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We love great stories! There is nothing quite like someone speaking from their heart, filled with emotion as they tell about their amazing personal experience. These are even more special and significant when they relate to one of the most precious gifts we have, our health.

So, if you are thinking about beginning care and you need a little ‘proof’ to help you make the call, have a look at just a sample of what just some of the members of Infinite Healing Arts Center have to say. You might even read about how someone’s life was affected by Network Spinal Analysis chiropractic care in ways that you had never considered.

This is how many people end up telling their friends, co-workers and other people about our office and the care we provide. We would like nothing more than to be able to post your story here someday and celebrate with you as you experience your life again, free of the aches, pains or frustrations you’ve felt for probably quite some time. We believe that sharing a personal story of success with Network Chiropractic (or any personal breakthrough) is one of the most inspiring things we can share with another person. At our Gilbert chiropractic office – Infinite Healing Arts – we are grateful that we are able to be a part of all of these individuals’ lives and we thank them for the courage to share their personal stories here with you.

“Don’t ask what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

~Walt Whitman

by staff on 21. Aug, 2009 in Benefits of Network Chiropractic Care, Healthy Living Principles, Network Chiropractic Philosophy

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Chiropractic Care Improves Heart Rate Variability

If you’re looking for more reasons to consider chiropractic care, then add improved heart rate variability (HRV)1 to the list. While many people (mistakenly) think of chiropractic as some form of back pain treatment, there are many more benefits. This recent evidence for improvements with heart rate variability is among several that highlight the role chiropractic can play on a more systemic or holistic way in your body.

Another study has come out recently that reports how chiropractic care can lower blood pressure and improve cardiac function. Again, you’re probably thinking ‘chiropractic and the heart, what’s that about?’ or something along those lines. You’re not alone, because many people have not been exposed to the truth about what chiropractic care is really all about.

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Chiropractic is for the optimum functioning of your nervous system.

In order to get how this premise and these recent cardiac studies relate, we’ll need to do a bit of physiology – just a bit, don’t worry. You see, the heart has an area that sets the beat. This area is a region of heart cells that fire an electrical charge that causes the other regions of the heart muscle to contract and perform its functions. This region is called the sino-atrial node (SA node).

What’s unique is that this area is under the regulation of the nervous system. Specifically, it is regulated by branches of the autonomic nervous system. This is the part that helps you digest your food, unconsciously helps you breathe, regulates hormone functions and a host of other important bodily system functions.

There are nerve fibers that feed this area in either a ‘up-regulating’ or ‘down-regulating’ fashion. We call these the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems, respectively. You could also think of them like a gas pedal and brake pedal. When our bodies are experiencing stressful states, the gas pedal is pressed, causing the heart rate (and blood pressure) to rise. When the stress is gone, the brake pedal (parasympathetic system) is active and heart rate and blood pressure drop.

What happens is that stress or tension that your body cannot properly adapt to will cause tension to build within your muscular and connective tissues, most notably those around the spine. Because of the way these tissues relate with the spinal cord and brain stem areas, this tension can lead to an alteration in regulation of the autonomic nervous system.

The answer lies not with simply trying medication in an attempt to somehow control these issues. The way to ultimately resolve this issue with the underlying tension on these tissues is with appropriate chiropractic care. When this underlying tension is addressed, a more variable and flexible state within your nervous system can manifest. This will allow your body functions to be at their best.

Dr. Michael Funicello is a Gilbert chiropractor who utilizes a gentle and effective approach known as Network Spinal Analysis to help his clients regulate their level of spinal and neural tension. This means that they have greater flexibility, adapt to stress and improve their life – all while being moree pain free. You can too!…all you have to do is contact us today.

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1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16690380

by staff on 13. Feb, 2012 in Benefits of Network Chiropractic Care

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Chiropractic Care Can Improve Cardiac Function and Blood Pressure

Just when you were starting to think you understood the benefits of chiropractic care, along come another study to throw a monkey wrench into your ideas. Because, the thing is, these studies are proving that chiropractic care has much more to offer than simple relief of neck or back problems. Yes, as it turns out, the science and research is finally coming to ‘catch up’ with what doctors of chiropractic have been saying and practicing for over 100 years!

