I've been delivering seminars all day again. It's amazing how many people get headaches, don't sleep well and lack energy.
Some put up with it. They think it is a normal part of the human condition. Everyone gets headaches don't they?
Some spend a fortune on pills. Others spend hours traipsing through surgeries looking for the magic bullet.
No-one ever told them to get themselves into a good exercise program.
You'd have to wonder what years of PhysEd in schools did to them. Those PhysEd teachers must have switched them right off.
On the track
No track today. Another day of seminars and then off to spend the evening with my editor.
in the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned, go outside and get some fresh air.
john Miller
www.fitandhealthyonline.com
www.globalbackcare.com
Monday, May 24, 2010
DOCTORS ON THE BREAD LINE - Wednesday 11th May
One of the fall outs of Tuesday night's budget was a piece in the paper about a local Canberra doctor being appreciative of the Government providing her practice with a $25,000 grant to employ a nurse.
The doctor let us into the secret that her annual income is $140,000.
She also let us into another secret, she charges $78 for each 15 minute consultation.
Add that up.
Eight hours a day work at $312 an hour adds up to $2,500. Multiply that by 5 and you get $10,000 a week., Multiply that by 44 weeks a year and you get $440,000, a far cry from $140,000.
There's three doctors in the practice. By the tone of the article you'd think they were on the bones of their arse and needed the Government to pay for a nurse.
All the government needs to do is help nurses set themselves up in private practice and give them access to the prescription pad.
Who is it that dreams up these stunts? How does the Government fall for them?
On the track
No track. In Brisbane running 6 seminars for the day. That's quite enough.
In the meantime stay tuned highly tuned and if you feel crook get thee to a nursery.
John Miller
www.fitandhealthyonline.com
www.globalbackcare.com
The doctor let us into the secret that her annual income is $140,000.
She also let us into another secret, she charges $78 for each 15 minute consultation.
Add that up.
Eight hours a day work at $312 an hour adds up to $2,500. Multiply that by 5 and you get $10,000 a week., Multiply that by 44 weeks a year and you get $440,000, a far cry from $140,000.
There's three doctors in the practice. By the tone of the article you'd think they were on the bones of their arse and needed the Government to pay for a nurse.
All the government needs to do is help nurses set themselves up in private practice and give them access to the prescription pad.
Who is it that dreams up these stunts? How does the Government fall for them?
On the track
No track. In Brisbane running 6 seminars for the day. That's quite enough.
In the meantime stay tuned highly tuned and if you feel crook get thee to a nursery.
John Miller
www.fitandhealthyonline.com
www.globalbackcare.com
HOW TO BLOW $57 BILLION - Tuesday 11th May 2010
Treasurer Wayne Swan bough down the Commonwealth Government's Budget this evening. $57 Billion has been allocated to the Department of Health. $57 Billion., it just rolls off the tongue as though it might have been $57 thousand, or $57 million. It's $57,000,000,000. When in the hell does it all go?
This is 16% of the Government's budget.
Some of the money will go to improve people's health, the great bulk of it will be poured down the medical black hole. People will not become fitter or healthier.
The Government says this is NEW. In reality it's Medicare 1975 version 35. Next year we'll go through the same old same old again, and spend $65B.
The great tragedy is that the health of Australians is declining in direct proportion to the increase in Government expenditure.
Until the Government stops protecting the bloated, inefficient and expensive general practice division of the medical industry to the degree it does, particularly at the local level, it's stuffed.
The big announcement of the evening is that the Government is going to give doctors in private practice $25,000 to employ more nurses. Would that they had decided to support more nurses setting up their own clinics as an alternative service to the one provided by doctors. As it stands the nurses will continue to act as doctors' lackeys and the doctors will pocket the change.
In this country doctors just love doing busy work, work that other professional groups like nurses, fitness practitioners, pharmacist, naturopaths and counsellors can do better.
People should only be going to doctors for things that require the kind of medical attention that only doctors can provide. Primary health care for the great bulk of metabolic, musculo-skeletal and psychological complaints doesn't need a doctor. on the contrary.
