(Go to www.WhereDoesItHurtBook.com to order the new book Where Does It Hurt? and to find out more about the “Share the Solution” Rebate Program)

**Important!! Read below about Dr. Norton’s recent and upcoming TV appearances, book signings, and speaking events.

Feature Article

Pain: Life Destroyer or Catalyst to Healing?

“The body says what words cannot.”
– Martha Graham, dance choreographer

Are you suffering with pain that’s compromising your quality of life while believing that the underlying cause and true solution haven’t been found? Is it simply being managed with medication leaving you vulnerable to various negative side effects?

If so, don’t give up. There is hope for a healing answer to your dilemma. However, it requires your determination to follow a focused game plan over a period of time to stop your negative momentum, release you from your stuck dysfunctional patterns, and restore you to your optimum condition.

BACK PAIN TOPS THE LIST

At least 50 million Americans live with ongoing pain. Back pain tops the list with headaches and neck pain close behind. Back pain disables more people than heart disease and cancer and costs more than both combined. 80% of Americans will experience a disabling back situation at some time in their lives. This is an epidemic crisis demanding more serious attention to earlier detection -- and better yet, prevention.

Pain is universally dreaded but remains shrouded in misunderstanding leading to shortsighted decisions. We often focus exclusively on stopping pain rather than discerning its message of an underlying problem that needs to be detected and corrected.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS

Pain can ultimately destroy your quality of life or it can lead you back to the dynamic vitality of your design.  The choice is yours and the answer is determined by the actions you take in response to the pain warning.

Masking the pain with medication keeps you from dealing with the real issue, often resulting in serious side-effects, addiction, and even death. Actor Heath Ledger’s recent accidental overdose was the unfortunate result of taking five different prescription painkiller and anti-anxiety drugs. He was treating the symptoms crowding into his life but not the underlying cause.

FINDING THE REAL PROBLEM

If on the other hand, you respond to pain by finding and resolving the real problem, then it becomes a blessing that can lead you back to a fully vibrant and rewarding life.

The spine and its related structures, when functionally disturbed following injuries and life stresses, produce more pain than any other single cause. Chiropractic adjustments address the structural and functional source of that pain thereby restoring your innate self-regulating wholeness.

(View applications of this message to your life in Healing Hints below)

Visit Our Website and the "Ask Dr. Norton" Health Forum!

Visit Dr. Norton's web site. The Norton Chiropractic Wellness Center web site is packed with a vast amount of news, tips, and health information. Also check out and interact with our new Ask Dr. Norton Chiropractic Health Forum. If you are experiencing pain, or just want more information on your health or how we do business, please stop by!

News & Events

1. Join Dr. Norton for a panel discussion with acupuncturist Tim Moore and meditation expert and author Patrick Harbula on Tuesday April 8th from 9-10 AM on the Terry Phillip’s Quality of Life radio show on KVPR (Valley Public Radio) 89.3 FM. You may win a copy of Dr. Norton’s new book and learn some new ideas for solving pain issues without medication. We encourage you to call in with questions and supportive feedback.

2. Dr. Norton’s new book Where Does It Hurt? Surprising Stories and Insights for Releasing Pain and Restoring Whole Body Health is now available for purchase after three long years in creation. Orders may be placed at www.WhereDoesItHurtBook.com or by calling 559-490-9550. Consider the people in your life that may be suffering with pain or illness whose quality of life could be dramatically improved with your help. Go over to www.WhereDoesitHurtBook.com to learn about our new “Share the Solution” $10 Book Rebate Program.

3. We have sold the majority of the “First 500” special limited edition numbered/personally autographed copies of the book. If you would like to have one of these first printing books then act very soon before they’re gone. They will become more special after Dr. Norton receives national media attention soon on The Today Show, Good Morning America, or even Oprah!

4. In case you missed it, Dr. Norton appeared on the Central Valley Today television program with host Alex Delgado for the fourth time on Friday morning March 21st.  He discussed his new book, Where Does It Hurt?, explained his nervous system-focused spinal adjustments and how they release pain instead of masking it with medication, and then showed before and after computerized nervous system scans of several of his patients. If you saw the show and liked it, please show your support by e-mailing CVT@KSEE.com with your rave reviews. Thanks.

5. Dr. Norton will be speaking to (and seeking to inspire) the 450 students at his chiropractic alma mater Life Chiropractic College, West in Hayward on April 18th. His title will be “Witnessing Miracles through Focused Passion”.

Visit our Center!

Norton Chiropractic Wellness Center (View Map) at 5670 N. Fresno St. Ste. 102 in Fresno, Calif. Call us at (559) 490-9550 or contact us here.

If you are in the California Central Valley call Norton Chiropractic Wellness Center at 559-490-9550 or visit us online at www.DrMatthewNorton.com for a virtual tour and to schedule an appointment to see if we can help you.

You will also appreciate the valuable tools on the Learning Resources page of the website if you are not in our area!

Healing Hints

1. Choose not to mask your pain problem with drugs. Choose not to risk the serious side-effects of a chemical cover-up. There are many other approaches that touch the underlying condition and assist you toward greater wholeness.

2. Care of your spine and the nervous system traveling through it may be the single most important action you can take to protect yourself and your family from a life of future pain and loss of health! Nobody really thinks chronic pain or disease will befall them some years down the road do they? Take the necessary steps to initiate that action today. Call 559-490-9550.

3. Take full advantage of your pain and other symptom clues that serve as pointers to the source of your health problem and its solution. When you blur out the messages, you miss the best opportunities you have to make a quality of life saving change.

4. Realize that it’s been a process of decline that’s occurred over years, following injuries and life stresses, which led you to your current condition, not a one-time event. As a result, your healing will most likely require walking in a new, better direction for some time rather than experiencing an insta-miracle.

About Dr. Norton

Dr. Norton unites his passion for learning, teaching, and healing with a compassion for those who are struggling with pain and illness or not performing at their peak. He brings to his work a high level of academic achievement and cutting-edge bodymind research. However, he also brings a deeply caring heart transformed by difficult personal life experiences. Read more.