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Tapping into healingTechnique stimulates pressure points to help manage stress

By JENNIFER ROUSE

reg Warburton’s jobis to help kidswho’ve beenthrough traumamove on with theirlives.

As a counselor atthe ABC House in Albany, a cen-ter that works with children whohave been abused or neglected,he is constantly helping kids dealwith the worst memories theyhave. And for the past 12 years,through a method called “tap-ping,” which combines physicaltools with traditional talk ther-apy, he’s found a tool that canhelp kids “get on with growingup,” as he puts it.

The problem with traditionalcounseling, Warburton hasfound, is that merely talkingabout the problems and abusekids have endured sometimes canmake things worse.

“When you’re talking about atraumatic event, the thinkingpart of the brain can shut down,”he said. “Blood flows to the emo-tional part of the brain then, forself-protection.”

Clients often find themselveshaving a full flight-or-fight re-sponse going on physically, eventhough they’re sitting in thesafety of a counseling office.Often, it’s not just when talkingabout their problems — for manyclients, every time somethingcomes up that reminds them oftheir past, extra energy floods thebody and makes it difficult tofunction.

“Tapping is essentially astress-management tool,” War-burton said. “It’s a dependableway to relax the body and calmthe mind when stressed.”

Tapping techniqueTapping borrows from the

acupuncture field the idea thatpressure on certain points of thebody can help release trapped en-ergy.

Warburton often starts out byshowing children a teddy bearwith buttons sewn on its body at

certain points — above the eye-brows, on the sides of the eyesockets, on the sides of thehands, and at multiple other lo-cations. Then he shows themhow to tap the energy pointsusing their index and middle fin-ger together. “Hard enough thatyou can hear it, but not so hardthat it hurts,” he says. Eventually,he asks patients who are willingto tap on their own pressurepoints.

Warburton said that he’s seenkids use the technique success-fully. For child clients who haveto testify in a court process aboutabuse they have suffered, War-burton asks them to picture tes-tifying while tapping on certainstress-relieving points until theycan think about it without “get-ting tied up in knots.”

A 10-year-old patient of War-burton’s wrote in a statementabout tapping that she uses itwhen she is sad, or when she hasheadaches or stomachaches, andespecially when she thinks aboutthe death of her grandfather.

“Ever since I learned it I havefelt better about Poppy and Ihaven’t been crying so much,”she wrote. “I’m starting to un-

derstand that Poppy’s gone.”Marleen Arends, another

counselor at the ABC House, saidthat she was initially skepticalabout the tapping technique.However, after trying it, she saysshe saw its benefits.

“It works. It really calms youdown quickly,” she said.

She also noticed that some ofthe techniques are similar tothings many people do naturallyfor stress relief, without anyknowledge of energy flow orpressure points.

“A lot of people will often rubtheir foreheads when they arestressed,” she said. “And whenmy daughter was little, before Iknew about this technique, I usedto rub the points just above hereyes to help her go to sleep.”

Energy psychologyWarburton said that tapping is

a part of the mental health fieldcalled energy psychology, whichhas been around for about 30years. The tapping tool is alsocalled “Emotional FreedomTechniques.” He describes it asthe mental health field meetingthe acupuncture system.

He said that although there havebeen decades of supportive anec-dotal evidence of its effectiveness,as well as some recent formal re-search into the method, it remainsa field that has drawn skepticismfrom some in the medical com-munity. He credits the leadershipof the ABC House for being open-minded about a technique that hefeels is a powerful tool for kids.

For those who may not feelcomfortable tapping on their ownface and body out in public whenthey’re feeling stressed (“It’s alittle socially awkward,” he ad-mitted), he sometimes teachespatients to massage pressurepoints instead.

“I try to keep it as simple aspossible,” he said.

The goal of tapping, Warburtonsaid, isn’t to erase memories ofpainful events. Instead, it’s totrain the mind and body to dealwith them without panicking.

“It’s to clear out that emotionalcharge,” he said.

And without those negativeemotions weighing them down,it’s easier for kids to get on withgrowing up.

Quick reads about health topics in the news

Dieting?Think almonds

A recent study suggeststhat including almonds inthe diet could help peoplemanage their weight overthe long term.

The study was publishedin the June issue of Nutrition,Metabolism & CardiovascularDiseases by Karen Jaceldo-Siegl of Loma Linda Univer-sity and her colleagues.

A key point is that thestudy participants whoboosted their almond intake“were not counseled to re-duce their intake of otherfoods,” said Jenny Heap,manager of health profes-sional marketing for the Al-mond Board of California, inan e-mail Tuesday.

