A Poor Foundation- Can Cause Foot, Ankle, Knee, Hip or Even Shoulder Pain

The feet are the foundation of the body. If the feet are not supported properly, this can lead to many structural problems. Fortunately, these problems can be prevented. Wearing good arch supports are important to stabilize and support the foundation of your body … your YOUR FEET. And by stabilizing and supporting your feet you also properly support your ankles, hips and back.

Most people think that only persons with flat feet need arch supports. But today’s shoes do not have any type of arch support built into the shoe. Most  (99%) shoes even the expensive ones do not have any arch support. I have bought dozens of running shoes over my lifetime and I need to put a shoe insert /orthotic every time I get a new pair of not only running shoes but literally any shoe except of course flip flops.

One leg might also be slightly shorter than the other. A simple heel lift in the shorter leg can correct this problem. These two corrections help level the foundation and prevent micro trauma to the ankles, knees, hips, back and shoulders. It can also prevent heel spurs and foot pain or plantar fascitis.

What are some options to foot orthotics or shoe inserts?  Massage really feels good and helps but the problem will usually come back because what you really need are some good inserts. Many people with foot problems might think about going to a foot specialist. That would be a podiatrist or a pedorthist.  The podiatrist might talk about prescription drugs. Not my favorite by any means. You may also be offered ultrasound or even  injections. Not for me thank you anyway. Then there is always surgery. Again…a BIG NO THANK YOU. Not with the risks of infection or something worse yet. A pedorthist is a specialist in using footwear  which includes shoes, shoe modifications,orthotics and other pedorthic devises to solve problems in, or related to the feet. Many chiropractors also specialize in foot problems and would be a good resource.

By now you might be wondering what type of orthotics I recommend. I have tried everything from the ones you may have seen on an infomercial on TV to the popular Dr Scholls brand you can find at WalMart or Walgreen’s. I’m sorry but these are not very good quality. Just recently Dr Scholls started making some that are improving but still do not meet my standards. I have also tried the expensive custom made orthotics. These can range from $300- $400. I have literally used one of the custom orthotics in one shoe and one of my favorites in the other shoe and did not feel that the price difference was worth the much more money for the custom orthotics.

My favorite orthotics are Superfeet and Powerstep’s. Spenco also makes some very decent orthotics. There’s a few more brands out there but these are the ones I have tried and loved especially for the price. You will love them. Your feet will love them

Remember, the foundation of a building needs to be level. If the foundation is not level what happens to the walls? They begin to crack.

A poor foundation needs to be stabilized. Your feet are the foundation to your body. They need the proper support. You may go years with no problems other than tired achy feet. But that can be prevented as well.

If the feet, which are the foundation of the body, are not level and well supported, the knees are usually what begin to ache and break down first. Pain can occur in the feet, ankles, knees, hips, low back and travel up to the shoulders. There needs to be proper alignment and foot support, which in turn creates balance.

Get yourself some foot orthotics and discover what you have been missing.

“You don’t know what you are missing until you know what you have been missing”.    Dr. G

Have you ever stopped to think, “If I could only lose weight”, “I f I could only be rich’, “If I could only have my own business”,  “I wish I was not so timid” or any other number of wishes and dreams.

What’s stopping you? There is so much information, coaches, resources on the internet…. there is no excuse to not having the life you only dream about. You can have vibrant health. You can achieve wealth. You can be the boss of  your own business where you set your own hours work from home and  determine how much you are really worth.

Millions of people have lost weight. I met a young man tonight who lost over 100 lbs.! Millions of people have started their own business by starting out part-time and persistently worked their part-time business until it replaced there full time pay and then fired their boss and quit their full time job to dedicate their time to their part-time business.

There is a paradigm shift happening and has been happening where more and more people are working from home. How many times have you seen the ads…Work from Home..? They are real. Yes there are scams out there so do your homework and choose wisely. But you don’t have to work for minimum wage all your life.

