Humble Beginnings: Getting to Know Kauai Plantation and Railways (part 2 of 2)

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There are still several Kauai plantations focusing on sugarcane today. The popular ones from the past include Gay and Robinson at Makaweli which was established in 1889, Kekaha Sugar Company at Kekaha which was established in 1856, Grove Farm Plantation at Lihue which was established in 1864, Koloa Sugar Company at Koloa which was established in 1835, Lihue Sugar Plantation at Lihue which was established in 1849, McBryde Plantation at Lawai which was established in 1899 and Kilauea Sugar Plantation at Kilauea which was established in 1877.

The Kauai Plantation Railway

The plantation railway offers a ride back through time in King Kalakaua style wooden cars beginning at the old station in Kilohana camp. The tour takes about 30 minutes wherein you go through 100 acres of fields and plantations featuring popular Hawaiian crops like coffee, sugarcane, pineapple, banana, papaya, hardwood trees and tropical flowers. The train operates daily just 1 mile south of Lihue.

As Kauai plantations continued to expand and flourish in different regions of the island, railroads were created as well bringing products to mills, markets and ports. The Kauai Plantation Railway is the pioneering new railroad built on the island in a century and still abides by traditional railroad practice.

More than 2.5 miles of roadbed have been created with over 6000 wood ties and iron rails spiked in place by human hands at a classic 3-foot gauge. The engines are similar to the ones used during Kauai’s agricultural peak.

Humble Beginnings: Getting to Know Kauai Plantation and Railways (part 1 of 2)

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The original settlers of Hawaii actually came from the Marquesas anywhere between 400 to 700 A.D. Kauai plantation and agriculture started to develop as the explorers imported farm animals as well as other food crops like sugarcane, taro, banana, coconut, rice, sweet potato and breadfruit. Other visitors from Spain, America and Russia continued to bring in plants and products like coffee, pineapple, onions and oranges which up to now are produced abundantly in the island.

The Sugarcane System

Sugarcane is also known as Ko in Hawaii which has great taste, nutritional value as well as medicinal effects. Stalks are harvested then ground to produce liquid extracts resulting to juice which is then boiled to make raw sugar. Koloa, Kauai was the site of the first commercial sugarcane plantation created in 1835.

At this early stage, there were a variety of problems such as limited labor, water shortage and remote location. Irrigation systems and intricate canal networks were built beginning in 1856 which helped support the sugarcane plantations other fields growing different crops also followed the system yielding abundant harvests and vast amounts of profit.

The Treat of Reciprocity in 1876 allowed Hawaii to improve its raw sugar trade with the help of the United States. By 1932, raw sugar production has boomed to one million tons. Kauai was still under the Kingdom of Hawaii during this period. Sugarcane plantations became major commercial enterprises that became identical to small cities providing other benefits and services to workers such as housing, entertainment, power and electricity and transportation.

In 1881, the first train arrived on the island serving the Kilauea Plantation. Even after Hawaii became the 51st state of the United States, Kauai continued vast productions of raw sugar. Kauai used to have more than 70,000 acres of sugarcane plantation making the product the leading economic activity that greatly helped the economy in terms of tax revenues and job opportunities.

Pave the Way for Art during Kids Birthday Parties (part 2 of 2)

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To avoid too much clutter during the art themed party, make sure that you:

• cover the painting area with a waterproof covering or old newspapers

• provide an overall or old clothes to protect their clothing

• instead of using stamp for block painting, substitute a small sponge,  a ball of cotton wool, cork or tampon, or sliced fruits and vegetables

• provide powder water colors since these are more preferable than the usual watercolors because you can control the amount your children need

• make sure to keep the paints in small plastic containers which has a hole on top for the paint brush

• use plastic egg cartons as palettes

• add some liquid starch to thicken up the powder instead of adding extra powder or add liquid starch in a container and add some food coloring

If monitored properly, the art class theme can be the most memorable experience that your child as well as his or her friends or classmates could ever experience. Remember, it pays to have lots of patience when you use this theme because kids can be unruly if they start to have fun or mess around with the materials. When this happens, all you to do is to remind them subtly by telling them that they are in a party and they are not supposed to destroy the materials because the celebrator will be sad.