The Modesto, Calif.-basedboard urges people to eat anounce of almonds a day —about 23 nuts. Its marketingefforts have helped boostconsumption of a food thatused to have a reputation asa fatty indulgence.

– McClatchy Tribune

Long-lastingphthalates

Yet another study sug-gests that phthalates – thechemicals which are foundin many plastic toys, house-hold items and personalcare products – may bedetrimental to children.

The U.S. EnvironmentalProtection Agency last yearadded phthalates to its listof “chemicals of concern”targeted for possible futureregulation.

In a study published inthe journal EnvironmentalHealth Perspectives, re-searchers measured phtha-lates in the urine of 319pregnant women, then fol-lowed the children born tothese women until age 3.The study found that chil-dren whose mothers hadthe highest levels of phtha-lates had increased rates ofbehavior problems and de-creased skills related to vol-untary movement comparedto children whose mothershad the lowest levels. Girlswhose mothers had thehighest levels were alsofound to have decreasedmental development at age3 compared to girls whosemothers had the lowest ph-thalate concentrations.

It’s unclear why phthalatesmay be harmful to children.One theory is that the chemi-cals interfere with thyroidfunction, which is known tohave a significant effect onall aspects of fetal, infantand child development.

– Los Angeles Times

High and healthy?Recent studies indicate

that there are definitehealth benefits to living ataltitude.

Start with obesity.“We’ve known since the

1920s (that) if you go to re-ally high altitudes you willlose weight,” says RobertRoach, director of the Alti-tude Research Center in Au-rora, Colo., which studieshow hypoxia, a lack of oxy-gen, affects health and per-formance. “It was one of themajor concerns when theBritish were trying to figureout how to climb MountEverest, how to get enoughcalories to survive. There’sbeen no exception to thisfinding. Every expeditionthat’s gone to high altitude,people have lost weight.”

In addition, a study pub-lished this year in the Jour-nal of Epidemiology andCommunity Health foundthat living at higher altitudemay have a protective effecton ischemic heart disease.

There is a potentialdownside, though: The riskof skin cancer is higher be-cause ultraviolet intensity isgreater at higher elevations.

– Chicago Tribune

Buttons on the teddy bear show kids where the pressure points are.

GABOUT ABC HOUSE

The ABC House is a center aimedat providing a safe, respectful, andhealing environment for childrenwho are the victims of abuse. Since1997, children in Linn and Bentoncounties have come to the ABCHouse for medical evaluations andinvestigative interviews, rather thanbeing taken to the police station orthe hospital.

A staff that includes medical doc-tors and counselors works with chil-dren and their families to help themget through the legal process andassist them in recovery.

To help raise money for the center,the ABC House is planning its firsthalf-marathon. The RunawayPumpkin Half is planned for 8:30a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, in Lebanon.For more information or to registerfor the race, visit www.runaway-pumpkinhalf.org.

For more information about theABC House, visit www.abchouse.org.

Counselor Greg Warburton of the ABC House in Albany shows how he uses a teddy bear to teach children a method of stressrelease that involves tapping pressure points on the body.

David Patton | To Your Health

STAT

BY SAM MCMANISMCCLATCHY NEWSPAPERS

The Men’s Health magazine-inspired “Eat This, Not That”franchise of books is the giftthat keeps on giving for peoplewho like to eat out but not bulkup. The 2011 edition was re-cently released.

Here’s a quiz based on thebook.

1. When you go to Ben &Jerry’s, the calorie damageis going to be considerable.To mitigate it, which of thesethree scoops do the authorsrecommend?

a) Peanut Butter Cup icecream

b) Strawberry Cheesecakeice cream

c) Coconut Seven Layer Barice cream

2. Why do the authors rec-ommend eating Chipotle’ssteak burrito bowl ratherthan the steak salad?

a) The corn salsa on thesalad adds too much starch.

b) The rice in the burritobowl is a complex carbohy-drate.

c) The honey vinaigrettedressing on the salad adds 260calories.

3. If you eat at Taco Bell,which would be the healthi-est choice?

a) Steak Gordita Supremeb) Chicken Quesadillac) Fiesta Taco Salad

4. To those who have aweakness for the orangechicken with steamed rice atPanda Express — chosen asthe chain’s worst entree foryour waistline — how manycalories does it pack on?

a) 820b) 920c) 1,020

5. What do the authors sayis the “most dangerous itemon the menu” at Chipotle,weighing in at 610 caloriesand 27 grams of fat?

a) Crispy Chicken Tacosb) Fajita Chicken Saladc) Chips

— SSoouurrccee:: “Eat This, NotThat” by David Zinczenko withMatt Goulding (Rodale Books,

$19.95, 337 pages).