You may be getting a decent salary but you have to be a slave to your job for 50-60 hours per week. What kind of life is that?

More and more people are taking their health into their own hands and getting healthy. The days of going to the doctor and he says take this drug and take that drug are over!  People have wised up to the fact that prescription drugs do not heal or cure the body. They just mask the symptoms.

Yes! You can have vibrant HEALTH. You can have WEALTH. You can have time freedom to be able to spend more time with your family. You can get rid of your fears, anxiety or whatever it is that is keeping you from achieving the life of YOUR DREAMS.

But you have to take ACTION! Without ACTION your dreams are only a FANTASY. Get a coach, mentor someone to help you. Every great athlete has a coach. Why not YOU? Successful business people did not do it alone. they had help. They had mentors and coaches and bankers, lawyers, CPA’s etc.

Why go through life by yourself? Your health and your time are your most valuable assets. Value them highly because they are worth their weight in gold. Get yourself a health coach, life coach and a mentor and start living a life of vibrant health, wealth and time freedom!

Are you struggling with your internet marketing? I certainly was. I was horrible with computer skills. I still have lots to learn. I spent and wasted LOTS of money on so called Internet Marketing Courses only to find my wallet empty and not that much more ahead of the curve. Not to mention the stress and effect it was taking on my body, mind and spirit.

One particular “guru”, whose name I will not mention, stated in his marketing how I could have a website up and running and making money in a few short weeks. WOW! That sounded great. I grabbed the bait, hook, line and sinker. Only to regret it.

Half way through the course I realized that the coach I was assigned did not really have it all together.  While I understand there is a lot of information to cover I would ask him certain questions and his answers were vague and general. He was reading from a script. What really ticked me off was when I asked him “Do YOU have a website up and running and making money?” You guessed it….”NO, not yet” was his reply. “But I’m working on it.”

I thought …this is a bunch of crap! How can this so called Internet marketing Guru hire some guy that doesn’t even have his own website making money teach me how to do it, #@?%**.

So if you are reading this and you are looking to start an Internet Business make sure you get the RIGHT coaches and Mentors to help you make your life easier. I was fortunate to come across two such coaches, Jeff Herring and Maritza Parra. Make your Internet Marketing Life easier by going to their websites at www.gousethisstuff.com, www.jeffherring.com, www.maritzaparra.com and www.productcreationseminars.com. (SORRY I was not able to get the hyperlink to work.) :<{

How is it making my internet marketing life easier? I just read about Auto-Integration. For example, you publish an article on Ezine Articles and it will automatically tweet it and then Linked In will pick up that tweet  and announce it on Linked In. This results in greater reach with less time and effort. Sounds exactly like what I’ve been looking for.

Can’t wait to start using Auto-Integration. How about you? Do you have some tip or idea you want to share with the world? Remember sharing is caring.  If you have some good ideas…. share them with the world. Jeff Herring likes to say “Go use this stuff” when he shares ideas and tips on internet marketing.

Don’t you want to reach more people? I do!!  Let’s all learn this technology and go use this stuff so we can help more people and make this a better planet! As an added bonus for making your internet marketing life easier .. you will be less stressed and frustrated, happier which leads to being healthier! :>)

Lack of energy is so common today. Does it affect you? What about pain, sickness or disease?  In this post I’d like to remind you of some basics so you too can enjoy a healthy, vibrant body and prevent lack of energy, pain, sickness and disease.

The brain, spinal cord and all the nerves connect to the spinal cord also connect to EVERY organ, gland, muscle and joint of your body. These nerves are what carry/transmit the electricity that makes your body work. If the hear, which is basically a muscle acting as a pump did not have the nerve energy or life force coming from that nerve the heart would not work. The same goes for any other organ in your body. The lungs would not work, the stomach would not work and the muscles would not work if they did not have that electrical energy being transmitted through the nerves. This network of nerves together with your brain and spinal cord are the “MASTER SYSTEM” of your body. This Master System controls and directs ALL functions of the human body.

