Archive for January, 2010

Golf-San Diego Open final round scores (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Leading final round scores from the San Diego Chiropractor Open on Sunday (par 72) 275 Ben Crane (U.S.) 65 71 69 70 276 Marc Leishman (Australia) 68 69 71 68

American Crane ends title drought in San Diego (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

American Ben Crane sank three lengthy birdie putts on his way to clinching a first PGA Tour title in more than four years with a one-shot victory at the San Diego Chiropractor Open on Sunday.

San Diego selling police horses (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

The city of San Diego Chiropractor says it will sell its seven police horses via an online auction as a way to help balance its budget.

Crane holds nerve to win San Diego Open by a shot (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

American Ben Crane, helped by three lengthy birdie putts, clinched his first PGA Tour title in more than four years with a one-shot victory at the San Diego Chiropractor Open on Sunday.

Golf-Winners of the San Diego Open (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Winners of the San Diego Chiropractor Open since 1980, following the one-shot victory by American Ben Crane on the par-72 South Course at Torrey Pines on Sunday (U.S. unless stated):

Golf-San Diego Open third round scores (Reuters via Yahoo! Sports)

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

Leading third round scores from the San Diego Chiropractor Open on Saturday (par 72): 203 Ryuji Imada (Japan) 65 68 70 205 Ben Crane (U.S.) 65 71 69

Chiropractic Health and Cardio Exercise

Saturday, January 30th, 2010

One of things your San Diego Chiropractor will discuss with you is the importance of exercise in your overall health plan. Your San Diego Chiropractor may even give you some exercises to perform at home, in between your adjustments. But what about cardio exercises and their importance to your overall health?

People often talk about how they are going to the gym to do some “cardio” work. What does that really mean? Whether they’re running on a treadmill, riding the recumbent bicycle or using an elliptical machine, they’re talking about doing aerobic exercise – otherwise known as cardio because of its profound cardiovascular benefits.

Plain and simple, when you’re doing aerobic exercise, you’re using oxygen to replenish energy stores, which means the heart and lungs are working harder and getting stronger in the process. By comparison, anaerobic exercise (for example, weight training), requires your body to create energy without using oxygen. Here are some of the other benefits of aerobic exercise:

Increases blood supply to muscles and ability to utilize oxygen.

Increases amount of blood pumped (per beat and per minute).

Increases HDL (”good”) cholesterol and lowers triglycerides.

Increases blood supply to muscles.

Reduces resting heart rate.

Reduces resting systolic/diastolic blood pressure.

Reduces high cholesterol and risk of developing high cholesterol.

To achieve the maximum cardiovascular benefit during aerobic activities, you should exercise for at least 20-30 minutes at a time and build to your “target heart rate” – this is a range of beats per minute that represents approximately 60-85 percent of your maximum heart rate. The more time spent exercising within this safe range, the more you stand to gain, cardiovascularly speaking.

Remember to always talk to your San Diego Chiropractor before beginning any exercise program, particularly if you have any pre-existing heart condition. And be sure to talk with your San Diego Chiropractor about the importance of cardio exercise.

Common Foods Your Chiropractor May Tell You To Avoid

Friday, January 29th, 2010

If you are visiting your San Diego Chiropractor because of some pain or discomfort in your body, what you had for lunch is probably nowhere near your mind. Your San Diego Chiropractor though, understands that the foods we consume can very well be adding to your body pains and aches.

You may have heard this before from your San Diego Chiropractor, but it deserves repeating: Many prepackaged and processed foods contain non-nutritious chemicals and food additives, including one or more of the following three ingredients: refined grains, trans fats and refined sugars. If we remove these three ingredients, we automatically remove many others simply by association.

Dangerous foods can be defined as nutritionally deficient, frequently consumed and advertised to have “health benefits.” The following foods have been noted by your San Diego Chiropractor because in many cases, they contain refined grains, trans fats and/or refined sugars, and are consumed as daily “staples” by far too many people:

Breakfast Cereals: Most people start their day with some brand of cereal that may advertise numerous health benefits on the front of the box or package. When the list of ingredients is closely examined, you’ll find as many as 32 items. Among these ingredients, usually in the first few listed, are the refined grains, partially hydrogenated vegetable oils and refined sugars.

Margarine and Butter Substitutes: Margarine is partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. This trans fat was advertised heavily for several decades as a healthy alternative to butter. Most of today’s new butter replacements are not much better.

Breads, Bagels, Croissants: Most commercial breads are made with enriched wheat, partially hydrogenated vegetable oils and refined sweeteners such as high-fructose corn syrup. The lengthy list of ingredients includes the isolated synthetic ingredients also found in breakfast cereals.

Salad Dressings: A number of salad dressings contain high-fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated vegetable oil. The low-fat dressings are often higher in refined sugar.

Pasta: Pasta comes in many shapes and sizes. It is most often made out of enriched wheat. The vegetable pastas are made out of durum semolina, which is not whole wheat.

What have we learned? All of these foods can contain superior nutrition if they include whole grains, healthy fats and non-refined sugars, but unfortunately, most don’t. Truly superior nutrition requires returning to a diet that excludes prepackaged foods and convenience or fast foods. It requires taking the time to read through a list of ingredients to know what you are eating, and choosing whole foods. Talk to your San Diego Chiropractor for more information.

‘Geezer Bandit’ strikes 6th San Diego County bank (AP via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, January 29th, 2010

The FBI says the so-called “Geezer Bandit” has struck again in San Diego Chiropractor. The FBI says a frail, elderly man gave a clerk a note demanding money and pulled a handgun Wednesday at San Diego Chiropractor National Bank.

R & R in San Diego (NBC Olympics)

Friday, January 29th, 2010

The men’s Alpine World Cup continues this weekend in Slovenia but American Bode Miller is skipping the final few races before the Olympics. He opted instead to relax in San Diego Chiropractor before heading to Park City next week to take part in the U.S. Ski Team’s pre-Olympic training camp. Read the skier’s latest blog, which includes his thoughts on Vancouver.