Learn more about PAD at

seminar tonight atCorvallis hospital

Samartian Heart & Vas-cular Institute is hosting afree seminar on peripheralartery disease (PAD) todayat 6 p.m. in the HP StarkerConference Room at GoodSamaritan Regional Med-ical Center, 3600 N.W.Samaritan Drive in Cor-vallis.

The session will featureDr. Dimitri Greschnerspeaking about the disease.Heart-healthy snacks andbeverages will be provided,and the first 25 registrantswill receive a complimen-tary gift. To register, call541-768-4752.

To mark the seminar, ToYour Health askedGreschner to answer “FiveQuestions” about PAD.Here they are:

Question: First, what isperipheral artery disease,and why does it seem we’rejust starting to hear moreabout it?

Answer: PAD is disease ofarteries in the body such asneck (carotid arteries), ab-domen (aorta) or mostcommonly arteries in thelegs. These arteries becomediseased and can developcholesterol plaques thatcan obstruct blood flow.PAD is more discussednowadays because we aremore aware of how muchearly identification, pre-vention and treatment canimprove outcomes for these

patients; not only for theirlegs, but for overall healthand longevity.

Question: What are therisk factors for PAD?

Answer: Smoking is thegreatest one. Other riskfactors include diabetes,high cholesterol, high bloodpressure, obesity, familyhistory, and presence ofdisease in other vessels,such as heart disease or aprior stroke.

Question: Are there com-mon symptoms that shouldmake people at least sus-pect that they might besuffering from PAD?

Answer: Symptoms aremost frequently very vagueor absent, which is whyscreening is beneficial. Ifsymptoms do present, it ismost often noted as pain inthe legs (especially the calfareas) with walking that isrelieved with rest.

Question: Without givingaway the whole seminar,what are some tips to helpprevent PAD?

Answer: Risk factor mod-ification (see the risk fac-tors in question two). Mak-ing the often dreaded“lifestyle changes” to loweryour personal risk factorsand most importantly, NOSMOKING!

Question: What are thetreatment options for PADsufferers?

Answer: We will expandon this greatly in the semi-nar, but treatment methodsinclude: lifestyle modifi-cation, medications, andpotentially stenting or sur-gery to restore blood flow tothe impacted region.

BY MARIA L. KIRKPATRICKTO YOUR HEALTH

Breakfast may be the mostimportant meal of the daybut nutritionists know thatfor learning minds, lunch iscrucial.

And so, regardless ofwhether a lunch is packedfrom home or purchased atschool, it needs to fulfill dailynutrition requirements.

In packing lunches, CarolWalsh, a nutritionist at TheCorvallis Clinic, suggestsparents start with the foodgroups.

“Pick one thing from eachgroup,” she said, “and makesure there is a variety ofcolor. It makes lunch lookmore appealing.”

Protein is an easy group tofill with plant protein, beansor nuts; animal protein,chicken or turkey; or dairyprotein, yogurt. Fruits andveggies offer plenty ofchoices, so why not offerboth and add a variety ofcolor. Then whole grains canbe found in the bread in asandwich.

“Make a list from eachgroup,” Walsh said. “Thenmix and match.”

Try to avoid an overrelianceon processed foods, whichpack less nutrition. Instead,include locally grown pro-duce such as cherry tomatoes,blackberries and blueberriesand sliced apples. Includechildren in the planning andgathering process of lunchmaking and they can takepride in setting out their mealand tend to eat more fromeach food group.

Schools step it upWalsh said mid-valley

schools are doing muchmore these days to encour-age healthy food selectionsin their lunch programs.While federal programs arerequiring more in the way ofnutrition from schools, Al-bany and Corvallis schoolshave taken things a step fur-ther and incorporated localproduce and grains into theirlunch menus.

“We are proud of what weare doing and how far wehave come,” said SharonShort, nutrition services di-rector for the Greater Al-bany Public School District.

Short wishes parentswould come see what the

school lunches offer.She said she walks

through the lunch areas andsees that the food theschools are serving is some-times much better than whatchildren are bringing in theirlunch boxes. While an occa-sional cookie is OK, Shortsaid she sees soda and candyregularly included in lunchespacked at home.

