Can you imagine living being a hundred years old and meeting up with the same friends for the last 90 years? On the island of Okinawa, they have a very high percentage of centenarians (their age is over 100). The three big killers in the west – heart disease, stroke and cancer – occur in Okinawans with the lowest frequency in the world. On…
Are you wearing blinkers? My big hairy friend Uno is and he’s got that in common with Medics and Chiropractors alike. I have a theory about the IQ of medical doctors and Chiropractors. If you measure the average IQ of medical doctors and compared it to the average IQ of Chiropractors. It would be a clear win for the medical side. And yet medical doctors (and…
Before I get into today’s content I just wanted to give a quick shout-out and thanks to the 13 brave pioneers who joined the Beta version of my Core Concepts in Chiropractic Nutrition program. I originally intended to have 15 participants but then realising the amount of support I was going to be providing during this Beta phase I decided to cut it down to 10. And…
In an ideal world all my patients would be pain free with perfect, pliable, connective tissues. Their range of motion would be full and uninterrupted. They would be a frisky bunch of devil-may-carers, full of vim and vigour. In short… they would be the embodiment of the Chiropractic wellness dream. But this isn’t an ideal world… And although a proportion of my patients do reach…
Did you know… Folic acid supplements is associated with an increased risk of cancers? And increased risk of cognitive decline in older people? What many don’t realise is that folic acid and folate are different things. Folic acid is a synthetic, inactive product not found in nature. It must be converted into the active form to make new cells, neurotransmitters and much more. But 10-15…
If you are going to commit a crime and end up in court, a little tip for you…. ask for your court hearing to be first thing in the morning or straight after lunch. This will give you the best chance of getting a light sentence, maybe getting away with a community service order or making parole. You see, when it comes to making decisions,…
Some patients have very short memories, have you noticed? One day they are in persistent pain, depressed and exhausted. Then as they recover, they (understandably) want to forget it ever happened. I sometimes wonder if this is to preserve their self-identity as healthy people to avoid cognitive dissonance that maybe they are not infallible. The challenge is once they “forget” how they used to be…
I am writing this while on “holiday” this week, holiday when you have small children is a relative term. Last week we talked about sustained inflammatory responses to bacterial infections. Ideally bacterial infections should be short and sweet, once we muster an immune response. But the effect of inflammation even when its dropping down can still be present and have quite an effect on mood…
“I’m going to be sick.” “I need a poo.” At 4 in the morning, these are not the words I want to hear from my four year old son stood next to our bed. And my goodness did he vomit and have diarrhoea. The bedsheet, duvet, the sofa covers and carpet were all collateral damage from his body’s expulsions of the offending bacteria (note to…
Picture this, 5 years ago… I arrive a few minutes early to the clinic but I have an extra emergency booked in at 8. But the patient is earlier than I am. I recognise the car and I know what she is doing. Head in a bag and throwing up. In the treatment room… “My necks out again, put it back in before I’m sick again…”…