Pic Spine lifeline

That being said…..if there is an interruption in that flow of energy or electricity …there will be a malfunction. There will be lack of energy, pain sickness or disease.

For example, if there is an interruption of energy to the nerves that control the heart there will be a problem with the heart. It could be in the form of tachycardia (rapid heart beat), bradycardia (slow heart beat) or palpitations or arrhythmia’s (irregular heart beat). I like to explain it by using the analogy of a light with a dimmer switch. You want the light on in the middle position. If there is too much electricity flowing through then the light bulb is too bright. If there is not enough electrical energy the light bulb is too dim.

Not all problems with the heart are caused by an interruption of nerve flow energy. Some other causes of heart problems are prescription drugs, lack of nutrients such as calcium, magnesium and potassium.

I always recommend when anyone experiences health problems to look at the basics first.  If you are having issues with your heart doesn’t it make sense to look at the wiring or the nerve energy flow to make sure there is no interruption of that nerve energy to your heart? It is certainly the easiest and least risky procedure. How? Chiropractic.

Yes a medical doctor can give you prescription drugs to try and help regulate your heart beat…. BUT…that also come with SIDE EFFECTS. Remember ALL prescription drugs have side effects and the most important thing to realize is that those pills do not correct the cause.

I once read a saying, “Chiropractic first, drugs second, surgery last”. That made a lot of sense to me.

To recap…. if you have a health problem… headaches, back pain, ear infection, asthma, …look for the cause of the problem. Check the spine and the nerve energy. Are you eating healthy or overloading your body with chemicals such as Splenda, sucralose, aspartame etc.? Google the side effects of these artificial sweeteners. You will be amazed at what you will find. Don’t believe the commercial on Splenda…..that it’s natural because it’s made from sugar. What the commercial fails to disclose is that it’s CHLORINATED SUGAR. Do you think it’s healthy to eat/drink chlorine?

How is your posture? Are you getting some form of exercise on a regular basis. The body needs to move and keep lubricated. in order to have a healthy and vibrant body.

Are you drinking enough pure water or are you drinking too much soda, coffee, tea, booze? Get back to the basics… eat/drink healthy 80% of the time, get some regular exercise,  practice good posture, manage stress before it manages you, love what you do..do what you love and try to laugh a little every day :>)

It’s amazing how many people FAIL to follow through with a treatment recommendation.  Let me explain. I had a young woman consult with me about her back pain just last week. She had been suffering with her back for approximately six months. The MD’s gave her prescriptions for the pain and muscle spasms but the pain would come back. They gave her an injection but the pain came back. They were now recommending surgery.

A co-worker referred her to me. The first thing I asked her was if the other doctors had taken x-rays. She said “no”. I explained that x-rays are the first tool and that they would allow us to take a look at her spine. I also explained that the spine is where the spinal cord is housed and all the nerves come off the spinal cord and go to every muscle, organ and gland. In short this “Master System” of nerves, spinal cord and brain Control and Direct all functions of the human body.

So we get some x-rays of her spine and what do we find? Her spine is crooked or subluxated. It is also called misaligned. The spinal bones are out of their normal position and this causes nerve interference which in turn causes muscle spasms and back pain. I also explained to her that she might also have a disc problem which is what is usually what causes the pain shooting down the leg. The bulging or herniated disc pinches on the sciatic nerve. This is the nerve that is located in the low back and goes all the way down the leg. There are nerves on both the right and left side of the spine. This condition is called “Sciatica”.

She got her first treatment and said how much better she felt afterwards. I recommended two times a week for a couple of weeks to see how she did. I also recommended some exercises and for her to get an Inversion machine to use daily at home. She said she was going to talk to her husband.