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Chiropractic is about your nervous system. Period.

Simple but true.

It always has been, too. It’s just that it is easier to explain that the bones of your spine move and can become misaligned with respect to one another. This doesn’t change the fact that along with these spinal contour changes comes alterations in function of other tissues, organs and even brain function!

For the purposes of this article, we’ll be focusing on the relationship between chiropractic and cardiac function and blood pressure changes. Various chiropractic techniques have been demonstrated to show improved cardiovascular function as a result of appropriate chiropractic care.

What does this really mean? What we’re really saying is that by working with your spine, we affect the function of your nervous system. The nervous system is comprised of both up-regulating and down-regulating elements. Specifically, there are two branches of the autonomic nervous system, known as the sympathetic (up-regulating) and parasympathetic (down-regulating).

These work in harmony to keep your body in a state of dynamic balance. You can think of it like a gas pedal and a brake pedal. You need both for your body to function at its optimum. When your body is able to adapt effectively, because of a flexible and adaptable nervous system, your body feels and functions better.

As it pertains to cardiovascular health, the vagus nerve helps to regulate the sinus rhythm of your heart and this relates with the overall tone of your blood pressure. Of course, the kidneys, hormones and other pathology factors may lead to changes in cardiovascular function as well. Keep in mind, however, that the other organs and tissue systems also have nerve system input and regulation. It has also been shown that postural changes are associated with hormone function, breathing, heart rate and headaches.

In another article about heart rate variability, we’re discussing the benefits of chiropractic as well. Briefly, the idea is that when your heart rate has a more variable frequency, that this is a reflection of a more dynamic and adaptable nervous system.

It’s a similar end result in terms of what happens, increase health and well being, it just depends on what you’re looking at or measuring. In the case of cardiovascular health, blood pressure is often one of the measured variables. So, studies that show that chiropractic can lower blood pressure are the more published findings.

If you know anyone who is concerned about their blood pressure, cardiovascular health or is currently taking medication for same, but is looking for effective alternative approaches, have them contact our office. We’d be happy to introduce them to the care that we provide and see if appropriate chiropractic care can lower their blood pressure.

by staff on 01. Feb, 2012 in Benefits of Network Chiropractic Care

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How Does Network Spinal Analysis Work?

One of the most common questions people have when they begin care (whether or not they actually voice that concern to me) is ‘how does Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) work?’ In other words, how can such a gentle touch do anything to help your back pain, neck pain, headaches, fibromyalgia or other health concerns that you may be experiencing.

I want to help you understand how something so gentle – that involves none of the traditional manipulation associated with chiropractic – can create large changes in relatively short periods of time. That is, given the fact that you’ve likely been experiencing your pain or discomfort, tension and frustration for weeks to months, maybe even years, this gentle care can be amazingly effective – and rather quickly, in most cases!

Let’s define quickly for a moment, just to allay any misconception. Many people experience changes in their symptoms within the first few weeks to month of care. This is with several visits per week in the beginning of care. In some cases, yes, people experience relief in just a few visits. But, just the relief of pain does not indicate that we’ve fully addressed and dealt with your underlying factors that have lead to your pain in the first place.

This is what we’re really both after, isn’t it? After all, you don’t want to settle for just chasing your symptoms around, finding temporary relief, only to have it return again and again. This is why we see so many people leaving the traditional medical model behind. It’s an old way to address health and well-being.

The irony or ‘proof’, if you will, is that even Western medical practitioners are seeking alternative methods of health care for themselves and their OWN family. If we were seeing your doctor for care in our office, talked with them about their organic dietary choices, noticed that they were practicing yoga and the like, don’t you think it would be harder to accept their recommendation that YOU should take drugs, do physical therapy and get a surgical consult? Just something to think about.

