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         Health Connections                                                                           Senior Voice of Citrus County -  JULY  2020 • 17

        PRACTITIONER                         therapies or techniques, so be      more info today!                     Functional Integrative Eastern

        continued from page 16               wary of a doctor or clinic that     Dr. McFarland-Bryant                 and Western Medicine via
                                             skips these steps.  Also, keep                                           Miller School of Med. and
        Parkinson, and cerebral palsy        in mind that sometimes the          graduated with honors from           the Univ. of Bridgeport and
        patients by keeping joints of        pain must be increased before       Lake Michigan College                Rehabilitation as well as the
        hips and spine mobile.               it begins to recede, since a        with an Assoc. of Science            420-credit hour Chiropractic


        Your body is likely not in           good exam reproduces the            in Medical Laboratory                Orthopedist specialist
                                                                                 Technology then continued
        the same condition it was in         pain to determine its source.       her Science major at Brenau          program. She has studied the
        the past.  Once degeneration/        Most of the above-mentioned         University of Gainesville,           natural treatment of addictions
        osteoarthritis begins, the joints    therapies and adjustments are       GA. She graduated Magna              at the American College of
        lose flexibility and a gentler       covered by insurance.  I also       Cum Laude from Life                  Addictive and Compulsive

        approach may be useful               offer Functional Medicine,          University with a Doctorate          disorders and Nutrition at
        and effective. A thorough            which is treating the body with  of Chiropractic.  She has been          the Canadian Memorial
        history and exam can rule out        herbs and nutrition.  Call 352-     practicing in Citrus County          Chiropractic College.

        contra-indications to different      795-8911 for an appointment/        for 24 years.  She has studied


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                           and Daniel        own ends. Let’s recognize           less than.                           you were black. Listen to the
                           Melbourne         the difference, listen to and       In order to begin to understand      news, and the politicians, as
                                             validate the former, while          someone else’s perspective,          though you were black. Note
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                                             simultaneously identifying          we need a MindShift. We need         Once you feel that, reach out
                                             and prosecuting the latter.         to put ourselves, so far as
        Halfway through the year,                                                we can, in the other person’s        to some community organizers
        2020 is destined to go down          What does any of this have to       shoes. Try to see the world          and see how you can help.
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        to avoid addressing what’s           understanding another               them.                                Stay safe, stay strong, and
        unfolding in cities across           person’s perspective requires                                            let’s open our hearts. Together,
        America.                             a change in our thinking. I am      This is a simple first step
                                             neither a black American, nor       that is necessary to reach           we can heal, as long as we are
        In recognizing the pain              have I suffered the outrage         understanding. We can never          willing to change our minds.
        and anger of the black               that George Floyd’s family          truly know what it is like to        Mindshift coach Donna
        community, we can truly              has had to endure.                  experience injustice while           Blevins, PhD, and her
        begin to understand, and in                                              feeling like we live in a            Right Hand, Daniel
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        As a result, protests have           to succeed as an actor in           part of the solution and not a       or emailing: Donna@
        sprung up all around the             Hollywood, people often             part of the problem.                 DonnaBlevins.com
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