Finding the Fountain of Youth:

Whether it's collagen injections, colostrum pills, botox, or Viagra, the search for the secret to youthful looks and an active life appears to be a lifelong one for many people.

Certainly some of these powerful potions, lotions and pills are effective in reducing the outward appearance of aging, but what about the inward appearance? What's the point of looking like a 29 year old on the outside when your body feels and functions like an 89 year old on the inside?

Regardless of your age, Elkhorn chiropractic can help you:

Maximize your potential - Your body naturally produces cortisone to reduce inflammation, T-killer cells to fight cancer and pathogens, and endorphins to help alleviate pain. These endorphins are 100x's stronger than morphine!  Your body has the incredible ability to naturally heal, regulate and maintain homeostasis/balance for a lifetime as long as it's interference free.  Your body knows the exact amounts, levels and quantities of these chemicals to produce, at exactly the right time -- whether you're in a "flight or fight" circumstance or "growth and development" circumstance. 
Would you expect a woman's body to get pregnant (growth and development circumstance) when it's producing "stress chemicals" (or producing a "fight or flight" environment inside)??? Of course NOT! 

Chiropractic adjustments remove interference within the nerve system to allow the body to coordinate, maintain and express LIFE the way it needs to no matter the situation... and regardless of your age.  

Keep small problems from growing large - Through out the course of your life, you will be exposed to viruses, illness, injuries, stressors, etc. that will cause your body to respond with production of aches and pains (other symptoms like hypertension, high cholesterol, weakened insulin sensitivity, hormone imbalances, etc...) and produce interference with it's natural functions. This is (sometimes) unavoidable. However, when under chiropractic care, your body will function better and can potentially help decrease recovery time and prevent small problems from becoming large ones.

Better adapt to stress - We live in a fast paced, hi-tech, stress filled world that can leave you behind if you haven't planned ahead. Chiropractic keeps your body at its best helping you ward off the destructive effects of stress before it has impact on your health and quality of life.

Chiropractic has helped millions of families ensure that they feel as good as they hope to look. Chiropractic adjustments can play a vital role in your quality of life now and in the future.

Chiropractors in Elkhorn, WI are here to help! Hope to hear from you soon! 

(262) 215-2292 or [email protected]

Have you ever had to factory reset an electronic device that went haywire? You can usually hit the 'restore' button to get it working like it did when you took it out of the box.  Do you ever feel like your body could use a "factory reset"?? Well.... 
there's a profession dedicated to that EXACT PURPOSE! 

Our bodies are bombarded with daily stress -- urgent work deadlines, unexpected family crisis, sitting at a desk all day, sports, outdoor activities, environmental pollutants, medications and poor food choices -- can throw the BALANCE of your NERVOUS SYSTEM off (Subluxation).  

The result -- your body can slow down, run sluggish or even "freeze up" with an illness or Dis-EASE.  

A Chiropractic adjustment works to hit the reset button to restore your physiologic settings back to the Creator's "factory setting" after cumulative stress "throws it off".  

When you're a little overworked/overwhelmed maybe it's time for an extra adjustment (or time to start chiropractic) to reset your body back to the Creator's settings.   

Chiropractic has nothing to do with "feeling good" or "feeling better".  When Subluxation occurs, the cells at the end of the nerve start to DIE, when enough cells DIE, tissues DIE, when enough tissues DIE, organ systems DIE, when enough organ systems DIE, you _____. (You fill in the blank)  

Chiropractic is about "restoring", "maintaining" and most importantly EXPRESSING LIFE at 100% just as the Creator designed you! 

Move More, Eat Clean, Be Happy and Get Checked Weekly for Subluxation to live LIFE Subluxation-Free! 

Chad Schleiger, D.C. 
Elkhorn Chiropractor
262.215.2292 or [email protected] to schedule an appointment or orientation to learn more about chiropractic. 

One of the most common questions asked after orientation (or by many of the people I'm attempting to "win to wellness") is, "I don't understand how your fee schedule works..." 

So, I hope I can clarify IT some more in this blog.  It comes down to a very simple principle -- (after orientation) the fee schedule in this office is NOT the "fee I charge you for care", it's the "fee YOU choose to keep you and your family subluxation-free".  The TRUTH is, there is no "correct fee" for CHOOSING to live life subluxation-free.  If you want to use this office as an "aspirin" THEN you can stick to my fee schedule -- because you are still committed to Health equating as "feeling good" or "being pain free" or "in less pain".  
You can be in pain and still 100% healthy and you can feel good and be in poor health. Health has very little to do with how you "feel".  