Okay, here’s how it works in a nutshell…

The gentle touch that we use is all that is necessary to help cue your nervous system to create a connection with your brain. This ‘connection’ has to to do with the fact that when our bodies cannot adequately handle the stresses from life – physical, mental/emotional or biochemical – it creates a tightening. It tightens the tension being exerted on the nerve tissues of the spinal cord.

Because of how this tissue connects with your spine and other tissues surrounding it, your body will begin to tighten, creating more tension. This whole process is known as adverse mechanical (spinal) cord tension (AMCT) and was described in the 1970s by Dr. Alf Brieg. These models were then applied to the clinical application of Network Care to help explain how it is that such a light force can produce such a profound change in someone’s body.

This gentle touch or entrainment, as it is called, is applied to areas on the skin overlying areas of the spine where this tissue attaches to the spinal cord and spinal bones. The force cues the brain to create a change in physiology to unwind the tension – this occurs through a change in breath and subtle movement of the spine and related tissues.

As you progress in care, you will notice other changes occurring in your body, your health and your life. This is what all the research supporting Network Care shows and is reflected in my private practice since 1998.

So, that spinal degeneration that you’ve seen on your Xrays or the MRI findings showing those bulging discs of yours reflect the fact that this tension and the underlying reasons for your current pain have been going on for some time. Not to worry! You see, it’s never too late to get a handle on your health and well being.

To learn more about Dr. Michael J. Funicello, a chiropractor in Gilbert, AZ or to find out how we can help you, contact us today. Thank you.

by staff on 18. Jan, 2012 in Benefits of Network Chiropractic Care, Healthy Living Principles

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Dr. Demartini Is A Friend of This Gilbert Chiropractor

For decades, Dr. John DeMartini has championed the chiropractic principles of living well from the inside out. He has written several books and has been a big hit on the movie “The Secret”. He was interviewed on Fox TV and had some great insights to share about how to live a full and rewarding life.

You see, if you’ve read my office blog for any length of time, you’d notice that there are relationships between a healthy spine, a healthy life and a healthier and happier you. You might think this is a bit strange, I mean chiropractic is about your back, right? Only partly. What the spine is, is a conduit of information and your perception of how to experience the world around you.

If your body is flexible and free of interference between the connection of your brain and body, then you will have a greater potential for a fulfilling and healthier life. These chiropractic tenets and the philosophy that it represents is only now becoming more and more ‘mainstream’.

Avenues like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other ways of more easily sharing these types of stories, videos and information have greatly helped bring these principles to more and more people’s consciousness. In some respects, it is common sense. That is to say, we know that our bodies are self-healing, we understand that a positive attitude is important, but there are few disciplines that deliver on the promise of actually helping you achieve these things.

As a Gilbert chiropractor, I get to work with families all the time. Children respond very well to gentle Network Care because their developing nervous systems have an amazing ability to process new information. The care we provide to children and families helps kids to more effectively develop the internal strategies and resources to be sensitive, receptive and attuned observers within their own body and to the world around them. You might think of it like fine tuning an amazing instrument to then listen to the music that it brings to the world! Beautiful thing to behold!

I’m so grateful to be able to bring this care to my community and I hope that this video and book by my friend in chiropractic, Dr. Demartini, helps you to discover your inner health, well being and inspires you to manifest your destiny!

by staff on 13. Jan, 2012 in Healthy Living Principles

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Spinal Degeneration On Xray Time Lapse Video

You may have wondered how the spine actually changes shape or contour over time due to spinal tension and the demands placed upon it by life. A colleague of mine and chiropractor in Boulder, CO recently shared this video. It shows how the degenerative changes take place in the spine over time. Understand, these changes took place over years. Day to day, week to week and month to month, this individual did not likely appreciate any changes. However, over time, they did notice MANY changes to their quality of life and health.