At school, children arepresented with foods fromwhich to make healthychoices. The produce bar of-fers salad, fruit and vegeta-

bles. From lentils to jicamasto plantains to turnips, thechoices are plentiful. Albanyalso has been increasing cal-cium options and workingwith school nurses to offerfoods for those with dia-betes and gluten intolerance.

“Kids at an early age arelearning to make healthychoices,” Short said.“Can youimagine what kinds of eatersthese kids will be by the timethey get to high school?”

Once a month in Albany,the Farm-to-Market eventbrings farm fresh offerings

from throughout the stateinto the schools and intro-duces many children toitems they have never hadthe opportunity to taste.

Short said this helps chil-dren understand a bit aboutfresh food and recognizewhat can be grown locally.

Ahead of the curveMid-valley schools have

been leaps and bounds aheadof state and federal nutritionregulations in their meal of-ferings for some time now.Over the last four years,Corvallis public schools havebeen taking it upon them-selves to establish relation-ships with local farms to en-sure their lunchrooms offerfresh and local options.

Right now, for example,schools are busy stockingtheir lunch counters withwatermelons from Red HatMelons. Tomatoes aren’t farbehind, weather permitting.

These schools have saladbars in the lunchroom filledwith fruits and vegetablesgrown around the state. Thedistrict has its own bakeryand has been making breadand pizza crust with wholegrains harvested in Pendle-ton.

So while the state maycontinue upgrading its nu-trition requirements in thenext few years, such changesmay not have much impactin local schools, becausethey’re ahead of the curve.

“We’ve been connectingthe schools with the localfarms,” said Sharon Gibson,Corvallis School Districtfood services manager. “It’snot just about the good eat-ing part. It’s about wherethe food comes from.”

Gibson said it’s funwatching the kids under-stand that their food isgrown nearby and she lovesto see a child try somethingnew for the first time.

“It is important to learnwhere your food comes fromand to support local andsustainable practices,” Gib-son said. “I’m proud to be apart of all that.”

Tuesday, September 13, 2011A6 To Your Health

Healthy livingcan stave offartery disease

Lunch helps fuel learning

Fruits and vegetables maketheir way from farms intostores and onto family dinnertables, but the Corvallis SchoolDistrict is cutting out the mid-dle man and bringing localproduce directly to schools.

Four years ago, the schooldistrict began working withthe Corvallis EnvironmentalCenter in the Farm-to-Schoolprogram to make connectionsbetween local growers and theclassroom. Lincoln Elementarywas the first school to partici-pate. Now, all the district’sschools are included.

“The purpose was toincrease student access tohealthy produce, to increaseawareness of eating healthy,local, nutritious food,” saidSara McCune, education coor-dinator for the EnvironmentalCenter. “This is about agricul-ture and health.”

McCune added: “One of themost fulfilling elements isintroducing children to foodsthey haven’t tried.”

Volunteers set up monthlytesting tables at each elemen-tary and middle school to pres-ent simply prepared foods foreach student to try. The experi-ence is followed up in theclassroom with materials the

center provides for teachersabout the nutrition and otherfun facts about the products.

“It’s pretty fun to see howthe kids receive differentthings,” McCune said.

Recently, the Crescent ValleyHigh School cross-countryteam trekked out to Red HatMelons to learn how to selectand harvest ripe watermelon.The watermelon was loadedinto a truck and deliveredthroughout the Corvallis dis-trict for preparation and serv-ing in school lunchrooms.

Not only did the studentslearn about field-ripe melons –it turns out there’s more todetermining a melon’s ripenessthan just thumping the rind –the program benefits the areaby helping local farms thrive.

In teaching about growingand the benefits of eatinglocally produced foods,McCune said, it would be greatto see every school grow someof its own produce. But thereality is that space restrictionswould limit most of the schoolsfrom becoming self-sustaining.

McCune’s next task with theprogram is to identify morefarmers willing to help stockschool lunchrooms.

— Maria L. Kirkpatrick

Mark Ylen | Democrat-HeraldMatthew Masnke and Mimi Mills, both 7, select fruits and vegetables from the salad bar at Takena Elementary in Albany last year.

Provided photoMembers of the CVHS cross country team help harvest melonsat the Red Hat Melons farm earlier this summer.

FEEDING YOUNG MINDS

FIVE QUESTIONS

N U T R I T I O N Q U I Z : FAST FO O D

Answers:1: b (210 caloriesfor cheesecake; 340 for peanutbutter; 276 for Coconut); 2: c;3: a; 4: a; 5: c.

