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Is 2013 Your Year to Have a Baby?

Dr. Madeline's nationally recognized fertility-friendly expertise can support this 2013 goal through holistic and nutrition wellness services.
Her care is expecially critical for women who have played sports, or experience digestive, hormonal or thyroid stress.

Dr. Madeline is a leading holistic expert on fertility, appearing on TV and news features around the country for her modern approach in supporting the miracle of successful fertility. Care is safe and gentle enough even for women undergoing assisted infertility treatments.

If 2013 is your year to have a baby, ask an expert for support, ask Dr. Madeline:  call today 208.249.0038 (downtown Boise).

A Special Invite for Boise Co-op Members 12/1/11

Dr. Madeline Behrendt, D.C./Women's Wellness Care
664 North 9th Street, Boise, ID 249.0038

For women who love to look and feel their best, Dr. Madeline offers nature's gentlest tools to help:
-Restore (Menopause/Fertility/Pregnancy)
-Renew (Detox, Weight, Thyroid, Digestion) and
-Heal (Headaches, Neck and Back Pain, Carpal Tunnel).

Boise Co-op Members receive a special invite:
One 30-minute New Client Consult for the discount fee of $25.00*
(*Offer not valid for Medicare or 3rd Party)

Gift Certificates available.

Welcome!

For more information on Dr. Madeline's awards, press, research projects and background, visit Linkedin.

FERTILITY AND CHIROPRACTIC CARE

For chiropractors seeking to contact Dr. Madeline regarding chiropractic and fertility, the best way to connect is via e-mail:

drmadelinebehrendtdc@gmail.com

I look forward to hearing from you!

SPINE CHART - INSIDER'S GUIDE TO FANTASTIC NERVE FUNCTION

There's a lot of action in your spine!

For everyone who wants to be well, here's an insider's guide to fantastic nerve function:
Did you know the spine has 26 movable segments?
-5 cervical bones (neck)
-12 thoracic (upper and mid back)
-5 lumbar (lower back)
-the sacrum (with 5 fused segments)
-and coccyx (this also has 5 fused segments).

The spine acts as the protective "highway" where nerves travel, sending messages from the brain to the body, and from the body back up to the brain. Here are the intimate details of function (F) and effects (E) at each spinal level:

CERVICAL SPINE
1) C1 (Atlas)
(F) Provides Blood supply to the head, pituitary gland, scalp, bones of the face, brain, inner and middle ear + sympathetic nervous system.
(E) Headaches, migraine headaches, nervousness, insomnia, head colds, high blood pressure, amnesia, chronic tiredness, dizziness/vertigo.
2) C2 (Axis)
(F) Eyes, optic nerves, auditory nerves, sinuses, mastoid bones, tongue, forehead.
(E) Sinus trouble, allergies, crossed eyes, deafness, eye troubles, earache, fainting spells.
3) C3
(F) Cheeks, outer ear, face bones, teeth, trifacial nerve.
(E) Neuralgia, neuritis, acne/pimples, eczema.
4) C4
(F) Nose, lips, mouth, eustachian tube.
(E) Hay fever, hearing loss, adenoids.
5) C5
(F) Vocal cords, neck glands, pharnyx.
(E) Laryngitis, hoarseness, throat conditions (s0re throat).
6) C6
(F) Neck muscles, shoulders, tonsils.
(E) Stiff neck, pain in upper arm, tonsilitis, whooping cough, croup.
7) C7
(F) Thyroid gland, bursae in the shoulders, elbows.
(E) Bursitis, colds, thyroid conditions.

THORACIC SPINE
1) T1
(F) Arms from elbows down (including hands, wrists, fingers), esophagus and trachea.
(E) Asthma, cough, difficult breathing, shortness of breath, pain in lower arms/hands.
2) T2
(F) Heart, arteries.
(E) Functional heart conditions and certain chest conditions.
3) T3
(F) Lungs, bronchial tubes, chest, breast.
(E) Bronchitis, pneumonia, congestion, influenza.
4) T4
(F) Gall Bladder, common duct.
(E) Gall bladder conditions, jaundice, shingles.
5) T5
(F) Liver, solar plexus, blood.
(E) Liver conditions, fevers, low blood pressure, anemia, poor circulation, arthritis.
6) T6
(F) Stomach.
(E) Stomach troubles, indigestion, heartburn, dyspepsia.
7) T7
(F) Pancreas, duodenum.
(E) Ulcers, gastritis.
8) T8
(F) Spleen, diaphragm.
(E) Hiccoughs, lowered resistance.
9) T9
(F) Adrenal and supra-renal glands.
(E) Allergies, hives.
10) T10
(F) Kidneys.
(E) Kidney troubles, hardening of the arteries, chronic tiredness, nephritis.
11) T11
(F) Kidneys, ureters.
(E) Skin conditions (boils).
12) T12
(F) Small intestines, lymph circulation.
(E) Rheumatism, gas pains, certain types of sterility.