After the kids birthday party, you can give the artworks the children have made as souvenirs to one another or to their parents so these can be displayed on their respective houses.

Pave the Way for Art during Kids Birthday Parties (part 1 of 2)

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Tired of the usual theme for kids birthday party? Then try an "art class type" birthday party theme for a change. This will work especially if the birthday celebrator and his or her friends are also into art and craft works.

Since kids love attending birthday parties, this is the best time to introduce to them the beauty of art so they will develop a love for it this early. Having art class as a theme is good for the young attendees because it raises children’s level of awareness of the art around them as well as the art they can produce themselves.

The art theme

An art theme for a kids birthday party can be easy to organize. All you need is a room where little tables and chairs can be arranged so the kids will have a place for their art pieces.

Art can be incorporated during the birthday party as one of the activities that kids can do while waiting for the food to be served or after they have eaten their meals and greeted the birthday celebrator.

Having an art class as a theme can also help parents save some money because they will just have to provide all kinds of papers and boards—construction paper, tissue papers, drawing paper, watercolor paper, poster boards, foam core, and others.

When it comes to drawing materials, you can provide paints such as tempera, watercolors, acrylics, oil paints, fabric paints and dyes along with palettes and brushes for the kids to use. Other alternatives may also include printing materials such as blocks, inks, papers, frames of all sizes and styles, and precut mats, kits, including a lovely book binding kit to make three Japanese style books, clay, paper mache, glues, paste and craft materials for collage.

The Technical Side of Landscaping: Landscape Symbols (part 2 of 2)

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- Ornamental trees. These looks like the big trees symbol but with inner the-same drawing as the outer bold irregular circle.

- Ground covers. These is probably the simplest because you just have to make sketches in a down-up stroke that looks like the penmanship of a learning child, or you can also make it more interesting by drawing a leaf-oriented graphic.

- Accent or specimen plant. Drawn n such a way that it will look like a plant’s top view, only that it looks like a cartoon version.

- Decks and patios. There are different drawings for a particular material of decks or patios. Brick are drawn just how brick will appear. Stone will be drawn with a bold line covering its area and within are stone looking drawings. Exposed are the same as the stone, but this time with smaller stone looking drawing to illustrate irregular aggregate materials. The wooden deck is characterized with slanting lines all over the identified area.

All these symbols though are in plain view. The next concern in laying out a landscape design is the elevation. But this is the easiest part as all you have to do is draw a symbol in a standing position when you mean that it is elevated, while draw it in plain view when otherwise. Also, the bolder the ink, the bigger the plant or object is supposed to be placed in the landscape.

There are also other landscape designs that involve other design objects, drawing it on its top view will depict it in a specified area. With these symbols, there will definitely be lesser remarks to come with a design. In turn, it will make the lives of designer and layout artists easy.

The Technical Side of Landscaping: Landscape Symbols (part 1 of 2)

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Just like any art and science activities, landscaping is also using technical symbols. These landscape symbols are usually easily understood by those that are in the same career or business circle. Through these graphics or signs, landscape designers are able to understand and read a landscape layout without further explanations and texts. Usually, these design symbols are also classified into types. And to ensure that everything gets covered, even bricks and pavements are assigned with a relative drawing or graphics. Among the most relevant and prevalent in the landscaping business and designing are as follows:

- Deciduous shrubs. These can be in a single irregular circular plant-like graphic as well as in a continuous one to show whether the plant to be implanted is lone or in also continuous.

- Evergreen shrubs. These are drawn in the same irregular circular graphic, but this time with lines to close the circle or all lines having a focal point at the very middle of the drawing. It can also be just the same picture as the deciduous shrub but with a paralleling lines inside to emphasis it as an evergreen plant.

