The big question surrounding this flu season - especially with all the fear out there about new and stronger strains of flues including the Swine flu, etc. - is "Flu shot or no flu shot?" What should we do?
Obviously, each person has to make their own decision for themselves and for their family after consulting with their physicians. However, I felt compelled to write this blog to give you another possible option to consider before making up your mind about resorting to the flu shot this season.
Prevention, as a health care philosophy in this country has traditionally been a tough sell. Westerners have been slow to take a more proactive roll in their health to the same degree that people from Asia and the Far East have done for centuries. Mostly, we have somehow bought into the 'if it ain't broke - don't fix it' way thinking that thought it was better to live our lives as 'full out' as possible, never caring too much about taking the necessary steps toward keeping our bodies healthy. And instead, placing more concern and financial investment into our 'back-up' system of 'health insurance' to pay for whatever health problems we might encounter in the future - but with no real belief that we would ever get sick or injured ourselves! That only happens to other unfortunate people! Right?
Well, as the cost of treating sickness has skyrocketed in the past 20 years, that reactive way of thinking has now become less and less affordable to most Americans. Moreover, as the 'bugs' that can 'get' us have become more virulent, many people have started to open their minds ... and their pocket books ... to alternative or complimentary methods for preventing sickness and proactively staying well. In fact, it is estimated by top economists like Paul Zane Pilzer in his book, The Next Trillion, that by this coming year, Americans - led by the 'baby boomers' - will be spending one trillion dollars on products and services that prevent sickness and help keep them well!
As a physical therapist, performance enhancement specialist and wellness consultant, I've joined the ranks of health care professionals who support the movement for integrative and complementary 'wellcare'. I believe that we can and should take greater proactive responsibility for our own health and wellness. I believe that each person (family) should take a page from the global leaders in total health ... Japan ... and establish a 'well care' team composed of the full range health care and well care experts including medical doctors, psychologists, physical therapists, and nutrition counselors to name a few. We should meet with our team and design a specific plan for staying healthy starting with a philosophy and definition of total wellness that includes a balance in five key areas called the '5 Pillars of Health':
1) Mind
2) Body
3) Family
4) Society
5) Finances
In addition to regular check-ups including 'early-detection' diagnostic testing, our prevention plan should also develop specific strategies for our diet, exercise, stress-management and recovery, and body structural rebalancing. Professional guidance and support should be provided for proper sleep quality, hydration quality, and other essential elements for creating a 'wellness home' and/or office environment ... the places where we spend the most time ... to provide our total, natural 'energy' needs that will help keep us well.
In the Spring of 1994, I got very sick. I was confined to my bed and missed two weeks of work with severe nausea, headaches, body aches, high temperature and body sweats. It turned out that I had a severe sinus infection that ultimately was helped with medicine, rest and time. For a while, however, I thought that I was going to die. I had no real warnings ... no indications, that I was aware of ... from previous symptoms or smaller-degree sinus problems to indicate that this terrible problem was coming. Everything seemed just fine - totally normal - even one day before the sickness started. But when it started, it knocked me immediately off my feet! It is an experience I'll never forget!
But, the silver lining to the story is that, I survived! Plus, in surviving, I came out of this nightmarish experience with a totally different, enhanced appreciation for feeling well and functioning normally. The truth is, when I was in bed, sweating like the Devil, and not knowing what was happening to me, I felt extremely helpless, totally dependent on others, and I was scared!
It is amazing what a stressful, traumatic event in a person's life can do to promote needed changes. I began asking questions and doing research from a variety of health and wellness experts to gather information about how I could do everything humanly possible to prevent this from ever happening to me again! I didn't want to be sick, helpless, and afraid ... any more!
The results? At 53 years of age, I can now honestly share with you the good news that I have never been sick, even for one day, in the past nearly 16 years! No colds, no flues, no headaches, no sinus infections, no medicines of any kind, no missed days of work, no helplessness, no fears, and no doctor visits - other than for my regular 'well care' checkups with my wellness team.
I have successfully been able to optimize my immune system by enhancing my energy support environment both in my home and my office. I have proactively invested both time and money to support my personal and family's total health and wellness objectives. I have adopted the more 'Eastern' concept of 'wellness' being defined as the complete, synergistic balance in the '5 Pillars of Health' - healthy mind, body, family, society and finances. I now leverage state-of -the-art wellness and energy-support technologies that provide sufficient quality and quantity sleep, air, water, nutrition and fitness. I am healthier, have more energy, feel better and accomplish more at 53 than I did when I was 35! What a difference this approach has made in my life...and my family's too!
For me, I have been able to take back the control of my health and answer the question, "Flu shot or no flu shot this season?" I can answer with a definite, "No!" My energy system is completely supporting a bullet-proof immune system function. It really would not matter what 'bug' I would be exposed to any more. I no longer can get sick! After all, it is very well known that bacteria, viruses and germs don't really make us sick - but weak immune systems do!
Therefore, if you want to stay healthy, reduce the fear of getting sick and take back control of your own personal and/or family wellness - forever- then I suggest you create a proactive, customized total wellness plan. I'm sure that I did!