I never heard back from her. Did her husband decide against the treatment? He never even bothered to call me and ask any questions. Did she decide to have the spinal surgery instead? I made her fully aware of all the risks involved…complications, infection, blood clot, embolism and the worst being death.Yes people die in or from surgery every day. We just don’t hear about it. I have personally known two people that died from knee surgeries and several others that died from various other types of surgeries.

I’m not saying people should never have surgery but it should be the LAST option. Too many people think it’s a quick fix. There is also no guarantee that surgery is going to fix the problem. This is why you have to sign all those disclaimers when you agree to any surgery. You will not hold the surgeons, hospital, anesthesiologist or anyone else liable should something go wrong.

If you are going to get in shape do yo0u go to the gym one time? If you are going to get your teeth straightened and get braces… do you just wear the braces one time? No….it requires follow through.

When I have any type of pain be it from a sport injury (which I have had plenty), careless lifting or whatever I don’t only treat the pain one time. I look for as many possible natural solutions that I can use to help my body heal.  That actually led me to write “Hanging Out Pain Free- 105 Natural Pain Relief Solutions”. I will be posting 21 of the 105 on this site in the near future.

The same is true if you are looking to get healthier. You have to FOLLOW THROUGH”. Being healthy and pain free requires ongoing attention and care for your body. it really is worth it. You feel good about yourself, your body feels good. You don’t hurt when you get out of bed. You don’t suffer with headaches, stomach problems, heartburn, allergies, high blood pressure and on and on. You don’t have to take prescription drugs. you don’t have to be visiting doctors and having them try to figure out why you have this pain or health problem. Actually most run a few tests and prescribe. Because that’s how they have been trained in medical schools.

If you have an MD that says, “you have high blood pressure but before I prescribe anything I want you to start an exercise program let’s change your diet some and in the process you’ll drop some weight. I also want you to start seeing a Chiropractor. I read a study where they found it can also lower your blood pressure. These things might be enough to lower your blood pressure back to normal. If that doesn’t work then we can prescribe something”, YOU ARE VERY FORTUNATE.  You are very fortunate if you have a medical doctor that would make those recommendations.

So how to get rid of pain and get healthier….ice, stretch, massage, chiropractic, acupuncture, magnets, inversion are just a few of the techniques I have written or will be writing about in more detail. Read more articles on this site. Learn to take care of your body and your body will take care of you.

From Associated Press-By MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Medical Writer

We fret about airport scanners, power lines, cell phones and even microwaves. It’s true that we get too much radiation. But it’s not from those sources — it’s from too many medical tests.

Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, even more than folks in other rich countries. The U.S. accounts for half of the most advanced procedures that use radiation, and the average American’s dose has grown six fold over the last couple of decades.

Too much radiation raises the risk of cancer. That risk is growing because people in everyday situations are getting imaging tests far too often. Like the New Hampshire teen who was about to get a CT scan to check for kidney stones until a radiologist, Dr. Steven Birnbaum, discovered he’d already had 14 of these powerful scans for previous episodes. Adding up the total dose, “I was horrified” at the cancer risk it posed, Birnbaum said.

Of the many ways Americans are over tested and over treated, imaging is one of the most common and insidious. CT scans — “super X-rays” that give fast, extremely detailed images — have soared in use over the last decade, often replacing tests that don’t require radiation, such as ultrasound and MRI’s.

Radiation is a hidden danger. Yyou don’t feel it when you get it, and any damage usually doesn’t show up for years. Taken individually, tests that use radiation pose little risk. Over time, though, the dose accumulates.

Doctors don’t keep track of radiation given to their patients. Except for mammograms, there are no federal rules on radiation dose. Children and young women, who are most vulnerable to radiation harm, sometimes get too much at busy imaging centers that don’t adjust doses for each patient’s size.

An eye-opening study that found that U.S. heart attack patients get the radiation equivalent of 850 chest X-rays over the first few days they are in the hospital. Much of it for repeat tests that may not have been needed.