Pay special attention to the spaces between the vertebrae – the disc spaces (dark) – as they become shorter in height. Notice how the spinal bones lose their smooth uniform shape around the edges to form more spurring and roughened sharp edges. Also, you’ll notice how the natural curve in the neck disappears and creates a more flattened and straightened appearance.

This video is demonstrating the changes that take place in the cervical spine (neck). These same types of changes occur in the mid-back and lower back as well. One thing to note is the fact that since the neck region is an area where the tissues of the spinal cord have ‘anchor points’ of connection with the bones of the spine, this is a critical area. These types of degenerative changes are very common with injuries that don’t heal, prolonged neck stiffness that isn’t addressed, chronic neck pain and upper back tension that are not cared for and more.

These changes can FEEL like less range of motion, a stiff or painful neck, headaches, tingling or numbness in the arms, hands or fingers – mimicking carpal tunnel syndrome. It could also present as upper back pain, a ‘hump’ in the upper back and a head carried forward on the shoulders posture.

What you’re seeing is simply the result of the types of physical, mental, emotional and biochemical stresses that we talk about in the office manifesting themselves as these long-term, degenerative changes to the spine. Understand, it isn’t postural problems that CAUSE these changes, it is a combination of the stressors just discussed.

Your posture is simply a REFLECTION of – or RESULT of – long-term stress and tension in the body. So, how do you help prevent this? Chiropractic care, of course, is our preferred approach! Specifically, a gentle and effective approach called Network Spinal Analysis.

What this care does is assist your body in unwinding the tension that builds within the tissues and muscles surrounding your spine that would lead to such degenerative changes. This gentle touch is something we touch upon in the article you can link to there. For the purposes of this article, understand that this video demonstrates how the spine changes shape due to these subtle, yet ‘real’ stressors of life.

Dr. Michael Funicello is a Gilbert chiropractor and has been serving the communities of the Southeast valley since 1998. He continues to help people of all backgrounds and health conditions find relief from their pain and regain their life again. If you’d like to find out how we can help you, contact us today!

by staff on 10. Jan, 2012 in Benefits of Network Chiropractic Care, Healthy Living Principles, Neck Pain

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Gilbert Chiropractor Shares Because He Cares

Yep, you guessed it, that’s me, Dr. Mike. I’ve never been good at making New Year’s resolutions or promises to keep. It isn’t that I make them and fail, I just haven’t kept track of things this way. This year, I’ve gotten off to a good start by reading a post that was written by Laura Fenamore from One Pinky on one of my new favorite blogs, Tiny Buddha.

I like the idea, promoted there, of calling them solutions. If you think about it, look at the words themselves; solution, resolution. One is primary and the other almost has a re-dundant factor. In other words, the solution solves the problem or issue and the re-solution would be like a second try, because the first didn’t work out quite well enough. Sometimes, refining is a good thing, but let’s aim higher together.

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You get the idea. So, this year, I’m making some solutions to give myself a better ability to share what I love in life. I’m going about this by creating a large, spearheaded goal called “Sharing is Caring and Caring is Sharing”. Then, I’ve got several ways about carrying this ultimate solution through.

The motivation you ask? I’ve been playing too small in life. In other words, I haven’t been giving life my all. It’s a hard truth to face, putting it in writing (and sharing it) is really helping me to step up the game, so to speak. I’m motivated by people in life that are living their passions and I’m excited by the possibility of helping you do the same.

I’m fortunate enough to be able to do what I love and share that gift with others. You can do the same! However, there are reasons why you may be feeling limited in your ability to do so. Maybe you don’t even know what your passions are anymore. Watch the video of Dr. Demartini in this post to learn some great tips and ideas.

It’s strange, but some people have just been doing the status quo for so long, they’ve sort of given up on their dreams or think of it as child fantasy. I find that sad. I want to help people express more of their passion and human spirit through their body and in their life. This is what the world needs now more than ever.

It may help if you can come up with some problem that you’d like to solve. It could be related to work, a relationship, your finances, weight-related, health or fitness related or it could be more spiritual in nature.