On the track
No track, presented 6, one hour seminars to staff at a corporate organisations. That's sufficient.
In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and remember, you can't solve a fitness problem with a medical solution.
John Miller
www.fitandhealthyonline.com
This is 16% of the Government's budget.
Some of the money will go to improve people's health, the great bulk of it will be poured down the medical black hole. People will not become fitter or healthier.
The Government says this is NEW. In reality it's Medicare 1975 version 35. Next year we'll go through the same old same old again, and spend $65B.
The great tragedy is that the health of Australians is declining in direct proportion to the increase in Government expenditure.
Until the Government stops protecting the bloated, inefficient and expensive general practice division of the medical industry to the degree it does, particularly at the local level, it's stuffed.
The big announcement of the evening is that the Government is going to give doctors in private practice $25,000 to employ more nurses. Would that they had decided to support more nurses setting up their own clinics as an alternative service to the one provided by doctors. As it stands the nurses will continue to act as doctors' lackeys and the doctors will pocket the change.
In this country doctors just love doing busy work, work that other professional groups like nurses, fitness practitioners, pharmacist, naturopaths and counsellors can do better.
People should only be going to doctors for things that require the kind of medical attention that only doctors can provide. Primary health care for the great bulk of metabolic, musculo-skeletal and psychological complaints doesn't need a doctor. on the contrary.
On the track
No track, presented 6, one hour seminars to staff at a corporate organisations. That's sufficient.
In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and remember, you can't solve a fitness problem with a medical solution.
John Miller
www.fitandhealthyonline.com
HEALING BACK PAIN NATURALLY - Monday 10th May 2010
MAGNOLIA HEALTH
I recently got a note from the Health Sciences Institute http://hsibaltimore.com/ about the effectiveness of green lipped mussels in the treatment of arthritis and joint pain. I've read about green lipped mussels in previous stuff they've circulated. This time the note came with a recommendation to buy the product from Magnolia Health in Brisbane, Australia.
It comes branded as Globalvit Joints.
I recently got a note from the Health Sciences Institute http://hsibaltimore.com/ about the effectiveness of green lipped mussels in the treatment of arthritis and joint pain. I've read about green lipped mussels in previous stuff they've circulated. This time the note came with a recommendation to buy the product from Magnolia Health in Brisbane, Australia.
It comes branded as Globalvit Joints.
Here's the blurb from the website.
Globalvit Joints capsules help support healthy joint function and assist relieve pain and swelling.
Globalvit Joints takes an holistic approach to joint health combining a number of active ingredients such as Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Green Lipped Mussel, Vitamin E and C, and the B group vitamins which may help you
- Reduce joint pain
- Increase your range of movement
- Reduce inflammation
- Support collagen and cartilage synthesis
- Management of Arthritis
- Support general joint health
I like this holistic approach with the preparation including a number of efficacious ingredients. The more the merrier I say. So I took the opportunity and went out to see the company near the Breakfast Creek Hotel and was cordially received by Managing Director Carly Tribe and her associate Michelle.
My brother Geoff and I have been interested in establishing an affiliate program with a company that targets specific metabolic, musculo-skeletal and psychological dysfunctions.
This is what Magnolia Health does - researching the recipe for a wide range of non-pharmaceutical sources, many previously reported in HSI publications, getting it made to their specifications and then distributing it world-wide.
I like the holistic nature of the products. Their joint, prostate, urinary tract and diabetes preparations are leading edge. I suggest you take a look at their website www.magnoiliahealth.com.au
Watch this space.
On the track
No track. Got up eatly to go into the city and came home late after a number of appointments.
In the meantime stay tuned highly tunes and if you're looking for an arthritis support preparation, go to www.magnoliahealth.com.au
John Millerwww.globalbackcare.com
Saturday, May 22, 2010
A LOAD OF TRIPE - Sunday 9th May 2010
Have you ever noticed that many diet advertisements make reference to the fact that all diets are fad diets, with the exception of the one being promoted?
