1、Rick H. Morris, D.C., C.C.S.P., Q.M.E., A.B.A.A.H.P.Brendan Murray, D.C., D.A.C.B.S.P., Q.M.E.April Hopson, D.C.1243 7th Street, Suite B Santa Monica, California 90401 310-451- fax:310-458-0051Chest Pain: Is It A Heart Attack or A Twisted Rib?The Choice You Make May Save Your LifeBy Dr. Rick MorrisY
2、ou wake up Sunday morning, turn in bed and feel a sharp, stabbing pain in your chest. Youre concerned, but not panickedthings come and go. Youre used to it. But, then you turn over and it grabs you again. You take a deep breath and it feels as though a knife is running through your chest. It may eve
3、n be shooting to your back or shoulder. Television reports race through your mind, “Many people deny the signs of a heart attack during the critical first few minutes and, because of that, half of them die.” What should you do? You dont want to overreact, yet this is your life and theres no room for
4、 error.Do You Know The First Signs Of A Heart Attack? Deep pressure in your chest that may radiate to your left shoulder, jaw or arm. Feeling “winded” or out of breath. Sweating with an increase of chest pain during activities, such as going up stairs or walking quickly. An irregular pulse (well tea
5、ch you to check itsee this months patient gift). A change in your skin coloring.These symptoms warrant a medical examinationQuickly. Take an aspirin immediately (not if you are aspirin sensitive or have asthma) and get to the E.R.What Are The Signs of A Subluxated or “Twisted” Rib? Sharp pain to you
6、r chest or back. Pain that can be recreated by touching the painful area, turning or twisting your torso, bending your neck forward or taking a deep breath. A regular pulse (although it may be a little fast due to fear). Now Back To Our Guy In BedYour pain is sharp and its not a feeling of “heavy pr
7、essure.” It “zaps” you when you try to turn in bed - even taking a deep breath hurts. Further, your coloring hasnt changed and walking up and down the stairs doesnt aggravate your symptoms. You can reproduce the pain by touching your rib cage. Your pulse is regular and its not missing any beats. You
8、 realize that its a subluxated rib, call our office and save yourself the expense and aggravation of spending your day in the emergency room. You avoided the prescriptions of Valium, muscle relaxants and pain medication as well as the hundreds or thousands of dollars in tests and your pain was compl
9、etely eliminated without being “doped up.”So, Whats A Subluxated Rib and What Causes It?Think of the last time you ordered barbequed ribs. Do you remember the meat thats between the bones? Well, thats not only muscle but nerves. Can you imagine what it feels like if your ribs are just slightly twist
10、ed (i.e. subluxated) and rub against the nerve every time you twist, move or take a deep breath? Can you imagine the sharp, stabbing pain and spasms? Well if youve had a subluxated rib, you know just what Im talking about.Now you understand why thousands of people every year are needlessly rushed to
11、 the emergency room. They are usually treated improperly with medication while their misaligned ribs are ignored! A couple of adjustments would fix the problem and prevent a chronic one from developing. Why didnt the emergency room just tell them to go to their chiropractor? Well, sometimes they do,
12、 but not usually. In ten years things may be different, but today its up to you.Thats the purpose of this newsletterI want my patients to know the difference between a heart attack and a subluxated rib.Just as you shouldnt bring a heart attack to our office, you shouldnt bring a subluxated rib to a
13、hospital. They are not trained to fix it and will only send you along an expensive and unnecessary path.Chest pain associated with coughing, sputum, indigestion, burning or wheezing are obviously not musculoskeletal and need the services of a medical physician. But discuss the condition with us, as
14、we often have natural suggestions that may lessen your need for medication.This months gift to our patients a free rib examination for you and your family with a blood pressure check and a personal class on evaluating your own pulse. Heart attacks are the number one cause of death; we want our patie
15、nts to spot them immediately. Rib subluxations are even more common, and we dont want you to be mistreated.By the way.Thank you for your letters last month. We loved them! I know it took time from your schedules that are already overwhelmingso I repeat how much I appreciate them.As I promised, our o
16、utside panel evaluated all the letters and picked their favorites. Ive included the winners with this health report. Thank you. Thank you. Whether you wrote a letter, referred those that you care about or just made it fun for us to come to workThank you.Like some of Dr. Morris other patients, I too
17、was referred to him by a friend. My friend told me to go see this guy because “he is a good doctor, he can help you and he is a nice guy.” Well, that cinched it for me. I promptly threw away his number figuring that he was a chiropractor so how good a doctor can he be, I dont really need help and I
18、am sick of that phoney LA “nice”. I wasnt aware how persistent my friend can be!Finally, my friend got tired of telling me to go see Dr. Morris and nothing happening so he told me to make an appointment with Dr. Morris and that he (my friend) would show up to make sure that I went. So, I did and tha
19、t is how I ended up at Dr. Morriss office.Ironically, I initially went to see Dr. Morris to get my friend off my back. I continued to go see Dr. Morris because he impressed me so much and because he made my back, neck and shoulders feel better.My problem was my shoulders. There were certain times wh
20、en I would be lifting weights in the gym when my shoulders would just give out. I could feel them going and there was nothing that I could do about it. Dr. Morris took some X-ray, isolated the problem and taught me how to correctly track my shoulders to keep them from “falling” out of place.If we ar
21、e lucky, there are maybe 1 or 2 times in our lives where people enter our lives and really make a difference in our lives. Dr. Morris is one of those people to me. I was going through a very difficult period in my life at this time. I had just been diagnosed with a pituitary adenomaa tumor on my pit