My ‘problem’ is that I’d like to share what I do with more people. Since I’m only one guy and I’m inside my office for a greater part of the week, how can I do this? I’ve come up with some ways I can think of, maybe you can share more with me. I’d love that!

Network Spinal Analysis care has really helped me to live a more vibrant, expressive and connected life. I know that I’m healthier and happier when I am receiving it than when I’m not. If you’ve been on the receiving end of Network Care, then you probably feel the same way that I do.

This is actually one way that you can help; share your Network Care experience with your friends and family. It’s okay if they don’t live near my office, I’d love to refer them to someone in their part of the country or world if that is the case. Like I said, I want to share what I do with more people, they don’t have to just be people in my local community (though, that’s fun, too )

My other main solution is by utilizing the Twitter and Facebook universe. I have been more of a casual user, posting interesting things from time to time, but I want this to be more of a regular activity. I want to share my experiences, insights and findings with you more than ever.

I come across and participate in areas that you may not and I learn a lot from these pursuits. I hope to share more of these with you with the goal of enhancing your life as well. My solution is to post daily – to these platforms – something of value. Something enriching to you. Something that you’d be excited to share with those you love and care about, too.

Other solutions include more regular lectures outside the office and more community gatherings inside the office. Hopefully, you’ll be able to attend some or all of them! I’m looking forward to connecting with you more in the coming year!

by staff on 06. Jan, 2012 in Benefits of Network Chiropractic Care, General Office Information

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Why This Chiropractor In Gilbert, Arizona Fell In Love…

So, up to this point in this monthly series of article topics, I’ve been highlighting people that I find awesome and inspiring. There have been creatives in the mix, philosophers, spiritual teachers and others. What I want to focus on here is a group of people. It’s easy to get confused when we think of organizations or companies. We can imagine them as entities. But, in reality, it is nothing more than a group of people that congregate, communicate, commune and organize thoughts and carry out visions under some brand name. That name today is Love Drop.

When I first came across Love Drop on Facebook, I was immediately drawn to their message. Basically, they are a giving organization that centers around the core concept of “spend a dollar, change a life”. I think what most captures my emotions and tickles my heart is probably their name itself. I just can’t help but get behind the idea of ‘dropping some love’ on people.

The people and families they help are done so with love. This is the backdrop for why I am so inspired by them. It just feels different. We each truly have the ability to change the world. A recent quote I just came across gave me a moment to ponder…

You can’t live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you. —John Wooden

Isn’t that so true? Life is all about the connections we make along the way. Being part of community is what this ‘thing called life’ is all about. You can be a part of the Love Drop community for as little as $1 and know that you are making a difference. How is this group or organization any different than others you might support? Well, you’ll just have to go there and check them out – you have to do some of the work yourself

In fact, I’ve been inspired to include a monthly article from them highlighting the person or family whom they’ve chosen to drop some love on that month as well, here on my site. If you get the same warm fuzzies, you can add your blog, too.

It’s just a simple premise that is so easy to do. You want a happier, more fulfilled life? – connect more with others. Others that are living the lives that they want to be living, too. If you don’t know where to begin, start within your own bodymind. This is where connection starts. It is the seedling of it all. When you are able to connect within yourself and know yourself more deeply, you can share your true gifts and talents with others and the world.

This is what Network Spinal Analysis care does. It’s why I do it and receive it myself. Regularly. If there was something more powerful and amazing than this work, I’d follow my heart and want to be offering that to people I love and care about. I’m just that passionate about helping people discover their true health potential and ability to enjoy a more vibrant life.

If you’re visiting my site for the first time, somehow stumbling here simply looking for a chiropractor in Gilbert, then this is your message. Stop reading, pick up your phone and call us at 480.558.1560. We are waiting to hear from you! I’m ready to outcare any doctor you’ve ever seen! Thanks for checking out Love Drop and I look forward to meeting you real soon.

by staff on 10. Dec, 2011 in Healthy Living Principles

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A Gilbert Chiropractor and Social Media: How I See Them

In the context of today’s business environment, it is imperative that companies and organizations have a social media presence. At least, this is what the experts and marketing or advertising executives will tell them. Many of these businesses just miss the mark. Here’s why a local Gilbert chiropractor – that’s me – brings this up.