The other thing to be wary of is not what the adverts say, but what they don’t say.
For instance there are adverts doing the rounds lauding the nutritional benefits of a breakfast biscuit that contains 22% protein. Most food made with flour only has about half that amount of protein, so give it a big tick. Of course, what the adverts fail to mention is that the same breakfast biscuit contains 32% sugar, and that’s before you put the sugar on the top! It’s not a cereal, just a small and oddly-shaped biscuit, and with that amount of sugar there’s a good case for putting it in the confectionery aisle, along with all the other breakfast biscuits that contain more than 30% sugar.
Now I could be wrong about this, but I’m pretty sure that the high sugar way of life is more likely to turn little boys into fatties than he-men.
Stop for a moment and have a think about it. Why are you eating biscuits and confectionery for breakfast? Choose a genuine cereal, like rolled oats. It’s half the price and better for you.
The CSIRO Diet is a very good diet, in fact many who adopted it experienced a miracle change in body fat content. The diet works because the scientists stripped the junk food out of it. The only criticism I heard was that some of the cuts of meat were a bit pricey, but that’s not hard to overcome. Purchase cheaper cuts.
For most people these cheaper cuts are off the radar. It’s like as though they’ve vanished.
A lot of people in this country grew up with basic fare, not on lamb mind you, but good, old fashioned, common or garden, down to earth mutton, interspersed with even cheaper cuts.
These days, if you go out for tea, unless you’re in a Greek or Turkish restaurant, it’s hard to find a menu with the word ‘chop’ on it.
And you’ll have to scour a lot of menus before you’ll come across brain patties, steak and kidney, lambs fry, or tongue, and I know that while a few readers will drool at the thought of a plate of tripe and onions, a much higher percentage will be gagging over these very words.
I read somewhere that wild animals tend to go for the offal first because that’s where the essential nutrition is. Over the last 40 years we’ve stopped doing that and I suspect our health is suffering.
Maybe we deprive ourselves of some of this essential nutrition by just eating muscle meat, some of it from animals that have been cooped up in cages for a couple of months. At least in Australia we let our sheep and beef roam free, unlike in America where their cattle are stuck in lots and fed mush laced with anti-biotics.
Of course, once you start talking about meat these days you get into the fat-around-the-meat debate. I think that’s largely been put to rest. Cut it off.
In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and eat to nourish the cells of your body, not just to fill up your stomach.
On the track
No track today. Drove up to Sydney and then on to Brisbane ready for work on Monday.
Big surprise, my daughter, Lisa and the little fella, Jackson were at the gate to meet me.
John Miller
http://www.fitandhealthyonline.com/
http://www.globalbackcare.com/
The other thing to be wary of is not what the adverts say, but what they don’t say.
For instance there are adverts doing the rounds lauding the nutritional benefits of a breakfast biscuit that contains 22% protein. Most food made with flour only has about half that amount of protein, so give it a big tick. Of course, what the adverts fail to mention is that the same breakfast biscuit contains 32% sugar, and that’s before you put the sugar on the top! It’s not a cereal, just a small and oddly-shaped biscuit, and with that amount of sugar there’s a good case for putting it in the confectionery aisle, along with all the other breakfast biscuits that contain more than 30% sugar.
Now I could be wrong about this, but I’m pretty sure that the high sugar way of life is more likely to turn little boys into fatties than he-men.
Stop for a moment and have a think about it. Why are you eating biscuits and confectionery for breakfast? Choose a genuine cereal, like rolled oats. It’s half the price and better for you.
The CSIRO Diet is a very good diet, in fact many who adopted it experienced a miracle change in body fat content. The diet works because the scientists stripped the junk food out of it. The only criticism I heard was that some of the cuts of meat were a bit pricey, but that’s not hard to overcome. Purchase cheaper cuts.
For most people these cheaper cuts are off the radar. It’s like as though they’ve vanished.
A lot of people in this country grew up with basic fare, not on lamb mind you, but good, old fashioned, common or garden, down to earth mutton, interspersed with even cheaper cuts.