As I tell people in orientation and this applies with everything in LIFE -- you must address the "cause" of the problem before you can provide a solution.
The problem with "fee schedules" in the chiropractic world revolves around 2 things: We call it, "The Co-Operative Chiropractic Problem". 

1. The purpose of chiropractic is to get "sick" (subluxated) people "well" (unsubluxated) and keep the "well" (unsubluxated) from getting "sick" (subluxated). 
2. Charge a fee for service rendered. 

Many of our profession considered the first (#1) of less importance than the latter (#2), therefore enlarge upon the latter and belittle the first.

Chiropractic is a very simple principle, practice, and procedure.

The Simple Principle:
Many chiropractors endeavor to impress practice members (patients) with the notion that it "cures" sickness, aches and pains rather than educating the simple principle that EVERYONE has his or her own inborn, God-given potential to express LIFE at 100% (and it comes from within their nervous system, not hidden "within" a medicine cabinet).

The Simple Practice:
Many chiropractors practice in an office where they have to meet the demands of third-party payers/insurance companies, ICD-10 regulations, hire assistants to keep audits out of harms way all while taking time and energy away from building relationships with their practice members, within their community and increasing the cost of care. Their patients both COME to their office for the WRONG REASONS (in pain/pain management) and LEAVE for the WRONG REASONS (out of pain, still in pain or insurance benefits run out). The chiropractic adjustment has been the same yesterday, today and forever and was built upon the simple practice of "detecting and correcting subluxations for the sole purpose of maintaining wellness". 

The Simple Procedure:
Because of being tied to third party payers, many chiropractors have to implement procedures to follow -- anyone who works in another doctor's office you know EXACTLY what I'm talking about -- (as to not get caught by some fraudulent act) -- now these chiropractors have to work for "the system" rather than the patient in need of care.  They xray EVERY new patient, provide traction tables before and after adjustments, use stim, heat, ice, ultrasound, thermal scan re-evaluations, and 40 adjustment "treatment plans" with a "sign the dotted line and prepay for your care" contract -- all while billing insurance companies for unnecessary procedures. They "over exam", "over xray", "over treat", "over bill" ALL because of procedures and trying to off set the cost of their "overhead".    

With all of that said, the solution to the cause of the problem was to withdraw from the system and to create a fee system that was congruent with my beliefs and the simple principles of chiropractic: A chiropractic adjustment is, in fact, priceless.  It restores the normal flow of LIFE from the source to fully express itself in the living body. How much is that worth? 


To me, in this day, chiropractic is an ESSENTIAL part to keeping you and your family healthy --- YES, I said, ESSENTIAL! (30 years ago... maybe not... but we encounter more STRESS (3 T's) in 1 day than our great grandparents did for their entire first 30 years of life). 

Set Fees for services are a good thing for things not essential:


I pay a SET FEE for my haircut because it is not an essential part to my health, I pay a SET FEE for my coffee because it is not an essential part to my health (although some may argue it's an essential part to other's health if I don't get my coffee in the morning ;) ).  I pay a SET FEE for my "health insurance", car, home/rent, etc... because they are not essential to maintaining health -- some of these expenses may seem essential only because they are regulated by federal and state laws now. I would even pay a SET FEE for my medical expenses and my gym membership because they are not essential to me expressing LIFE at 100%.  (I don't need a gym membership to Move Well -- but some choose because it keeps them motivated -- but not essential) 

If chiropractic is essential, How can I turn away someone from care if my fee is $35 per visit and they cannot afford it for each member of their family to get checked weekly??  If I turned them away it would contradict my belief and principles.  

So... 

I hung a box on the wall and let the patient pick a fee that is within their means so that EVERYONE, regardless of whether they are a billionaire or a pauper can afford to live life subluxation-free.  For some it's $150/week, for others it's $100/week, $40/week, for some $20 or $10/week and for some, I'm sure their fee is with an "r" BUT it's YOUR/THEIR fee and it will always be within your means to keep you, your family and friends subluxation-free.  I hope you use the office just like my family because that is what I think of all you! -- FAMILY.  

