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Most Patriotic Time of Year.

Indeed, it has mirrored political tumult and changes closely throughout the history of the United States.

Much like Memorial Day, With Flag Day in between Independence Day had a slow start.

Memorial Day

Few know that Memorial Day originated during the Civil War era. First called Decoration Day, this day was set aside for veterans, families, and civilians to decorate the grave sites of soldiers and servicemen they wished to honor and remember. Believed to be established around 1868, Decoration Day was first suggested by a veteran fraternity, called the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR).  Historical accounts state that GAR wanted a nationally observed holiday for veterans to attend ceremonies and remembrance services without losing a day’s wage.   

It wasn’t until nearly 100 years later and long after World War I and II that legislation was passed to put uniformity around national holidays. In 1968, the “National Holiday Act” touched on a broad list of celebrated days and prompted national holiday observances to be on Mondays. This is when Decoration Day became Memorial Day. To give more credibility to the holiday, Congress deemed that Memorial Day would be set aside for all war veterans who had died, not only those from the Civil War. This distinction took a couple of years; therefore, Memorial Day didn’t become an official national holiday until 1971. 

We celebrate Memorial Day by visiting grave sites, memorials and attending parades to honor the many military lives lost.

 

Independence Day

Following on the heels of Memorial Day is Independence Day or July 4th. Commonly associated with the military due to the military guns and cannons often fired on this day, Independence Day is not military affiliated. The shots often heard are gun salutes to represent the original thirteen founding colonies. Independence Day is the day the thirteen colonies (the United States) declared independence from Great Britain. More importantly, July 4, 1776 is the day the Declaration of Independence was signed.

Many speculate that the deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on July 4th, 1826 sparked a resurgence in the importance of the day. But, it took nearly another 50 years, in 1870, for the holiday to be officially recognized by Congress. This holiday is celebrated with picnics, fireworks, the American flag, and lots of family time &  favorite BBQ recipes.

You probably know what the American flag looks like today.

But did you know that the design of the American flag has evolved over the years? 

The flag of the United States of America has gone through 27 different iterations, and plays a big part in the lives of Americans and American culture. Here are some interesting and fun facts to know about the iconic Stars and Stripes. 9 Amazing Facts About The American Flag!.

It was adopted in 1777

Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the American flag on June 14, 1777. The first official version of the flag (1777) displayed 13 stripes and 13 stars, for the 13 original colonies.

More stars than stripes

For a while, the U.S. added stripes and stars to the flag when welcoming new states. When Kentucky and Vermont joined the union, the flag took on two more stars from the original, so that from 1795 to 1818, 15 stripes and 15 stars graced the flag. Anticipating a crowded field of stripes, lawmakers decided to honor each new state with a star, and leave the stripes at the original 13, after 1818.

It was designed by a high school student

The current flag, with 50 stars and 13 stripes, was designed in 1958 by 17-year-old high school student, Robert G. Heft, of Lancaster, Ohio 

President Dwight D. Eisenhower chose his design out of 1,500 entries.

Red, white, and blue

The colors of the flag have important meanings. Red symbolizes hardiness and valor, white symbolizes purity and innocence, and blue represents vigilance, perseverance and justice.

Maintenance of the flag

If a flag can no longer be used or repaired, it must be destroyed in a respectful manner, such as by burning. It can be washed and dry cleaned if it gets dirty or if it touches the ground and is soiled.

Sleep-wake schedule

According to Federal flag laws and regulations, the flag should be displayed from sunrise to sunset, except during inclement weather. It may be displayed 24 hours a day as long as it’s “properly illuminated” while it’s dark out.

Presidential proclamations and laws authorize the display of the flag 24 hours a day at the following places:

• Fort McHenry, National Monument and Historic Shrine, Baltimore, Maryland
• Flag House Square, Baltimore, Maryland.
• United States Marine Corps Memorial (Iwo Jima), Arlington, Virginia.
• On the Green of the Town of Lexington, Massachusetts.
• The White House, Washington, D.C.
• United States customs ports of entry.
• Grounds of the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge State Park, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin Place American Flag On The Moon.