These days, if you go out for tea, unless you’re in a Greek or Turkish restaurant, it’s hard to find a menu with the word ‘chop’ on it.
And you’ll have to scour a lot of menus before you’ll come across brain patties, steak and kidney, lambs fry, or tongue, and I know that while a few readers will drool at the thought of a plate of tripe and onions, a much higher percentage will be gagging over these very words.
I read somewhere that wild animals tend to go for the offal first because that’s where the essential nutrition is. Over the last 40 years we’ve stopped doing that and I suspect our health is suffering.
Maybe we deprive ourselves of some of this essential nutrition by just eating muscle meat, some of it from animals that have been cooped up in cages for a couple of months. At least in Australia we let our sheep and beef roam free, unlike in America where their cattle are stuck in lots and fed mush laced with anti-biotics.
Of course, once you start talking about meat these days you get into the fat-around-the-meat debate. I think that’s largely been put to rest. Cut it off.
In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and eat to nourish the cells of your body, not just to fill up your stomach.
On the track
No track today. Drove up to Sydney and then on to Brisbane ready for work on Monday.
Big surprise, my daughter, Lisa and the little fella, Jackson were at the gate to meet me.
John Miller
http://www.fitandhealthyonline.com/
http://www.globalbackcare.com/
BACK PAIN - Saturday 8th May 2010
There's an epidemic of musculo-skeletal dysfunction in our community. Ask any group of people 'Who here has either got a who's got back pain and at least 30% of people will put their hand up.
The good news is that in 80% of cases it's not a medical problem, it's a fitness problem. Chances are you're not strong enough or flexible enough to keep your body in good alignment.
The solution? If you're going to fix back pain you need a good strength and flexibility training program to straighten yourself up.
There are two key principles involved here.
1. Tight muscles pull bones out of alignment. That’s the bad news. The good news is that by loosening tight muscles the bones will go back into alignment.
If you do the right exercises, long enough and often enough, there’s a better than even chance you’ll straighten yourself up. Poor function will be restored to good. You’ll start to feel better. Your pain will go away. All you have to do is find the right exercises.
2. The cause of the back pain is rarely at the site of the back pain – so a rub down and a hot wheat bag on the spot where it hurts may give you some temporary relief but won’t treat the cause of the problem. Over the years it will just get worse.
With lower back pain there’s a chain of dysfunction. Tight calf, hamstring and buttock muscles take your pelvis out of alignment. When that happens, the bones above it are taken out of alignment as well.
It puts pressure on the muscles, tendons, ligaments and discs in your lower back. They ‘feel the pinch.’ You tell people you’ve back pain.
Loosen off your calf and hamstring muscles and you start sitting up straighter. Do that and you square your pelvis up and take the pressure off the bones of your lower back.
Then there’s that better than even chance that millimeter by millimeter, your lower back pain will start to go away.
On the track
On the stepper, 30 minutes at level 8: 608 steps and 465 calories.
In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and if it’s weak strengthen it; if it’s tight loosen it.
John Miller
www.globalbackcare.com
The good news is that in 80% of cases it's not a medical problem, it's a fitness problem. Chances are you're not strong enough or flexible enough to keep your body in good alignment.
The solution? If you're going to fix back pain you need a good strength and flexibility training program to straighten yourself up.
There are two key principles involved here.
1. Tight muscles pull bones out of alignment. That’s the bad news. The good news is that by loosening tight muscles the bones will go back into alignment.
If you do the right exercises, long enough and often enough, there’s a better than even chance you’ll straighten yourself up. Poor function will be restored to good. You’ll start to feel better. Your pain will go away. All you have to do is find the right exercises.
2. The cause of the back pain is rarely at the site of the back pain – so a rub down and a hot wheat bag on the spot where it hurts may give you some temporary relief but won’t treat the cause of the problem. Over the years it will just get worse.
With lower back pain there’s a chain of dysfunction. Tight calf, hamstring and buttock muscles take your pelvis out of alignment. When that happens, the bones above it are taken out of alignment as well.