It’s about connecting with others!

Connection, sharing, helping and truly serving others is what these social media tools – like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and others – are all about. You can’t just build a business Facebook page, create some type of all out marketing campaign to get people to like it and then assault them with your same product or service offerings and expect to build relationships.

The same is true of Twitter. You can get a lot of people to follow you with all types of special offers, but if you just tweet out ads, product offers and such, you’ll turn people away.

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The difference between these tools and print media or television is that they are ‘alive’. They require connecting with other human beings. These people have lives, families, emotions, needs and dreams. Having someone like your page just so you can pitch them more of your stuff is an approach that is unsustainable.

Gone are the days of the Mad Men advertising approaches, ala Don Draper. Marketing and advertising are still necessary parts of business, but the social tools are meant for connecting.

If you can imagine these tools like cocktail parties, then it makes more sense. By having a dialogue or conversation with someone regarding some need or challenge they’re having, you’re much more likely to bond with them. If you’ve never met them, you may even open up the opportunity of forming a new friendship. If you went to that party and just passed out cards, pamphlets and pitched your product ideas, you’d likely be seen in a much different light. Who knows, you may even sell a thing or two. But, at what long-term cost to you or your business?

Why do I bring this up? After all, I’m just a chiropractor in Gilbert, Arizona. I bring it up because I’m in love with the idea of connecting with people. I’m totally fueled and inspired by connecting with people who are passionate about their life, their work and want to continue to grow as people. With the limited time we all have, these types of tools allow us to potentially connect with more people. It doesn’t matter if these people live in our community or state, I’m always happy to refer people to other Network Spinal Analysis practitioners around the U.S., Canada and the world! My farthest referral, so far, has been Germany.

Another interesting point…
The man who really brought chiropractic to the world was the son of the father of chiropractic (D.D. Palmer) and his name was B.J. Palmer. In 1922, he purchased a radio station in Iowa called WOC (Wonder of Chiropractic) so he could broadcast the message of hope and healing through chiropractic to the world.

In fact, future President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, was given his first broadcast job by Dr. Palmer to broadcast sports on WOC. B.J. later purchased another radio station in Des Moines, Iowa called WHO (With Hands Only) in 1930. Television stations followed.

So, I suppose you could argue that these new tools are great ways of connecting with more people and to help continue the spread of the message of chiropractic to the world. If I can ever be of service to you or someone you care about, please contact me and I’ll do whatever I can to help. You can find me on these social channels using the icons in the sidebar.

by staff on 08. Dec, 2011 in Healthy Living Principles

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Gilbert Chiropractor Finds Inspiration in the Little Things

Pretty flashy title, huh? It’s true, though. I’m always awed and inspired by awesome people sharing their knowledge, compassion, energy and other gifts with the world. I seek out these amazing people as I’m surfing the vastness of the internet. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have made these searches much more simple, too. That is one of the greatest things about these types of social media tools for a chiropractor like me and anyone else, for that matter.

What and how you can connect with people can be facilitated greatly by these tools. I think that these can actually help us become more social, not the other way around as common thought/naysayers might have us believe. That’s a discussion for another article, however.

What I want to share with you in this article is the culmination of work by a fellow named Luis von Ahn. I had never heard of Luis until I watched (yet another) an amazing ‘Ted video’ – the one you see below. I’m addicted to these videos! So much great inspiration and material to entertain and enlighten!

In any case, Luis is one of the minds behind the internet security feature known as the ‘CAPTCHA’. If you’re not familiar with this bit of software, where have you been? Just kidding, it is just so prevalent online. What it does is ensure that you are an actual human being that is entering information into a form, rather than some computer program or malicious code doing such. It helps keep information secure.