In July 1969, Neil Armstrong placed the first U.S. flag on the moon, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, the first manned landing. Five more Apollo moon landings—from missions 12, 14, 15, 16, and 17—resulted in five more flags being planted on the surface of the moon.

The proper way to view a flag on display during a parade or review (except for people in uniform) is by facing the flag with your right hand over your heart, according to Federal flag laws and regulations. The same goes for when you witness the flag being raised or lowered as part of a ceremony.

Old Glory origins

Old Glory was the nickname of a specific U.S. Flag — that owned by sea captain William Driver. He was given the flag by his mother and other women in his hometown of Salem. He named it Old Glory upon seeing it flying on his ship’s mast in 1831, and continued to display it outside his home. The name later went on to become synonymous with any American flag

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Betsy Ross is widely credited with designing the first American flag, but there is almost no evidence to support that claim. It’s true that she sewed a lot of flags. However, the fact that she created the first American flag is supported only by records from her own grandson in 1870, almost 100 years after the flag debuted, when he presented the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia with affidavits from his own family members as evidence.

Flag Day

The first American flag design was approved by Congress on June 14, 1777. It had 13 stripes, which represented the original 13 colonies of the United States. On May 30, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a presidential proclamation establishing Flag Day as the anniversary of the Flag Resolution. On August 3, 1949, President Truman signed an Act of Congress that designated June 14 of each year as National Flag Day. 

But as the USA rapidly expanded after the colonial period, and as new states were added, the flag had to evolve along with the changing composition of the country. Between 1777 and 1960, Congress passed multiple acts that changed the design of the flag to reflect new realities as new states were admitted.

It was too cluttered to add new stripes for every state, so it was decided that the number of stripes would stay the same—13 for the 13 original colonies. The new states would be reflected in the number of stars in the box in the top left corner of the flag.

During the Civil War, the states of the Confederacy stopped flying the American flag and instead designed and flew their own flag, the Confederate Battle Flag.

 And did you know that there is a significance to the American colors used in the flag? Red represents hardiness and valor, while white stands for purity and blue for perseverance and justice.

The flag has inspired not only much controversy but also artists, from Jasper Johns to Francis Scott Key, who composed the famous “Star Spangled Banner” after watching the huge 1814 garrison flag survive the shelling of Fort McHenry by the British, which went on for over 24 hours. The flag that inspired Key’s song is under intensive conservation efforts by the National Museum of American History to preserve it.

Americans have also taken their flag abroad and, famously, to outer space; in 1969, Neil Armstrong placed the American flag on the moon. Barry Bishop set the flag on the top of Mt. Everest in 1963, and Robert Peary put it on the North Pole in 1909.

The flag is usually lowered at sunset and often to half-mast when a beloved public figure dies. But there are a few places where the flag always flutters, including the United States Marine Corps War Memorial (better known as the Iwo Jima Memorial) in Arlington, Virginia, and the White House.

So, the next time you see the flag, stop and consider how much history it represents.

 

Wild turkey versus Bald eagle …

For such a seemingly simple bird, the turkey carries with it some surprisingly heavy symbolic baggage. The turkey is undeniably tied with the American experience. It’s the bird most Americans readily associate with Thanksgiving and Christmas; both holidays when families travel across the country to gather around the table and share.

What might be somewhat surprising for those who haven’t heard is that the founding father Benjamin Franklin supposedly wanted the turkey to be the national symbol of the United States of America. According to the popular legend, Franklin advocated for the turkey instead of the Bald Eagle but was unable to convince others of adopting the humble bird as the national symbol.

So, is this myth about Benjamin Franklin and the turkey true? It seems that the answer lies with an oversimplification of words in a letter that Franklin once wrote to his daughter, Sarah. In this letter, Franklin suggests that the bald eagle is “of bad moral character,” and that the country would be much better served by the turkey as its symbol.

Here is the portion of the letter, provided by The Franklin Institute’s website.“For my own part I wish the Eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree near the river, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the Fishing Hawk; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the Eagle pursues him and takes it from him.