- Large deciduous trees. These are drawn n the way a tree may appear when you look at it at top view. Simple ones appear in irregular circular forms with a bold dot in the middle while more emphasized ones are in  an irregular circular graphic with leaves-looking drawings inside it as well as a branching drawing in the middle.

- Large evergreen trees. These are drawn like the evergreen shrubs but this time, bigger and with a point in the middle.

Advantages of Learning to Master a Guitar (part 2 of 2)

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Advantage #4

Being able to drag your guitar around town, might as well earn something from it. A talent like that would not go on unnoticed. Playing along the streets of downtown is not really the idea but if you consider it, then yes, you could try. You could ask some of your friends to back you up.

Advantage #5

You, yourself, is a unique individual. Out of ten people only one becomes a pure musician. And by some luck, that person is a guitarist. Or can be someone with pure musical talent who can play not only the guitar but similar instruments or some percussion ones. Some say it is taught but real talent comes from deep inside. It is that spirit within you that makes you distinct.

Advantage #6
Nobody can call you a loser with no specific talent. Yes, you could flunk all of your exams and miss every graded recitation during class hours but when school or house parties come, you are the star. Even an A+ won’t top the popularity you can get from being an artist.

Advantage #7

You are the “it” guy. Everyone can hate you or mess you up. But the moment you have learned to become a master in your own craft, everyone will recognize how good you are. Even those who never or didn’t know you will find an effort to. People will love you for the talent that you are.

More advantages are viewed just by playing the guitar. Playing is one thing but mastering is another. So if you are still struggling to play such tunes, don’t give up that dream. Even though it’s just a hobby or past time, who knows, with such skill, it could take you to new heights. Something brighter. Something more intense. Something close to Hollywood.

Advantages of Learning to Master a Guitar (part 1 of 2)

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Sure you can be the life of the party or someone who is really adored by music lovers or, the list goes on. You can play really good music through the strumming of your guitar. And people would scream out “Encore!” That would be really nice isn’t it? Do you like the idea? Well, read very carefully as this article states some of the most exciting and fulfilling advantages when you have learned to master the techniques and chords in the phase of guitar music.

Advantage #1

Playing a guitar enhances your brain to work and to initiate such signals that commands your hands on mentally memorizing where to put your finger on a particular fret, pressing on the right chord and engaging in the proper manner of strumming.

Advantage #2

The pleasure of gratification is satisfied. Thus, your self-esteem is working its way through your personality. A book once said, a psychological book to be exact, that men has to satisfy basic needs to be able to advance to his self to the highest level which is the self-actualization. Something like that.

Advantage #3

Let’s face the fact that a guitar is one of the most convenient instruments there is. You can’t bring your drums wherever you go. It would be exhausting on your part to carry a drum set around your campus and constantly beat it. It can cause so much distraction. Whereas if you have been a full pledged guitarist your whole life, you could play music where you can.

Tips in Melting 10 Pounds in a Month (part 2 of 2)

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Purchase a pair of light dumbbells to help you get started. Perform weight-lifting everyday for at least 30 minutes and gradually increase according to your preference. The basic and most useful way to balance the exercises is to do a 30-minute cardio and 30-minute strength training routine daily. This wouldn’t eat too much of your time since it can be done nearly any time of the day.

Third Step

This is the probably the hardest part of your weight loss regimen – diet. Eating a low-calorie diet rich with fiber and lean meats is advised. Stay away from trans-fat normally found on junk foods and especially French fries. Good for you if you rarely eat out since you can definitely monitor your food effectively if you always eat at home.

However, simply limiting the time and frequency one spends to eat dine out can help promote weight loss. Reduce or even eliminate fat from your diet and opt for baking, steaming or even raw with regards to the food you eat.

After One Month

You can definitely see the results of this diet after a month. Furthermore, you would be able to lose as much as one pound per day if you follow a strict exercise and dietary program. However, achieving the results would not mean cessation of the routine. Melting 10 pounds in one month can be a breeze but if you let it be after that period, you would find yourself gaining the lost weight.

Avoid this by continuing with your healthy routine or finding a regimen that can help you maintain your current figure.