BY SUE MANNINGASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — Dogshave 42 teeth, humans have32, cats have 30 and Mariohas none.

The cat was eating poorly,hiding in the closet, and hadred, sore gums when he wasdiagnosed with a mouth in-fection called stomatitis.Three surgeries and$10,000 later, all his teethhad been pulled.

“Once he started feelingbetter, he again became ahappy, normal, healthy cat,very loving, affectionateand playful,” said MaryRoever of Green Bay, Wis.,who with her husbandadopted Mario from a shel-ter. “His cheek appears everso slightly sunken in, butyou really have to look tosee it.”

The American VeterinaryMedical Association esti-mates that by age 2, 80 per-cent of dogs and 70 percentof cats have some form ofdental disease. Infectionshave been linked to dia-betes, heart attacks,strokes, kidney disease andother life-threateningproblems.

Dental dis-ease was themost commonproblem foundamong the 2.2million dogsand 450,000cats treated atBanfield PetHospitals in2010, accord-ing to thegroup’s “Stateof Pet Health2011 Report.”With 770 hos-pitals in 43states, Banfieldis the world’slargest generalvet practice.

It can behard to tell ifyour dog or cathas a toothachebut there arewarning signs,said Dr. KevinS. Stepaniuk, president-elect of the American Veteri-nary Dental Society, and as-sistant clinical professor andveterinary dentist at theUniversity of Minnesota’sCollege of Veterinary Medi-cine.

Bad breath, loose or dis-colored teeth, cowering iftouched on the jaw orsnout, drooling, droppingfood, bleeding from thegums, loss of appetite andloss of weight are somesigns, Stepaniuk said.

Pets might also paw attheir mouth and make ex-aggerated jaw movementswhen eating or drinking,he said.

“It hurts and it’s verysmelly,” said veterinarianEdgardo Ortiz, Banfield’smedical director for NewYork and New Jersey.“When the pets arehealthy, owners will kissthem. With severe toothtrouble, people don’t wantto kiss their pets so theydon’t get as much love.That’s reality.”

Mario’s symptoms evenincluded a squeaky meow,though it returned to nor-mal after his surgery. Still,there are a few things thetoothless cat can’t do,Roever said: “He has noteeth to pick things upwith. We pile his cannedfood up into a mountain soit’s easier for him to eat.”She also buys extra-smallkibble.

He will ignore furry toysand go for smooth, cloth-covered ones instead, shesaid. “I suspect the furrycloth feels funny on thegums.”

Tooth decay can happenat any age, but is morelikely in older pets and insmaller toy breeds. “Theyeat more canned food and

more will getstuck in theirteeth,” Ortizsaid. Larger dogstend to eat moredry food, whichscrapes theteeth, and helpsremove tartar, hesaid.

“Ask yourselfthe question: ‘Ifyou did notbrush your teethdaily, whatwould happen?’In a few days youwould have sig-nificant plaqueand within a fewmore, increasedtartar,” Stepa-niuk said.

Owners areadvised to taketheir pets to thevet twice a yearfor routinecheckups and

get their teeth cleaned oncea year.

In a perfect world, Ortizsaid pet owners wouldbrush their dog’s or cat’steeth twice a day, but twicea week will produce amaz-ing results.

Add dental chews and awater additive that helpsprevent tartar and petsshould stay very kissable,Ortiz said.

Stepaniuk warned not togive pets human tooth-paste. “If human tooth-paste is swallowed, whichpets will do, it is toxic (dueto the high levels of fluo-ride) as well as a gastroin-testinal irritant,” he said.

BY BARBARA QUINNTHE MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD

Nutrition may not be thefirst thing you think about asyou embark on college life.But hear me out, young menand women. As you feedyour body, so you feed yourmind. Here are some nutri-tion equations that may beimportant to learn.

• Count to four. Accord-ing to national data collectedfrom almost 17,000 Ameri-cans, four basic lifestyle be-haviors predict who willlikely live a longer healthierlife. No. 1: Never smoke. No.2: Eat a healthy diet. No. 3:Get adequate physical activ-ity. No. 4: Drink alcoholmoderately (or not at all).Practice these behaviors, sayhealth experts, and you have

a much lower risk of dyingtoo young from cancer, heartdisease or other causes.

• Divide your plate bythree. That’s the “PlateMethod” for a healthy diet:In the cafeteria line or outwith your friends (trust me),make half your plate vegeta-bles ... the nonstarchy vari-ety such as salad greens,tomatoes, carrots, broccoli.Fill one-fourth of your platewith protein-rich foods suchas meat, fish, poultry, eggs,soy or other meat substitute.Use the other fourth of yourplate for starches such asbread, rice, pasta or pizzacrust (whole grains pre-ferred).