It's very simple... 


In Health and Faith,
   With Love and Appreciation,

Chad Schleiger, D.C.

It's a LONG Newsletter this month but take the 10mins to read through! 

Thank YOU to all who attended "The Perfect Storm" workshop! for Autism Awareness Month (April).  I hope to do the workshop again in September or October (after school starts and parent's schedules "slow down/brake pedal" and summer is over) for those who missed it and give those who attended the chance to bring a friend or two to the next workshop so we can inform the community.  

Reminders:

1: I will not be doing any additional workshops over the summer (weather is too nice to talk people into boredom for 90 mins ;) ) BUT Chiropractic Orientation is STILL EVERY Tuesday @ 7pm and Saturday at Noon.  So don't forget to "RYF" while you're soaking up Vitamin D all spring/summer! RYF-ers are much appreciated!! 

2: The "honor box" is a privilege as I feel I cannot set a price on Health and Life for any family.  I allow families to SET their OWN FEE for care if they want to come to the office WEEKLY to Get Checked for Subluxation to maintain health and express life at 100% just as my family and friends use the office.  The FEE you choose is between "You, God and The Box".  After someone says to me, "I want to use the honor box" I will NEVER ask them for MY fee for care in this office and I assume they understand the rules for using the "honor box" privilege.  What is it worth to keep your family subluxation-free? 


Rules for the "Honor Box" Privilege: 

1. You MUST attend the Chiropractic Orientation Class -- so you understand chiropractic -- to use it as a "tool" to fix your subluxation to stay well -- and so you DON'T think you're coming weekly to "feel good" or get your "bones cracked" ;)

2. You come weekly (every 7-10 days) to Get Checked for Subluxation (I explain "why" in orientation class -- if you forgot, maybe a refresher class would benefit and your family)

3. Put YOUR FEE in the honor box on the first visit of the week (if you're here more than once). 

4. RYF -- RYF = "refer your friends and family" or tell other people about chiropractic, subluxation and the honor box system BECAUSE the "Big Picture" is to create a community where children are ridiculously HEALTHY, HAPPY and DRUG-FREE. What's that worth??   

**5. If I do not see you after 14 days from your last appointment (without a phone call reason -- "In Arizona taking care of Aunt Ruth" or "It's farm planting season" THEN you lose privilege of using the honor box and your next visit will be $35.  

3. Don't forget to get a massage! Or if you know someone who is pregnant or trying to get pregnant and looking for some support during and after pregnancy make sure to get them in contact with Mrs. Casey from Down to Earth Wellness! Casey Bonyata is a Birth Doula and Massage Therapist who holds monthly meetings at The Wellness Pointe for any family looking to raise HEALTHY kiddos! What a blessing! 
(262)-203-2262 or visit her website www.downtoearthwellness.massagetherapy.com. 

Ok, enough Reminders... Here's May's Newsletter! 

The Magic Eye, Faith and Chiropractic

Today’s reading lead me to Matthew 6:25-34.  I found it fitting for this month's Newsletter, as I've been having similar conversations with my wife as we wrongly attempt to "take matters into our own hands" instead of giving Him ALL control and having "child-like faith" that He will provide just as He says He will.  

"Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on.  Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing?  Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them.  Are you not more value than they?  Which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature?  So why do you worry about clothing?  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.  Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?  Therefore do not worry, saying 'What shall we eat?' or "What shall we drink?' or "What shall we wear?' For after these things the Gentiles seek.  For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble. -- Matthew 6:25-34

Have you ever tried one of those Magic Eye pictures?

You know, the ones that just look like a big mish-mash of colors and lines on a page that have no real significance but have a 3-dimensional picture hidden within it? Faith, chiropractic, relationships, (many things actually) are a lot like one of these Magic Eye pictures. You can’t fully SEE the BIG picture until you Relax, Stop trying so hard, STOP THINKING and see through the picture on the surface and see into the full image.

Some people will stare at the picture for hours, days or a lifetime and still not be able to see the beauty which lies beneath the surface. It will FRUSTRATE them as others tell them how beautiful it is until they either see it OR they begin to get so angry that they DENY the TRUTH and silently curse those that can see it to protect their EGO. They begin to rationalize and tell themselves that they are more intelligent than the simple minded that see beneath the surface, that there really is no additional beauty beneath the surface and that those that say there is are CRAZY! They say it for so long that they actually begin to truly believe that there is NOTHING.  That the ones who can see more than a mish-mash of colors and lines should keep quite and they call them LIARS.