Another study by Columbia University researchers, published in 2007, estimated that in a few decades, as many as 2 percent of all cancers in the U.S. might be due to radiation from CT scans given now. Since previous studies suggest that a third of all tests are unnecessary, 20 million adults and more than 1 million children are needlessly being put at risk, they concluded.

Many studies suggest people are getting too much imaging now. For example, Mayo Clinic reviewed the medical records of 251 people given heart scans in 2007 and found that only a quarter of them were clearly appropriate.

What should patients do?

“You should question everything. Ask questions like, “What’s the dose and why am I getting it?” You should be an informed consumer,” said Dr. Fred Mettler, radiology chief in the New Mexico Veterans Administration health care system. He led a study of health effects after the Chernobyl accident and is a U.S. representative to the United Nations on radiation safety.

He advised challenging “big ticket” tests like CT scans that deliver a lot of radiation to the chest and abdomen. These are places where cancer is likely to develop. “You shouldn’t get too excited about feet and knee scans or X-rays,” Mettler said.

Questions to ask about radiation scans:

Is it truly needed? How will it change my care?

Have you or another doctor done this test on me before?

Are there alternatives like ultrasound or MRI?

How many scans will be done? Could one or two be enough?

Will the dose be adjusted for my gender, age and size? Will lead shields be used to keep radiation away from places it can do harm?

Do you have a financial stake in the machines that will be used?

Can I have a copy of the image and information on the dose?

Dr G’s Comments: My suggestion is take your health into your own hands. Take care of your body and you won’t need to be visiting doctors and getting many needless doses of radiation. If you are in an accident, then this is when you need to ask these questions.

This is Miguel’s story as he shared it with me now ten years later. He has given me permission to post it on my website.

My name is Miguel. In 1990, after suffering with excruciating back pain I was diagnosed with kidney stones and kidney infections. The different doctors that I saw prescribed pain killers, antibiotics and muscle relaxants. For the next ten years I would continue to see doctors for my kidney pains, kidney stones and back pain. They all continued to give me prescription drugs.

In May of 2000 I started working for Dr. Gonzalez. I did not know anything about Chiropractic. For me it was a job I badly needed. Dr. Gonzalez would teach all his new employees about the science and art of Chiropractic. He explained how all the nerves in the spine carry the electrical life force energy to control all the organs and glands in the body.

All employees received free chiropractic care as a benefit of working for him. Within about five or six months my recurring kidney pain and back problems disappeared. Dr. Gonzalez explained that I had nerve interference in the part of the spine that controls the kidneys.  It was amazing how Chiropractic and spinal adjustments were able to fix this problem while all the other doctors only kept giving me pills while I continued to suffer with kidney problems for ten years.

I have recommended Chiropractic and Dr. Gonzalez to all my family and friends. If you have any health problems you should have a Chiropractor check your spine and nerves to make sure your electrical system is working properly. And if you are reading this and live in El Paso you need to contact Dr. Gonzalez. I highly recommend him to anyone who has any type of health problem. Find out if your problem is originating in the spine like mine was and end years of needless suffering, doctor visits and taking dangerous prescription pills.

Can Heart Disease Be Reversed?

Dr. Oz, Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Carlos Gonzalez and many other doctors know it can. Not only Heart Disease but Diabetes, Cancer and many other diseases that plague millions of Americans can also be reversed.

How? It really starts with the way you think about sickness, disease and healthcare. We have been programmed to believe that if you get these diseases you have to take medicine (prescription drugs with all their dangerous side effects) for the rest of your life. And if these diseases run in your family you’ll end up with those same diseases too and then you are doomed for life. That’s what the pharmaceutical companies want you to believe. The more people believe these lies the happier the pharmaceutical companies and their stockholders become.

Change your way of thinking by reading books by the doctors I mentioned in the beginning of this article.