• Add two or three. Thatmany daily cups of milk, yo-gurt or other calcium-en-

riched foods fortify youngbodies for the rigors of col-lege life with valuable pro-tein, vitamins and minerals.

• Add five. That’s howmany cups of fruits and veg-etables to aim for each day,say experts. What college stu-dents actually eat, however, is

“less than ideal,” according toresearchers at Oregon StateUniversity. They found thatcollege men and women ateless than one serving of fruitor vegetables a day. (They alsofound that males skip moremeals and snack more oftenthan females.)

“In construction, you haveto tear down to rebuild.”

Dr. Ted Forcum, D.C.

BY ROGER PHELPSTO YOUR HEALTH

Combine a per-capita crush ofamateur athletesin the mid-val-ley with a trendysports-medicinehealing method

and you might expect to hearthe technique being dis-cussed at every street cor-ner.

But for various reasons,the so-called Graston Tech-nique isn’t yet attractingthat kind of popularity – infact, it’s attracting its shareof controversy.

The Graston Technique,popular among professionalathletes, is a form of healingfor repetitive-strain injuries.It belongs to the family oftreatments known as my-ofascial release. With a set ofmedieval-looking, speciallydesigned metal tools, thetechnique seeks through in-fliction of micro-injuriesunder the skin to break downtissue structures that barcontinued healing of a previ-ous injury.

Researchers haven’t got-ten around to publishingmuch on the method yet.

“The end result we aretrying to get to is releasingmyofascial scarring and/ormyofascial adhesions,” saidDr. Ron Grice, an Albanychiropractic practitionerwho has had Graston train-ing and uses a similar in-strument-based method.

One reason the techniqueisn’t a household wordseems to be money.

Practitioners wish theycould afford the equipment,but the equipment is slow topay for itself.

“The tools are almost pro-hibitively expensive —around $3,600,” Grice said.

The technique is not foreverybody. Grice said thatbecause of potential bruisingand bleeding at minutepoints under the skin, hedoes not offer the techniqueto patients who are on ablood-thinning medicationor who are hemophiliac.

Testimonials suggest theGraston Technique is a career-saver for professionaland college athletes. Dozensof U.S. universities offer it tomembers of their athleticteams.

“Graston Technique wasused to relieve and eliminateplantar fasciitis caused byexcessive backpedaling,planting and sprinting for-ward while officiating NFLgames,” wrote league refereeJohn Parry. “When mysymptoms returned afternormal therapy, my physicaltherapist and athletic trainersuggested GT. Without adoubt, the recovery acceler-ated, the pain diminishedwithin days and the tendonsand muscles were allowed tobe stretched and strength-ened to eliminate recur-rences.”

But the technique also hasfirm opponents, who cite thepain and bruising that can

occur, and a comparativelack of research behind thetechnique.

Conventional vs. alternative

The Graston dispute is amicrocosm of the rancor be-tween traditional Westernmedicine and a medley ofless conventional healingtechniques.

Graston testimonials aresincere, critics say, but noscientific guarantee causallylinks the Graston Techniqueto any observed healing.This is bad, critics say, be-cause then what remains aremedical practitioners mak-ing “extraordinary claims”

that are not based in science.“The 6th century Chinese

apparently liked otter feces(as a treatment),” wrote Dr.David Ramey, a veterinarian,on the website “Science-Based Medicine.”

The opposition is part of abroad camp that advocateswhat it calls “evidence-based medicine.”

“(The Graston Technique)seems to violate the ‘pri-mum non nocere’ principle(of the Hippocratic Oath —‘first, do no harm’),” wroteDr. Harriet Hall, on the “Sci-ence-Based Medicine”website. “It is unpalatable.Of course, that wouldn’tmatter if the evidenceshowed it was effective.”

Dr. Ted Forcum, team chi-ropractor for a pair of Port-land professional sportsfranchises, responded: “Idon’t see how it could (vio-late the Hippocratic Oath).In construction, you have totear down to rebuild. If aperson has surgery, you cutthe person, and you ‘doharm.’ And many medica-tions have side effects, that‘do harm.’”

Added Grice: “Surgeriesare performed by the thou-sands every day. Doing a lit-tle subdermal or inter-mus-cular bruising is signifi-cantly less invasive, and therecovery is much faster.”

