MEETING MINUTES
 Friday, October 8, 2010
Volume 17; Issue 33

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DON ELLIS!

Member Spotlight
This week's spotlight is Erin LaGrassa.  Please keep this member top of mind this week for referrals. 

Tell us something fun about yourself...

  • Bill LaLonde - I am kind of a jokester.

  • Barbara Luther - I had fun playing with my granddaughter at the water park.

  • Fred Vandervort - I am proud of being the first Fast Sign store to open in Arizona.

  • Nick Mawrenko - I'm going to head off to the beach which should be fun.

  • Dave Yukon - Hopefully next month I will get a job in Hawaii and have fun there.

  • Jim Bache - I grew up with a full head of curly hair.

  • Andy Jensen - I live for the Oregon Ducks!

  • Althea Bussert - I have fun watching Andy rebuild my shed, over and over.

  • Lin Schmelzer - I get to travel for E-Bay.

  • Carole Weishaar - I am escorting 13 women on a wine tasting tour.

  • Kristi Morgan - I find myself running around singing songs to my 4-year-old.

  • Ryan Bohlander - I have a massive Star Wars memorabilia collection.

  • Joe Hesch - Saturday football is fun time for us.

  • Mark Menasci - The water skiing thing.

  • Herb Stokes - I can play spoons.

  • Brad Green - My daughters are fun.

  • Tim Green - Playing with my kids and coach my son's baseball team.

  • Don Ellis - People say I have a weird sense of humor.

  • Sandro Menasci - I like to change the rules of the game.

  • Erin LaGrassa - I love teaching adult hip hop and the games are usually fun.

  • Janice Jaicks - I think I'm pretty fun all the time.

  • Dave Lathrop - I have some training doing improvisational comedy.

  • Jake Ulrich - I have fun with the random people that come into our branch...not necessarily customers.

Board Meeting
There will be a board meeting today to discuss the membership applications that are currently pending.

Social Report
Next Friday, October 15th we will go to the Living Room.  It is a really cute place.  Happy Hour is from 4-6pm.  The food is good.

Speaker Coordinator
We have a lot of new members so we will spend the next few meetings getting to know each other better.

Membership

Pending Applications:

Dave Knott
Yukon Electyric
Posted September 29, 2010
Visited September 24, 2010

Debbie Perkins
Residential Real Estate Agent
Posted September 22, 2010
Visited September 24, 2010

Jeff Sutherlin
United Brokers Group
Posted September 21, 2010
Visited October 1, 2010

John Dennett
CG Promo Group
Posted September 8, 2010
Visited October 1, 2010

Today's Discussion  - Kristi Morgan
I am originally Canadian.  I moved to St. Louis where I went to chiropractor college.  This is where I met my husband.  We have been married 6 years.  We moved to Eerie where we lived for 5 years.  We dabbled in real estate and some other things.  We got the opportunity to join Valley Wide Health Centers in February of last year.  We worked the numbers and decided it was a much better long term plan for us.  We now have our own practices.  My husband is in Avondale and I am in Scottsdale.  We have no family here but lots of friends. 

I know there is a stigma with chiropractors.  My biggest goal is to educate people.  I will let them know what I can or cannot do.  I can't fix everything and will make referrals where needed.  I look at x-rays in a different way from a regular doctor.  We look at posture.  I want to get rid of your problem so it will not come back. 

I work with babies all the way up.  I have adjusted my son since birth and he doesn't get sick.  We treat them naturally.  We can help with earaches, colic, gas and constipation.  We keep kids healthy from birth so they grow properly and healthy.

We can help with herniated discs, sports injuries and more.  Again, if I can't help I will refer out to a specialist.  I use two different techniques.  I will work with my hands or use tools.  I can work with any bone in the body.  It takes more time to work with older injuries.  Muscle has memory and you have to train it to stay in place. 

Our clinics are different.  We have very large clinics and staff.  We employ 6-10 therapists at a time.  In every visit you will be able to get a trigger point massage. 

An adjustment is where I move a bone, very subtlety.  We don't work with dislocations.  When I am adjusting I can move those bones back into place.  You start a chain reaction of relieving the pain and helping with healing.  Our goal is to get your body into shape to stop any degeneration. 

We accept all insurances.  I give everyone the benefit as if you were in network.  Your health comes first, not finances.  Our first is always at no charge.  We do X-ray of your main complaint, consult and massage.  On your second visit, also free, we go over the results and let you know exactly what we have found and if we can help.  Insurance usually covers everything. 




Dr. Shawn Vigneau

Member since September 2010


CHIROPRACTOR

Valley Wide Health Centers
1001 E. Warner Road, #107, Tempe, Arizona 85284

Phone: (480) 897-3300
Website: www.valleywidehealthcenters.com 

The practices adhere to high quality standards and offer customized services to each individual patient, combine state of the art equipment, decades of intense research and training and the perfect personalized touch to make each and every one of their patients know just how important their comfort is.