LUMBAR SPINE
1) L1
(F) Large intestines, inguinal rings.
(E) Constipation, colitis, diarrhea, some ruptures or hernias.
2) L2
(F) Appendix, abdomen, upper leg.
(E) Cramps, difficult breathing, acidosis, varicose veins.
3) L3
(F) Sex organs, uterus, bladder, knees.
(E) Bladder troubles, menstrual troubles (painful or irregular periods), miscarriages, bed wetting, impotency, change of life symptoms, many knee pains.
4) L4
(F) Prostate gland, muscles of the lower back, sciatic nerve.
(E) Sciatica, lumbago, difficult, painful or too frequent urination, backaches.
5) L5
(F) Lower legs, ankles, feet.
(E) Poor circulation in the legs, swollen ankles, weak ankles and arches, cold feet, weakness in the legs, leg cramps.

SACRUM
(F) Fused segments 1-5: Hip bones, buttocks.
(E) Sacro-iliac conditions, spinal curvatures.

COCCYX
(F) Fused segments 1-5: Rectum, anus.
(E) Hemorrhoids, pruitis (itching), pain at end of spine when sitting.

Isn't the body cool? Take care of your spine and take it to a pro who knows how to help you take care of it.

Be Spine Tingling,
Dr. Madeline Behrendt, D.C.
For information and education only.
drmadelinebehrendtdc@gmail.com

DIRECTIONS TO BOISE OFFICE

C.A.R.E. 200, P.A. is located in the heart of Boise's North End at 664 North 9th Street,
the corner of 9th Street and West Franklin.

From the North End, driving down 9th Street, we are 2 blocks SOUTH of the Boise Co-op (Hays then West Franklin).

On 9th Street, we are just before BOISE HIGH (watch out for student drivers), on the opposite side of the street.

Mapquest Directions from Capitol Blvd/State Street are listed at the end of this post.


*****LOCATION TIPS
-There is no building number, address refers to the individual office suite.

-The building is at the corner of 9th and West Franklin (south west).

-It is beautiful red brick.

-It is a multi-use North End building that has apartments street level and above, with office suites located down the stairs in a courtyard (C.A.R.E. 200, P.A. is on the right side).

-If you do not use stairs, please advise and we will provide directions to an alternate entrance.

PARKING
You may park on 9th Street or West Franklin for upto 1 1/2 hours, no fee during September through May. During the summer months there is no time restriction.

If you park further away there are meters.


MAPQUEST
http://www.mapquest.com/maps?1c=Boise&1s=ID&1a=100+S+Capitol+Blvd&1z=83702-5901&1y=US&1l=43.61505&1g=-116.202259&1v=ADDRESS&2c=Boise&2s=ID&2a=664+North+9th+Street

Be Spine Tingling,
Dr. Madeline Behrendt
For education and information only.
iwomenfilm@gmail.com

IDAHO CHIROPRACTORS and NUTRITION: Scope of Practice

For readers interested in information about how Chiropractors are licensed to utilize nutrition in caring for clients, following are 2 excerpts:
1) from the Chiropractic Practice Act and
2) from the Rules from the Idaho Chiropractic Board on Scope of Practice.

1) TITLE 54
PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
CHAPTER 7

CHIROPRACTIC PRACTICE ACT

54-704.Chiropractic practice. Chiropractic practice and procedures which may be employed by physicians are as follows:
(1) The system of specific adjustment or manipulation of the articulations and tissues of the body; the investigation, examination and clinical diagnosis of conditions of the human body and the treatment of the human body by the application of manipulative, manual, mechanical, physiotherapeutic or clinical nutritional methods and may include the use of diagnostic X-rays.



2) IDAHO ADMINISTRATIVE CODE IDAPA 24.03.01 - Rules of the State Board Bureau of Occupational Licenses of Chiropractic Physicians Page 3 IAC 2008

020.SCOPE OF PRACTICE (RULE 20).
Clinical nutritional methods as referenced in Section 54-704, Idaho Code, include, but are not limited to the clinical use, administration, recommendation, compounding, prescribing, selling, and distributing vitamins, minerals, botanical medicine, herbals, homeopathic, phytonutrients, antioxidants, enzymes, and glandular extracts, durable and non-durable medical goods and devices in all their forms. (4-2-08)

Full text is available at the website of the Idaho State Board of Chiropractic Physicians: http://ibol.idaho.gov/chi.htm

Be Spine Tingling,
Dr. Madeline Behrendt, D.C.
For education and information only.
249.0038.