Tips in Melting 10 Pounds in a Month (part 1 of 2)

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Melting 10 pounds in a month is probably the easiest and safest way to do for someone who is always on the go. If you are the type of person who is constantly busy with work, appointments and others, the last thing you need to do is lose weight. However, losing weight is still beneficial with regards to your everyday duties. Staying in shape can help you do your tasks faster and more efficiently. You have a vast amount of energy resource to help you survive a busy day at work.

First Step

One of the main requirements of losing weight is to decrease your daily calorie consumption. Normally, a month-long weight loss program requires you to cut as much as 600 to your calorie intake. The ratio of fat to protein to carbohydrates is also dependent on the calorie intake. As a result, your food intake will be dramatically decrease by up to 20%. Don’t be frightened by these numbers since you are not depriving your body of anything. You are merely making an improvement.

Sweating is also another thing that you should change. You must increase the frequency you sweat everyday since sweating is a sign of burning calories. The most effective way to sweat is to perform some cardio exercises or aerobics. This can help your endurance and major bodily systems, i.e. respiratory and circulatory.

Second Step

The next step is to plan a gym schedule that would work for you. Going to the gym for at least thrice a week can help boost your weight loss. On the other hand, you can still exercise at home if in case you can’t commit on a gym program due to busy schedules.

How Are Kidney Stones Diagnosed (part 2 of 2)

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Intravenous Pyelogram or IVP is done after a contrasting agent is injected into the vein. Within minutes, the test will show if there is a kidney stone blocking the ureter. This is perhaps the best method to check if you have kidney stones even if there is a slight risk for an allergic reaction to the fluid that was injected into the vein.

If you think that the ultrasound is only used to see the baby growing inside the womb, think again because it can also be used to detect a dilated upper urinary tract and kidney if the stone is lodged in the ureter. Its limitation is that it cannot detect kidney stones that are no longer in the kidney area.

Another term for retrograde pyelogram is a cytoscopy. The test begins by inserting a telescopic instrument into the bladder. Then, similar to the IVP, a contrast agent is injected into this opening and an x-ray is done to find the kidney stone.

Some doctors say this is better than IVP because there is no way to get an allergic reaction from the contrasting agent. This is because you will first be injected with anesthesia so in essence, you don’t feel anything.

Among the different tests done to detect kidney stones, this is only used when other tests have proven to be inadequate or unsuccessful.

It is only after careful diagnosis that doctors will be able to tell if you have kidney stones or not. From there, they can treat you by giving some medication or advising you to drink lots of water because you may be able to expel the stones on your own. But if this does not work, then surgery is the next option.

How Are Kidney Stones Diagnosed (part 1 of 2)

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Do you have kidney stones? You will never know until you are examined by a doctor because the symptoms associated with this problem are very similar to UTI or urinary tract infection.

So, you have to set an appointment with the doctor. While there, he or she will review your medical history and conduct a physical examination before running some tests.

If you are a regular patient of the doctor, it will be easy to pull your file out. However, if this is your first time, you will have to fill up the form and get your medical files.

Your medical history does not say much about kidney stones especially if you have never had this before which is why the next step is to conduct a physical examination. Here, the doctor will look at you physically and touch certain areas.  This is hard for the doctor to do if the patient is in extreme pain.

So the best way to confirm initial findings is through laboratory tests. The doctor will either extract blood or ask a urine sample from you.

You may also have to be scanned and there are a variety of machines for that. These include a computed tomography (CT) scan, intravenous pyelogram (IVP), retrograde pyelogram, and the regular X-ray.

The CT scan is used for various examinations. A scanner and a computer are used to create images of the urinary system. The only problem is that it has difficulty detecting small stones if they are located near the bladder. If a stone is found, an x-ray follows to determine the orientation, shape and size of the kidney stone.

Knowing The Human Growth Hormone (part 2 of 2)

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Direct effects are the results of binding between growth hormone receptors and target cells. One example of this is the effect of growth hormone binding with fat cells which results in the breaking down of triglyceride in fat cells and prevents them from taking and circulating lipids. On the other hand, indirect effects are brought about by Insulin like growth factor-I (IGF-I). This hormone is secreted as a response to growth hormone. It is also one of the primary aides of growth hormone in affecting growth.

