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  1. Stretching, breathing, relaxation, medication, chiropractic adjustments are effective in managing stress.
  2. Symptoms of stress - tight shoulders, digestive upset, recurring headaches, easy to lose temper.
  3. Major life changes that can cause stress (which can cause disease) Birth, death, or illness. Marriage or Divorce. Hired or Fired. Finances
  4. Work Stress also increases rate infection dx 2-3X, interpersonal problems 2-3X, injuries 2-3X - Lluminari Landmark Study 04
  5. Work Stress increases rate of cardiovascular problems 2X, anxiety/depression 2-3X, substance abuse 2X, certain cancers 5X, back pain 3X.....
  6. Stress is responsible for 19% employee absenteeism, 40% employee turnover, 60% costs of workplace accidents, 60-90% of doctor visits.
  7. 90% of all disease is stress related - American Institute of Stress. 06
  8. Smile! It takes 17 muscles to smile - 43 to frown. Six year olds laugh 300X a day. Adults laugh 15-100X a day.
  9. Workplace stress costs more than 300 billion/yr in health care and missed work. - American Institute of Stress, 06
  10. Inaction, save as a measure of recuperation between bursts of activity, is painful and dangerous to the healthy organsim - H.L. Mencken
  11. We're getting bigger - Disneyland's Small world ride (designed in the 60's - avg. male = 175lbs) is being rebuilt for people 200 lbs + ...
  12. @ADRIATTIC Adriattic! I was just listening to your CD the other day and was thinking bout you! Business is great!
  13. There are two great medicines: Diet and Self-Control - Max Bircher, 1962
  14. Dropping just 10lbs spares each knee about 48,000 lbs of pressure per mile. - Wake Forest University 9/06
  15. Anything's possible. You can be told that you have a 90% chance.. or a 1% chance, but you have to believe, & you have to fight. L. Armstrong
  16. Those who exercise 60-90mins/week, decreased systolic pressure by 12pts, and diastolic pressure by 8 pts American J. of Hypertension 8/03
  17. 72 Million Americans have high BP, 15 Million don't know it. 60% have BP in high range & can be managed with diet/exercise. AHA 07
  18. A cheerful heart is good medicine - Proverbs 17:22
  19. NO TIME TO EXERCISE? Current recommendations are: 30min/day 5days/wk. There are 1440 min/day. So 30min is only 2% of your day!
  20. Naps for the Hear - Those who napped 30 mins., 3X/w, were 37% less likely to die from a heart problem - Arch. of Int. Med 2/07