This is my family; I am proud of them and love them more than anything. They are growing up too fast! Matthew, on the left, starts school this year and is he ever excited. Michael, who is catching a little nap during the boat ride, is crawling all over and has a mouth full of teeth already. Annie Beth is a little charm. She keeps up with her brothers and is excited about Brownies, Dance, and School. David seems to get taller each time I adjust him. This is a big year for David, he's in middle school, Boy Scouts, and he is running with the "older kids" on the team. Sometimes it's hard to remember that Tommy is only eight. He is doing things in school that I didn't do until much later and he has incredible physical talents as well. This picture was during a late season "Sunday Boat Ride" and Terry, my wife and best friend is taking the picture. Sam, my oldest daughter, is having a blast in college now.

When I was David's age I suffered from chronic, recurrent tonsillitis / strep throat, which was very painful and kept me in bed for weeks. My mother was seeing a chiropractor for her low back pain and brought me along one day just as one of my throat episodes was getting bad. Within two days I was back on my feet and able to go back to school and out to play, and I didn't have to take antibiotics, which gave me diarrhea and made my stomach feel sick. Just like that -- after a couple of adjustments to my spine, which I remember actually feeling quite good, the pain went away and never came back.

The same thing happened to other problems I had with my health. Stuff that I wouldn't have thought chiropractic could help with went away, like indigestion and bowel trouble. Even the leg cramps that used to wake me up at night disappeared after being adjusted. One time, I bit into a hard apple and felt my jaw pop and then I couldn't close it. My chiropractor even adjusted my jaw and it got better. Chiropractic worked so well for me that I eventually gave up a successful career and went into chiropractic school myself.

My family is lucky because their chiropractor lives in their house. Our family rarely gets sick or suffers from the common illnesses. Things like colic, constipation, tummy aches, ear infections, colds and flu, just to name a few, don't happen much in our house. My kids know enough to ask me to adjust them when they feel like they may be getting sick, or sometimes just to stay "tuned up." Also, my wife never experienced low back pain during any of her pregnancies because she gets adjusted regularly.

It's strange how life is, because now people come to see me with their neck and leg problems. Also they come to me with their headaches, migraines, chronic pain, shoulder/arm pain, whiplash from car accidents, backaches, ear infections, numbness in the limbs, just to name a few.

Forty-five million Americans no longer have health insurance, and those who do have found that their chiropractic benefits are reduced. That's where my chiropractic comes in. Many people find that they actually save money on their health care expenses by seeing a chiropractor. Another way to save ... studies show that chiropractic can double your immune capacity, naturally and without drugs. The immune system fights colds, flues, and other sicknesses. So you may not be running off to the doctor as much. This is especially important if your are self-employed. And, an entire week of care in my office may cost you what you would pay for one visit elsewhere.