With all this injustice, he is never in a good situation but like those among men who live by sharpening & robbing he is generally poor and often very lousy. Besides he is a rank coward: The little King Bird not bigger than a Sparrow attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America who have driven all the King birds from our country…

I am on this account not displeased that the figure is not known as an Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the truth the Turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and with a true original native of America . . . He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his farm yard with a red coat on.”

Ben Franklin’s Other Ideas
His 1775 letter in the Pennsylvania Journal made a good case for the Rattlesnake as an appropriate symbol of “the temper and conduct of America.”

In 1776, Franklin’s official suggestion while on the first Great Seal committee was an historic scene with Moses and Pharaoh, which that committee recommended for the reverse side of the Great Seal.

Three other kinds of birds were suggested by William Barton of the third committee: a rooster, a dove, and a “phoenix in flames.”

“Because of their size, bald eagles are not concerned about threats from other birds. However, eagles are often chased by smaller birds, who are trying to protect their young. . . It was Benjamin Franklin’s observations of a bald eagle either ignoring or retreating from such mobbing that probably led to his claim of the bald eagle’s lack of courage.” ( American Bald Eagle Information)

From context, it seems clear that Franklin wasn’t making a joke.

Instead of making an actual suggestion, he was merely pointing out that in his mind, the eagle symbol looked like a turkey, joking that the turkey would be a more suitable bird anyway.  Bald Eagle or Wild Turkey?

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If you’ve ever seen pros cross the finish line and visibly struggle to straighten up and stretch their spine to a normal upright position, you know that lower back pain from cycling is common across all ranks. In fact, a survey of more than 100 pro cyclists during training camps published in 2010 showed that back pain accounted for the majority—45 percent—of aches and pains. Surveys of recreational cyclists show about one-third battle back pain now and again.

“Back pain is very common in cyclists and can arise from many different root causes, including bike fit, training history, personal health issues, riding style, and what you do during your daily life off the bike,” says Matthew Silvis, M.D., medical director of primary care sports medicine at Penn State Hershey Medical Group in Palmyra, PA, who specializes in the care of injured endurance athletes. To fight—and win—the battle with lower back pain, you need to address it on all of those fronts. Here’s how.

Dial in Your Fit

“The first place to look is your bike fit,” says Silvis. “I spend a lot of office visit time educating my patients about bike fit. Very often, adjustments resolve the problem and prevent it from recurring.” Specifically, a bike setup that is too long for you can cause an aching back by forcing you to be too stretched out. Assuming your bike is the correct size for you, that could mean a stem that is too long, a saddle that’s too far back, and/or a handlebar that’s too low.

Fast fix: You want to be set up so you can comfortably reach your bars from an upright position and so your elbows have a slight bend when you’re in the riding position. Try a shorter, high-rise stem. Add spacers under your stem. Check your saddle setback (though don’t bring it all the way forward; that’s bad for your knees). If you spend a lot of time in the drops, consider a bar with a shallower drop. If you spend a lot of time in the saddle or are prone to back pain, a professional fit is definitely in order.

Work Your Core

“A lot of people I see miss their core entirely during training. That’s a big problem because as a cyclist, you use your core muscles to generate power and control the movement of your bicycle,” says Silvis. “When your core is relatively weak, you’ll get fatigue and back strain and pain much sooner than someone who is better conditioned in their lumbar spine area.”

You want to particularly focus on the “inner unit” of the core—the muscles that attach to the lowest vertebra (known as L5), namely the transverse abdominis (the deepest ab muscles that wrap horizontally around your midsection like a corset) and multifidus (the muscles running vertically along your spine). These muscles act as an anchor to stabilize you in the saddle.

In a study published in 2015 in the Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, researchers compared the strength of these muscles in a group of mountain bikers with and without lower back pain. The difference between the riders: The riders with pain had less-developed transverse abdominals and lumbar multifidus spinae, so they had less lower back endurance.

Fast fix: Perform core exercises that target your inner unit. Aim for 2 sets of 15 reps three days a week.