HGH together with IGF-I have significant roles in different processes in the body. Examples of these processes are:

1.) Growth of all tissues including repair
2.) Turning body fat into muscle
3.) Energy level improvement
4.) Bone strength
5.) Brain function

The body actively produces growth hormones during childhood and puberty years. This active production results to height increase in individuals. However, at the end of puberty years, secretion of growth hormone decreases. It continuously decreases as people grow older. The decrease in the production of growth hormone contributes to weakness of bones in older people and their loss of strength. In some cases, children are born with growth hormone abnormalities. Growth hormone deficiency results in low stature of an individual. Excessive growth hormones result in having too much height.  

Human growth hormone is very important in as much that is has become the subject of research. Researchers are continuously finding ways to use growth hormones in reversing aging and increasing muscle mass. Several researchers and companies have produced HGH products. These products are mainly used in treating HGH diseases. They are available in injections, pills and oral sprays. These HGH products and supplements are also being used in combating age.

HGH products are induced into the body to increase the HGH secretion therefore making the user feel young again. However, the fact remains that age can not be defeated and the aging process is inevitable for every human.

Knowing The Human Growth Hormone (part 1 of 2)

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Human growth hormone is an important hormone in the human body. It is secreted by the pituitary gland that is located in the brain. The growth hormone is a major product of the pituitary gland and is specifically produced by somatotrophs in the anterior part. The growth hormone is often referred to as somatotrophin and is responsible for controlling growth and has effects in metabolism processes.

Somatotrophin is specific to every species which means that different species have different growth hormone. It is a peptide consisting of 191 amino acids. It is secreted in explosions and not secreted throughout the day. The secretion of growth hormone increases before sleeping. The amount of secretion of somatotrophin, together with thyroid and sex hormones, affect the height of the individual. Aside from affecting growth, somatotrophin also plays a role in controlling metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins and fat. Growth hormone is very important in every individual's maintenance of body composition.

The production of growth hormone is increased and decreased by certain factors. These factors include stress, nutrition, exercise and sleep. However, the primary regulators of HGH are growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH), somatostatin and Ghrelin. GHRH stimulates the synthesis and production of the growth hormone. Somatostatin is a peptide produce by hypothalamus and stops growth hormone release in response to GHRH and other motivating factors. Ghrelin powerfully stimulates production of growth hormone through binding with somatotrophs.

Growth hormone has two distinct types of effects in the body. These effects are;

1.) Direct effects
2.) Indirect effects

Affiliate Marketing and Pay Per Click (part 2 of 2)

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If you have been maintaining your website for a while, you probably know that one of the best ways to attract traffic is through the use of keywords. The right keywords will have them flocking to your site. The wrong words will have them running in droves. Sites such as Google adsense can help with this as well. They operate Google ad words. This will help maximize the key word usage and help get the correct one for the most traffic. Google does charge for this service so you need to be sure it is worth it before you buy. You don’t want all of your profits ate up by the ad words scheme.

When you sign up for Google adsense, you can be assured that page appropriate ads will be places on your webpage. If you have a pet care site then things related to that topic will be placed. Obscure and ads that have nothing to do with your page are not likely to impress your reader or increase your earnings.

Google Adsense is only one example of search engines that offer a pay per click money making service. There are hundreds of others. One of the most notable is Yahoo publisher. It functions in much the same way as Google adsense and offers a similar style of service. Which one you choose will largely depend on you. If you have several sites, you could try both schemes. See which one is better and go with that one.

If you have a or several web pages that just seem to be doing nothing, then look into a pay per click program. Sites such as Google adsense and yahoo publisher will do most of the hard work for you. They will place the ads and decide which ads will be best for your site. This will leave you time to do the most important thing; increase your site traffic and eventually your ad revenue. If you have websites, look into pay per click. The service is free so you have nothing to loose.

