you get started on your road to becoming the best version of you in 2012. 1. Make all health related appointments. By doing it the same time each year makes it easier to remember. Remember an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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4. Dream big and pull out that bucket list. Commit to checking off a few more this year and even adding a few more.

1. Get your credit report. Under the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act (FACTS) you are entitled to a free copy of your credit report from all three reporting agencies every 12 months. You can check for inaccuracies, fraud or just to know your financial health. Go to www.annualcreditreport.com. 2. Work on that emergency fund. Most experts recommend at least 6 months of living expenses. 3. Set financial goals to create wealth. Most of the time we focus on getting out of debt, but the more proactive mindset is to look at ways to create wealth. There are a plethora of books on the subject, so get started today. 4. Eliminate debt. One surefire way to hinder wealth creation is continual debt creation. Dave Ramsey has a simple way to start with the “Debt Snowball” at www.daveramsey.com 5. Create or update your will and create a living will. There are several templates online that can help you create your legal documents before you submit them to your attorney. Legal Zoom www.legalzoom.com is a great place to start.

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1. Update resume whether you are looking for a job or not. 2. Use social media to your advantage to network and keep in touch with those who can help you in career. 3. Sharpen interview and negotiation skills. 4. Learn a new skill in your industry to keep you competitive. 5. Turn that business idea into reality and write a business plan. 6. Get organized. The worse thing is to be presented with an opportunity of a lifetime and you’re not ready for it. Now the rest is up to you. Happy New Year!

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that daily laughter can help counter damaging stress hormones by releasing the health-promoting ones such as endorphins and neurotransmitters and suppressing two stress hormones, epinephrine, better known as adrenaline, and cortisol.

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Diffuses an argument and lightens the mood – Want to know a secret? The best way to diffuse an argument is with humor. Humor has a way of taking the edge off of a tense situation. Who can stay angry at someone when you’re laughing.

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Builds immune system - Laughter helps produce hormones which aids in building the body’s immune system. Researchers at Loma Linda University, found that two hormones, beta-endorphins (helps alleviate depression) and human growth hormones (helps with immunity) increase by 27 and 87 percent respectively when volunteers anticipated watching a funny video. Even anticipating something funny can improve your health.

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Saving Healthcare Dollars by Preventing Back Pain: Q&A With Dr. Jeff Winternheimer of Illinois Back Institute

wards of $100 billion is spent every year on treating back pain, which contributes to a large amount of the overall healthcare dollars spent in the United States. Looking into the future, a huge emphasis will be placed on lowering the cost of care in all areas, especially back pain management. “The overall education to patients about how they need to live their life to take better care of their spine is lacking,” says Jeff Winternheimer, DC, founder of Illinois Back Institute. “There are things people do every day to perpetuate back pain and that comes at a great cost.” At the Illinois Back Institute, Dr. Winternheimer and his colleagues are now engaged in a public health campaign, The Billion Dollar Back Cure, to spread the word about back pain prevention and appropriate treatment. He discusses the key issues surrounding back pain management and how

medical providers can guide patients to appropriate, cost-effective care. Q: What trends are you seeing in your practice regarding back pain treatment? JW: We often see more than 250 patients per month and close to 3,000 chronic patients per year, and none of them have been taught that extended periods of time of flexion will hurt their backs. These people have been to other physicians, chiropractors and therapists and nobody has taught them how to lift, bend or stretch their backs appropriately. People sit too long during the day; they sit at their desks at work, sit in the car driving home and sit to watch TV during the evenings. Sitting too much can be bad for the back, so if we educate patients on simple therapeutic life changes, we can prevent some serious problems. Q: How does The Billion Dollar Back Cure campaign aim to spread awareness of these issues?

JW: We have a website where we publish articles about tips for preventing back pain. We have also been on TV talking about these tips. It’s a grass roots push for public awareness and next spring, we are going to start a campaign working with physicians to supply them with material they can pass along to their patients. The biggest problem with a therapeutic lifestyle is it requires education and physicians don’t always have time to sit with patients and explain these simple tactics to them. If we give physicians a tool they can easily give to their patients, the patients will know how to treat their backs. Q: What challenges do you expect to encounter with this campaign? JW: We are asking people to change their lifestyle; it’s the fundamental idea that there are simple things you can do for yourself to eliminate chronic back pain and the fear of back pain. It’s never easy to get people

to change their habits. However, physicians have influence over their patients and if physicians say they should change their lifestyles, patients are more likely to do so. Physicians can give patients the handouts and recommend they watch our film on back pain prevention, but there also has to be some sort of follow up. The physician or nurse should call and ask if they understand the concepts to avoid prolonged flexion. If physicians have the right tools, they can educate their patients and follow up with them to prevent some of the serious back pain cases we see today. For More Information Illinois Back Institute has locations throughout Illinois in Arlington Heights, Wheaton, Berwyn, Countryside and Orland Park. For more information, and to learn how to get a free consultation contact the Illinois Back Institute at 1-877-472-5170 or visit www. Illinoisbackpain.com.