It puts pressure on the muscles, tendons, ligaments and discs in your lower back. They ‘feel the pinch.’ You tell people you’ve back pain.
Loosen off your calf and hamstring muscles and you start sitting up straighter. Do that and you square your pelvis up and take the pressure off the bones of your lower back.
Then there’s that better than even chance that millimeter by millimeter, your lower back pain will start to go away.
On the track
On the stepper, 30 minutes at level 8: 608 steps and 465 calories.
In the meantime stay tuned, highly tuned and if it’s weak strengthen it; if it’s tight loosen it.
John Miller
www.globalbackcare.com
BARNEY GOOGLE - Friday 7th May 2010
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.
Barney Google had a wife three times his size
She sued Barney for divorceNow he's living with his horse
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.
This was one of the few songs my Dad used to sing. And 50 years later, blow me down if 'Google' hasn't become a household name world-wide. A prophet is not without honour ...
Until now I've been using the Health Blogarithm to post my views on topical issues. I'll continue to do that, I can't help myself. But as well as that I'll also be using it to promote some of my ebooks, particularly the Fix Back Pain series. I can't sit here thumping our articles without getting paid.
In internet parlance the key to success is getting your site up on the first page of Google. To date my internet business partner, The Gaveen and I have managed to get a first page rank for a number of keywords for the www.globalbackcare.com website. In fact we're chuffed about that. For instance if you search for Fix Back Pain there we are, on the first page, and in illustrious company I might add.
If you'd like to know how to do that send me a note and I'll put you in touch with The Gaveen.
The big hairy audacious goal
Our next big goal is to get a first page rank for the search term 'b*ck p*in'. There are millions of people searching for these key words every month and millions of websites trying to sell them stuff. (I've cloaked the words so Google won't recognise them on this blog.)
So, over the weeks and months you'll see articles and blogs about this search term. If you've got a crook b*ck you'll find the posts interesting.
When we get onto the first page of Google I'll report back.
The columnist
No, not fifth columnist, just columnist. I write for a couple of local newspapers in Brisbane. I'll post these articles for you from time to time as well.
On the track
Early morning walk and run with the boys.
In the meantime stay tuned and watch that first page of Google.
John Miller
www.fitandhealthyonline.com
www.globalbackcare.com
www.millerhealth.com.au
www.crookback.com
Barney Google had a wife three times his size
She sued Barney for divorceNow he's living with his horse
Barney Google, with the goo-goo-goo-ga-ly eyes.
This was one of the few songs my Dad used to sing. And 50 years later, blow me down if 'Google' hasn't become a household name world-wide. A prophet is not without honour ...
Until now I've been using the Health Blogarithm to post my views on topical issues. I'll continue to do that, I can't help myself. But as well as that I'll also be using it to promote some of my ebooks, particularly the Fix Back Pain series. I can't sit here thumping our articles without getting paid.
In internet parlance the key to success is getting your site up on the first page of Google. To date my internet business partner, The Gaveen and I have managed to get a first page rank for a number of keywords for the www.globalbackcare.com website. In fact we're chuffed about that. For instance if you search for Fix Back Pain there we are, on the first page, and in illustrious company I might add.
If you'd like to know how to do that send me a note and I'll put you in touch with The Gaveen.
The big hairy audacious goal
Our next big goal is to get a first page rank for the search term 'b*ck p*in'. There are millions of people searching for these key words every month and millions of websites trying to sell them stuff. (I've cloaked the words so Google won't recognise them on this blog.)
So, over the weeks and months you'll see articles and blogs about this search term. If you've got a crook b*ck you'll find the posts interesting.
When we get onto the first page of Google I'll report back.
The columnist
No, not fifth columnist, just columnist. I write for a couple of local newspapers in Brisbane. I'll post these articles for you from time to time as well.
On the track
Early morning walk and run with the boys.
In the meantime stay tuned and watch that first page of Google.
John Miller
www.fitandhealthyonline.com
www.globalbackcare.com
www.millerhealth.com.au
www.crookback.com
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