Reverse Crunch

Lie faceup with arms at your side and feet off the floor with knees bent so shins are parallel to the floor. Inhale and draw your abs in as you lift your hips off the floor, curl your pelvis to your ribcage, and knees toward your chest. Pause, then exhale and return to the starting position.

Bird Dog

Kneel on your hands and knees. Keep your back straight and your head and neck in line with your back. Extend your right arm and left leg out, bringing them up and in line with your back, or slightly higher than your trunk, if possible. Pause, squeezing your glute and back muscles to maintain balance. Bring your arm and leg back in and under you, touching elbow to knee. Return to the starting position, and repeat to the opposite side. Alternate for a full set on each side.

Don’t Forget Your Hips

“Often, the culprit is not the back, but the pelvis,” says Silvis. “You want to be able to sit on the saddle with proper pelvic positioning—a slight forward tilt—so you can maintain a neutral and not overly flexed spine.” Many cyclists have significant muscle imbalances and general immobility throughout their hip region in the form of dominant quads, weak outer glutes, and tight psoas (the muscle that attaches the lower spine to the femur and acts as a hip flexor). All of that can accumulate in poor pelvic positioning and lower back pain.

Fast fix: Stretch and foam roll all your lower body muscles regularly. Also, add this hip stability move to your repertoire three days a week to strengthen and stretch all the right places:

Fire Hydrant with Rotation

Kneel on your hands and knees. Keep your back straight and your head and neck in line with your back. Draw your navel toward your spine. Pull your left knee to your chest. Contract the left glute and lift the leg out to the side of your hip, like a dog marking a fire hydrant, then rotate back and around in a circle. Repeat for 5 to 6 rotations; then reverse direction for 5 to 6 rotations. Switch legs.

Ramp Up Your Riding Wisely

Sometimes back pain is just a matter of doing too much too soon, says Silvis. Because cycling is low impact it’s easy for us to get gung ho on the first nice days of the year and ride longer and harder than our supporting muscles are conditioned for. “Then you pay for that later…like the next ride,” he says.

Fast fix: Rein yourself in a bit and ramp up your riding in a progressive way, increasing your weekly mileage by no more than 20 to 25 percent. That’s especially important for your weekly long ride.

Change Positions Frequently

By definition, chronic injury like back pain is the result of repetitive, cumulative stress that leads to tissue damage. Sitting fixed in one position for hours on end increases that risk.

Fast fix: This is an easy one: Move around a little out there. Change positions from the tops to the hoods to the drops. Stand up out of the saddle and take a few pedal strokes. Scoot forward or back a bit on your seat. Give your body a break from the same position a few times an hour.

Going Up? Shift Down

Sitting and mashing a monster gear places undue stress on your back and fatigues your glutes and hamstrings, which can cause your pelvis to tilt backwards and put even more strain on your lumbar muscles, says Silvis.

Fast fix: Use your gears! Try to keep the load low enough so you can spin a cadence of around 80 rpm while you climb.

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Move More

“Many of the people I see have pain because they sit all day long and then hop on their bike, bringing their general tightness and stiffness along for the ride,” says Silvis.

Fast fix: Work is work, and you’ve got to be at a desk when you have to be at a desk, but if possible, manipulate your environment to put your body in motion more throughout the day. Request a convertible workstation that allows you to alternate between sitting and standing throughout the day; swap a stability ball for your office chair, and use your lunch time to get up and at least take a quick walk. “All those little movements add up to a big benefit for your back,” says Silvis.

What Patients Want to Know About Stress

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Subhead: How Well Do You Adapt to Stress?

Not all stress is bad. A 20-minute workout for a fit and trim 65-year old is good stress.

The same workout for an out-of-shape 35-year old would likely be bad stress!

Whether your body considers stress good or bad is largely a function of how well it can accommodate it.

Ultimately, this capacity is based on the condition of your nervous system.

Photo caption: Not all stress is bad! Our reaction to stress is based upon our conditioning and overall health.

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Headline: It’s Not the Stress – It’s Your Reaction to It That Matters!

Stress is part of everyday living. In fact, a stress-free life would be boring! Life is enjoyable when we have ample resources to experience and overcome the stresses we face.