Here’s Where It Gets Interesting…

Well, what this man ‘discovered’ is that it takes about 10 seconds to fill out a CAPTCHA. In his eyes, 10 seconds that is wasted. So, what he set out to do is utilize that mere 10 seconds to solve some of the world’s problems. Namely, he and his team figured out a way to digitize books using that 10 seconds and the CAPTCHA form.

The most amazing part is that YOU helped them do the work of digitizing these books!

Every time that you entered those two strange looking words into the CAPTCHA form you helped the computers ‘learn’ a word that could not be digitized or ‘understood’ before – it’s all in the video.

Great Innovation Number Two

So, now he and his colleagues are set to work on another big project – translating the entire internet. I hear what you’re saying, no big deal. Of course, I’m joking – the entire internet!! Are you kidding?! Again, it’s all in the video above. It’s called Duolingo.com. This site helps you learn a new language all while helping to translate pages on the internet.

How This Relates to Network Care…

While I’m inspired by people that create such large contributions, I’m also equally inspired by the more local members of my practice and community that share their personal gifts each day. Every time that someone new begins Network Spinal Analysis care in our office, it allows me the opportunity of meeting yet another amazing and awesome person.

As this person releases the tension held within their bodymind, they are becoming more and more of their authentic self. The tension that kept them trapped in their experience of pain or suffering is liberated and they’re able to more fully share their passion and gifts with those around them.

This is what life is all about. This is what Network Chiropractic is all about. And, it’s why as a chiropractor in Gilbert, I’m eternally grateful for having the opportunity of caring for you and those you love. Thank you.

by staff on 07. Dec, 2011 in Healthy Living Principles

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The Curious Ideas of David Kelley

In putting together this month’s newsletter, the topic of weird humans and awesome people just came to me. It captures, beautifully, the seemingly disparate nature of us as both human animals and human people. There are many times when our thinking, foresight and innovative capabilities can be stunted or thwarted by very easy-to-fix issues. Other times, there are more complex solutions.

When surfing around researching other points for this topic, I happen to come across a series of interviews with David Kelley. I had never heard of him, but what he expresses in these brief videos are points that we need to address if we want to create real, lasting and sustainable changes in our lives and in the world.

Of particular interest to me was his discussion on creativity. This is one of those topics that I find incredibly invigorating. I am fueled and energized when working with people who have a passion for what they’re doing or who are truly excited by the possibilities in life. There are many people that talk about the ‘real world’ but have as their notion that this means hard, difficult, painful, challenging or evil. While we could all find examples of such things, creativity and passion can truly change the world.

One of my favorite quotes can be paraphrased as “do what you love because what the world needs is people who have come alive (doing what they love)”. I can tell you that providing Network Spinal Analysis care for those suffering or in pain for a variety of reasons is a very rewarding experience. This work allows me to meet people in many different stages of growth and cycles in life.

While some wouldn’t think of chiropractic as a way of personal transformation or growth, it can be. If the gifts in you and available to you in life are bound up in the tension of your body, then you will have a much more difficult – impossible – time truly sharing those gifts and passions with others.

What David points out is that we need to re-evaluate and re-design aspects of our workplace and culture to allow for the more natural flow of ideas and concepts that once existed. Much like other great innovators, like the recent article I posted about the culture Steve Jobs created, David points us in the right direction. I encourage you to watch this video and follow them to help you discover your own creative energy and insights in life. Then, share them with the world!

This sharing of one’s gifts is the ultimate of human needs. We want more money, more time, more freedom, more, more more….but what ultimately nourishes us and helps us feel at peace is love and greater connection. To the degree that we are connecting with people in ways that help us each share and express our passions and gifts, we are truly happy and fulfilled in life.

Dr. Michael Funicello is a Gilbert chiropractor, one of only a select few in the state of Arizona that provides Network Chiropractic care. For more information about what this is or how it can help you to live the life you want, contact us today. I look forward to meeting you in person very soon.

by staff on 06. Dec, 2011 in Healthy Living Principles

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