Embracing Your Body’s Brilliance
Over the last three months, I have noticed a recurring theme in the mindset of many of the patients of Aligned Life Chiropractic and Wellness. I have also noticed this same mindset in myself lately. This theme, I believe, stems from a lack of understanding of who we really are as human beings. An inability […]
How To Live an Aligned Life
Over the last year I have been recording a weekly podcast with my cohost Rachel Freeman, interviewing people from all different specialties within healthcare. We have developed five principles that I want share with you that have changed my life. The key, and the challenge associated with these five principles, is attempting to implement and balance all […]
How To Move For Health
Moving your body on a regular basis is 100% an absolute must in order for you to express health and maintain homeostasis. There are no shortcuts or substitutes for this required nutrient. Looking back at how our genes were formed, in order for a human being to survive, we had to move in order to provide shelter, […]
How Early Does Spinal Degeneration Begin and What To Do About It!
“As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.” One way to interpret this quote from Alexander Pope is to understandhow events that occur early in our life truly shape our adult years. This is exactly the case when it comes to the developing spine. The bones of the spine do not entirely fuse into […]
Your Kid’s Posture Will Pay For My Kid’s College Unless…
As we move from the spring time into the summer months our children regain idle time in their daily schedule. For many, this means a greater requirement for parents to come up with camps, activities, sports and play dates to keep our young one’s occupied. Although in the beginning, a lack of routine can be […]
The Lonely Blog Post
Doing things on our own, in isolation, is difficult. When we recognize and understand that our health is our number one priority, why would we attempt to do things the hard way? So often I hear from patients that they have made it to the point in their life where they have had enough. They […]
Natural Headache Relief
How would it feel to wake up each day not knowing if you would be able to do the activities that are most basic to your human existence? The condition known as “headache” leaves a staggering number of individuals unable to care for themselves or their loved ones. The World Health Organization states that, “Half […]
Don’t Lose Your Spinal Shock Absorbers
Every car comes with built-in shock absorbers, and with good reason. Our roads hold all kinds of hazards, like pot holes, cracks, and even the random pieces of debris. If you ever take your truck or SUV off road, those shock absorbers come in extra handy as you travel over uneven ground and maybe tackle […]
Any Sport Can Injure You If You Are Misaligned
I recently wrote a blog post about why I don’t think CrossFit is an inherently dangerous sport as long as athletes perform movements using good technique and a weight their body can handle. In this post, I want to expand upon a point I made toward the end of that article, which is that eventual […]
Is Crossfit More Dangerous Than Other Sports?
Let me start out this post by saying that as a chiropractor, one of my specialties is treating CrossFit athletes. With all the injured CrossFit patients I see, you may imagine that I might not be a big fan of the sport. On the contrary, I am an enthusiastic CrossFitter and so is my wife. […]