22、uitary gland. You go through life thinking everything is great and all of a sudden you are faced with your own mortality. It is like hitting a brick wall. I really felt lost for awhile. Dr. Morris provided a great listening ear and gave me some invaluable advice in terms of assessing my diagnosis an
23、d understanding all the options that I had in deciding what type of treatment to pursue. He helped me to understand that I had been given an opportunity to change some things in my life instead of being handed a death sentence which is where my head was at initially. Today my prognosis is goodthe tu
24、mor is benign and its growth is being controlled through medication.If you want a doctor who is competent, caring and is passionate about what he does, then Dr. Morris is the doctor for you. I cannot recommend him highly enough. His staff is professional, courteous and fun to be around. They make my
25、 visits memorable.Thank you Dr. Morris for showing me that there are doctors out there who caredoctors who are more interested in their patients than in processing those insurance forms. I can never repay you for everything that you have done for me but I am very grateful to you and want to thank yo
26、u!Sincerely,David HenricksThis letter is to all those who are suffering from chronic pain, back, neck or otherwise. I wanted to take a few moments to rave about the care I received at Dr. Morris office.I came to this office like all patients do, by referral. After a year and a half of constant pain
27、from headaches and dozens of tests, cortisone shots in my neck every two weeks and lots of heavy medication, I resolved myself to not having a life outside of my bed. Then the stars aligned and I ran into a friend of my familys who asked how I was doing. I explained everything I was going through an
28、d all the pain and she said, “You have to go see my chiropractor, he is good. If he cant figure out how to help you he will at least have some alternatives.” I figured why not, if he couldnt help me hed try to find someone who could, its a win-win situation. At my first appointment he linked my head
29、aches to my neck. After a month of three weekly appointments, I could feel the difference. I was slowly starting to get my life back, all the while being treated like I was the only patient he had. The quality of care is phenomenal, not just from Dr. Morris, from all of the staff.When most people th
30、ink of the doctors office, they are filled with dread. They think of long waits only to see the doctor for 5 minutes and then be told “take these pills and you SHOULD feel better” or “I really dont see anything wrong, exercise more and youll feel better.” This couldnt be further from the truth with
31、Dr. Morris office. If you have questions or concerns he makes sure to answer them thoroughly and more important, UNDERSTANDABLY. I think he really understands his patients pain, something I believe most doctors seriously lack. I have met a lot of doctors in my short life and none of them even compar
32、e to the kind, caring, understanding, empathetic, gently, smart, wonderful; Dr. Rick Morris.Thank You! Dr. Morris and EVERYONE in the office for everything you have done to help me. I am in debt to you all forever!Sandra StephensDear Drs. Rick & April:What a difference a skilled, compassionate, kind
33、, sensitive chiropractor makes! I owe my ability to get up in the morning and stand up straight and walk without pain to the two of you. (Dr. Morris started and has maintained the treatment and since Dr. Hopson came on board in his office, she has assisted and also treated me.)About a year ago, I wa
34、s referred by a friend/neighbor to the office of Dr. Rick Morris. My friend had had pain in her back and hip for some time and had been referred to Dr. Morris by her yoga instructor. When we were chatting one day, I mentioned my back and knee pain. She said she had just the person to treat me, that
35、he had successfully treated her. (I have since referred my husband to the practice as well.)I followed through and made an appointment with Dr. Morris who spent about and hour and a half evaluating every part of my back, neck, feet, joints and reflexes. He then explained in detail, but in laymans te
36、rms, what parts needed strengthening, adjustment, stretching, etc., in order to restore their flexibility and in turn reduce or eliminate the pain I was experiencing. Treatment has consisted of the support staff first using heat and massage therapy to relax the affected area(s) after which muscle an
37、d structure manipulation and adjustment are carefully and skillfully administered by either Dr. Morris or Dr. Hopson. In addition, I have also been instructed how to assist with my own recovery by executing exercises prescribed precisely to help my peculiar skeletal/muscular weaknesses or injuries.D
38、uring the course of my treatment it has been clearly evident that Dr. Morris and Dr. Hopson are in tune to my feedback just preceding and during the actual treatments. Thorough reevaluations have been done on a regular basis to monitor progress and adjust prescribed exercises and treatment during th
39、e healing process.My experience in the chiropractic care of Dr. Morris and Dr. Hopson is that they are highly dedicated to maintaining their patients well being, even at their own personal sacrifice. Relieving a patient in pain is paramount. For example, when my husbands back suddenly went in to spa
40、sm at the end of the day, the doctors adjusted personal plans in order to treat him and provided some relief from his pain. I have been treated as a unique individual with treatment specific to my body and with the goal of strengthening my skeletal structure and muscles, always with tender loving ca
41、re.In my opinion Dr. Morris and Dr. Hopson should be considered models of how to provide skilled effective, compassionate chiropractic treatment.Thank you for always being there for me, my skeleton and my muscles. Thank you for helping to make my body free and move soooo much better.Very truly yours,Wendie Olshan