Subhead: Physical Stress

A whiplash injury from a car accident is an obvious source of physical stress. As is repetitive motions, a slip and fall, lack of sleep or overdoing it in the garden. Early on, learning to walk, ride a bike and the birth process itself are sources of physical stress.  

Accumulated stress exhausts our reserves. Then, something as simple as mowing the lawn can put us over the edge. Chiropractic care helps restore your adaptive capacity.

Subhead: Emotional Stress

Fear, grief, anger and other emotions affect our entire body. Notice the posture of someone who is sad or depressed. Frustration, or a sense of powerlessness at work, is a common form of emotional stress.

Clearly, it’s not the stress, but our response to it that is critical. Chiropractic care, because its focus is to reduce tension to your nervous system, can help you respond more resourcefully.

Subhead: Chemical Stress

Common sources of chemical stress include poor nutrition, sugar, refined carbohydrates and unhealthy fats. Drugs, preservatives, tobacco, alcohol, vaccinations, pollen and a host of other substances affect our nervous system, muscle tone and our spine.

The problem isn’t the pollen or chemical. Because not everyone reacts. Symptoms can appear when you lose your ability to adapt. Chiropractic care has helped millions reduce or eliminate reactions to many types of chemical stress.

If you lack the reserves to adapt to stress in a healthy way, stress takes its toll. If your body reacts by “tripping a circuit breaker” and causing vertebral subluxation, chiropractic care is likely help.

Subhead: How can stress affect my spine?

Think of your spinal cord as a guitar string. The greater the tension, the higher the note. Your nervous system has “tone” as well. With each stressor, your body tightens up, like bracing yourself for a tight curve on a roller coaster. The weakest joints of your spine are forced out of their normal position. Like the shrill notes from an over-tightened string, your body loses its capacity to respond to the full range of human experience.
 
Subhead: Can chiropractic care solve all my stress?

Of course not. Much of the emotional stress we experience is largely self-induced. Imagine how much pain and suffering results from attaching inappropriate meanings to events in our lives. Or the constant burden we experience by not forgiving others. Stress is a natural part of life. Chiropractic care can’t eliminate stress, but it can help increase your capacity to accommodate it.

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Photo caption: Research suggests that many low back problems can be traced to sometimes hidden emotional issues.

Photo caption: Instead of fainting or going unconscious, think of a vertebral subluxation as a “tripped circuit breaker.”

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Safe and Natural

Your health affects everything you do and everyone you know. Whether your goal is to get well or to stay well, we’re here to help. As you see results, tell those you love about chiropractic. Explain how millions enjoy relief and better health by restoring the integrity of their nervous system with safe and natural chiropractic care.

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Stress is so common many patients take it for granted! 

Here’s a way to reveal the many causes of vertebral subluxation. 

Most patients don’t realize there are three types of stress. 

Most patients encounter stress so frequently they think it’s normal. 

Most patients don’t get the results they could because of their stressful lives. 

Except your patients! Place this one in your report room or adjusting area and help patients realize some of the most common physical, emotional and chemical stressors in their lives.

You might invite a patient over to your poster and ask, “How many sources of stress can you find?”

There are more than you think. We count at least 16 of them:

1. The physical stress of improper lifting.
2. The emotional stress of moving.
3. The physical stress of cradling the phone with a shoulder.
4. The emotional stress of having too many phones.
5. The physical stress of wearing high heel shoes.
6. The emotional stress of credit card debt.
7. The emotional stress of relationships (marriage).
8. The emotional stress of depression.
9. The chemical stress of coffee.
10. The chemical stress of artificial sweeteners.
11. The chemical stress of tobacco.
12. The chemical stress of prescription medications.
13. The chemical stress of vaccines.
14. The physical stress of an injection.
15. The chemical stress of alcohol.
16. The chemical stress of junk food.

If subluxation is the centerpiece of your practice, that’s great. Now, make the identification and reduction of the cause of subluxations the focus of your patient education! Here’s a wall graphic that can help you broach the subject.

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