At Forcum’s Beavertonclinic, members of the Port-land Timbers professionalsoccer team and the Port-land Winterhawks profes-sional hockey team line up toreceive treatments —“hockey hamstrings,” hesaid — alongside a wide va-riety of competitive ama-teur athletes.

“We’ve got the spectrum— running, swimming,fencing and cycling are thebiggest,” Forcum said.“Plateaus in healing aremore distinct in differentindividuals — for example, ifthey’re no longer resting, orit’s a matter of nutrition orpersonal stress.”

To Your Health A7Tuesday, September 13, 2011

FOR YOUR PET

David Patton | Democrat-HeraldChiropractor Ron Grice uses the the Graston Technique to treat a softball injury for Bethany Keeseerecently at his office in Albany.

When it takes injury to heal injury

A stainless steel Graston tool is used in soft tissue therapy tobreak up scar tissue.

Controversial Graston Technique is popular with professional athletes

Equation for a healthy first year of college

Bad breathmay be signof disease

“Ask yourself

the question:

‘If you did not

brush your

teeth daily,

what would

happen?’ In

a few days

you would have

significant

plaque and

within a few

more, increased

tartar.”

DR. KEVINS. STEPANIUK,

PRESIDENT-ELECTOF THE AMERICAN

VETERINARYDENTAL SOCIETY

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BY JOHN ROGERSASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — On thesurface it looked like anopen-and-shut case: A pairof thieves drop by an art ex-hibition at the Ritz-Carltonand, while one distracts acurator, the other snatches avaluable, centuries-oldRembrandt drawing andbolts with it.

Apparently finding thesmall pen-and-ink work bythe Dutch master too hot tofence, the thieves have sec-ond thoughts. They aban-don it, undamaged, at achurch on the other side oftown.

Then the real mystery be-gins.

Three weeks after recov-ering the framed, 11-by-6inch drawing called “TheJudgment,” authoritiesaren’t sure whether it reallyis a Rembrandt or if it evenbelongs to the art dealerthat displayed it with otherworks at the Ritz-CarltonHotel in Marina del Rey.

“They have to show ussomething to prove thatthey own it, and theyhaven’t been able to do

that,” said Steve Whitmore,a spokesman for the LosAngeles County Sheriff’sDepartment. He said au-thorities are keeping the al-leged Rembrandt under lockand key until the ownershipissue is resolved.

Officials with the LinearisInstitute, which says itowns the work that it valuesat $250,000, did not re-spond to phone calls andemail messages.

However, the institute’sattorney, William Klein,said Linearis purchased“The Judgment,” from a le-gitimate seller. He said theinstitute’s officials justdon’t want to say who thatwas.

“Things like that reallyare trade secrets,” Klein toldThe Associated Press. “Wedon’t believe we need to re-veal trade secrets to get backwhat is ours.”

He acknowledged theinstitute has no trail ofpaperwork (called prove-nance in art-world speak)to prove “The Judgment”really is a Rembrandt. Buthe added that officials atLinearis believe it is and it

shouldn’t matter what au-thorities think.

Art appraisers and otherexperts have said they can-not find “The Judgment”listed in any catalog or data-base chronicling the worksof Rembrandt, who createdhundreds of paintings,drawings and etchings be-fore his death in 1669.

The Sheriff’s Departmentis continuing to investigatethe theft, although Whit-more said Linearis officialshave told authorities theyare not interested in havingthe people who snatchedthe drawing prosecuted.

“Which I find curious,” hesaid.

Klein said Linearis is mostinterested at this point ingetting its drawing back, al-though he added that if in-vestigators happen to catchthe thieves, “We’d like the

Sheriff’s Department andthe District Attorney’s of-fice to do anything theyneed to do that’s in the in-terests of justice.”

Meanwhile, he said he’shoping to work out a com-promise that will allow thedrawing’s return. If he can’the says he’ll take the Sher-iff’s Department to court.

Even in the art world,where questions about whoowns what and how theygot it arise frequently, theRembrandt mystery hasevoked curiosity.

It’s not as unusual as onemight think for a low-levelthief to drop in on an exhi-bition and grab something,said Anthony Amore, who ishead of security for the Is-abella Stewart Gardner Mu-seum in Boston and co-au-thor of the book “StealingRembrandts.”

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Thefamily of an Oregon manwho traveled to England byboat because of his apparentplacement on the no-fly listsays he has been releasedfrom custody by British au-thorities after being de-tained upon arrival from atrans-Atlantic cruise.

Michael Migliore, a 23-year-old Muslim convertand dual citizen of the U.S.and Italy, had been tryingunsuccessfully for monthsto fly to Italy.