Secondly, these diseases CAN be reversed by having a healthy diet, exercise, meditation, quality nutritional supplements and reducing stress in your life. If  you need help there are many alternative practitioners who are more than willing to coach you along the way. This is my reason for this website….to give you hope and encouragement.

Become your own best doctor. Dr. Oz and Dr.  Michael Rozien (chair of the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute) wrote YOU: The Owners Manual . I have not yet read it but it reminds me of the chapter from my book ( Hanging Out For The Health Of It) The Best Doctor For You Is You.

So what are you waiting for? Get started today to start living a Healthier, Happier and Longer Life!

#1 Eat Healthy 80 % of the Time

I previously wrote “eat healthy 90% of the time”.  When it comes to food a lot of people really struggle with this. I used to have a hard time with this myself. But after experimenting with my body and food hundreds of times over several years the better I eat, the better I feel, think and perform throughout the day. It’s that simple. Eat better feel better.

Now did it mean that every time I ate something “not healthy” I felt bad? No. It may depend on what I ate and how much of it I ate.

Here’s the bottom line. If you want to get healthier, prevent diseases, lose weight/fat, feel more energetic, sleep better, spend less money/save money, avoid food sensitivities/allergies, prevent food poisoning, avoid doctor visits, avoid prescription or over the counter drugs, increase you life span, have healthier looking skin, hair and nails etc…… EAT HEALTHIER FOODS!

If you can eat healthy 90 % of the time …that’s even better! When I’m craving  something sweet and want to have a dessert instead of ice cream….I’ll pull out a cup of frozen smoothie that was leftover from a couple of mornings ago. I’ll have a smoothie made with Almond Dream (instead of milk), fruit, whey protein powder, yogurt and  blend it until smooth and creamy. What’s leftover I put it into a cup and in a ziplock freezer bag and into freezer.

Check out some of the other recipes I have posted here on this site.  If you have a favorite recipe you would like to share please post it in the comments section.

Do you know anyone who is looking for….

BETTER HEALTH?
FINANCIAL FREEDOM?
TIME FREEDOM?
AN OPPORTUNITY TO START THEIR OWN BUSINESS?

There are a lot of people realizing that working for someone else is not their idea of a good life. These same people know they are not getting paid what they are really worth. They understand that they are making someone else rich while they work their life away at a job where there is really no security. Their boss’s business could downsize and they could be out of a job.

There are also other people who make good money but at the expense of time. They may be putting in 40, 50 60 hours per week and maybe have 2 or 3 weeks off a year.  They hardly get to spend any time with their family. Yes the money is good but what’s more important…never get to go to your kids games….pick them up from school…..spend quality time with the family….or work all those hours to make enough money to have the nice things in life.

What about retirement? How much money will you need to have saved so that you can live the kind of lifestyle you want and deserve after working all your life? Are you counting on Social Security to be there when you retire? I’m not. You have investments in the stock market but it took a big hit recently and you lost have the value. You know it will come back if you hang onto those investments a few more years. What if they don’t come back as much as you hope?

If you have never  looked at or maybe have a misconception about Network Marketing (MLM) as a viable solution to these problems read on.

What do Forbes Magazine, Donald Trump, Tony Robbins, Robert Allen (Author No Money Down), Robert Kiyosaki (Author Rich Dad Poor Dad) have to say about this industry? 79,000,000 Americans plan to start their own business in the next three years. The great majority will do it through Network Marketing/ Direct Sales Model. In fact Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki recommend Network Marketing in their latest book, Why We Want You To Be Rich.

Robert Allen recommends Network Marketing in his latest book, Multiple Streams of Income and is in Network Marketing himself. Guess which company Robert Allen chose over all others…. USANA!

Usana is changing people’s lives. Improved health, hope and vision for a brighter and truly secure financial future. Won’t you join me in this revolution that is sweeping across America?

To Your Better Health and Wealth,

Dr. Carlos M. Gonzalez
http://www.drcarlos.usana.com