Then, there are those who will look at the image for a moment and see the hidden beauty beneath the surface right away, effortlessly. They "Ooh" and "Ahh" as they marvel at the three dimensional image explode instantaneously into their mind.  They walk through the image with the same ease as you and I would ride a bike. These people are truly blessed and connected but they are the rare ones.

And then, there are YOU and I. We stare at the picture and see nothing at first. We get a little frustrated, but a friend who sees the full beautiful image beneath the surface, keeps prodding us on. Sometimes this comes in the form of a friend who sees the full image and keeps telling us to look "a little deeper", to look "through the image" and not "at it". They tell you to "RELAX", to "Stop trying so hard", to "STOP THINKING". “STOP THINKING?”, you ask yourself completely frustrated!!! What does that mean?? How do I turn my "thinking" off??  You want so badly to be able to have what they are enjoying -- what they are experiencing. You want so badly to Give, Serve and Love the way they do but you have Tried So Hard and have failed so many times! (excuses start to set in, you start thinking about your past failures, etc.) You have tried to relax so much that it just makes you more upset! You tried to stop thinking but that just made you analyze the picture (faith, chiropractic, work, your spouse, finances, etc) even more and become so frustrated that you GIVE UP. And, in that moment, you STOPPED THINKING and when you did, your eyes, heart and soul RELAXED and you began to SEE. As if, scales have fell off your eyes... At first, you begin to see just the cross, and then you notice that Jesus is hanging on the cross. As it becomes clearer, you notice the soldier piercing His side with a spear -- the blood and the water pour out and mix -- Then you see the two crosses behind Him with the criminals who were crucified beside Him. 

It becomes so CLEAR that you realize it's not Mary and John kneeling at the cross... It's YOU -- lifting up your King with encouragement, thanking Him as He endures the cross for you.  As the lump in your throat swells and tears roll from your eyes, you hear the words "It is finished"... you look at the ground before you... a puddle of blood and water at the foot of the cross accumulate.  All the frustration, tiredness, ego, pride, and worries subside as you ask yourself two questions, "Why Him and not me?" and "How can I apply this blood and water to my life?" 

As a former medipractor (chiropractor hand cuffed to a third party payer system -- health insurance) who could never see the full beauty and wonder of Chiroprac-TIC; For someone who was told "don't bring faith into your work by the Wisconsin Chiropractic Association because it is a conflict of interest for (any) business".  For someone who was told, "You're crazy! It'll never work".  For those of us who get frustrated by work, relationships, marriage, finances, or doubt... For those that were promised it would be "so much better."  For those of us that were told to "Just Relax" and "Stop Thinking" and were angry, frustrated and/or jealous, who nearly gave up and then, by some miracle SAW… 

For those of us that it did not come easily to, who struggled to see it and THEN let go and let GOD; the fruit of our labor is so much sweeter than our labor. 

For whom is the beauty of a sunrise more meaningful, the man who could see ALL his life or for the blind man who regains his sight just before the dawn? 

I am grateful to have regained my VISION for Chiroprac-TIC just before the dawn and the faithful practice members that He has blessed me with.  And forever grateful for the scales that continually fall off my eyes each day -- to see further than just the surface -- I PROMISE you, there is a much BIGger and more beautiful picture.  If you see it, you're the rare one.  But those friends and family members who are getting frustrated, angered, worrisome, and are about to quit; DON'T let them!  Keep encouraging them, keep loving them so one day they will "stop thinking", Let Go and Let GOD.   

FYI -- I have not yet seen the beauty of this full picture beneath the SURFACE but a friend told me to "go deeper" so EVERYDAY I will do my best and keep searching.

Just this past last month I SAW, yet another, non-verbal, autistic kiddo VERBALLY tell me "Bye" after his adjustment. What is that worth?? 

We have yet to see the beauty of this full picture and his full recovery BUT just seeing the SURFACE is enough for us to "go deeper" EVERYDAY. 

May is going to be a great month! See you all later this week!  

In Health and Faith, 

  With Love and Appreciation, 

 God Bless, 

Chad Schleiger, D.C.