Migliore says he believeshe was placed on the no-flylist because he refused tocooperate with FBI agentsafter an acquaintance wascharged last year in a plot tobomb a Christmas treelighting ceremony in Port-land.

The family reported thatMigliore was detained Mon-

day by British authoritiesupon his arrival inSouthampton. But aftereight to 10 hours of ques-tioning, he was released.

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AP Photo/The Bulletin, Ryan Brennecke

Mary Lee kisses her ball python, Moe, shortly after being reunited with him at The Reptile Zone in Bend. The 3-

foot snake was discovered in the passenger compartment of a U-Haul truck.

Welcome back, Moe

BY JONATHAN J. COOPERASSOCIATED PRESS

Cooler marine winds from thewest provided relief for firefightersMonday as they worked to containa wildfire on the north side ofMount Hood.

Lower temperatures and higherhumidity set in Sunday and calmedthe blaze, keeping growth of theDollar Lake Fire lower than expected.It grew a few hundred acres to about6,200, and officials said it was about35 percent contained.

Firefighters were working to boxin the fire from the north and westfronts to protect Bonneville PowerAdministration power lines andthe Bull Run Watershed, whichsupplies 900,000 Portland resi-dents with drinking water. Thefire was burning three miles fromBull Run and nine miles from thenearest buildings.

“We haven’t had any growth onthe west, so we’re happy thoselines have held,” said Alexis West,a public information officer for

the Dollar Lake Fire.Crews worked to solidify those

containment lines Monday.The shifting winds were expected

to provide some relief from smoke inthe Willamette Valley but promptedofficials in Hood River County toissue a health warning. A monitoringstation at a school in Parkdale indi-cated air quality levels were haz-ardous, according to the county’sEnvironmental Health Department.

Officials advised against anyoutdoor exertion and said schools

and daycare facilities should holdrecess indoors. People with respi-ratory and heart diseases, the eld-erly and children should stay in-side, officials said.

Farther south, crews battlingthe Shadow Lake Fire near Sistersalso were benefiting from coolertemperatures and higher humidity,said Kristen Bowles, a fire spokes-woman. Crews used helicoptersand air tankers to cool hot spotswest of the blaze so firefighterscould move in.

They also were working tostrengthen and extend contain-ment lines on the north and north-west edges of the fire as windsfrom the southwest pushed theblaze in that direction.

“Firefighters are going to be veryheads-up for spot fires across thatnorth line,” Bowles said.

Crews expected heavy smoke inthe area and advised travelers to becareful when driving on highways20 and 126. The Shadow Lake Firewas about 25 percent contained.

Cooler winds likely to aid fire crews

Muslim convertin Italy followingrelease in Britain

Associated PressMichael Migliore in a photoprovided by his family.

It wants to makeits campus biggerwithout needing

more power

EUGENE (AP) — TheUniversity of Oregon has set agoal of building out its cam-pus without expanding en-ergy use.

Meeting the goal of no netincrease in the amount ofpower for cam-pus buildingsand groundscould cost theuniversity asmuch as $10million in adecade when itexpects more than a millionadditional square feet of con-struction, the Eugene Regis-ter-Guard reports.

New campus buildingswould have to meet higherenergy efficiency require-ments, at least 35 percentmore efficient than requiredunder state building codes.

That’s significantly morethan the requirement forother state-owned build-ings, which must be at least20 percent more efficientthan required by code.

The cost of new construc-tion would include helpingto pay for efficiency retrofits

for older buildings, and thenew buildings will have tomeet the highest standard inthe Leadership in Energyand Environmental Design,or LEED, program for judg-ing conservation in con-struction.

“It draws a line in thesand,” said Steve Mital, theuniversity’s sustainability co-ordinator.

Although the universityhas added a number of en-

e rg y- e f f i c i e n tbuildings to itscampus and ren-ovated othersover the pastdecade, univer-sity plannerC h r i s t i n e

Thompson said a recentstudy showed enough poten-tial in upgrades of olderbuildings to achieve the en-ergy savings to offset theadded load of future con-struction.

The new standards won’tbe applied to buildings al-ready under construction orin the design phase.

The new policy also has astorm water component thatwould help improve the man-agement of runoff from ex-isting streets and parking lotsby having development helpfund measures to filter orslow runoff from existingsources.

UO sets goalfor efficiencyin energy use

‘It draws a line

in the sand.’

STEVE MITAL

Rembrandt heist fuels intrigue