Affiliate Marketing and Pay Per Click (part 1 of 2)

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Do you want to make more money? Do you want to turn that computer you spent so much money on into a cash cow? Well it is possible. It won’t happen overnight but with time and hard work you’ll soon be working from home if you choose.

Do you currently have a website? Do you wonder why it isn’t making you any money? You keep posting great content, wonderful writing samples and articles but still your balance is zero. Well perhaps you need to expand your horizons. By signing up for pay per click affiliate sites you can soon see cash going into your account simply by maintaining your site.

One of the most popular Pay per click programs is Google adsense. Google Adsense will take care of the advertising for you. When you sign up, your site will have new advertisements and banner places in the open spaces. If anyone visits your site and clicks on one of the ads, you get a referral payment. Again, Google takes care of the ad placement allowing you to concentrate on increasing the traffic to your site.

Joining a scheme such as Google adsense is a good idea. They will help to promote your site and advise you on how to increase your traffic.

Chiropractors in Michigan (part 2 of 2)

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Other alternative medicines such as treatments using light, water, ultrasound, massage electric are prescribed to the patients. The Michigan Chiropractors also use heat and acupuncture. Supports such as straps, tapes, and braces are also used that can be adjusted manually. Michigan Chiropractor also provide counseling to the patients thus making them aware about health concepts such as exercise, nutrition, stress management and changes in lifestyle. These treatments do not perform surgeries or prescribe drugs.

Apart from the above prescriptions, some Michigan Chiropractor also specialize in sports neurology, injuries, pediatrics, orthopedics, nutrition, diagnostic imaging or internal disorders.

Like other doctors, a usual routine to get needed information to diagnose and treat patients is followed by the Michigan Chiropractor. Patient’s medical history, neurological tests, orthopedic examinations and medical history is needed by  these people. They may also suggest some laboratory examinations. The Michigan Chiropractors lay emphasis on radiotherapies like X rays and other diagnostic images that are vital for the diagnosis of the spine problems.

The offices of Michigan Chiropractors are clean comfortable. Like other health practicians, Michigan Chiropractors have to stand for a longer period. The Michigan Chiropractor who take x rays must take needed safety measures to avoid the ill effects of the radiations.

The Michigan Chiropractors are awarded with a license after a successful completion of 4-year chiropractic college course. Undergraduates with minimum 2 to 4 years of education and candidates with excellent academic records and a will to serve the people can be eligible for this course.

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Michigan Chiropractor also called as doctors of chiropractic physicians or chiropractic, detects and cures the patients with health problems who are suffering from musculoskeletal system and nervous system and general health problems. Numerous treatments of chiropractic provide treatments for the patients having problems of the spine and treatment of the spine.

Chiropractic medicine is treats the abnormalities of the spinal joint that hamper with the functioning of the nervous system. These misalignments can lower the resistance power thus causing new health problems.

The Michigan Chiropractor work as single or as a group of  practitioners who are also responsible for the administration responsibilities of practicing this medicine. In bigger organizations, Michigan Chiropractors allot these responsibilities to office managers and assistants. Michigan Chiropractors who work privately have the responsibility to develop a strong base of patients, keeping records and hiring employees.

Chiropractic should have good observational skills that will help them detect the physical irregularities. These people need a lot of physical strength to successfully handle the complicated cases.  For the Michigan Chiropractor who have solo practice should have the tact of handling the responsibilities well. Apart from these health-related services, qualities like understanding, empathy and the desire to serve others is the base of a Michigan Chiropractor.

The Chiropractic medicine deals with the health care that causes a stress on the patient’s health. Michigan Chiropractor supplies non surgical, drugless, natural health treatments, depending on the recuperative inherent abilities of the patients body. Chiropractic medicine suggests changes in those factors that affect the lifestyle of person.

Michigan Chiropractor also study the posture of the patient and spine with the use of the special procedure. Michigan Chiropractors manually adjust the spinal column for patients whose health problems can be traced to the musculoskeletal system.