It is 1999, I am in my fourth year of training as a Chiropractic and we are being taught by a full-time practising Chiropractor for the first time He is teaching us Sacro-occipital technique (SOT) and he is saying things that I have never heard of but it is really piquing my interest. He is telling us the cranium and jaw are linked to the…
After an exciting week of welcoming new members to the Core concepts in Chiropractic Nutrition tribe, it is nice to settle down to a routine. We have a wonderful mix of practitioners, all with one thing in common – results. And in the world of nutrition, to get results you are going to want to look at the food they are eating to get nutrients….
This week, we are going to keep it simple and talk about creatine. It is one of the most widely studied supplements on the planet, widely used by those in playing sports, but there so much more to it than that. You see, life is really all about energy, adenosine triphosphate aka ATP. At the end of Krebs cycle and the electron transport chain we have…
Back before all the COVID-19 shenanigans began I would have sold a kidney (my wife’s left one to be precise, it’s an absolute cracker) for 6 weeks of solid creation for the Core Concepts in Chiropractic Nutrition course. However, fate intervened and my wife’s kidney was spared. And as an added bonus, all this extra time that was thrust on us has allowed me to go a…
It is circa 2008, late afternoon, I’m chilling with a beer poolside in Sharma el sheikh, trying to work out what the test results mean. I am still high a kite after swimming with this magnificent beast. I think it has something to do with gluten but I am not 100% sure. It was actually a salivary adrenal stress test and the anti-gliadin was an extra…
Firstly apologies for the slight delay in receiving this newsletter, my recent routine was thrown into disarray yesterday by having to actually turn up in clinic and delivery Chiropractic care! Whatever next. I have decided to go for a new look, I call it “Hannibal Lecter in pajamas”. I love liver, fava beans are OK, but the chianti I will have to swap out for kombucha. I have…
As the lockdown continues, there is no doubt the lack of true social contact and engagement is affecting peoples mental health. We have all felt this in some form and to some extent. And we have a clear and obvious reason why. So what happens if we try to chemically modify our brain to negate the feeling we are having from the lockdown? Well, that is a…
There is nothing like it is there? The warm embrace of someone’s arms, squeezing you tight, a little hit of oxytocin, a drop in cortisol, a dab of serotonin, ahhhhhhhh (Floyd is but a little monkey in this photo from 4 years ago) And frankly at the moment we could all use it. One intelligent reader (she is doing a PhD and everything) asked where…
If you look at the history of any healing profession, you will see outright hostility from others to protect their territory. Chiropractors were put in jail, and yet we survived and indeed thrived. The reason we survived, in my opinion, is because of one thing…..results. You can sell a theory, but at some point, you have to deliver and people want results. That is what…
Only three more weeks then……..arghhhhhhhhhhhh Deep down I knew it was coming but I didn’t want to admit it, now it is here I had a burst of anger followed by a wave of emotion somewhere between disappointment and irritation. Disappointment and irritation for many reasons, but especially because it means at least another three weeks of listening to the public herd bleating their well-memorised…