For more information about the specifics of my plan or to discuss how you could develop a comprehensive wellness plan for yourself, please contact me at Paul@CallawayGolfFitness.com .
Obviously, each person has to make their own decision for themselves and for their family after consulting with their physicians. However, I felt compelled to write this blog to give you another possible option to consider before making up your mind about resorting to the flu shot this season.
Prevention, as a health care philosophy in this country has traditionally been a tough sell. Westerners have been slow to take a more proactive roll in their health to the same degree that people from Asia and the Far East have done for centuries. Mostly, we have somehow bought into the 'if it ain't broke - don't fix it' way thinking that thought it was better to live our lives as 'full out' as possible, never caring too much about taking the necessary steps toward keeping our bodies healthy. And instead, placing more concern and financial investment into our 'back-up' system of 'health insurance' to pay for whatever health problems we might encounter in the future - but with no real belief that we would ever get sick or injured ourselves! That only happens to other unfortunate people! Right?
Well, as the cost of treating sickness has skyrocketed in the past 20 years, that reactive way of thinking has now become less and less affordable to most Americans. Moreover, as the 'bugs' that can 'get' us have become more virulent, many people have started to open their minds ... and their pocket books ... to alternative or complimentary methods for preventing sickness and proactively staying well. In fact, it is estimated by top economists like Paul Zane Pilzer in his book, The Next Trillion, that by this coming year, Americans - led by the 'baby boomers' - will be spending one trillion dollars on products and services that prevent sickness and help keep them well!
As a physical therapist, performance enhancement specialist and wellness consultant, I've joined the ranks of health care professionals who support the movement for integrative and complementary 'wellcare'. I believe that we can and should take greater proactive responsibility for our own health and wellness. I believe that each person (family) should take a page from the global leaders in total health ... Japan ... and establish a 'well care' team composed of the full range health care and well care experts including medical doctors, psychologists, physical therapists, and nutrition counselors to name a few. We should meet with our team and design a specific plan for staying healthy starting with a philosophy and definition of total wellness that includes a balance in five key areas called the '5 Pillars of Health':
1) Mind
2) Body
3) Family
4) Society
5) Finances
In addition to regular check-ups including 'early-detection' diagnostic testing, our prevention plan should also develop specific strategies for our diet, exercise, stress-management and recovery, and body structural rebalancing. Professional guidance and support should be provided for proper sleep quality, hydration quality, and other essential elements for creating a 'wellness home' and/or office environment ... the places where we spend the most time ... to provide our total, natural 'energy' needs that will help keep us well.
In the Spring of 1994, I got very sick. I was confined to my bed and missed two weeks of work with severe nausea, headaches, body aches, high temperature and body sweats. It turned out that I had a severe sinus infection that ultimately was helped with medicine, rest and time. For a while, however, I thought that I was going to die. I had no real warnings ... no indications, that I was aware of ... from previous symptoms or smaller-degree sinus problems to indicate that this terrible problem was coming. Everything seemed just fine - totally normal - even one day before the sickness started. But when it started, it knocked me immediately off my feet! It is an experience I'll never forget!
But, the silver lining to the story is that, I survived! Plus, in surviving, I came out of this nightmarish experience with a totally different, enhanced appreciation for feeling well and functioning normally. The truth is, when I was in bed, sweating like the Devil, and not knowing what was happening to me, I felt extremely helpless, totally dependent on others, and I was scared!
It is amazing what a stressful, traumatic event in a person's life can do to promote needed changes. I began asking questions and doing research from a variety of health and wellness experts to gather information about how I could do everything humanly possible to prevent this from ever happening to me again! I didn't want to be sick, helpless, and afraid ... any more!
The results? At 53 years of age, I can now honestly share with you the good news that I have never been sick, even for one day, in the past nearly 16 years! No colds, no flues, no headaches, no sinus infections, no medicines of any kind, no missed days of work, no helplessness, no fears, and no doctor visits - other than for my regular 'well care' checkups with my wellness team.
I have successfully been able to optimize my immune system by enhancing my energy support environment both in my home and my office. I have proactively invested both time and money to support my personal and family's total health and wellness objectives. I have adopted the more 'Eastern' concept of 'wellness' being defined as the complete, synergistic balance in the '5 Pillars of Health' - healthy mind, body, family, society and finances. I now leverage state-of -the-art wellness and energy-support technologies that provide sufficient quality and quantity sleep, air, water, nutrition and fitness. I am healthier, have more energy, feel better and accomplish more at 53 than I did when I was 35! What a difference this approach has made in my life...and my family's too!
For me, I have been able to take back the control of my health and answer the question, "Flu shot or no flu shot this season?" I can answer with a definite, "No!" My energy system is completely supporting a bullet-proof immune system function. It really would not matter what 'bug' I would be exposed to any more. I no longer can get sick! After all, it is very well known that bacteria, viruses and germs don't really make us sick - but weak immune systems do!
Therefore, if you want to stay healthy, reduce the fear of getting sick and take back control of your own personal and/or family wellness - forever- then I suggest you create a proactive, customized total wellness plan. I'm sure that I did!
For more information about the specifics of my plan or to discuss how you could develop a comprehensive wellness plan for yourself, please contact me at Paul@CallawayGolfFitness.com .
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